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Highest Paying Industries for Labor Relations Specialists

The top 100 highest paying industries for labor relations specialists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $161,930, other professional, scientific, and technical services is the highest paying industry for labor relations specialists. It is followed by natural gas distribution industry (average annual salary $103,320). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of labor relations specialists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Labor Relations Specialists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$161,930	$38,480	n/a
2	Natural Gas Distribution	$103,320	$68,880	60
3	Software Publishers	$101,670	$63,910	30
4	Machinery Manufacturing	$91,550	$43,450	90
5	Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$90,760	$43,170	90
6	Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	$89,870	$45,850	160
7	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$89,530	$53,010	130
8	Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing	$89,160	$49,810	100
9	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$88,320	$47,730	430
10	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$86,570	$51,060	70
11	Utilities	$86,240	$36,940	290
12	Depository Credit Intermediation	$85,240	$52,900	240
13	Nonresidential Building Construction	$84,600	$54,780	n/a
14	Construction of Buildings	$84,360	$54,120	n/a
15	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$84,330	$53,340	320
16	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$84,290	$52,600	40
17	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$83,230	$65,230	n/a
18	Technical and Trade Schools	$83,230	$65,230	n/a
19	Telecommunications	$81,950	$53,900	320
20	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$81,650	$53,910	310
21	Mining	$81,160	$61,050	50
22	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$80,530	$29,800	230
23	Rail Transportation	$80,510	$52,720	160
24	Postal Service (federal government)	$80,500	$64,970	340
25	Construction	$80,270	$46,880	320
26	Federal government, including USPS	$80,170	$63,640	380
27	Information	$80,090	$50,650	400
28	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$78,370	$19,810	50
29	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$77,780	$50,900	100
30	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$76,300	$41,840	50
31	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$76,150	$53,080	70
32	Manufacturing	$76,140	$40,260	1,040
33	Outpatient Care Centers	$75,570	$48,350	50
34	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$74,990	$41,620	50
35	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$74,960	$58,910	40
36	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$74,890	$44,490	60
37	Office Administrative Services	$74,830	$42,990	130
38	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$74,380	$43,680	180
39	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$74,200	$42,090	60
40	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$73,890	$55,050	60
41	Finance and Insurance	$73,850	$43,160	1,070
42	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$73,390	$51,110	120
43	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$73,300	$45,320	70
44	Waste Management and Remediation Services	$72,950	$41,090	40
45	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$72,710	$35,390	930
46	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$71,880	$45,280	180
47	Truck Transportation	$71,430	$40,890	70
48	Educational Services - Local government owned	$71,420	$46,510	250
49	Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$71,330	$52,060	50
50	General Freight Trucking	$70,620	$42,650	50
51	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$70,480	$42,410	950
52	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$70,090	$31,070	290
53	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$69,960	$42,980	250
54	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$69,880	$49,640	50
55	Wholesale Trade	$69,360	$42,520	190
56	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$69,190	$40,390	1,650
57	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$69,090	$42,520	1,340
58	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$68,920	$41,760	650
59	Hospitals - Privately owned	$68,840	$41,540	660
60	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$68,710	$45,890	60
61	Transportation and Warehousing	$68,490	$40,500	1,250
62	Scientific Research and Development Services	$68,480	$19,190	200
63	Educational Services	$68,390	$40,840	920
64	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$68,310	$36,480	260
65	Home Health Care Services	$68,050	$35,450	60
66	Educational Services - State government owned	$68,020	$36,590	270
67	Chemical Manufacturing	$67,900	$33,180	40
68	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$67,840	$37,130	30
69	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$67,670	$41,620	40
70	Engineering Services	$67,660	$50,200	100
71	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$67,260	$36,990	200
72	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$67,140	$37,460	50
73	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$67,100	$42,310	900
74	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$67,070	$43,230	30
75	Insurance Carriers	$67,020	$38,480	330
76	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$67,000	$42,370	830
77	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$66,630	$38,190	500
78	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$66,490	$41,190	3,830
79	Educational Services - Privately owned	$66,140	$41,720	400
80	Primary Metal Manufacturing	$66,120	$38,890	40
81	Hospitals - State government owned	$66,020	$44,010	120
82	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$65,920	$42,010	120
83	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$65,510	$36,410	240
84	Health Care and Social Assistance	$65,380	$41,070	1,320
85	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$64,620	$49,670	30
86	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$64,610	$40,640	230
87	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$64,510	$40,600	110
88	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$64,440	$18,950	70
89	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$63,570	$43,750	70
90	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$63,540	$40,470	2,710
91	Federal, State, and Local Government	$63,540	$40,470	2,710
92	Offices of Physicians	$62,830	$35,620	100
93	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$62,320	$41,630	70
94	State government, including schools and hospitals	$61,250	$39,500	2,100
95	Other Financial Investment Activities	$61,200	$18,850	70
96	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$60,390	$43,450	120
97	Hospitals - Local government owned	$60,390	$43,450	120
98	Scheduled Air Transportation	$60,210	$32,350	50
99	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$60,090	$41,620	40
100	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$60,080	$39,600	1,720