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Highest Paying Industries for Database and Systems Administrators and Network Architects

The top 100 highest paying industries for database and systems administrators and network architects (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 $113,260, pipeline transportation of crude oil is the highest paying industry for database and systems administrators and network architects. It is followed by securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage industry (average annual salary $101,640). 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 database and systems administrators and network architects in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Database and Systems Administrators and Network Architects

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil	$113,260	$82,500	140
2	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$101,640	$57,660	4,530
3	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$99,820	$61,320	n/a
4	Oil and Gas Extraction	$99,640	$56,100	2,410
5	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$98,920	$57,190	9,800
6	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$98,370	$55,830	3,490
7	Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	$97,090	$66,400	170
8	Mining	$96,510	$54,940	3,410
9	Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing	$96,460	$52,490	110
10	Other Financial Investment Activities	$96,150	$56,580	5,120
11	Support Activities for Mining	$96,150	$55,040	800
12	Pipeline Transportation	$95,680	$58,550	400
13	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	$95,110	$58,770	6,230
14	Natural Gas Distribution	$94,990	$63,980	920
15	Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures	$94,930	$38,280	40
16	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$94,890	$52,290	4,990
17	Satellite Telecommunications	$94,720	$62,410	440
18	Other Information Services	$94,300	$52,300	5,350
19	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation	$93,980	$56,320	4,030
20	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$93,620	$54,910	30,410
21	Scheduled Air Transportation	$93,570	$57,590	1,460
22	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$93,220	$57,230	10,930
23	Telecommunications	$93,130	$54,840	40,910
24	Scientific Research and Development Services	$92,630	$56,200	11,780
25	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$92,180	$54,510	10,490
26	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	$91,980	$52,690	2,120
27	Air Transportation	$91,850	$56,790	1,570
28	Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation	$91,030	$54,880	280
29	Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$91,000	$50,060	2,990
30	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$90,380	$52,760	6,880
31	Information	$89,760	$52,150	80,330
32	Insurance Carriers	$89,710	$54,010	19,270
33	Water Transportation	$89,650	$54,290	300
34	Other Pipeline Transportation	$89,610	$55,940	70
35	Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing	$89,170	$52,890	180
36	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$89,110	$54,910	3,540
37	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$88,660	$51,410	19,610
38	Finance and Insurance	$88,620	$51,560	57,950
39	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$88,060	$51,470	1,750
40	Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$87,950	$54,520	60
41	Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	$87,950	$54,560	180
42	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$87,920	$53,070	5,910
43	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$87,590	$52,340	25,830
44	Rail Transportation	$87,590	$58,630	1,330
45	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	$87,280	$54,040	1,130
46	Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	$87,240	$50,620	17,240
47	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$87,200	$53,270	7,370
48	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$86,590	$49,980	117,540
49	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$86,290	$50,160	178,460
50	Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers	$86,260	$59,360	40
51	Software Publishers	$86,180	$50,820	8,310
52	Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media	$86,150	$52,490	110
53	Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	$85,940	$51,000	190
54	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$85,820	$49,070	10,370
55	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$85,260	$48,830	21,310
56	Other Telecommunications	$85,260	$49,520	3,820
57	Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds	$85,160	$54,900	n/a
58	Utilities	$84,660	$54,180	3,730
59	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$84,640	$50,380	42,310
60	Cable and Other Subscription Programming	$84,560	$55,760	1,850
61	Other Furniture Related Product Manufacturing	$84,390	$54,080	70
62	Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations	$84,230	$53,400	240
63	Engineering Services	$84,000	$50,280	10,720
64	Support Activities for Water Transportation	$83,970	$53,670	100
65	Other Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	$83,790	$53,630	60
66	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$83,630	$51,710	180
67	Specialized Freight Trucking	$83,440	$52,190	220
68	Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing	$83,340	$50,720	670
69	Chemical Manufacturing	$83,250	$50,780	3,360
70	Land Subdivision	$83,060	$43,740	130
71	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$82,940	$48,330	12,260
72	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$82,920	$50,420	12,880
73	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$82,720	$48,090	4,710
74	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$82,560	$48,950	830
75	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$82,280	$45,890	2,750
76	Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$82,180	$49,480	2,690
77	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$81,900	$47,390	850
78	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$81,900	$52,400	2,760
79	Broadcasting (except Internet)	$81,790	$51,480	3,450
80	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$81,650	$57,650	150
81	Sound Recording Industries	$81,610	$51,040	70
82	Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	$81,570	$60,080	160
83	Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing	$81,540	$48,840	560
84	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$81,530	$44,750	3,360
85	Employment Services	$81,370	$44,830	21,950
86	Temporary Help Services	$81,360	$44,780	18,710
87	Testing Laboratories	$81,260	$47,720	880
88	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$81,120	$45,040	1,130
89	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$81,080	$44,530	1,050
90	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$81,040	$51,700	460
91	Other Insurance Related Activities	$81,010	$49,540	4,120
92	Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing	$80,830	$51,130	460
93	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$80,750	$50,420	1,390
94	Nonstore Retailers	$80,610	$44,810	3,580
95	Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing	$80,610	$49,730	390
96	Television Broadcasting	$80,510	$49,510	1,290
97	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$80,470	$49,260	6,570
98	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$80,290	$52,550	210
99	Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors	$80,160	$48,090	410
100	Amusement Parks and Arcades	$80,060	$42,080	290