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Highest Paying Industries for Computer User Support Specialists

The top 100 highest paying industries for computer user support 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 $79,940, aerospace product and parts manufacturing is the highest paying industry for computer user support specialists. It is followed by securities and commodity exchanges industry (average annual salary $71,300). 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 computer user support specialists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Computer User Support Specialists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$79,940	$39,920	1,170
2	Securities and Commodity Exchanges	$71,300	$37,350	100
3	Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	$68,510	$30,780	160
4	Natural Gas Distribution	$68,280	$42,780	500
5	Landscaping Services	$65,130	$32,800	30
6	Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	$65,080	$41,520	n/a
7	Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing	$63,850	$36,480	520
8	Utilities	$63,650	$38,110	1,840
9	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$61,700	$37,620	1,260
10	Support Activities for Water Transportation	$61,460	$35,940	60
11	Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations	$61,400	$36,750	160
12	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$59,550	$36,430	2,540
13	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	$59,360	$33,660	3,880
14	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$59,050	$36,630	5,070
15	Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing	$59,020	$35,120	600
16	Postal Service (federal government)	$58,810	$51,660	110
17	Water Transportation	$58,680	$29,240	170
18	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$58,650	$34,670	860
19	Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation	$58,640	$28,870	170
20	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$58,340	$34,100	2,000
21	Other Financial Investment Activities	$58,240	$36,830	2,420
22	Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds	$58,170	$35,320	n/a
23	Rail Transportation	$57,680	$34,030	110
24	Other Investment Pools and Funds	$57,550	$40,140	50
25	Pipeline Transportation	$57,370	$32,140	180
26	Mining (except Oil and Gas)	$56,790	$40,020	70
27	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$56,360	$35,250	2,650
28	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$56,110	$33,990	9,260
29	Legal Services	$56,080	$30,270	5,540
30	Oil and Gas Extraction	$55,560	$32,530	600
31	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$55,540	$33,750	220
32	Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers	$55,510	$31,450	300
33	Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	$55,420	$40,320	80
34	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$55,340	$33,550	1,690
35	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$55,330	$35,540	3,720
36	Chemical Manufacturing	$54,940	$33,500	1,690
37	Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing	$54,900	$36,080	50
38	Scientific Research and Development Services	$54,840	$32,900	4,600
39	Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$54,590	$28,320	50
40	Scheduled Air Transportation	$54,230	$32,070	590
41	Television Broadcasting	$54,160	$34,330	650
42	Engineering Services	$54,100	$31,290	5,480
43	Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	$53,940	$30,290	140
44	Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying	$53,830	$32,430	40
45	Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers	$53,820	$34,570	170
46	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$53,780	$31,250	6,550
47	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$53,670	$31,900	510
48	Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing	$53,670	$33,550	140
49	Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media	$53,650	$35,880	170
50	Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel	$53,640	$33,340	90
51	Air Transportation	$53,480	$31,500	680
52	Local Messengers and Local Delivery	$53,410	$29,470	50
53	Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing	$53,270	$32,590	610
54	Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing	$53,240	$32,750	40
55	Insurance Carriers	$53,180	$34,340	10,550
56	Other Information Services	$53,170	$29,700	4,100
57	Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing	$53,050	$33,340	320
58	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$53,030	$33,070	4,100
59	Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing	$52,790	$33,510	250
60	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	$52,750	$32,480	890
61	Federal government, including USPS	$52,710	$40,490	2,290
62	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$52,620	$32,210	20,640
63	Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing	$52,620	$34,990	50
64	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$52,510	$40,490	2,180
65	Mining	$52,400	$30,050	1,320
66	Dairy Product Manufacturing	$52,380	$33,140	160
67	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$52,370	$34,130	1,090
68	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$52,360	$31,770	560
69	Manufacturing	$52,290	$32,470	27,110
70	Other Food Manufacturing	$52,250	$33,800	170
71	Industrial Machinery Manufacturing	$52,210	$33,840	520
72	Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$52,170	$31,620	2,400
73	Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$51,950	$28,000	60
74	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$51,870	$33,190	950
75	Couriers and Messengers	$51,660	$29,340	210
76	Facilities Support Services	$51,650	$31,920	410
77	Software Publishers	$51,640	$31,490	19,190
78	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$51,570	$34,860	3,470
79	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$51,550	$29,250	11,440
80	Land Subdivision	$51,540	$36,930	n/a
81	Radio and Television Broadcasting	$51,510	$29,150	880
82	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$51,450	$31,380	27,840
83	Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	$51,450	$28,050	220
84	Lumber and Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers	$51,410	$26,630	270
85	Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing	$51,270	$31,930	1,290
86	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$51,270	$33,910	1,570
87	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$51,220	$32,820	15,360
88	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$51,180	$31,170	21,630
89	Rental and Leasing Services	$51,170	$31,710	650
90	Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing	$51,100	$36,760	100
91	Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)	$51,030	$31,430	290
92	Nonresidential Building Construction	$51,030	$28,330	520
93	Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	$51,000	$30,670	450
94	Ship and Boat Building	$50,960	$36,150	n/a
95	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$50,780	$23,760	890
96	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$50,770	$32,680	340
97	Other Telecommunications	$50,730	$29,280	2,760
98	Wholesale Trade	$50,730	$31,110	39,690
99	Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing	$50,670	$33,360	170
100	Spring and Wire Product Manufacturing	$50,650	$31,650	30