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Highest Paying Industries for Nuclear Engineers

The top 34 highest paying industries for nuclear engineers (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 $133,760, employment services is the highest paying industry for nuclear engineers. It is followed by administrative and support services industry (average annual salary $133,630). 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 nuclear engineers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 34 Highest Paying Industries for Nuclear Engineers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Employment Services	$133,760	$86,920	360
2	Administrative and Support Services	$133,630	$87,190	360
3	Temporary Help Services	$126,510	$82,350	280
4	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$123,080	$82,030	540
5	Waste Management and Remediation Services	$110,320	$76,560	180
6	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$109,410	$70,040	270
7	Testing Laboratories	$109,330	$51,860	170
8	Waste Treatment and Disposal	$108,550	$75,910	160
9	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$108,490	$66,230	2,740
10	Scientific Research and Development Services	$108,490	$66,230	2,740
11	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$107,990	$69,650	310
12	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$106,770	$64,230	4,870
13	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$105,540	$74,570	n/a
14	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$104,890	$67,630	300
15	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$104,890	$67,630	300
16	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$104,480	$59,170	1,610
17	Engineering Services	$103,330	$61,370	1,440
18	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$101,390	$70,540	6,950
19	Utilities	$101,240	$70,350	6,990
20	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$101,210	$65,660	520
21	Manufacturing	$95,380	$65,130	910
22	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$92,090	$62,960	2,970
23	Federal, State, and Local Government	$92,090	$62,960	2,970
24	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$91,450	$62,650	3,050
25	Federal government, including USPS	$91,440	$62,650	2,590
26	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$91,440	$62,650	2,590
27	Machinery Manufacturing	$87,860	$57,440	40
28	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$77,290	$53,770	80
29	Educational Services	$77,290	$53,770	80
30	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$76,060	$53,170	80
31	Educational Services - State government owned	$76,060	$53,170	80
32	Natural Gas Distribution	$75,220	$57,650	50
33	State government, including schools and hospitals	$74,770	$53,740	170
34	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$74,220	$54,050	90