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Highest Paying Industries for Medical Scientists

The top 76 highest paying industries for medical scientists (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 $124,950, psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals - state government owned is the highest paying industry for medical scientists. It is followed by federal government, including usps industry (average annual salary $117,480). 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 medical scientists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 76 Highest Paying Industries for Medical Scientists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$124,950	$82,220	160
2	Federal government, including USPS	$117,480	$89,940	1,100
3	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$117,480	$89,940	1,100
4	Mining	$111,360	$55,000	30
5	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$109,670	$54,580	90
6	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$103,470	$53,930	1,660
7	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$103,430	$53,950	1,660
8	Wholesale Trade	$102,620	$55,600	2,000
9	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$102,470	$45,990	6,500
10	Chemical Manufacturing	$102,440	$46,030	6,510
11	Manufacturing	$101,380	$48,050	7,270
12	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$100,230	$65,250	280
13	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$99,080	$70,330	n/a
14	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$97,330	$53,750	1,940
15	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$96,710	$68,360	300
16	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$94,070	$56,430	100
17	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$92,900	$51,910	440
18	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$92,900	$51,910	440
19	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$92,720	$50,050	37,870
20	Scientific Research and Development Services	$92,490	$50,050	38,660
21	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$92,040	$49,400	40,300
22	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$91,850	$61,550	60
23	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$91,850	$61,550	60
24	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$90,560	$44,040	280
25	Engineering Services	$89,780	$54,860	70
26	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$87,490	$52,880	70
27	Finance and Insurance	$87,490	$52,880	70
28	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$85,620	$51,280	60
29	Insurance Carriers	$85,330	$51,880	70
30	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$85,000	$49,860	790
31	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$83,750	$44,470	n/a
32	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$83,120	$49,280	140
33	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$82,720	$46,790	3,870
34	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$82,350	$46,250	240
35	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$82,350	$46,250	240
36	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$81,660	$47,130	1,870
37	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$81,140	$56,350	1,190
38	Hospitals - Local government owned	$81,140	$56,350	1,190
39	Employment Services	$78,140	$44,680	360
40	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$77,820	$51,720	290
41	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$77,740	$41,080	8,640
42	Temporary Help Services	$77,300	$45,140	310
43	Administrative and Support Services	$75,840	$44,480	390
44	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$75,840	$44,480	390
45	Testing Laboratories	$75,500	$51,080	220
46	Health Care and Social Assistance	$74,890	$41,840	25,690
47	Hospitals - Privately owned	$74,500	$41,790	13,390
48	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$74,330	$41,730	13,710
49	Offices of Physicians	$74,130	$37,210	3,560
50	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$73,850	$42,190	16,970
51	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$73,710	$45,520	5,020
52	Federal, State, and Local Government	$73,710	$45,520	5,020
53	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$73,680	$41,130	11,390
54	Outpatient Care Centers	$72,900	$42,500	790
55	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$71,470	$40,810	1,120
56	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$71,220	$41,080	1,030
57	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$70,270	$43,400	2,990
58	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$70,230	$44,520	3,620
59	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$66,470	$43,310	1,600
60	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$66,360	$43,280	2,330
61	Hospitals - State government owned	$61,800	$41,620	2,400
62	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$61,650	$40,200	25,330
63	Social Advocacy Organizations	$61,480	$38,860	30
64	Individual and Family Services	$60,110	$41,370	50
65	Social Assistance	$60,110	$41,370	50
66	Educational Services - Privately owned	$60,010	$41,280	6,380
67	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$59,970	$41,270	6,370
68	State government, including schools and hospitals	$58,870	$39,460	20,620
69	Educational Services	$58,270	$39,670	23,100
70	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$58,250	$39,660	23,090
71	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$57,410	$38,550	15,900
72	Educational Services - State government owned	$57,410	$38,550	15,900
73	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$55,540	$41,710	1,110
74	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$55,460	$28,760	370
75	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$55,460	$28,760	370
76	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$54,700	$40,060	120