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Highest Paying Industries for Other Psychologists

The top 46 highest paying industries for other psychologists (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 $152,880, educational support services - privately owned is the highest paying industry for other psychologists. It is followed by educational support services industry (average annual salary $152,880). 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 other psychologists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 46 Highest Paying Industries for Other Psychologists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$152,880	$69,170	140
2	Educational Support Services	$152,880	$69,170	140
3	Outpatient Care Centers	$138,750	$54,120	250
4	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$103,500	$45,830	30
5	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$98,600	$42,130	150
6	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$97,950	$42,580	100
7	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$97,360	$40,810	n/a
8	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$97,340	$43,460	410
9	Scientific Research and Development Services	$96,640	$41,860	120
10	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$96,010	$42,680	440
11	Federal government, including USPS	$95,800	$44,760	7,230
12	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$95,800	$44,760	7,230
13	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$94,410	$45,050	7,530
14	Federal, State, and Local Government	$94,410	$45,050	7,530
15	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$93,650	$43,560	8,040
16	Hospitals - Privately owned	$93,070	$42,940	580
17	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$90,930	$48,740	120
18	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$90,890	$42,410	680
19	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$90,510	$47,020	120
20	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$89,480	$47,510	50
21	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$85,550	$41,010	2,250
22	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$84,700	$36,830	70
23	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$84,160	$36,040	1,390
24	Health Care and Social Assistance	$83,880	$40,660	3,400
25	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$83,870	$37,460	1,560
26	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$81,910	$53,730	140
27	Educational Services - Local government owned	$81,300	$49,950	90
28	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$81,090	$50,000	230
29	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$80,000	$46,640	100
30	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$79,780	$49,490	90
31	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$78,510	$49,700	130
32	Offices of Physicians	$77,980	$48,180	400
33	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$73,480	$33,430	50
34	Educational Services - Privately owned	$73,310	$38,770	430
35	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$72,130	$40,580	110
36	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$71,900	$41,160	170
37	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$68,910	$42,560	70
38	Educational Services	$65,410	$37,100	850
39	State government, including schools and hospitals	$61,600	$36,770	580
40	Hospitals - State government owned	$60,150	$41,060	90
41	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$59,940	$37,310	240
42	Social Assistance	$58,770	$39,580	400
43	Individual and Family Services	$58,330	$39,520	390
44	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$57,990	$35,400	560
45	Educational Services - State government owned	$56,950	$33,790	320
46	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$56,620	$33,610	320