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Highest Paying Industries for Miscellaneous Community and Social Service Specialists

The top 100 highest paying industries for miscellaneous community and social service 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 $83,780, federal government, including usps is the highest paying industry for miscellaneous community and social service specialists. It is followed by federal executive branch (oes designation) industry (average annual salary $83,780). 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 miscellaneous community and social service specialists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Miscellaneous Community and Social Service Specialists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal government, including USPS	$83,780	$36,920	4,570
2	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$83,780	$36,920	4,570
3	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$67,570	$33,730	70
4	Wholesale Trade	$58,810	$33,610	510
5	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$56,720	$27,300	n/a
6	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$56,720	$33,380	460
7	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$56,630	$33,350	460
8	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$56,050	$34,250	100
9	Business Support Services	$55,770	$41,540	50
10	Other Information Services	$55,210	$36,950	n/a
11	Telephone Call Centers	$54,260	$40,420	40
12	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$53,970	$27,210	n/a
13	Information	$52,880	$32,070	90
14	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$52,260	$38,690	n/a
15	Other Insurance Related Activities	$51,390	$30,000	650
16	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$51,330	$30,140	690
17	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$51,050	$21,540	210
18	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$49,010	$26,200	20,590
19	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$48,280	$25,850	800
20	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$47,790	$26,650	25,030
21	Scientific Research and Development Services	$47,730	$30,600	1,570
22	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$47,140	$28,150	2,420
23	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$47,100	$26,580	230
24	Finance and Insurance	$46,870	$28,100	2,490
25	Ambulance Services	$46,780	$26,980	160
26	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$46,740	$25,390	1,400
27	Residential Building Construction	$46,280	$31,580	40
28	Construction of Buildings	$46,280	$31,580	40
29	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$45,920	$26,630	3,630
30	Hospitals - Privately owned	$45,600	$25,070	25,190
31	Insurance Carriers	$45,570	$27,400	1,730
32	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$45,390	$27,530	1,640
33	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$45,090	$26,480	2,380
34	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$45,040	$26,420	2,220
35	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$44,880	$29,450	790
36	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$44,740	$19,410	1,550
37	Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	$44,630	$20,570	630
38	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$44,560	$20,090	640
39	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$44,520	$25,820	1,250
40	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	$44,490	$20,040	640
41	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$44,320	$25,750	33,600
42	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$44,180	$29,080	3,650
43	Hospitals - Local government owned	$44,040	$28,880	3,760
44	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$43,980	$25,810	110,200
45	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$43,410	$27,000	215,180
46	Federal, State, and Local Government	$43,410	$27,000	215,180
47	Offices of Dentists	$43,310	$24,560	320
48	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$43,230	$20,950	860
49	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$43,200	$25,410	126,520
50	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$42,950	$26,600	241,350
51	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$42,950	$18,590	n/a
52	Legal Services	$42,660	$24,770	270
53	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$42,450	$25,060	n/a
54	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$42,230	$28,210	100,410
55	Junior colleges - State government owned	$42,180	$25,630	n/a
56	State government, including schools and hospitals	$42,040	$27,850	110,250
57	Transportation and Warehousing	$42,020	$31,040	60
58	Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	$41,670	$33,160	n/a
59	Hospitals - State government owned	$40,930	$27,650	4,650
60	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$40,280	$22,920	6,810
61	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$39,980	$17,660	40
62	Educational Services - State government owned	$39,830	$22,310	5,200
63	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$39,720	$25,840	n/a
64	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$39,710	$27,480	3,630
65	Other schools and instruction - Local government owned	$39,460	$24,650	50
66	Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	$39,320	$23,810	40
67	Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	$39,320	$23,810	40
68	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$39,280	$25,810	n/a
69	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$39,130	$22,230	n/a
70	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$38,640	$23,500	10,550
71	Home Health Care Services	$38,640	$21,960	5,070
72	Offices of Physicians	$38,600	$24,410	7,990
73	Personal Care Services	$37,800	$31,810	n/a
74	Manufacturing	$37,780	$21,510	60
75	Educational Services	$37,320	$21,730	25,530
76	Other Schools and Instruction	$37,290	$23,890	1,330
77	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$37,200	$23,880	1,280
78	Educational Services - Local government owned	$37,150	$21,450	12,560
79	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$36,890	$19,390	120
80	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$36,800	$21,340	11,230
81	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$36,180	$21,060	13,610
82	Health and Personal Care Stores	$36,130	$25,070	140
83	Office Administrative Services	$35,900	$21,870	610
84	Educational Services - Privately owned	$35,890	$21,820	7,770
85	Pharmacies and Drug Stores	$35,550	$24,850	130
86	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$35,340	$19,830	43,290
87	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$35,320	$19,860	43,590
88	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$35,260	$23,660	n/a
89	Lessors of Real Estate	$35,170	$22,680	630
90	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$35,020	$19,010	n/a
91	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$34,870	$21,410	130
92	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$34,850	$21,480	7,340
93	Temporary Help Services	$34,760	$22,740	1,390
94	Religious Organizations	$34,670	$18,060	1,220
95	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$34,450	$26,650	n/a
96	Administrative and Support Services	$34,390	$21,020	4,470
97	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$34,390	$21,020	4,470
98	Facilities Support Services	$34,320	$20,690	1,550
99	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$34,320	$22,470	890
100	Real Estate	$34,310	$22,490	880