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Highest Paying Industries for Legal Support Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for legal support workers (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 $74,640, semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing is the highest paying industry for legal support workers. It is followed by software publishers industry (average annual salary $73,070). 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 legal support workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Legal Support Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$74,640	$48,340	120
2	Software Publishers	$73,070	$45,870	330
3	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$72,520	$45,550	410
4	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$71,130	$42,020	420
5	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$71,020	$51,070	150
6	Postal Service (federal government)	$70,760	$56,320	60
7	Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	$70,630	$36,410	60
8	Pipeline Transportation	$70,630	$36,410	60
9	Telecommunications	$70,250	$45,320	650
10	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$70,210	$32,830	110
11	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	$70,180	$46,680	40
12	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$69,850	$46,030	470
13	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$69,600	$46,000	130
14	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	$67,460	$45,580	210
15	Oil and Gas Extraction	$67,460	$33,250	2,400
16	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$67,270	$43,930	180
17	Mining	$66,910	$32,790	2,700
18	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	$66,820	$41,970	140
19	Federal government, including USPS	$66,790	$45,830	29,990
20	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$66,790	$45,820	29,940
21	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$65,490	$39,480	620
22	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$65,250	$37,880	680
23	Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$64,730	$45,070	70
24	Hospitals - State government owned	$64,600	$41,390	50
25	Chemical Manufacturing	$64,320	$37,480	190
26	Manufacturing	$64,270	$41,040	1,370
27	Scientific Research and Development Services	$63,970	$38,110	710
28	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$63,260	$42,200	200
29	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$63,200	$47,810	60
30	Cable and Other Subscription Programming	$63,090	$43,660	40
31	Information	$62,930	$30,610	2,790
32	Natural Gas Distribution	$62,930	$35,930	120
33	Utilities	$62,890	$39,880	330
34	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$62,710	$36,670	680
35	Lessors of Real Estate	$62,650	$35,230	290
36	Transportation and Warehousing	$62,560	$39,520	460
37	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$62,290	$41,340	100
38	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$62,290	$38,590	360
39	Support Activities for Mining	$61,880	$28,270	290
40	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$61,810	$32,310	90
41	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$61,670	$42,740	40
42	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$61,010	$36,670	8,330
43	Rail Transportation	$60,890	$40,280	160
44	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$60,870	$41,100	240
45	Nonresidential Building Construction	$60,800	$48,730	40
46	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$60,500	$32,780	2,530
47	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$60,220	$36,290	130
48	Machinery Manufacturing	$60,060	$39,530	190
49	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$59,840	$43,070	80
50	Broadcasting (except Internet)	$59,760	$40,140	90
51	Offices of Physicians	$59,340	$37,310	90
52	Scheduled Air Transportation	$59,190	$38,410	n/a
53	Air Transportation	$58,900	$38,500	120
54	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$58,640	$39,240	120
55	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	$58,430	$39,370	60
56	Other Financial Investment Activities	$58,320	$31,630	1,890
57	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$58,180	$37,210	160
58	Educational Services - Local government owned	$58,090	$35,830	210
59	Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$58,020	$42,710	60
60	Land Subdivision	$58,000	$17,940	50
61	Other Information Services	$57,860	$32,220	n/a
62	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$57,740	$30,980	630
63	Wholesale Trade	$57,550	$32,450	980
64	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$57,220	$34,540	160
65	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$57,030	$33,180	190
66	Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$56,730	$34,870	50
67	Construction of Buildings	$56,690	$37,130	130
68	Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles	$56,650	$40,460	120
69	Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing	$56,060	$36,890	100
70	Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations	$55,930	$36,270	140
71	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$55,790	$36,260	70
72	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$55,740	$33,840	450
73	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$55,710	$36,400	70
74	Construction	$55,630	$33,540	260
75	Radio and Television Broadcasting	$55,470	$36,920	40
76	Casino Hotels	$55,290	$36,910	40
77	Educational Services - Privately owned	$55,270	$33,720	500
78	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$55,130	$33,550	81,770
79	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$55,130	$33,530	81,050
80	Federal, State, and Local Government	$55,130	$33,530	81,050
81	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$55,050	$40,950	40
82	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$54,970	$33,640	100
83	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$54,460	$34,620	120
84	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$54,380	$26,490	520
85	Educational Services	$54,180	$34,220	1,050
86	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$53,810	$31,340	610
87	Nonstore Retailers	$53,780	$30,190	140
88	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$53,620	$33,960	790
89	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$53,530	$19,620	110
90	Residential Building Construction	$53,450	$35,660	90
91	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$53,300	$30,750	640
92	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$53,230	$33,490	730
93	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$53,210	$38,350	70
94	Hospitals - Local government owned	$53,210	$38,350	70
95	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$53,150	$32,370	60
96	Temporary Help Services	$53,140	$32,290	3,290
97	Hospitals - Privately owned	$53,070	$29,360	500
98	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$52,570	$29,980	530
99	Employment Services	$52,510	$32,440	4,230
100	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$52,350	$31,820	1,070