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Highest Paying Industries for All Other Special Education Teachers

The top 55 highest paying industries for all other special education teachers (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 $81,820, educational support services - privately owned is the highest paying industry for all other special education teachers. It is followed by junior colleges - local government owned industry (average annual salary $72,430). 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 all other special education teachers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 55 Highest Paying Industries for All Other Special Education Teachers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$81,820	$33,910	430
2	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$72,430	$21,820	150
3	Educational Support Services	$71,440	$37,720	970
4	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$71,080	$21,930	160
5	Educational Support Services - Local government owned	$69,650	$43,970	550
6	Hospitals - State government owned	$69,010	$49,760	80
7	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$66,050	$42,870	50
8	Educational Services - State government owned	$63,850	$34,520	n/a
9	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$63,390	$40,120	240
10	State government, including schools and hospitals	$62,750	$35,950	n/a
11	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$62,360	$34,260	840
12	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$62,260	$39,720	190
13	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$61,850	$35,580	490
14	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$61,650	$35,870	n/a
15	Federal government, including USPS	$61,120	$44,170	n/a
16	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$61,120	$44,170	940
17	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$61,000	$39,170	2,020
18	Federal, State, and Local Government	$61,000	$39,170	2,020
19	Hospitals - Privately owned	$59,530	$34,580	410
20	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$58,660	$35,040	n/a
21	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$57,950	$31,080	300
22	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$57,100	$34,960	31,730
23	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$56,690	$34,610	n/a
24	Educational Services - Local government owned	$56,530	$34,620	28,450
25	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$56,220	$34,520	27,700
26	Educational Services	$55,820	$32,850	32,610
27	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$55,770	$33,100	30,350
28	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$54,440	$36,100	240
29	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$52,210	$33,840	120
30	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$51,960	$33,730	590
31	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$51,090	$30,380	270
32	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$51,050	$22,430	50
33	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$49,500	$22,340	50
34	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$48,180	$36,330	290
35	Educational Services - Privately owned	$45,400	$23,120	n/a
36	Other Residential Care Facilities	$43,930	$28,000	270
37	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$43,320	$28,440	70
38	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$43,280	$23,480	1,150
39	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$43,110	$21,170	n/a
40	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$43,090	$22,620	860
41	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$42,610	$32,930	90
42	Other Schools and Instruction	$41,990	$23,390	510
43	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$41,760	$31,640	110
44	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$41,760	$31,640	110
45	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$41,180	$23,090	480
46	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$39,310	$21,750	590
47	Health Care and Social Assistance	$38,340	$22,130	4,510
48	Outpatient Care Centers	$37,580	$22,320	170
49	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$36,610	$25,780	590
50	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$36,360	$26,790	420
51	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$35,240	$22,560	60
52	Individual and Family Services	$33,250	$21,160	1,680
53	Social Assistance	$32,710	$21,160	2,270
54	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$30,430	$21,150	580
55	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$27,830	$20,620	1,090