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Highest Paying Industries for Miscellaneous Teachers and Instructors

The top 100 highest paying industries for miscellaneous teachers and instructors (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 $75,350, junior colleges - privately owned is the highest paying industry for miscellaneous teachers and instructors. It is followed by miscellaneous manufacturing industry (average annual salary $74,900). 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 teachers and instructors in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Miscellaneous Teachers and Instructors

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$75,350	$20,370	1,200
2	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$74,900	$24,310	70
3	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$65,720	$46,760	16,300
4	Federal government, including USPS	$65,710	$47,010	16,480
5	Wholesale Trade	$65,190	$31,440	50
6	Manufacturing	$64,560	$24,200	130
7	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$63,150	$21,220	1,010
8	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$59,810	$31,460	1,260
9	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$59,660	$24,480	28,400
10	Federal, State, and Local Government	$59,660	$24,480	28,400
11	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$59,660	$37,420	330
12	Scientific Research and Development Services	$59,660	$28,770	1,450
13	Home Health Care Services	$59,030	$38,650	40
14	Hospitals - State government owned	$58,800	$36,840	360
15	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$57,240	$18,410	190
16	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$55,930	$40,560	120
17	Postal Service (federal government)	$55,570	$55,560	170
18	Transportation and Warehousing	$55,570	$53,810	250
19	Hospitals - Local government owned	$55,460	$39,720	130
20	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$54,930	$23,700	2,770
21	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$54,060	$26,130	580
22	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$52,220	$23,330	1,820
23	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$52,150	$27,890	730
24	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$51,590	$20,960	4,980
25	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$50,990	$22,690	1,230
26	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$50,950	$28,310	30
27	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$50,210	$18,420	n/a
28	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$49,910	$21,770	740
29	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$49,760	$22,170	1,080
30	Offices of Physicians	$49,760	$32,840	80
31	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$49,700	$30,190	80
32	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$49,560	$40,160	40
33	Software Publishers	$49,530	$30,760	40
34	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$49,280	$37,140	40
35	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$48,600	$27,380	170
36	Technical and trade schools - State government owned	$48,600	$20,670	460
37	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$48,190	$26,450	50
38	Hospitals - Privately owned	$48,020	$22,320	1,330
39	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	$45,940	$29,000	n/a
40	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$45,580	$20,990	3,280
41	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$45,530	$21,010	3,300
42	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$45,200	$23,400	120
43	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$43,930	$19,900	2,800
44	Technical and Trade Schools	$43,650	$19,980	3,460
45	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$43,550	$31,470	6,680
46	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$43,460	$23,120	250
47	Information	$43,030	$21,600	230
48	Facilities Support Services	$42,670	$27,390	70
49	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$42,640	$22,020	790
50	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$41,480	$24,400	350
51	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$41,350	$20,140	7,110
52	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$40,690	$19,010	550
53	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$39,830	$17,660	n/a
54	State government, including schools and hospitals	$39,070	$18,650	n/a
55	Other Information Services	$38,580	$21,030	150
56	Other Residential Care Facilities	$37,750	$19,380	740
57	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$37,600	$21,940	560
58	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$37,130	$18,530	4,820
59	Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	$37,030	$17,320	100
60	Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services	$36,850	$22,210	70
61	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$36,380	$23,820	n/a
62	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$36,300	$20,610	480
63	Educational Services - State government owned	$36,300	$18,500	24,560
64	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$36,290	$18,610	11,300
65	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$35,870	$18,490	5,030
66	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$35,440	$20,380	1,640
67	Other schools and instruction - Local government owned	$35,080	$20,100	250
68	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$35,070	$18,950	1,290
69	Retail Trade	$34,750	$17,940	320
70	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$34,710	$18,950	1,040
71	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$34,370	$18,310	19,950
72	Electronics and Appliance Stores	$33,830	$17,560	270
73	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$33,800	$18,430	15,350
74	Social Advocacy Organizations	$33,580	$18,710	670
75	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$32,860	$18,120	2,350
76	Other Schools and Instruction	$32,820	$18,440	60,500
77	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$32,810	$18,430	60,240
78	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$32,640	$20,750	850
79	Individual and Family Services	$32,280	$18,260	6,970
80	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	$32,150	$18,050	n/a
81	Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	$32,020	$18,140	n/a
82	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$31,870	$17,400	390
83	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$31,850	$22,990	140
84	Health Care and Social Assistance	$31,680	$18,290	19,610
85	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$31,470	$18,350	26,050
86	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$31,460	$17,990	n/a
87	Educational Services - Privately owned	$31,190	$18,540	127,410
88	Performing Arts Companies	$31,040	$18,380	120
89	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$30,730	$17,380	300
90	Junior colleges - State government owned	$30,590	$17,410	3,390
91	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$30,540	$19,680	540
92	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$30,280	$18,930	13,160
93	Technical and trade schools - Local government owned	$29,890	$19,600	200
94	Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters	$29,700	$18,650	70
95	Civic and Social Organizations	$29,610	$18,270	1,770
96	Educational Support Services	$29,260	$18,420	16,150
97	Social Assistance	$29,050	$17,970	15,350
98	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$29,050	$18,170	14,000
99	Religious Organizations	$29,020	$17,810	810
100	Educational Services	$28,180	$17,880	790,370