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Highest Paying Industries for Other Teachers and Instructors

The top 100 highest paying industries for other 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 $85,070, architectural, engineering, and related services is the highest paying industry for other teachers and instructors. It is followed by medical equipment and supplies manufacturing industry (average annual salary $84,590). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2014 [1]. For more information about salaries of other teachers and instructors in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$85,070	$60,660	70
2	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$84,590	$34,400	60
3	Engineering Services	$82,450	$35,120	n/a
4	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$75,330	$29,370	70
5	Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations	$74,630	$63,810	n/a
6	Manufacturing	$65,380	$31,080	150
7	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$65,050	$47,460	16,550
8	Federal government, including USPS	$64,790	$47,460	16,720
9	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$63,410	$26,510	870
10	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$61,500	$30,290	50
11	Software Publishers	$61,450	$31,490	50
12	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$61,220	$29,540	26,230
13	Federal, State, and Local Government	$61,220	$29,540	26,230
14	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$59,040	$36,940	30
15	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$58,570	$26,240	600
16	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$58,500	$35,180	n/a
17	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$58,270	$31,850	40
18	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$58,180	$26,820	410
19	Ambulance Services	$57,580	$49,900	50
20	Hospitals - State government owned	$57,460	$27,260	470
21	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$55,830	$31,540	1,640
22	Scientific Research and Development Services	$55,190	$30,110	1,840
23	Postal Service (federal government)	$55,010	$55,000	170
24	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$54,640	$27,840	4,530
25	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$53,970	$21,130	1,180
26	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$53,740	$21,640	1,350
27	Hospitals - Local government owned	$53,560	$33,170	110
28	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$53,410	$21,550	760
29	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$53,360	$32,930	110
30	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$53,320	$23,550	4,810
31	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$52,950	$22,470	2,000
32	Wholesale Trade	$52,420	$25,250	n/a
33	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$51,950	$25,970	610
34	Technical and trade schools - Local government owned	$50,770	$19,020	150
35	Hospitals - Privately owned	$50,680	$21,420	1,420
36	Home Health Care Services	$50,370	$22,320	70
37	Offices of Physicians	$50,230	$40,070	60
38	Educational Support Services - Local government owned	$50,110	$22,740	890
39	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$49,960	$28,530	50
40	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$49,790	$18,410	40
41	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$49,680	$25,690	130
42	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$49,260	$19,960	140,570
43	Technical and Trade Schools	$48,870	$21,810	4,120
44	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$48,810	$21,840	3,730
45	Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services	$48,760	$21,550	n/a
46	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$48,730	$22,210	76,650
47	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$48,600	$19,790	200
48	Administrative and Support Services	$48,490	$21,340	n/a
49	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$48,490	$21,340	n/a
50	Technical and trade schools - State government owned	$48,040	$24,320	240
51	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$47,810	$21,730	86,960
52	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$47,760	$21,730	3,330
53	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$47,700	$21,760	3,340
54	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$47,160	$18,600	40
55	Educational Services - Local government owned	$46,620	$19,990	92,120
56	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$46,440	$20,090	97,110
57	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$45,700	$20,280	970
58	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$45,030	$26,650	1,550
59	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$44,680	$21,800	120
60	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$44,210	$23,280	4,880
61	Facilities Support Services	$43,620	$32,300	100
62	State government, including schools and hospitals	$43,170	$18,620	n/a
63	Employment Services	$42,400	$20,230	n/a
64	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$42,030	$22,880	40
65	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$41,570	$21,310	800
66	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$41,520	$19,180	750
67	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$41,470	$25,160	200
68	Educational Services	$40,980	$19,070	211,140
69	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$40,850	$19,070	8,770
70	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$40,390	$24,350	360
71	Information	$40,030	$21,080	240
72	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$39,740	$24,460	260
73	Educational Services - State government owned	$39,740	$18,240	21,460
74	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$39,620	$18,180	15,760
75	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$39,330	$20,180	1,280
76	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$38,720	$19,180	1,090
77	Other Residential Care Facilities	$38,390	$19,140	610
78	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$38,070	$18,300	28,910
79	Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	$37,970	$16,690	90
80	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$37,960	$30,760	130
81	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$37,440	$20,670	1,370
82	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$37,420	$18,000	60
83	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$36,690	$19,740	670
84	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$36,670	$21,600	730
85	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$36,590	$21,670	80
86	Educational Support Services	$36,240	$18,380	11,410
87	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$36,120	$23,450	240
88	Accommodation	$36,080	$21,670	80
89	Accommodation and Food Services	$36,080	$21,670	80
90	Educational Services - Privately owned	$36,030	$18,790	97,550
91	Other schools and instruction - Local government owned	$35,990	$21,980	290
92	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$35,870	$20,120	90
93	Electronics and Appliance Stores	$35,870	$27,440	210
94	Retail Trade	$35,710	$25,740	270
95	RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps	$35,630	$22,280	30
96	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$35,510	$18,400	12,380
97	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$35,370	$19,050	4,750
98	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$35,350	$20,890	470
99	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$34,860	$18,310	10,520
100	Other Schools and Instruction	$34,740	$18,820	58,870