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Highest Paying Industries for Librarians, Curators, and Archivists

The top 100 highest paying industries for librarians, curators, and archivists (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 $67,990, securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities is the highest paying industry for librarians, curators, and archivists. It is followed by aerospace product and parts manufacturing industry (average annual salary $66,860). 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 librarians, curators, and archivists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Librarians, Curators, and Archivists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$67,990	$36,290	100
2	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$66,860	$35,840	100
3	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$66,770	$35,560	110
4	Other Support Services	$65,100	$42,510	30
5	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$65,010	$41,720	390
6	Office Administrative Services	$64,000	$39,320	50
7	Federal government, including USPS	$63,860	$37,590	n/a
8	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$63,860	$37,590	4,870
9	Other Financial Investment Activities	$63,820	$34,890	70
10	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$62,430	$33,410	30
11	Insurance Carriers	$61,690	$36,400	80
12	Manufacturing	$61,520	$34,920	220
13	Amusement Parks and Arcades	$61,350	$39,600	50
14	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$61,000	$36,850	80
15	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$60,770	$40,740	390
16	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$60,760	$32,280	860
17	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$60,740	$34,520	230
18	Legal Services	$60,110	$35,750	1,990
19	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$60,020	$32,300	240
20	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$59,800	$34,890	210
21	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$59,370	$33,860	400
22	Finance and Insurance	$59,330	$32,220	250
23	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$58,600	$36,640	40
24	Scientific Research and Development Services	$58,580	$32,340	1,120
25	Engineering Services	$58,240	$34,650	150
26	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$57,550	$31,950	4,310
27	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	$57,390	$39,980	50
28	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$57,380	$39,400	50
29	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$55,920	$37,240	40
30	Broadcasting (except Internet)	$55,350	$34,810	220
31	Oil and Gas Extraction	$54,700	$34,110	40
32	Mining	$54,700	$34,110	40
33	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$54,610	$32,270	280
34	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$54,260	$34,700	40
35	Cable and Other Subscription Programming	$53,100	$34,890	60
36	Hospitals - Privately owned	$52,970	$29,080	1,450
37	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$52,910	$28,950	1,410
38	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$52,870	$29,310	260
39	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$52,430	$29,090	250
40	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$52,400	$28,760	1,640
41	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$52,230	$28,480	1,510
42	Hospitals - State government owned	$52,210	$32,200	100
43	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$52,170	$24,690	63,460
44	Educational Services - Local government owned	$52,120	$24,850	68,710
45	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$51,890	$28,620	170
46	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$51,820	$24,650	69,840
47	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$51,680	$27,660	4,950
48	Health Care and Social Assistance	$51,650	$28,790	1,910
49	Educational Services	$50,850	$26,040	115,850
50	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$50,570	$28,650	19,240
51	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$49,630	$32,440	280
52	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$49,490	$28,620	37,460
53	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$49,390	$31,360	60
54	Educational Services - Privately owned	$49,360	$27,110	26,290
55	Performing Arts Companies	$49,320	$24,300	210
56	Wholesale Trade	$49,060	$32,190	280
57	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$48,980	$27,060	7,730
58	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$48,840	$24,720	250
59	Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters	$48,710	$22,490	50
60	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$48,520	$28,730	17,990
61	Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$48,390	$32,110	250
62	Educational Services - State government owned	$48,350	$28,430	20,850
63	Real Estate	$48,200	$19,090	n/a
64	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$48,160	$32,420	260
65	Offices of Physicians	$48,120	$29,170	100
66	Lessors of Real Estate	$48,080	$19,040	n/a
67	State government, including schools and hospitals	$47,920	$28,610	26,140
68	Retail Trade	$47,600	$22,500	230
69	Other Schools and Instruction	$47,540	$24,950	260
70	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$47,190	$26,440	1,480
71	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$47,170	$26,470	1,500
72	Religious Organizations	$46,760	$26,400	190
73	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$46,680	$23,960	200
74	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$46,460	$23,890	5,990
75	Miscellaneous Store Retailers	$46,280	$18,960	90
76	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$45,990	$29,420	5,190
77	Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers	$45,730	$18,920	90
78	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$45,680	$27,690	380
79	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$45,520	$24,990	180
80	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$45,480	$24,990	180
81	Social Advocacy Organizations	$45,460	$27,470	160
82	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$45,360	$22,620	660
83	Junior colleges - State government owned	$45,290	$26,210	2,400
84	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$44,860	$22,580	190,260
85	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$44,570	$21,420	230
86	Transportation and Warehousing	$44,380	$33,570	n/a
87	Civic and Social Organizations	$43,760	$25,800	650
88	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$43,740	$21,750	159,240
89	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$43,560	$23,890	13,310
90	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$43,510	$27,360	190
91	Technical and Trade Schools	$43,510	$25,980	260
92	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$43,450	$23,970	12,550
93	Social Assistance	$43,450	$29,610	80
94	Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	$43,420	$27,240	80
95	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$43,190	$23,760	80
96	Hospitals - Local government owned	$43,190	$23,760	80
97	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$42,940	$23,310	330
98	Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers	$42,790	$20,690	340
99	Technical and trade schools - State government owned	$42,680	$23,100	60
100	Newspaper Publishers	$42,240	$25,880	120