Rank |
Industry |
Average Salary i |
Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
1 |
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
|
$85,900 |
$35,980 |
830 |
2 |
Federal government, including USPS
|
$85,700 |
$63,790 |
2,350 |
3 |
Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)
|
$85,700 |
$63,790 |
2,350 |
4 |
Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers
|
$84,490 |
$63,730 |
n/a |
5 |
Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
|
$83,780 |
$29,160 |
90 |
6 |
Transportation and Warehousing
|
$83,270 |
$35,430 |
30 |
7 |
Temporary Help Services
|
$80,870 |
$51,170 |
n/a |
8 |
Office Administrative Services
|
$79,520 |
$40,360 |
40 |
9 |
Home Health Care Services
|
$79,100 |
$36,810 |
n/a |
10 |
Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned
|
$77,690 |
$46,590 |
90 |
11 |
Manufacturing
|
$76,240 |
$51,450 |
90 |
12 |
Educational Support Services - Local government owned
|
$72,620 |
$48,990 |
1,390 |
13 |
Software Publishers
|
$71,440 |
$47,860 |
180 |
14 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned
|
$69,330 |
$39,260 |
40 |
15 |
Hospitals - Local government owned
|
$69,330 |
$39,260 |
40 |
16 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned
|
$69,030 |
$46,970 |
1,170 |
17 |
Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)
|
$68,700 |
$41,490 |
12,800 |
18 |
Federal, State, and Local Government
|
$68,700 |
$41,490 |
12,800 |
19 |
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations
|
$68,340 |
$38,010 |
910 |
20 |
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers
|
$68,200 |
$40,160 |
180 |
21 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
|
$67,970 |
$42,820 |
430 |
22 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned
|
$67,830 |
$43,170 |
380 |
23 |
Hospitals - Privately owned
|
$67,830 |
$42,480 |
440 |
24 |
Employment Services
|
$67,750 |
$39,260 |
200 |
25 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned
|
$67,740 |
$43,560 |
52,150 |
26 |
State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)
|
$67,490 |
$44,960 |
6,340 |
27 |
Educational Services - Local government owned
|
$67,260 |
$42,850 |
58,640 |
28 |
Technical and trade schools - Local government owned
|
$67,110 |
$50,870 |
120 |
29 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools
|
$67,060 |
$42,390 |
59,460 |
30 |
Local government, including schools and hospitals
|
$66,780 |
$42,030 |
62,790 |
31 |
Publishing Industries (except Internet)
|
$66,780 |
$40,240 |
290 |
32 |
Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)
|
$65,900 |
$44,390 |
730 |
33 |
Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit
|
$65,460 |
$41,050 |
84,510 |
34 |
Wholesale Trade
|
$65,220 |
$40,420 |
300 |
35 |
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
|
$65,180 |
$36,480 |
2,430 |
36 |
Information
|
$65,150 |
$41,440 |
580 |
37 |
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods
|
$64,410 |
$42,230 |
30 |
38 |
Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
|
$64,110 |
$41,290 |
160 |
39 |
Other Residential Care Facilities
|
$64,070 |
$36,260 |
120 |
40 |
Scientific Research and Development Services
|
$63,500 |
$39,050 |
550 |
41 |
Other Information Services
|
$63,430 |
$40,960 |
150 |
42 |
Grantmaking and Giving Services
|
$63,280 |
$35,640 |
140 |
43 |
Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
|
$63,270 |
$37,930 |
380 |
44 |
Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals
|
$62,740 |
$48,980 |
260 |
45 |
Educational Support Services
|
$62,650 |
$32,630 |
8,520 |
46 |
Educational Services
|
$62,580 |
$37,780 |
101,910 |
47 |
Hospitals - State government owned
|
$62,150 |
$49,200 |
250 |
48 |
Other Insurance Related Activities
|
$62,020 |
$41,950 |
40 |
49 |
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities
|
$62,020 |
$41,950 |
40 |
50 |
Technical and trade schools - State government owned
|
$61,630 |
$39,280 |
120 |
51 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services
|
$61,210 |
$40,740 |
670 |
52 |
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
|
$61,150 |
$27,990 |
n/a |
53 |
Administrative and Support Services
|
$61,010 |
$33,430 |
380 |
54 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises
|
$60,500 |
$38,040 |
1,020 |
55 |
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
|
$60,380 |
$32,230 |
380 |
56 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned
|
$60,090 |
$33,960 |
6,140 |
57 |
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals
|
$59,320 |
$36,780 |
40 |
58 |
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)
|
$59,280 |
$32,750 |
4,110 |
59 |
Junior colleges - Local government owned
|
$59,250 |
$37,100 |
4,740 |
60 |
Junior colleges - Privately owned
|
$59,220 |
$38,770 |
440 |
61 |
Educational Support Services - Privately owned
|
$59,060 |
$31,710 |
7,140 |
62 |
State government, including schools and hospitals
|
$58,840 |
$38,030 |
19,370 |
63 |
Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned
|
$58,300 |
$32,210 |
2,300 |
64 |
Business Schools and Computer and Management Training
|
$58,250 |
$32,380 |
2,400 |
65 |
Technical and Trade Schools
|
$58,110 |
$33,430 |
2,160 |
66 |
Other schools and instruction - Local government owned
|
$58,040 |
$29,840 |
70 |
67 |
Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)
|
$57,920 |
$30,510 |
2,100 |
68 |
Offices of Physicians
|
$57,910 |
$38,910 |
100 |
69 |
Engineering Services
|
$57,510 |
$30,580 |
260 |
70 |
Technical and trade schools - Privately owned
|
$57,010 |
$32,730 |
1,920 |
71 |
Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)
|
$56,970 |
$36,090 |
7,590 |
72 |
Educational Services - Privately owned
|
$56,750 |
$32,770 |
30,490 |
73 |
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services
|
$56,610 |
$28,980 |
280 |
74 |
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
|
$56,130 |
$40,320 |
90 |
75 |
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations
|
$56,030 |
$30,160 |
2,010 |
76 |
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers
|
$55,340 |
$31,060 |
100 |
77 |
Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned
|
$55,120 |
$33,880 |
9,250 |
78 |
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities
|
$55,090 |
$35,290 |
280 |
79 |
Educational Services - State government owned
|
$54,750 |
$35,700 |
12,790 |
80 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
|
$54,410 |
$34,570 |
18,380 |
81 |
Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned
|
$53,610 |
$35,280 |
9,050 |
82 |
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
|
$52,880 |
$41,750 |
n/a |
83 |
Junior colleges - State government owned
|
$52,710 |
$34,250 |
2,420 |
84 |
Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities
|
$52,360 |
$37,030 |
70 |
85 |
Ambulatory Health Care Services
|
$51,460 |
$33,460 |
330 |
86 |
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities
|
$49,910 |
$34,670 |
140 |
87 |
Other Schools and Instruction
|
$49,760 |
$29,790 |
3,390 |
88 |
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
|
$49,630 |
$37,150 |
50 |
89 |
Other schools and instruction - Privately owned
|
$49,550 |
$29,730 |
3,300 |
90 |
All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services
|
$49,130 |
$36,990 |
n/a |
91 |
Finance and Insurance
|
$48,390 |
$32,200 |
500 |
92 |
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities
|
$47,700 |
$31,230 |
70 |
93 |
Individual and Family Services
|
$47,120 |
$30,720 |
2,570 |
94 |
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
|
$47,030 |
$24,520 |
n/a |
95 |
Religious Organizations
|
$46,850 |
$32,150 |
170 |
96 |
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities
|
$46,730 |
$31,600 |
440 |
97 |
Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
|
$46,430 |
$23,890 |
580 |
98 |
Social Advocacy Organizations
|
$46,320 |
$25,190 |
530 |
99 |
Insurance Carriers
|
$45,840 |
$31,440 |
400 |
100 |
Outpatient Care Centers
|
$45,760 |
$30,150 |
80 |