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Highest Paying Industries for Editors

The top 100 highest paying industries for editors (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 $89,380, securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage is the highest paying industry for editors. It is followed by navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing industry (average annual salary $85,770). 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 editors in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Editors

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$89,380	$41,960	90
2	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$85,770	$51,060	170
3	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$84,530	$47,110	200
4	Offices of Physicians	$79,480	$49,360	80
5	Transportation and Warehousing	$78,200	$43,810	90
6	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$77,890	$48,140	70
7	Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers	$77,830	$46,930	70
8	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$77,570	$43,400	130
9	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$77,430	$46,950	60
10	Chemical Manufacturing	$77,420	$43,470	130
11	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$77,160	$41,540	160
12	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$76,670	$45,280	70
13	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$75,360	$57,850	50
14	Scheduled Air Transportation	$75,050	$42,730	n/a
15	Air Transportation	$75,050	$42,730	n/a
16	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$74,790	$53,420	70
17	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$73,660	$45,630	130
18	Software Publishers	$73,150	$38,050	860
19	Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	$72,070	$45,450	30
20	Testing Laboratories	$69,880	$43,120	40
21	Other Financial Investment Activities	$69,090	$41,140	70
22	Finance and Insurance	$68,780	$40,990	540
23	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$66,820	$40,420	220
24	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$66,630	$42,780	30
25	Manufacturing	$66,510	$31,760	690
26	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$66,340	$29,630	40
27	Legal Services	$66,100	$42,580	30
28	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$65,900	$38,440	350
29	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$65,750	$39,690	850
30	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$65,520	$48,450	60
31	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$64,480	$31,670	50
32	Scientific Research and Development Services	$64,230	$38,970	1,290
33	Engineering Services	$64,100	$39,960	370
34	Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations	$64,030	$18,640	170
35	Health Care and Social Assistance	$64,020	$37,740	n/a
36	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$63,630	$39,050	230
37	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$63,530	$37,070	2,120
38	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$63,230	$37,620	430
39	Hospitals - State government owned	$63,220	$40,720	50
40	Hospitals - Privately owned	$63,000	$36,330	240
41	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$62,970	$22,710	50
42	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$62,590	$36,510	300
43	Depository Credit Intermediation	$62,520	$45,790	30
44	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$62,250	$39,370	240
45	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$62,170	$39,490	40
46	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$61,640	$39,460	600
47	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$61,540	$40,790	120
48	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$61,460	$37,510	450
49	Insurance Carriers	$61,150	$39,370	160
50	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$61,130	$32,600	3,750
51	Cable and Other Subscription Programming	$60,820	$32,740	450
52	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$60,420	$37,090	320
53	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$60,350	$38,700	1,390
54	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$59,990	$32,510	180
55	Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$59,930	$37,850	410
56	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$59,820	$40,530	110
57	Wholesale Trade	$59,620	$36,920	920
58	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$59,600	$36,550	80
59	Spectator Sports	$59,380	$33,870	70
60	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$58,770	$29,700	5,560
61	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$58,720	$29,700	5,570
62	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$58,520	$40,920	70
63	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$58,500	$39,140	60
64	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$58,370	$35,730	1,970
65	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$58,320	$34,520	190
66	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$58,100	$34,400	230
67	Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$58,030	$30,020	60
68	Educational Services - Local government owned	$57,540	$26,010	130
69	Educational Services - Privately owned	$57,290	$35,160	3,300
70	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$57,020	$30,750	9,550
71	Other Information Services	$56,990	$28,970	6,440
72	Office Administrative Services	$56,460	$40,440	180
73	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$56,180	$30,680	2,560
74	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$55,590	$30,500	2,730
75	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$55,480	$33,970	230
76	Temporary Help Services	$55,390	$31,040	600
77	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$55,360	$30,460	150
78	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	$55,320	$29,330	2,820
79	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$55,250	$34,050	660
80	Educational Support Services	$55,250	$34,050	660
81	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$55,160	$29,480	n/a
82	Other Schools and Instruction	$55,160	$29,480	n/a
83	Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services	$55,080	$34,640	60
84	Social Assistance	$54,950	$29,860	n/a
85	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$54,810	$36,340	340
86	Educational Services	$54,790	$34,380	5,140
87	Telephone Call Centers	$54,550	$27,730	n/a
88	Social Advocacy Organizations	$54,420	$29,670	680
89	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$54,170	$34,430	3,680
90	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$54,000	$36,450	100
91	Employment Services	$53,890	$31,050	790
92	Information	$53,750	$28,090	67,110
93	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$53,610	$27,980	52,980
94	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$53,550	$32,400	2,160
95	Telecommunications	$53,520	$28,190	530
96	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$53,320	$27,900	52,120
97	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$53,060	$22,800	80
98	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$52,710	$24,880	990
99	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	$52,380	$40,850	n/a
100	Specialized Design Services	$51,510	$33,540	420