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Highest Paying Industries for Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners

The top 100 highest paying industries for health diagnosing and treating practitioners (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 $174,670, medical and diagnostic laboratories is the highest paying industry for health diagnosing and treating practitioners. It is followed by offices of dentists industry (average annual salary $156,730). 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 health diagnosing and treating practitioners in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$174,670	$52,230	8,940
2	Offices of Dentists	$156,730	$67,250	104,900
3	Other General Merchandise Stores	$132,900	$106,000	16,370
4	General Merchandise Stores	$130,030	$102,520	29,460
5	Department Stores	$126,160	$85,700	13,100
6	Warehousing and Storage	$123,010	$54,500	220
7	Offices of Physicians	$122,470	$51,480	728,430
8	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$121,690	$52,980	n/a
9	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$121,690	$52,980	n/a
10	Retail Trade	$121,460	$76,430	194,110
11	Grocery Stores	$121,290	$66,820	23,630
12	Food and Beverage Stores	$121,290	$66,820	23,630
13	Other Information Services	$120,860	$81,740	60
14	Pharmacies and Drug Stores	$120,620	$81,470	128,130
15	Health and Personal Care Stores	$119,330	$73,830	136,570
16	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$119,270	$81,860	4,170
17	Nonstore Retailers	$118,740	$76,950	4,430
18	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$117,540	$75,370	6,510
19	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$117,350	$74,190	6,580
20	Software Publishers	$111,780	$35,630	30
21	Wholesale Trade	$110,290	$52,530	9,490
22	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$109,390	$66,940	680
23	Direct Selling Establishments	$108,710	$57,620	260
24	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$103,370	$56,010	610
25	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$100,790	$38,990	40
26	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$100,780	$68,530	940
27	Offices of Optometrists	$98,010	$48,900	20,550
28	Chemical Manufacturing	$94,560	$54,460	770
29	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$91,920	$49,700	1,464,800
30	Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	$89,890	$79,690	60
31	Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	$89,890	$79,690	60
32	Other Personal Services	$89,000	$50,110	250
33	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$88,970	$59,100	140,100
34	Federal government, including USPS	$88,920	$59,100	140,220
35	Spectator Sports	$88,020	$49,130	150
36	Oil and Gas Extraction	$87,790	$61,520	80
37	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$87,720	$56,330	3,630
38	Veterinary Services	$87,680	$52,700	57,540
39	Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds	$87,540	$53,360	70
40	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$87,520	$52,550	58,130
41	Scientific Research and Development Services	$86,050	$50,520	5,270
42	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$85,780	$50,840	490
43	Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles	$85,380	$51,790	80
44	Mining	$85,220	$58,750	100
45	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$84,900	$51,080	74,130
46	Information	$84,810	$53,340	710
47	Waste Management and Remediation Services	$82,860	$54,430	50
48	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$82,590	$54,920	6,600
49	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$82,180	$48,890	4,330
50	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$81,020	$48,810	15,290
51	Office Administrative Services	$80,460	$48,780	4,630
52	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$80,050	$54,390	200
53	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$79,040	$49,800	18,230
54	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	$78,650	$50,570	30
55	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$78,440	$51,320	133,990
56	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$78,380	$44,160	215,680
57	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$78,250	$49,330	251,080
58	Federal, State, and Local Government	$78,250	$49,330	251,080
59	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$77,660	$38,830	28,070
60	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$76,940	$38,170	220
61	Outpatient Care Centers	$76,780	$49,800	173,090
62	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$76,390	$48,280	700
63	Transportation and Warehousing	$75,650	$50,980	730
64	Temporary Help Services	$74,980	$46,330	53,360
65	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$74,940	$41,810	14,370
66	Employment Services	$74,920	$46,070	69,100
67	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$74,800	$45,860	75,650
68	Administrative and Support Services	$74,790	$45,850	75,600
69	Health Care and Social Assistance	$74,440	$47,940	3,969,530
70	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$74,420	$51,010	95,460
71	Social Advocacy Organizations	$74,400	$40,600	1,130
72	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$74,130	$51,350	60
73	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$73,930	$50,750	87,660
74	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$73,340	$47,260	55,630
75	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$72,750	$46,530	8,440
76	Ship and Boat Building	$72,600	$47,670	30
77	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$72,580	$61,350	90
78	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$72,200	$51,290	310
79	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$72,200	$51,410	330
80	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$72,090	$35,760	230
81	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$71,750	$51,840	530
82	Hospitals - State government owned	$71,670	$48,710	104,750
83	Rail Transportation	$71,550	$53,590	90
84	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$71,410	$35,070	250
85	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$71,380	$48,900	75,120
86	Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	$71,270	$53,980	120
87	Hospitals - Privately owned	$71,210	$48,660	1,878,300
88	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$71,190	$36,850	300
89	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$71,150	$48,580	1,767,150
90	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$71,090	$46,640	1,150
91	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$71,030	$50,660	1,710
92	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$70,770	$48,170	2,214,870
93	Insurance Carriers	$70,760	$51,460	22,540
94	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$70,670	$48,080	2,071,980
95	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$70,660	$40,340	4,140
96	Depository Credit Intermediation	$70,650	$63,220	40
97	Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	$70,630	$52,970	30
98	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$70,590	$33,170	3,730
99	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$70,550	$51,020	50
100	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$70,530	$53,650	1,030