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Highest Paying Industries for Veterinarians

The top 45 highest paying industries for veterinarians (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 $118,750, employment services is the highest paying industry for veterinarians. It is followed by administrative and support services industry (average annual salary $118,750). 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 veterinarians in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 45 Highest Paying Industries for Veterinarians

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Employment Services	$118,750	$78,360	n/a
2	Administrative and Support Services	$118,750	$78,360	n/a
3	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$118,750	$78,360	n/a
4	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$117,130	$65,770	260
5	Scientific Research and Development Services	$117,130	$65,770	260
6	Wholesale Trade	$106,420	$36,610	140
7	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$99,910	$71,470	60
8	Hospitals - Privately owned	$99,440	$41,540	50
9	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$98,930	$55,360	80
10	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$98,170	$41,050	50
11	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$98,170	$41,050	50
12	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$94,760	$41,920	60
13	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$93,530	$53,130	70
14	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$92,090	$62,660	210
15	Other Personal Services	$92,030	$54,240	230
16	Personal and Laundry Services	$92,030	$54,240	230
17	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$91,720	$63,240	240
18	Health Care and Social Assistance	$91,300	$45,510	100
19	Spectator Sports	$89,620	$65,970	50
20	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$89,620	$65,970	50
21	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$89,450	$60,510	920
22	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$88,810	$61,140	700
23	Social Advocacy Organizations	$88,620	$60,340	670
24	Federal government, including USPS	$88,030	$71,810	1,200
25	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$88,030	$71,810	1,200
26	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$87,750	$52,740	57,820
27	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$87,730	$54,160	40
28	Veterinary Services	$87,680	$52,700	57,530
29	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$87,680	$52,700	57,540
30	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$85,700	$60,120	2,110
31	Federal, State, and Local Government	$85,700	$60,120	2,110
32	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$85,660	$48,580	2,640
33	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$80,740	$45,200	290
34	Educational Services	$78,610	$30,530	780
35	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$77,960	$30,500	750
36	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$77,830	$28,640	490
37	Educational Services - State government owned	$77,450	$28,540	500
38	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$77,260	$42,220	220
39	State government, including schools and hospitals	$76,520	$36,710	1,190
40	Educational Services - Privately owned	$76,430	$33,930	260
41	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$76,400	$50,490	690
42	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$75,790	$33,840	250
43	Manufacturing	$71,250	$50,260	100
44	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$60,200	$50,690	n/a
45	Chemical Manufacturing	$60,200	$50,690	n/a