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Highest Paying Industries for Dietetic Technicians

The top 56 highest paying industries for dietetic technicians (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 $40,270, outpatient care centers is the highest paying industry for dietetic technicians. It is followed by retail trade industry (average annual salary $34,200). 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 dietetic technicians in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 56 Highest Paying Industries for Dietetic Technicians

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Outpatient Care Centers	$40,270	$25,130	280
2	Retail Trade	$34,200	$21,630	110
3	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$33,660	$20,520	90
4	Home Health Care Services	$33,650	$20,360	80
5	Individual and Family Services	$32,820	$23,480	230
6	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$32,720	$24,440	400
7	Social Assistance	$32,600	$22,460	250
8	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$32,530	$19,940	950
9	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$32,370	$18,480	130
10	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$30,950	$20,920	70
11	Offices of Physicians	$30,930	$20,600	410
12	Educational Services - Local government owned	$30,600	$21,470	200
13	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$30,470	$21,450	200
14	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$30,420	$21,780	n/a
15	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$30,300	$20,750	210
16	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$30,110	$18,620	2,360
17	Federal, State, and Local Government	$30,110	$18,620	2,360
18	State government, including schools and hospitals	$30,010	$20,930	1,000
19	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$29,860	$18,920	650
20	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$29,670	$18,800	620
21	Hospitals - State government owned	$29,650	$19,440	510
22	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$29,620	$18,260	1,960
23	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$29,330	$19,150	420
24	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$28,960	$18,030	190
25	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$28,830	$18,580	4,560
26	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$28,440	$18,230	3,560
27	Educational Services	$28,330	$20,080	330
28	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$28,020	$19,270	10,210
29	Hospitals - Privately owned	$27,990	$19,240	11,080
30	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$27,900	$19,080	12,970
31	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$27,890	$19,090	12,010
32	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$27,850	$16,830	110
33	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$26,140	$19,100	320
34	Hospitals - Local government owned	$26,100	$17,910	1,390
35	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$26,030	$17,880	1,380
36	Health Care and Social Assistance	$25,230	$17,910	24,620
37	Administrative and Support Services	$25,100	$16,420	n/a
38	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$25,100	$16,420	n/a
39	Special Food Services	$24,930	$19,160	400
40	Food Services and Drinking Places	$24,930	$19,160	400
41	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$24,910	$18,860	200
42	Accommodation and Food Services	$24,810	$19,190	400
43	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$24,550	$18,750	250
44	Civic and Social Organizations	$24,170	$16,760	40
45	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$24,130	$18,010	210
46	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$24,000	$17,920	320
47	Facilities Support Services	$23,900	$16,160	n/a
48	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$23,870	$20,020	110
49	Educational Services - State government owned	$23,440	$20,090	100
50	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$23,360	$20,070	100
51	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$22,520	$17,270	7,650
52	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$22,240	$17,170	10,440
53	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$22,050	$17,840	60
54	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$21,800	$17,090	120
55	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$21,100	$16,810	2,450
56	Social Advocacy Organizations	$19,290	$16,140	40