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Highest Paying Industries for Surgical Technologists

The top 45 highest paying industries for surgical technologists (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 $66,250, home health care services is the highest paying industry for surgical technologists. It is followed by social assistance industry (average annual salary $65,280). 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 surgical technologists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 45 Highest Paying Industries for Surgical Technologists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Home Health Care Services	$66,250	$49,340	n/a
2	Social Assistance	$65,280	$39,120	n/a
3	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$59,170	$28,950	n/a
4	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$58,580	$39,770	160
5	Educational Services - Privately owned	$58,580	$39,770	160
6	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$55,300	$28,660	560
7	Educational Services - Local government owned	$51,260	$41,140	60
8	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$51,140	$36,210	440
9	Educational Services	$51,050	$36,060	440
10	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$46,900	$33,750	220
11	Educational Services - State government owned	$46,900	$33,750	220
12	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$46,710	$31,900	100
13	Employment Services	$46,160	$32,800	1,370
14	Administrative and Support Services	$46,160	$32,800	1,370
15	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$46,160	$32,800	1,370
16	Temporary Help Services	$46,000	$32,970	1,060
17	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$45,950	$30,370	490
18	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$45,950	$30,370	490
19	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$45,930	$32,700	1,430
20	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$45,820	$32,870	1,540
21	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$45,500	$35,760	90
22	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$45,220	$35,090	30
23	Outpatient Care Centers	$44,570	$31,340	9,620
24	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$44,120	$31,300	26,550
25	Offices of Physicians	$43,930	$31,540	11,710
26	Hospitals - Privately owned	$43,530	$30,970	60,440
27	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$43,470	$30,910	59,010
28	Health Care and Social Assistance	$43,320	$30,720	96,130
29	State government, including schools and hospitals	$42,990	$27,760	2,070
30	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$42,990	$30,400	69,500
31	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$42,920	$30,310	67,950
32	Offices of Dentists	$42,730	$30,870	4,000
33	Hospitals - State government owned	$42,380	$27,300	1,850
34	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$42,070	$26,980	1,760
35	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$39,770	$27,890	160
36	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$39,050	$27,690	9,610
37	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$38,840	$27,090	130
38	Hospitals - Local government owned	$38,530	$27,480	7,210
39	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$38,520	$27,460	7,180
40	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$38,350	$27,670	7,540
41	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$38,210	$26,700	120
42	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$35,490	$32,040	270
43	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$35,450	$31,990	270
44	Federal, State, and Local Government	$35,450	$31,990	270
45	Offices of Optometrists	$34,780	$23,620	50