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Highest Paying Industries for Hearing Aid Specialists

The top 27 highest paying industries for hearing aid specialists (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 $53,410, other general merchandise stores is the highest paying industry for hearing aid specialists. It is followed by general merchandise stores industry (average annual salary $53,410). 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 hearing aid specialists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 27 Highest Paying Industries for Hearing Aid Specialists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Other General Merchandise Stores	$53,410	$33,280	1,060
2	General Merchandise Stores	$53,410	$33,280	1,060
3	Retail Trade	$51,260	$28,110	3,290
4	Health and Personal Care Stores	$49,290	$26,720	2,230
5	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$41,400	$27,500	n/a
6	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$41,400	$27,500	n/a
7	Wholesale Trade	$40,880	$27,360	60
8	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$39,480	$25,640	130
9	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$38,920	$25,480	130
10	Hospitals - Privately owned	$38,900	$25,460	120
11	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$38,150	$25,300	120
12	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$36,670	$24,760	870
13	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$36,630	$25,300	100
14	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$36,490	$24,770	910
15	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$35,070	$25,700	60
16	Federal, State, and Local Government	$35,070	$25,700	60
17	Educational Services	$35,000	$21,110	40
18	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$34,940	$25,110	90
19	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$34,420	$19,870	160
20	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$34,420	$19,870	160
21	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$33,690	$25,610	50
22	Health Care and Social Assistance	$32,690	$18,700	1,890
23	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$32,240	$18,490	1,730
24	Manufacturing	$30,030	$24,280	70
25	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$29,590	$23,960	70
26	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$29,590	$23,960	70
27	Offices of Physicians	$22,550	$16,870	660