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Highest Paying Industries for Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for other healthcare practitioners and technical workers (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 $80,830, federal government, including usps is the highest paying industry for other healthcare practitioners and technical workers. It is followed by federal executive branch (oes designation) industry (average annual salary $80,830). 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 other healthcare practitioners and technical workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal government, including USPS	$80,830	$29,390	4,490
2	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$80,830	$29,390	4,490
3	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$74,130	$29,880	5,610
4	Federal, State, and Local Government	$74,130	$29,880	5,610
5	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$73,670	$41,660	80
6	Manufacturing	$67,060	$27,490	150
7	Other Insurance Related Activities	$66,750	$34,360	60
8	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$66,750	$34,360	60
9	Offices of Chiropractors	$65,320	$20,370	50
10	Pharmacies and Drug Stores	$64,910	$27,120	110
11	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$64,010	$31,620	310
12	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$63,280	$36,100	670
13	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$60,660	$32,820	40
14	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$60,650	$33,000	40
15	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$60,520	$42,100	240
16	Scientific Research and Development Services	$60,160	$31,870	340
17	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$60,070	$36,720	120
18	Office Administrative Services	$57,270	$21,050	120
19	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$57,040	$28,290	9,320
20	Temporary Help Services	$56,650	$20,230	330
21	Home Health Care Services	$56,540	$30,600	500
22	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$54,580	$23,640	40
23	Consumer Goods Rental	$54,520	$32,870	140
24	Rental and Leasing Services	$54,520	$32,870	140
25	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$53,930	$31,570	140
26	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$53,440	$30,820	260
27	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$52,840	$34,150	800
28	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$51,830	$30,250	1,180
29	Offices of Dentists	$51,660	$21,460	n/a
30	Hospitals - State government owned	$51,650	$29,140	380
31	Administrative and Support Services	$51,390	$21,360	720
32	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$51,330	$27,000	14,770
33	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$51,260	$21,370	720
34	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$51,070	$26,660	16,360
35	Employment Services	$50,920	$20,960	490
36	Hospitals - Privately owned	$50,780	$26,810	15,550
37	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$50,690	$26,560	17,280
38	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$49,500	$23,420	1,330
39	State government, including schools and hospitals	$49,490	$29,770	n/a
40	Hospitals - Local government owned	$49,470	$23,440	1,340
41	Outpatient Care Centers	$48,850	$26,330	1,320
42	Offices of Physicians	$48,780	$27,120	2,450
43	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$48,730	$26,590	260
44	Personal Care Services	$48,500	$40,560	n/a
45	Personal and Laundry Services	$48,500	$40,560	n/a
46	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$48,350	$38,040	n/a
47	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$48,200	$32,040	310
48	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$48,090	$34,280	30
49	Health Care and Social Assistance	$47,840	$25,080	27,630
50	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$47,620	$31,550	180
51	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$47,470	$24,400	320
52	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$47,190	$31,640	180
53	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$46,920	$25,990	1,190
54	Educational Services - State government owned	$46,860	$28,260	1,260
55	Individual and Family Services	$46,820	$33,050	230
56	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$46,810	$18,340	40
57	Nonstore Retailers	$46,810	$18,340	40
58	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$46,780	$28,190	1,220
59	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$46,710	$29,230	2,040
60	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$46,660	$39,390	n/a
61	Finance and Insurance	$46,490	$31,190	350
62	Educational Support Services	$46,480	$38,820	n/a
63	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$46,410	$18,870	30
64	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$46,380	$23,700	2,390
65	Social Assistance	$46,300	$31,570	330
66	Educational Services - Privately owned	$46,300	$31,800	890
67	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$46,060	$31,460	790
68	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$46,040	$25,430	1,250
69	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$45,950	$24,780	440
70	Educational Services	$45,600	$27,750	2,890
71	Insurance Carriers	$45,250	$31,680	240
72	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$45,160	$24,240	130
73	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$43,820	$30,720	190
74	Retail Trade	$43,800	$20,310	700
75	Health and Personal Care Stores	$43,560	$20,450	660
76	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$43,530	$23,630	8,880
77	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$41,380	$22,840	100
78	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$40,890	$23,340	630
79	Educational Services - Local government owned	$40,860	$23,940	730
80	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$40,790	$25,000	40
81	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$40,670	$23,240	620
82	Wholesale Trade	$40,370	$28,890	450
83	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$39,840	$31,480	110
84	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$39,470	$24,740	650
85	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$39,320	$24,710	650
86	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$38,980	$26,340	70
87	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$38,920	$21,960	920
88	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$38,410	$31,450	80
89	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$37,770	$24,630	120
90	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$37,180	$31,420	60
91	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$36,970	$21,650	1,140
92	Other Financial Investment Activities	$36,580	$25,350	n/a
93	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$36,580	$25,350	n/a
94	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$36,390	$24,590	n/a
95	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$36,300	$20,190	550
96	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$34,150	$22,980	50
97	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$34,150	$22,980	50
98	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$31,860	$20,750	920
99	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$31,680	$21,150	2,840
100	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$30,940	$22,890	50