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Highest Paying Industries for Nursing Assistants

The top 86 highest paying industries for nursing assistants (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 $35,850, federal government, including usps is the highest paying industry for nursing assistants. It is followed by federal executive branch (oes designation) industry (average annual salary $35,850). 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 nursing assistants in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 86 Highest Paying Industries for Nursing Assistants

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal government, including USPS	$35,850	$31,090	12,940
2	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$35,850	$31,090	12,940
3	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$32,400	$22,100	1,930
4	Educational Services - State government owned	$32,150	$22,290	1,990
5	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$31,570	$19,480	2,970
6	Insurance Carriers	$30,960	$22,260	180
7	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$30,930	$21,980	190
8	Finance and Insurance	$30,930	$21,980	190
9	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$30,640	$22,130	160
10	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$30,200	$20,870	62,500
11	Federal, State, and Local Government	$30,200	$20,870	62,500
12	Lessors of Real Estate	$30,150	$25,070	n/a
13	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$30,050	$22,830	1,240
14	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$29,190	$21,660	590
15	Scientific Research and Development Services	$29,190	$21,660	590
16	Religious Organizations	$28,840	$20,480	840
17	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$28,830	$18,970	440
18	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$28,770	$21,800	17,670
19	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$28,770	$20,750	12,280
20	Outpatient Care Centers	$28,760	$20,480	16,160
21	State government, including schools and hospitals	$28,470	$20,800	36,570
22	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$28,260	$20,700	190
23	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$28,090	$19,790	131,100
24	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$28,070	$20,220	980
25	Hospitals - State government owned	$27,980	$19,900	16,910
26	Educational Services	$27,910	$18,470	7,830
27	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$27,790	$19,560	31,890
28	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$27,780	$20,260	740
29	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$27,630	$20,270	289,860
30	Hospitals - Privately owned	$27,560	$20,230	313,150
31	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$27,540	$20,120	1,120
32	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$27,480	$20,220	860
33	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$27,420	$20,110	346,900
34	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$27,360	$20,070	375,160
35	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$27,130	$19,970	22,220
36	Temporary Help Services	$27,050	$19,140	31,790
37	Educational Services - Privately owned	$27,030	$18,080	1,250
38	Offices of Dentists	$26,940	$20,010	260
39	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$26,910	$19,880	20,780
40	Administrative and Support Services	$26,890	$19,060	37,860
41	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$26,890	$19,060	37,860
42	Employment Services	$26,880	$19,050	37,590
43	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$26,500	$18,990	81,590
44	Offices of Physicians	$26,390	$19,000	16,850
45	Educational Services - Local government owned	$26,180	$18,090	4,590
46	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$26,160	$17,400	1,200
47	Facilities Support Services	$26,140	$21,020	40
48	Wholesale Trade	$26,100	$19,860	30
49	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$25,970	$17,790	780
50	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$25,970	$18,080	4,790
51	Hospitals - Local government owned	$25,590	$18,740	45,110
52	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$25,590	$17,970	4,290
53	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$25,570	$18,710	44,750
54	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$25,350	$18,020	4,020
55	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$25,210	$18,560	2,650
56	Child Day Care Services	$25,180	$19,920	n/a
57	Real Estate	$25,170	$20,410	n/a
58	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$25,170	$20,410	n/a
59	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$25,040	$18,790	2,500
60	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$25,030	$19,780	970
61	Health Care and Social Assistance	$24,820	$18,710	1,316,320
62	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$24,650	$18,080	3,700
63	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$24,430	$17,800	6,040
64	Social Advocacy Organizations	$24,420	$19,210	70
65	Personal Care Services	$24,380	$17,490	n/a
66	Personal and Laundry Services	$24,380	$17,490	n/a
67	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$24,290	$17,660	110,510
68	Other Residential Care Facilities	$24,150	$18,880	4,530
69	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$24,120	$18,510	616,550
70	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$24,050	$19,060	26,290
71	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$24,020	$18,500	804,300
72	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$23,990	$19,230	22,590
73	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$23,820	$17,260	3,390
74	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$23,650	$18,380	156,940
75	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$23,390	$17,470	90
76	Home Health Care Services	$23,080	$17,230	72,400
77	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$22,870	$18,840	1,340
78	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$22,690	$17,810	630
79	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$22,690	$17,810	630
80	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$22,630	$18,420	40
81	Offices of Chiropractors	$22,480	$16,860	60
82	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$22,140	$17,680	280
83	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$21,960	$16,870	140
84	Social Assistance	$21,860	$17,000	26,340
85	Individual and Family Services	$21,780	$16,920	24,670
86	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$21,740	$16,780	20,470