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Highest Paying Industries for All Other Cooks

The top 86 highest paying industries for all other cooks (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 $38,450, inland water transportation is the highest paying industry for all other cooks. It is followed by water transportation industry (average annual salary $36,480). 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 all other cooks in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 86 Highest Paying Industries for All Other Cooks

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Inland Water Transportation	$38,450	$28,290	330
2	Water Transportation	$36,480	$25,270	430
3	Construction	$35,900	$17,350	30
4	Transportation and Warehousing	$35,310	$23,250	620
5	Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing	$34,480	$20,210	40
6	Religious Organizations	$32,900	$20,530	350
7	Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation	$31,550	$21,340	110
8	Casino Hotels	$31,540	$24,550	160
9	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$31,010	$16,900	n/a
10	Mining	$30,740	$18,040	130
11	Administrative and Support Services	$30,640	$17,400	730
12	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$30,640	$17,400	730
13	Support Activities for Mining	$30,560	$17,990	130
14	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$30,430	$18,940	40
15	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$30,160	$17,150	90
16	Traveler Accommodation	$29,350	$19,690	770
17	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$28,940	$18,230	30
18	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$28,440	$19,100	90
19	Accommodation	$27,720	$18,210	1,700
20	Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	$27,630	$19,830	50
21	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$27,600	$24,950	n/a
22	Health and Personal Care Stores	$27,200	$24,420	n/a
23	Social Advocacy Organizations	$27,060	$17,500	n/a
24	Educational Services - Local government owned	$26,640	$16,640	30
25	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$25,910	$16,860	900
26	Special Food Services	$25,810	$18,190	6,800
27	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	$25,790	$19,480	250
28	Rooming and Boarding Houses	$25,780	$17,360	880
29	Information	$25,750	$19,390	120
30	Accommodation and Food Services	$25,550	$17,990	9,360
31	Other Personal Services	$25,460	$20,410	30
32	Specialty Food Stores	$25,430	$17,910	690
33	Food Services and Drinking Places	$25,170	$17,960	7,670
34	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$24,760	$18,940	100
35	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$24,760	$18,940	100
36	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$24,560	$17,980	1,160
37	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$24,530	$17,980	1,260
38	Real Estate	$24,520	$17,530	110
39	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$24,380	$17,500	140
40	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$24,280	$17,020	80
41	Health Care and Social Assistance	$24,280	$16,730	1,590
42	Lessors of Real Estate	$24,230	$17,460	110
43	Personal and Laundry Services	$24,160	$17,940	n/a
44	Employment Services	$23,850	$16,760	500
45	RV (Recreational Vehicle) Parks and Recreational Camps	$23,790	$20,290	n/a
46	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$23,580	$17,770	880
47	Manufacturing	$23,510	$17,430	480
48	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$23,490	$17,720	850
49	Food Manufacturing	$23,320	$17,420	440
50	Educational Services - State government owned	$23,130	$16,700	50
51	Other Food Manufacturing	$23,080	$17,470	300
52	State government, including schools and hospitals	$23,040	$17,220	120
53	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$23,040	$17,540	60
54	Gambling Industries	$22,890	$17,330	610
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$22,870	$18,060	130
56	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$22,840	$18,220	60
57	Hospitals - Privately owned	$22,840	$18,220	60
58	Civic and Social Organizations	$22,800	$17,560	750
59	Food and Beverage Stores	$22,650	$16,910	1,790
60	Wholesale Trade	$22,530	$16,740	90
61	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	$22,510	$17,020	n/a
62	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$22,440	$16,740	90
63	Temporary Help Services	$22,370	$16,500	280
64	Retail Trade	$22,210	$16,800	2,480
65	Educational Services	$22,180	$16,520	150
66	Full-Service Restaurants	$22,170	$17,240	590
67	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$21,740	$17,800	70
68	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$21,520	$17,790	70
69	Vending Machine Operators	$21,180	$16,310	50
70	Educational Services - Privately owned	$20,860	$16,300	60
71	Restaurants and Other Eating Places	$20,820	$17,100	860
72	Gasoline Stations	$20,820	$16,470	500
73	Nonstore Retailers	$20,590	$16,220	60
74	Grocery Stores	$20,520	$16,590	1,090
75	Other Residential Care Facilities	$19,970	$16,550	40
76	Individual and Family Services	$19,730	$16,800	270
77	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	$19,730	$16,380	n/a
78	Social Assistance	$19,680	$16,480	600
79	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$19,650	$16,200	450
80	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$19,540	$16,340	260
81	Federal, State, and Local Government	$19,540	$16,340	260
82	Technical and Trade Schools	$19,430	$16,260	50
83	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$19,370	$16,690	190
84	Child Day Care Services	$19,210	$16,180	240
85	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$19,030	$16,110	200
86	Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	$17,910	$15,940	40