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Highest Paying Industries for Other Personal Care and Service Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for other personal care and service 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 $49,620, federal government, including usps is the highest paying industry for other personal care and service workers. It is followed by federal executive branch (oes designation) industry (average annual salary $49,620). 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 personal care and service workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Other Personal Care and Service Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal government, including USPS	$49,620	$30,880	2,320
2	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$49,620	$30,880	2,320
3	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$47,000	$18,340	100
4	Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers	$42,940	$38,630	490
5	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$37,780	$20,660	n/a
6	Insurance Carriers	$37,550	$24,060	190
7	Nonstore Retailers	$36,520	$19,660	n/a
8	Mining	$35,840	$21,250	50
9	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$35,600	$31,110	80
10	Beverage Manufacturing	$34,890	$22,580	n/a
11	Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing	$34,890	$22,580	n/a
12	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$33,390	$18,360	50
13	Other Financial Investment Activities	$33,320	$20,220	n/a
14	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$33,320	$20,220	n/a
15	Offices of Chiropractors	$32,980	$17,840	160
16	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$32,900	$24,910	280
17	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$32,210	$18,680	130
18	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$32,070	$18,700	40
19	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$31,190	$17,520	1,630
20	Finance and Insurance	$30,390	$19,980	810
21	Educational Support Services - Local government owned	$30,120	$19,650	370
22	Casino Hotels	$29,250	$18,870	2,550
23	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$29,240	$19,720	70
24	Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	$28,880	$17,370	214,570
25	Hospitals - State government owned	$28,780	$17,050	2,130
26	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$28,710	$18,970	110
27	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$28,630	$19,820	600
28	Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters	$28,620	$18,830	130
29	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$28,550	$21,540	80
30	Wholesale Trade	$28,360	$17,980	70
31	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$28,330	$17,660	2,950
32	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$28,320	$18,220	n/a
33	Legal Services	$28,220	$16,780	70
34	Consumer Goods Rental	$28,220	$18,370	110
35	Performing Arts Companies	$28,130	$18,380	240
36	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$27,980	$19,080	36,200
37	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$27,950	$18,030	n/a
38	Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services	$27,920	$18,630	380
39	Rental and Leasing Services	$27,830	$18,330	120
40	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	$27,790	$17,300	234,160
41	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$27,650	$25,030	n/a
42	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$27,520	$17,290	238,000
43	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$27,440	$22,460	90
44	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$27,390	$17,290	242,890
45	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$26,920	$17,900	50
46	Construction of Buildings	$26,880	$18,230	100
47	Technical and Trade Schools	$26,860	$17,600	790
48	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$26,850	$17,850	1,160
49	Software Publishers	$26,830	$20,430	30
50	Facilities Support Services	$26,780	$16,790	250
51	Junior colleges - State government owned	$26,740	$17,280	960
52	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$26,580	$18,160	190
53	Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles	$26,370	$17,470	80
54	Other Investment Pools and Funds	$26,310	$17,460	80
55	State government, including schools and hospitals	$26,300	$17,680	54,680
56	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$26,200	$17,290	3,190
57	Residential Building Construction	$26,040	$17,820	90
58	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$25,760	$17,320	11,750
59	School and Employee Bus Transportation	$25,750	$18,310	1,710
60	Death Care Services	$25,740	$17,350	830
61	Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures	$25,430	$17,190	n/a
62	Information	$25,350	$17,670	270
63	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	$25,150	$18,190	40
64	Construction	$25,130	$17,760	210
65	Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers	$25,100	$18,010	350
66	Veterinary Services	$25,030	$16,250	n/a
67	Scientific Research and Development Services	$24,920	$17,720	230
68	Educational Support Services	$24,870	$17,190	5,030
69	Plastics Product Manufacturing	$24,740	$17,330	40
70	Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing	$24,740	$17,330	40
71	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$24,520	$17,120	4,670
72	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$24,480	$17,000	23,820
73	Business Support Services	$24,250	$20,010	30
74	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$24,240	$17,150	15,970
75	Other Schools and Instruction	$24,110	$17,160	16,580
76	Taxi and Limousine Service	$23,840	$18,250	n/a
77	Educational Services - Privately owned	$23,820	$17,210	55,390
78	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$23,760	$17,500	27,100
79	Sporting Goods Stores	$23,690	$19,940	n/a
80	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$23,660	$17,280	920
81	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$23,650	$17,530	5,180
82	Rooming and Boarding Houses	$23,640	$17,170	1,900
83	Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	$23,610	$18,040	2,590
84	Hospitals - Privately owned	$23,600	$17,600	21,280
85	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$23,570	$17,190	2,980
86	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$23,540	$17,150	860
87	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$23,520	$17,650	18,960
88	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$23,510	$17,380	187,570
89	Federal, State, and Local Government	$23,510	$17,380	187,570
90	Hospitals - Local government owned	$23,510	$17,130	3,690
91	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$23,440	$17,530	22,900
92	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$23,400	$17,340	324,190
93	Educational Services	$23,370	$17,280	185,480
94	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$23,370	$16,800	290
95	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$23,350	$17,450	960
96	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$23,300	$17,120	3,530
97	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$23,260	$17,110	4,660
98	Spectator Sports	$23,250	$16,910	1,480
99	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$23,240	$17,410	108,950
100	Educational Services - Local government owned	$23,220	$17,400	113,740