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Highest Paying Industries for Recreation and Fitness Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for recreation and fitness 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 $56,180, direct insurance (except life, health, and medical) carriers is the highest paying industry for recreation and fitness workers. It is followed by federal government, including usps industry (average annual salary $49,630). 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 recreation and fitness workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Recreation and Fitness Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$56,180	$27,360	80
2	Federal government, including USPS	$49,630	$30,790	2,300
3	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$49,630	$30,790	2,300
4	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$46,330	$21,180	270
5	Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers	$43,110	$39,230	430
6	Mining	$41,680	$27,740	30
7	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$41,660	$19,070	390
8	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$41,410	$19,250	60
9	Insurance Carriers	$39,840	$31,060	160
10	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$39,840	$31,060	160
11	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$39,240	$25,190	280
12	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$39,240	$25,190	280
13	Finance and Insurance	$38,100	$22,450	180
14	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$37,460	$20,610	n/a
15	Nonstore Retailers	$37,460	$20,610	n/a
16	Offices of Physicians	$36,550	$18,970	330
17	Offices of Chiropractors	$35,770	$19,840	130
18	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$35,500	$31,260	70
19	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$34,960	$18,080	40
20	Outpatient Care Centers	$33,870	$18,960	1,080
21	Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	$33,630	$17,840	177,800
22	Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers	$33,380	$20,230	100
23	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$33,360	$20,330	2,630
24	Personal Care Services	$33,230	$17,780	1,320
25	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$32,510	$21,090	120
26	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	$32,000	$17,680	194,910
27	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$31,750	$17,660	196,750
28	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$31,730	$18,790	5,500
29	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$31,530	$17,650	200,590
30	Junior colleges - State government owned	$31,440	$17,570	220
31	Hospitals - Privately owned	$31,210	$18,630	6,220
32	Information	$31,010	$18,230	130
33	Personal and Laundry Services	$30,910	$17,750	7,410
34	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$30,810	$18,760	2,970
35	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$30,770	$19,090	2,560
36	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$30,670	$18,580	7,160
37	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$30,340	$18,530	8,310
38	Other Personal Services	$30,280	$17,750	6,090
39	Hospitals - State government owned	$30,040	$20,330	540
40	Wholesale Trade	$29,800	$20,050	40
41	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$29,490	$19,730	360
42	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$29,440	$17,710	330
43	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$29,440	$18,350	700
44	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$29,420	$23,420	60
45	Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services	$29,350	$17,330	50
46	Manufacturing	$29,000	$18,790	90
47	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$28,680	$17,460	2,370
48	Consumer Goods Rental	$28,460	$19,230	100
49	Rental and Leasing Services	$28,460	$19,230	100
50	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$28,230	$17,090	n/a
51	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$28,210	$18,080	450
52	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$27,920	$17,720	390
53	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$27,800	$17,840	6,320
54	Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters	$27,770	$18,520	70
55	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$27,720	$17,880	1,540
56	Hospitals - Local government owned	$27,720	$17,870	1,550
57	Casino Hotels	$27,350	$17,880	n/a
58	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$27,150	$18,660	570
59	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$27,040	$19,080	950
60	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$26,990	$18,500	420
61	Construction	$26,990	$17,280	100
62	Educational Support Services	$26,900	$18,400	430
63	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$26,850	$21,000	30
64	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$26,610	$18,020	660
65	Technical and Trade Schools	$26,600	$17,240	170
66	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$26,440	$17,210	12,910
67	Lessors of Real Estate	$26,410	$17,520	n/a
68	Other Schools and Instruction	$26,150	$17,220	13,300
69	Performing Arts Companies	$25,990	$17,890	120
70	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$25,970	$17,210	160
71	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$25,840	$18,790	19,630
72	Spectator Sports	$25,730	$17,280	950
73	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$25,630	$17,420	170
74	Educational Services - Privately owned	$25,380	$17,210	18,350
75	Other Residential Care Facilities	$25,210	$18,330	1,510
76	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$25,200	$17,430	1,390
77	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$25,030	$17,510	1,750
78	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$24,910	$18,180	59,090
79	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$24,790	$17,900	2,930
80	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$24,720	$17,320	4,510
81	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$24,660	$17,360	5,540
82	Health Care and Social Assistance	$24,650	$17,880	105,080
83	Educational Services - Local government owned	$24,620	$17,350	6,140
84	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$24,610	$17,400	1,160
85	Facilities Support Services	$24,480	$16,400	150
86	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$24,450	$17,500	3,860
87	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$24,370	$17,970	35,020
88	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$24,290	$18,550	50
89	Real Estate	$24,260	$17,480	3,760
90	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$24,220	$16,930	70
91	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$24,150	$17,670	n/a
92	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$23,950	$17,990	250
93	Social Advocacy Organizations	$23,830	$17,540	890
94	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$23,820	$17,610	1,980
95	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$23,810	$17,240	79,090
96	Educational Services	$23,770	$17,030	30,310
97	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$23,740	$17,470	9,260
98	Sporting Goods Stores	$23,710	$19,990	n/a
99	Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	$23,690	$17,140	830
100	State government, including schools and hospitals	$23,590	$16,810	8,980