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Highest Paying Industries for Recreation Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for recreation 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 $49,630, federal government, including usps is the highest paying industry for recreation workers. It is followed by federal executive branch (oes designation) 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 workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Recreation Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal government, including USPS	$49,630	$30,790	2,300
2	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$49,630	$30,790	2,300
3	Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers	$43,110	$39,260	430
4	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$35,130	$24,710	60
5	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$34,990	$21,390	2,380
6	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$34,230	$17,900	40
7	Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers	$32,090	$20,040	n/a
8	Hospitals - State government owned	$30,350	$20,390	480
9	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$29,510	$19,720	360
10	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$29,420	$23,420	60
11	Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services	$29,350	$17,330	50
12	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$29,200	$18,310	680
13	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$29,060	$20,620	330
14	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$28,910	$20,210	270
15	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$28,810	$17,650	310
16	Consumer Goods Rental	$28,460	$19,230	100
17	Rental and Leasing Services	$28,460	$19,230	100
18	Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters	$27,930	$18,500	70
19	Hospitals - Privately owned	$27,620	$18,510	2,840
20	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$27,530	$18,430	4,100
21	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$27,330	$16,710	30
22	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$27,310	$18,530	2,260
23	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$26,980	$18,310	3,090
24	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$26,950	$18,500	420
25	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$26,890	$17,360	1,720
26	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$26,860	$18,590	550
27	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$26,840	$19,030	900
28	Educational Support Services	$26,810	$18,390	420
29	Performing Arts Companies	$26,200	$18,010	120
30	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$25,740	$18,830	19,000
31	Casino Hotels	$25,510	$17,360	n/a
32	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$25,420	$17,390	160
33	Hospitals - Local government owned	$25,410	$17,620	780
34	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$25,360	$17,640	770
35	Lessors of Real Estate	$25,340	$17,400	n/a
36	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$25,240	$18,030	140
37	Outpatient Care Centers	$25,230	$17,730	410
38	Other Residential Care Facilities	$25,220	$18,350	1,510
39	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$24,970	$17,350	4,330
40	Construction	$24,950	$16,750	60
41	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$24,840	$18,170	58,190
42	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$24,770	$17,390	5,290
43	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$24,670	$17,880	2,880
44	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$24,350	$17,960	34,800
45	Educational Services - Local government owned	$24,350	$17,350	5,570
46	Health Care and Social Assistance	$24,150	$17,820	94,650
47	Facilities Support Services	$24,140	$16,360	150
48	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$24,010	$17,750	410
49	Land Subdivision	$24,010	$16,580	50
50	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$24,010	$16,580	50
51	Junior colleges - State government owned	$23,870	$17,140	150
52	Social Advocacy Organizations	$23,830	$17,540	890
53	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$23,800	$17,600	1,980
54	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$23,650	$17,640	930
55	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$23,570	$17,390	3,440
56	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$23,560	$17,450	8,830
57	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$23,490	$17,690	2,290
58	Real Estate	$23,400	$17,370	3,340
59	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$23,370	$17,490	1,220
60	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$23,050	$17,270	112,070
61	Federal, State, and Local Government	$23,050	$17,270	112,070
62	Sporting Goods Stores	$23,030	$20,190	n/a
63	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$22,980	$17,210	1,000
64	State government, including schools and hospitals	$22,970	$16,700	7,870
65	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$22,950	$17,230	124,070
66	Child Day Care Services	$22,940	$17,520	3,240
67	Social Assistance	$22,930	$17,410	29,570
68	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$22,900	$19,020	670
69	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$22,860	$19,230	720
70	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$22,860	$17,230	840
71	Individual and Family Services	$22,800	$17,360	23,490
72	Religious Organizations	$22,750	$18,440	1,770
73	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$22,730	$17,240	113,890
74	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$22,650	$17,240	107,380
75	Retail Trade	$22,380	$17,010	330
76	Technical and Trade Schools	$22,350	$16,610	120
77	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$22,330	$17,030	1,870
78	Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores	$22,230	$16,620	230
79	Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores	$22,230	$16,620	230
80	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$22,190	$17,010	2,790
81	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$22,160	$16,590	110
82	Activities Related to Real Estate	$22,150	$17,310	1,690
83	Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	$22,010	$16,990	50
84	Spectator Sports	$21,840	$16,910	530
85	Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	$21,680	$17,020	630
86	Educational Services - Privately owned	$21,440	$17,020	7,090
87	Educational Services	$21,170	$16,870	17,670
88	Home Health Care Services	$21,110	$16,530	1,630
89	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$20,980	$16,820	2,630
90	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$20,930	$16,870	37,590
91	Traveler Accommodation	$20,920	$17,000	6,050
92	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$20,850	$16,880	38,790
93	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$20,790	$16,900	1,470
94	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$20,720	$16,950	2,990
95	Other Schools and Instruction	$20,670	$17,000	3,360
96	Civic and Social Organizations	$20,560	$16,810	32,640
97	Accommodation	$20,500	$16,780	11,260
98	Accommodation and Food Services	$20,490	$16,780	11,270
99	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Water	$20,280	$17,740	n/a
100	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation	$20,280	$17,740	n/a