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Highest Paying Industries for Telemarketers

The top 100 highest paying industries for telemarketers (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 $55,240, securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage is the highest paying industry for telemarketers. It is followed by natural gas distribution industry (average annual salary $41,790). 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 telemarketers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Telemarketers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$55,240	$39,190	110
2	Natural Gas Distribution	$41,790	$24,280	n/a
3	Utilities	$40,570	$21,690	n/a
4	Other Insurance Related Activities	$39,940	$21,820	n/a
5	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$37,650	$20,020	60
6	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$37,090	$22,160	170
7	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	$34,890	$24,330	80
8	Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers	$34,690	$18,740	120
9	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$34,370	$21,580	30
10	Casino Hotels	$33,810	$25,420	n/a
11	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	$33,220	$20,990	1,170
12	Cable and Other Subscription Programming	$33,190	$20,750	120
13	Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$32,750	$20,220	330
14	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$32,400	$20,950	1,150
15	Depository Credit Intermediation	$32,240	$21,900	2,400
16	Sound Recording Industries	$32,140	$20,480	60
17	Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$31,980	$18,660	1,530
18	Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers	$31,860	$23,270	30
19	Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers	$31,610	$18,290	280
20	Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers	$31,590	$19,160	160
21	Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing	$31,560	$21,420	40
22	Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$31,100	$19,160	590
23	Consumer Goods Rental	$30,910	$18,930	30
24	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$30,890	$19,900	280
25	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$30,860	$21,270	n/a
26	Individual and Family Services	$30,710	$19,910	280
27	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$30,450	$19,860	3,380
28	Freight Transportation Arrangement	$30,050	$17,880	n/a
29	Support Activities for Transportation	$30,050	$17,880	n/a
30	Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$29,820	$18,430	580
31	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$29,780	$19,660	8,360
32	Social Assistance	$29,690	$19,670	330
33	Drycleaning and Laundry Services	$29,610	$20,150	50
34	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$29,500	$20,970	n/a
35	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$29,410	$20,650	160
36	Educational Support Services	$29,410	$20,650	n/a
37	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$29,330	$19,930	2,330
38	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$28,880	$18,970	2,970
39	Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers	$28,550	$17,580	280
40	Manufacturing	$28,550	$17,870	670
41	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$28,480	$18,610	5,350
42	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$28,470	$16,830	580
43	Other Personal Services	$28,370	$20,760	n/a
44	Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)	$28,270	$18,420	520
45	Finance and Insurance	$28,250	$18,240	14,160
46	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	$28,210	$18,200	600
47	Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$27,740	$20,920	n/a
48	Building Material and Supplies Dealers	$27,590	$19,840	620
49	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$27,530	$17,270	100
50	Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers	$27,520	$19,640	620
51	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation	$27,510	$18,790	2,580
52	Telecommunications	$27,480	$18,230	5,000
53	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$27,330	$19,840	320
54	Automobile Dealers	$27,320	$17,960	2,670
55	Wholesale Trade	$27,210	$17,990	11,330
56	Insurance Carriers	$27,200	$17,470	1,420
57	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$27,150	$19,670	260
58	Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$27,120	$17,870	680
59	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$27,010	$17,690	3,140
60	Automotive Repair and Maintenance	$26,850	$21,500	n/a
61	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	$26,840	$17,980	2,880
62	Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers	$26,820	$18,450	n/a
63	General Merchandise Stores	$26,810	$21,800	n/a
64	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$26,740	$18,090	2,960
65	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$26,700	$18,260	920
66	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$26,400	$18,890	130
67	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$26,400	$18,890	130
68	Repair and Maintenance	$26,310	$18,330	90
69	Health Care and Social Assistance	$26,150	$19,200	1,150
70	Educational Services - Privately owned	$25,880	$18,120	930
71	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$25,810	$20,010	200
72	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$25,560	$18,250	540
73	Information	$25,470	$17,510	13,130
74	Broadcasting (except Internet)	$25,330	$18,010	310
75	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$25,270	$20,200	80
76	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$25,250	$20,370	130
77	Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$25,240	$16,750	70
78	Other Information Services	$25,200	$17,910	n/a
79	Retail Trade	$25,150	$18,020	12,750
80	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$25,000	$18,530	810
81	Other Textile Product Mills	$24,920	$17,410	30
82	Textile Product Mills	$24,920	$17,410	30
83	Transportation and Warehousing	$24,820	$18,850	370
84	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$24,660	$17,830	600
85	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$24,640	$17,270	5,260
86	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$24,640	$17,680	2,840
87	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$24,510	$18,090	590
88	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$24,510	$18,090	590
89	Landscaping Services	$24,500	$16,750	140
90	Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors	$24,450	$20,180	50
91	Educational Services	$24,440	$17,960	1,080
92	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	$24,410	$17,790	3,300
93	Personal and Laundry Services	$24,360	$17,380	280
94	Lumber and Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers	$24,230	$19,140	150
95	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$24,220	$17,410	3,970
96	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$24,180	$18,650	4,950
97	Office Administrative Services	$24,150	$17,760	240
98	Security Systems Services	$24,090	$17,530	1,480
99	Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing	$24,060	$17,220	100
100	Nonstore Retailers	$24,040	$18,190	6,020