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Highest Paying Industries for Miscellaneous Sales and Related Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for miscellaneous sales and related 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 $86,150, natural gas distribution is the highest paying industry for miscellaneous sales and related workers. It is followed by engineering services industry (average annual salary $74,320). 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 miscellaneous sales and related workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Miscellaneous Sales and Related Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Natural Gas Distribution	$86,150	$34,370	30
2	Engineering Services	$74,320	$40,060	100
3	Utilities	$73,020	$34,670	170
4	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$71,510	$34,840	n/a
5	Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works)	$71,110	$39,730	40
6	Federal government, including USPS	$69,490	$58,140	190
7	Postal Service (federal government)	$69,490	$58,140	190
8	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$61,010	$33,390	130
9	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$58,500	$25,500	30
10	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$56,960	$37,850	350
11	Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers	$56,800	$28,610	130
12	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	$56,360	$41,340	100
13	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	$55,840	$34,590	60
14	State government, including schools and hospitals	$55,320	$33,210	440
15	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$53,920	$28,400	1,030
16	Other Information Services	$53,460	$22,610	280
17	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$53,340	$32,590	540
18	Federal, State, and Local Government	$53,340	$32,590	540
19	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$52,900	$19,210	190
20	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$52,860	$27,660	60
21	Insurance Agencies and Brokerages	$52,790	$27,780	620
22	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$52,460	$26,710	50
23	Insurance Carriers	$52,320	$26,360	1,190
24	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$51,660	$22,130	60
25	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$51,620	$22,890	40
26	Nonresidential Building Construction	$51,240	$26,080	90
27	Other Financial Investment Activities	$51,180	$26,590	350
28	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$50,970	$23,980	80
29	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$50,860	$27,750	200
30	Couriers and Messengers	$50,590	$17,220	n/a
31	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$50,550	$27,690	620
32	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$50,400	$24,660	900
33	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$50,180	$23,290	540
34	Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$50,070	$24,230	340
35	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$50,010	$26,050	2,100
36	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$49,710	$24,960	380
37	Health and Personal Care Stores	$49,620	$17,400	70
38	Paper Manufacturing	$49,420	$29,980	60
39	Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	$49,330	$29,050	n/a
40	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$49,290	$25,710	1,630
41	Home Health Care Services	$49,130	$29,090	280
42	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$49,000	$21,500	80
43	Freight Transportation Arrangement	$48,230	$19,450	270
44	Chemical Manufacturing	$48,190	$19,650	150
45	Support Activities for Transportation	$47,700	$19,340	300
46	Scientific Research and Development Services	$47,340	$25,280	160
47	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation	$47,310	$28,330	440
48	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$47,170	$25,160	150
49	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$46,860	$21,010	920
50	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$46,650	$21,310	330
51	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$46,530	$25,820	900
52	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$46,390	$28,470	250
53	Software Publishers	$46,020	$25,680	220
54	Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$46,010	$21,190	250
55	Beverage Manufacturing	$45,580	$21,200	130
56	Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing	$45,580	$21,200	130
57	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$45,360	$29,280	n/a
58	Mining	$45,280	$27,470	70
59	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$45,270	$36,000	n/a
60	Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing	$45,220	$18,160	30
61	Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing	$45,220	$26,830	110
62	Specialized Design Services	$45,150	$23,310	50
63	Mining (except Oil and Gas)	$44,940	$33,300	40
64	Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing	$44,930	$37,770	n/a
65	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$44,580	$18,230	960
66	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$44,580	$26,710	170
67	Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers	$44,550	$22,300	130
68	Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing	$44,550	$31,290	40
69	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$44,370	$28,970	n/a
70	Manufacturing	$44,280	$21,720	2,580
71	Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying	$44,260	$34,640	30
72	Lumber and Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers	$44,220	$28,780	300
73	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$43,980	$26,100	50
74	Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors	$43,890	$24,360	120
75	Building Equipment Contractors	$43,860	$22,920	230
76	Hospitals - Privately owned	$43,600	$21,780	150
77	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$43,560	$23,340	1,780
78	Transportation and Warehousing	$43,510	$19,870	1,020
79	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$43,470	$19,510	3,080
80	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$43,370	$21,630	2,140
81	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$43,320	$18,710	80
82	Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors	$43,140	$22,420	100
83	Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$42,780	$18,250	520
84	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$42,640	$22,250	160
85	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$42,180	$19,670	180
86	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$42,170	$21,090	5,550
87	Machinery Manufacturing	$42,110	$20,510	240
88	Office Administrative Services	$42,070	$22,900	140
89	Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers	$42,010	$26,320	200
90	Educational Services - State government owned	$41,810	$18,950	90
91	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$41,800	$21,410	120
92	Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing	$41,790	$27,820	50
93	Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	$41,640	$21,350	190
94	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$41,430	$18,950	270
95	Outpatient Care Centers	$41,420	$19,460	40
96	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$41,370	$26,540	80
97	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$41,330	$22,010	30
98	Warehousing and Storage	$41,120	$18,310	50
99	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$40,950	$21,530	1,020
100	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$40,950	$21,570	1,030