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Highest Paying Industries for Sales and Related Workers, All Other

The top 100 highest paying industries for sales and related workers, all other (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 sales and related workers, all other. 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 sales and related workers, all other in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Sales and Related Workers, All Other

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	Couriers and Messengers	$60,560	$49,940	n/a
10	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$58,500	$25,500	30
11	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$56,960	$37,850	350
12	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	$56,910	$41,180	90
13	Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers	$56,800	$28,610	130
14	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	$55,840	$34,590	60
15	State government, including schools and hospitals	$55,320	$33,210	440
16	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$54,210	$28,970	1,020
17	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$53,720	$33,200	530
18	Federal, State, and Local Government	$53,720	$33,200	530
19	Other Information Services	$53,060	$22,440	270
20	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$52,900	$19,210	190
21	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$52,860	$27,660	60
22	Insurance Agencies and Brokerages	$52,840	$27,780	620
23	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$52,460	$26,710	50
24	Insurance Carriers	$52,320	$26,360	1,190
25	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$51,660	$22,130	60
26	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$51,620	$22,890	40
27	Nonresidential Building Construction	$51,240	$26,080	90
28	Other Financial Investment Activities	$51,180	$26,590	350
29	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$50,970	$23,980	80
30	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$50,860	$27,750	200
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	Telecommunications	$50,130	$18,630	500
35	Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$50,070	$24,230	340
36	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$50,020	$26,040	2,100
37	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$49,710	$24,960	380
38	Health and Personal Care Stores	$49,620	$17,400	70
39	Paper Manufacturing	$49,420	$29,980	60
40	Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	$49,330	$29,050	n/a
41	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$49,290	$25,710	1,630
42	Home Health Care Services	$49,130	$29,090	280
43	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$49,000	$21,500	80
44	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$48,890	$21,080	280
45	Freight Transportation Arrangement	$48,230	$19,450	270
46	Chemical Manufacturing	$48,190	$19,650	150
47	Support Activities for Transportation	$47,700	$19,340	300
48	Scientific Research and Development Services	$47,340	$25,280	160
49	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation	$47,310	$28,330	440
50	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$47,170	$25,160	150
51	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$46,860	$21,010	920
52	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$46,650	$21,310	330
53	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$46,560	$25,810	900
54	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$46,390	$28,470	250
55	Software Publishers	$46,020	$25,680	220
56	Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$46,010	$21,190	250
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	Transportation and Warehousing	$44,880	$20,500	990
66	Lumber and Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers	$44,860	$29,880	290
67	Beverage Manufacturing	$44,760	$20,880	120
68	Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing	$44,760	$20,880	120
69	Building Equipment Contractors	$44,750	$23,700	220
70	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$44,670	$18,250	960
71	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$44,580	$26,710	170
72	Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers	$44,550	$22,300	130
73	Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing	$44,550	$31,290	40
74	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$44,370	$28,970	n/a
75	Manufacturing	$44,370	$21,820	2,560
76	Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors	$44,310	$23,260	90
77	Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying	$44,260	$34,640	30
78	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$43,980	$26,100	50
79	Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors	$43,890	$24,360	120
80	Hospitals - Privately owned	$43,600	$21,780	150
81	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$43,560	$23,340	1,780
82	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$43,500	$21,720	2,120
83	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$43,400	$19,490	3,060
84	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$43,320	$18,710	80
85	Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$42,870	$18,210	510
86	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$42,740	$21,480	180
87	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$42,640	$22,250	160
88	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$42,270	$21,070	5,520
89	Machinery Manufacturing	$42,110	$20,510	240
90	Office Administrative Services	$42,070	$22,900	140
91	Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers	$42,010	$26,320	200
92	Educational Services - State government owned	$41,810	$18,950	90
93	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$41,800	$21,410	120
94	Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing	$41,790	$27,820	50
95	Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	$41,640	$21,350	190
96	Construction of Buildings	$41,630	$20,140	370
97	Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	$41,600	$19,960	50
98	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$41,430	$18,950	270
99	Outpatient Care Centers	$41,420	$19,460	40
100	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$41,370	$26,540	80