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Highest Paying Industries for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support 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 $79,950, colleges, universities, and professional schools - local government owned is the highest paying industry for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers. It is followed by satellite telecommunications industry (average annual salary $77,460). 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 first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$79,950	$50,600	400
2	Satellite Telecommunications	$77,460	$46,970	100
3	Natural Gas Distribution	$75,930	$41,710	1,940
4	Support Activities for Water Transportation	$73,520	$42,560	640
5	Monetary Authorities-Central Bank	$72,730	$40,330	n/a
6	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$72,480	$42,630	1,690
7	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$71,790	$42,330	8,630
8	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$70,130	$41,360	5,680
9	Utilities	$68,940	$38,980	8,540
10	Rail Transportation	$68,780	$47,310	1,460
11	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$68,260	$40,910	16,050
12	Postal Service (federal government)	$67,930	$58,520	12,910
13	Ship and Boat Building	$67,420	$37,820	660
14	Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	$67,250	$46,390	160
15	Securities and Commodity Exchanges	$66,840	$43,000	70
16	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$65,950	$41,800	3,240
17	Federal government, including USPS	$65,940	$51,110	17,230
18	Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds	$65,490	$42,560	n/a
19	Scientific Research and Development Services	$65,180	$41,020	3,940
20	Oil and Gas Extraction	$65,170	$34,440	1,300
21	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$65,080	$36,030	1,910
22	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$64,960	$44,030	180
23	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$64,750	$41,160	2,360
24	Other Financial Investment Activities	$64,550	$39,310	7,350
25	Pipeline Transportation	$64,490	$28,770	220
26	Couriers and Express Delivery Services	$64,310	$35,840	2,930
27	Software Publishers	$64,260	$40,970	1,920
28	Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	$63,480	$35,860	420
29	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$63,110	$35,550	2,170
30	Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas	$63,060	$28,570	190
31	Engineering Services	$62,890	$38,410	5,070
32	Labor Unions and Similar Labor Organizations	$62,800	$31,120	1,390
33	Resin, Synthetic Rubber, and Artificial Synthetic Fibers and Filaments Manufacturing	$62,750	$35,380	340
34	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$62,680	$39,320	5,760
35	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$62,660	$37,580	1,360
36	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$62,460	$40,560	15,710
37	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	$62,450	$38,100	750
38	Other Investment Pools and Funds	$62,440	$43,250	260
39	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$62,380	$38,380	11,440
40	Couriers and Messengers	$62,370	$35,250	3,850
41	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$62,250	$39,990	9,050
42	Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing	$61,880	$40,700	140
43	Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities	$61,490	$36,580	710
44	Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	$61,480	$39,950	410
45	Other Information Services	$61,470	$37,410	1,890
46	Electrical Equipment Manufacturing	$61,400	$38,880	660
47	Telecommunications	$61,390	$39,440	13,480
48	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$61,250	$35,770	4,610
49	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	$61,160	$40,920	860
50	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$61,020	$35,620	1,500
51	Insurance Carriers	$60,970	$40,730	34,040
52	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$60,710	$37,100	8,560
53	Cable and Other Subscription Programming	$60,450	$39,500	1,230
54	Transportation and Warehousing	$60,310	$35,810	61,390
55	Seafood Product Preparation and Packaging	$60,290	$38,150	120
56	Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	$60,260	$37,910	510
57	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$59,890	$41,020	11,230
58	Metal Ore Mining	$59,880	$35,790	50
59	Chemical Manufacturing	$59,790	$37,240	4,100
60	Pesticide, Fertilizer, and Other Agricultural Chemical Manufacturing	$59,620	$35,280	140
61	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	$59,450	$38,430	3,110
62	Information	$59,450	$35,620	34,700
63	Industrial Machinery Manufacturing	$59,440	$40,400	700
64	Mining	$59,280	$33,840	3,610
65	Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing	$59,140	$37,340	680
66	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$59,110	$39,030	57,130
67	Paper Manufacturing	$59,070	$36,580	1,890
68	Other Telecommunications	$58,880	$36,580	1,210
69	Legal Services	$58,840	$36,720	19,560
70	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$58,800	$37,110	n/a
71	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$58,720	$35,310	17,500
72	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$58,550	$38,700	600
73	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$58,500	$39,620	1,730
74	Specialized Design Services	$58,410	$32,740	1,020
75	Other Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing	$58,380	$36,570	440
76	Soap, Cleaning Compound, and Toilet Preparation Manufacturing	$58,330	$37,330	840
77	Hardware Manufacturing	$58,240	$41,370	170
78	Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers	$58,210	$37,250	1,500
79	Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing	$58,190	$35,530	380
80	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$58,170	$36,160	51,290
81	Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	$58,140	$36,830	1,470
82	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$58,100	$34,180	8,090
83	Freight Transportation Arrangement	$58,010	$35,960	9,430
84	Television Broadcasting	$57,950	$35,940	840
85	Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing	$57,920	$34,200	700
86	Broadcasting (except Internet)	$57,910	$35,730	2,730
87	Lime and Gypsum Product Manufacturing	$57,870	$39,950	60
88	Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing	$57,820	$37,640	1,670
89	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$57,710	$39,210	1,520
90	Support Activities for Mining	$57,610	$33,950	1,790
91	Cutlery and Handtool Manufacturing	$57,540	$35,300	250
92	Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers	$57,520	$32,040	2,690
93	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$57,450	$37,210	2,600
94	Nonscheduled Air Transportation	$57,410	$36,690	310
95	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$57,300	$34,320	97,250
96	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$57,280	$35,230	3,140
97	Manufacturing and Reproducing Magnetic and Optical Media	$57,260	$35,450	150
98	Machinery Manufacturing	$57,220	$36,130	6,140
99	Deep Sea, Coastal, and Great Lakes Water Transportation	$57,100	$39,920	520
100	Testing Laboratories	$57,060	$37,600	1,560