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Highest Paying Industries for File Clerks

The top 100 highest paying industries for file clerks (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 $53,080, wired telecommunications carriers is the highest paying industry for file clerks. It is followed by telecommunications industry (average annual salary $52,950). 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 file clerks in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for File Clerks

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$53,080	$24,460	1,220
2	Telecommunications	$52,950	$24,030	1,290
3	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$46,190	$21,990	200
4	Utilities	$44,790	$21,480	250
5	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$42,500	$19,000	n/a
6	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$40,210	$22,650	130
7	Paper Manufacturing	$38,860	$19,000	n/a
8	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$37,210	$27,700	6,090
9	State government, including schools and hospitals	$37,200	$26,040	7,800
10	Natural Gas Distribution	$36,830	$21,490	40
11	Information	$36,510	$19,450	4,040
12	Food Services and Drinking Places	$36,090	$32,480	n/a
13	Restaurants and Other Eating Places	$35,980	$32,460	n/a
14	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$35,490	$20,460	170
15	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$35,450	$22,220	120
16	Scientific Research and Development Services	$35,240	$21,020	330
17	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$35,120	$21,010	150
18	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$34,870	$20,900	350
19	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$34,540	$20,960	310
20	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$34,530	$21,820	19,960
21	Federal, State, and Local Government	$34,530	$21,820	19,960
22	Ventilation, Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Commercial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing	$34,450	$21,320	40
23	Waste Management and Remediation Services	$34,150	$25,090	80
24	Machinery Manufacturing	$33,610	$22,760	240
25	Engineering Services	$33,450	$20,260	920
26	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$33,150	$21,360	25,540
27	Accommodation and Food Services	$33,150	$19,650	140
28	Basic Chemical Manufacturing	$33,150	$19,360	50
29	Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing	$32,940	$18,710	90
30	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$32,890	$20,260	1,100
31	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$32,790	$19,980	280
32	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$32,770	$22,620	230
33	Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing	$32,700	$20,620	60
34	Support Activities for Air Transportation	$32,580	$22,260	40
35	Hospitals - State government owned	$32,510	$22,420	290
36	Remediation and Other Waste Management Services	$32,250	$24,880	50
37	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$32,140	$20,330	13,860
38	Ship and Boat Building	$32,020	$17,840	50
39	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$31,990	$18,930	110
40	Boiler, Tank, and Shipping Container Manufacturing	$31,980	$17,800	40
41	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$31,820	$21,750	1,660
42	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$31,750	$21,620	1,850
43	Educational Services - State government owned	$31,640	$20,600	1,420
44	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$31,610	$19,420	60
45	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$31,600	$18,660	560
46	Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles	$31,600	$19,770	40
47	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$31,400	$20,620	150
48	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$31,280	$21,160	500
49	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$31,080	$18,660	1,390
50	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$31,060	$20,170	160
51	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$31,060	$20,170	160
52	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$31,040	$20,500	3,120
53	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$31,030	$20,360	17,730
54	Scheduled Air Transportation	$31,000	$21,260	300
55	Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers	$30,920	$17,940	90
56	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$30,890	$20,800	40
57	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$30,840	$20,860	140
58	Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing	$30,810	$25,580	70
59	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	$30,800	$20,690	40
60	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	$30,790	$19,150	50
61	Chemical Manufacturing	$30,780	$19,020	240
62	Plastics Product Manufacturing	$30,750	$19,990	70
63	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$30,710	$19,370	2,820
64	Oil and Gas Extraction	$30,700	$17,380	440
65	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$30,630	$19,630	180
66	Educational Services - Local government owned	$30,600	$21,530	2,450
67	Educational Support Services	$30,520	$20,980	160
68	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$30,390	$20,630	2,010
69	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation	$30,390	$21,920	370
70	Educational Services	$30,340	$20,460	6,820
71	Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	$30,330	$18,650	2,070
72	Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing	$30,330	$19,580	90
73	Air Transportation	$30,310	$20,950	370
74	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$30,150	$18,430	160
75	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$30,130	$21,250	50
76	Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$30,050	$20,330	510
77	Manufacturing	$29,990	$18,840	2,370
78	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$29,840	$18,100	200
79	Television Broadcasting	$29,780	$19,940	120
80	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$29,760	$19,820	530
81	Educational Services - Privately owned	$29,610	$19,420	2,950
82	Broadcasting (except Internet)	$29,550	$19,740	170
83	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$29,530	$21,280	300
84	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$29,430	$19,470	3,290
85	Insurance Carriers	$29,420	$19,450	2,360
86	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$29,410	$21,230	290
87	Mining	$29,390	$17,200	500
88	Radio and Television Broadcasting	$29,240	$19,780	150
89	Junior colleges - State government owned	$29,170	$21,800	280
90	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$29,150	$21,350	1,070
91	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$29,140	$19,390	190
92	Other Insurance Related Activities	$29,090	$19,980	840
93	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$29,040	$18,790	710
94	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$29,030	$21,230	750
95	Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$28,960	$17,290	50
96	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$28,810	$19,670	840
97	Casino Hotels	$28,740	$18,130	30
98	Other Support Services	$28,660	$19,610	370
99	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$28,610	$18,490	24,770
100	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$28,490	$20,810	70