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Highest Paying Industries for Library Assistants, Clerical

The top 52 highest paying industries for library assistants, clerical (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 $44,210, manufacturing is the highest paying industry for library assistants, clerical. It is followed by finance and insurance industry (average annual salary $40,740). 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 library assistants, clerical in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 52 Highest Paying Industries for Library Assistants, Clerical

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Manufacturing	$44,210	$31,180	30
2	Finance and Insurance	$40,740	$19,680	60
3	Legal Services	$34,720	$19,860	390
4	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$34,530	$19,770	450
5	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$33,060	$24,470	300
6	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$32,960	$23,940	310
7	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$32,800	$24,400	280
8	Hospitals - Privately owned	$32,610	$23,760	290
9	Health Care and Social Assistance	$32,070	$22,660	400
10	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$31,010	$20,420	680
11	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$30,340	$21,490	60
12	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$30,320	$24,890	60
13	Offices of Physicians	$30,210	$25,100	60
14	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$29,250	$18,320	6,050
15	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$28,660	$18,050	12,470
16	Educational Services - Privately owned	$28,630	$18,140	7,070
17	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$28,300	$17,770	6,270
18	State government, including schools and hospitals	$28,270	$17,960	7,940
19	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$28,250	$19,370	140
20	Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	$28,180	$19,300	130
21	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$28,140	$17,910	200
22	Educational Services - State government owned	$27,970	$17,770	7,260
23	Facilities Support Services	$26,950	$18,780	70
24	Educational Services	$26,790	$17,750	30,760
25	Junior colleges - State government owned	$26,430	$17,610	910
26	Technical and Trade Schools	$25,950	$17,290	80
27	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$25,780	$17,570	3,290
28	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$25,720	$17,600	14,090
29	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$25,700	$17,590	14,860
30	Educational Services - Local government owned	$25,600	$17,600	16,440
31	Administrative and Support Services	$25,200	$17,320	290
32	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$25,200	$17,320	290
33	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$25,160	$17,530	2,180
34	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$24,590	$20,030	300
35	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$24,530	$17,380	720
36	Employment Services	$24,460	$17,100	220
37	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$24,460	$17,240	n/a
38	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$24,460	$17,240	n/a
39	Temporary Help Services	$24,320	$17,040	210
40	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$24,230	$19,230	350
41	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$24,080	$19,070	360
42	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$23,860	$17,350	83,960
43	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$23,490	$17,320	76,020
44	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$23,050	$17,280	60,240
45	Federal, State, and Local Government	$23,050	$17,280	60,240
46	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$23,020	$16,990	60
47	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$22,980	$17,270	59,570
48	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$22,770	$18,400	160
49	Other Schools and Instruction	$21,350	$18,030	40
50	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$21,160	$17,990	40
51	Information	$20,760	$17,100	8,020
52	Other Information Services	$20,750	$17,100	7,970