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Highest Paying Industries for Information and Record Clerks, All Other

The top 100 highest paying industries for information and record clerks, 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 $56,770, postal service (federal government) is the highest paying industry for information and record clerks, all other. It is followed by wired telecommunications carriers industry (average annual salary $53,270). 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 information and record clerks, all other in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Information and Record Clerks, All Other

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Postal Service (federal government)	$56,770	$56,770	180
2	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$53,270	$33,250	540
3	Telecommunications	$52,230	$33,040	610
4	Other Information Services	$50,480	$30,430	n/a
5	Rail Transportation	$49,960	$31,490	130
6	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	$48,380	$28,470	30
7	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$47,580	$33,740	170
8	Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers	$46,730	$29,370	110
9	Utilities	$46,580	$26,120	210
10	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$45,850	$30,900	n/a
11	Taxi and Limousine Service	$45,700	$21,650	n/a
12	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$45,320	$29,070	120
13	General Freight Trucking	$44,900	$29,170	90
14	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$44,770	$31,680	130
15	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$44,690	$31,370	130
16	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$44,560	$28,980	170
17	Miscellaneous Store Retailers	$44,540	$23,830	130
18	Truck Transportation	$44,510	$29,520	90
19	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$44,380	$23,690	160
20	Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	$44,350	$22,800	n/a
21	Engineering Services	$43,800	$32,300	110
22	Scheduled Air Transportation	$43,290	$34,480	3,850
23	Air Transportation	$43,290	$34,360	3,870
24	Transportation and Warehousing	$43,270	$32,200	5,130
25	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	$43,070	$28,100	30
26	Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry	$42,820	$23,850	n/a
27	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	$42,820	$23,850	n/a
28	Federal government, including USPS	$42,710	$30,340	62,120
29	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$42,640	$30,340	61,940
30	Utility System Construction	$42,520	$30,520	50
31	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	$42,280	$27,640	190
32	Motion Picture and Video Industries	$42,240	$29,120	560
33	Food Manufacturing	$42,190	$29,100	140
34	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$42,130	$28,860	1,200
35	Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries	$42,070	$28,950	590
36	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$41,940	$29,020	750
37	Oil and Gas Extraction	$41,870	$27,790	500
38	Insurance Carriers	$41,820	$28,690	2,310
39	Information	$41,790	$26,990	2,440
40	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$41,590	$26,640	60
41	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$41,550	$27,680	190
42	Facilities Support Services	$41,540	$31,990	70
43	Manufacturing	$41,190	$27,040	1,330
44	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$41,130	$27,030	81,830
45	Federal, State, and Local Government	$41,130	$27,030	81,830
46	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$40,850	$26,530	280
47	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$40,760	$29,050	330
48	Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	$40,760	$31,250	40
49	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation	$40,690	$27,120	520
50	Mining	$40,670	$26,520	590
51	Hospitals - State government owned	$40,660	$28,710	390
52	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$40,550	$25,320	430
53	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$40,420	$23,210	200
54	Chemical Manufacturing	$40,420	$26,260	390
55	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	$40,360	$26,730	320
56	Warehousing and Storage	$40,290	$25,730	720
57	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$40,180	$26,240	110
58	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$40,100	$26,420	3,310
59	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$39,940	$25,180	96,730
60	Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers	$39,860	$25,440	430
61	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$39,480	$27,120	3,400
62	Publishing Industries (except Internet)	$39,480	$25,130	490
63	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$39,190	$27,410	60
64	Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)	$39,130	$32,730	60
65	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$39,110	$26,230	430
66	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$39,040	$30,890	140
67	Office Administrative Services	$38,990	$27,140	860
68	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$38,850	$25,140	90
69	Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$38,670	$24,670	70
70	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$38,510	$24,020	60
71	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$38,460	$28,360	60
72	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$38,450	$25,190	590
73	Furniture Stores	$38,260	$23,580	n/a
74	Finance and Insurance	$38,180	$26,540	9,230
75	Ambulance Services	$38,170	$26,330	30
76	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$38,160	$26,180	670
77	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$38,130	$24,570	380
78	Insurance Agencies and Brokerages	$37,940	$20,680	390
79	Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	$37,920	$25,740	50
80	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$37,610	$28,270	190
81	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$37,570	$29,390	160
82	Other Financial Investment Activities	$37,510	$25,490	270
83	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$37,430	$25,210	5,380
84	Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing	$37,400	$25,430	40
85	Printing and Related Support Activities	$37,400	$26,180	60
86	Telephone Call Centers	$37,320	$25,760	550
87	Residential Building Construction	$37,230	$25,850	80
88	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$37,200	$26,670	5,470
89	Wholesale Trade	$37,170	$23,350	1,300
90	Machinery Manufacturing	$37,160	$26,400	130
91	Depository Credit Intermediation	$37,130	$26,270	1,870
92	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$37,010	$26,340	910
93	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$37,010	$24,960	7,980
94	Support Activities for Transportation	$37,010	$24,010	80
95	Investigation, Guard, and Armored Car Services	$36,930	$25,130	840
96	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$36,880	$21,790	370
97	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$36,850	$26,830	3,070
98	Outpatient Care Centers	$36,820	$24,660	1,360
99	Educational Services - Privately owned	$36,800	$25,260	8,640
100	Television Broadcasting	$36,790	$22,850	60