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Highest Paying Industries for Medical Secretaries

The top 100 highest paying industries for medical secretaries (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 $42,080, educational services - local government owned is the highest paying industry for medical secretaries. It is followed by colleges, universities, and professional schools - privately owned industry (average annual salary $40,780). 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 medical secretaries in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Medical Secretaries

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Educational Services - Local government owned	$42,080	$30,070	440
2	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$40,780	$28,290	1,650
3	Educational Services - Privately owned	$40,590	$28,170	1,700
4	Scientific Research and Development Services	$39,120	$25,270	440
5	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$39,110	$26,720	210
6	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$37,660	$26,300	340
7	Consumer Goods Rental	$37,570	$26,620	n/a
8	Rental and Leasing Services	$37,350	$26,550	n/a
9	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$37,170	$26,140	n/a
10	Insurance Carriers	$36,860	$26,430	450
11	Offices of Dentists	$36,810	$24,070	78,720
12	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$36,740	$24,560	370
13	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$36,550	$25,180	50
14	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$36,440	$27,000	5,000
15	Educational Services	$36,360	$26,860	5,150
16	Legal Services	$36,090	$27,660	790
17	Specialty hospitals - State government owned	$35,950	$27,740	990
18	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$35,790	$24,010	30
19	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$35,780	$25,060	5,690
20	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$35,750	$25,470	6,750
21	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$35,650	$25,050	860
22	Finance and Insurance	$35,650	$25,050	860
23	Other Insurance Related Activities	$35,450	$24,590	n/a
24	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$34,860	$26,550	n/a
25	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$34,560	$23,870	650
26	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$34,430	$23,900	90
27	Educational Services - State government owned	$34,380	$26,430	3,010
28	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$34,370	$26,420	3,000
29	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$34,270	$25,850	3,170
30	State government, including schools and hospitals	$33,960	$25,370	8,250
31	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$33,800	$23,480	410
32	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$33,640	$21,210	60
33	Hospitals - State government owned	$33,480	$24,650	5,030
34	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$33,270	$24,680	3,660
35	Temporary Help Services	$33,180	$22,880	2,100
36	Hospitals - Privately owned	$33,040	$23,680	115,260
37	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$32,910	$23,630	108,750
38	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$32,840	$23,430	136,200
39	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$32,710	$23,370	128,230
40	Home Health Care Services	$32,460	$23,520	8,090
41	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$32,260	$22,770	26,010
42	Health Care and Social Assistance	$32,220	$22,250	488,400
43	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$32,100	$21,060	1,340
44	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$32,010	$21,910	1,140
45	Wholesale Trade	$32,000	$24,990	180
46	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$31,970	$21,880	342,430
47	Social Assistance	$31,930	$21,890	1,870
48	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$31,900	$22,290	1,620
49	Federal, State, and Local Government	$31,900	$22,290	1,620
50	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$31,780	$22,390	110
51	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$31,760	$21,150	1,440
52	Individual and Family Services	$31,630	$21,860	1,700
53	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$31,600	$22,820	7,220
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$31,520	$21,630	7,460
55	Manufacturing	$31,510	$22,130	240
56	Outpatient Care Centers	$31,480	$22,590	19,420
57	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$31,470	$22,180	820
58	Other Residential Care Facilities	$31,390	$22,970	200
59	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$31,350	$22,620	5,700
60	Employment Services	$31,340	$21,620	3,620
61	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$31,140	$22,440	7,900
62	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$31,110	$22,010	17,760
63	Offices of Physicians	$31,060	$21,760	181,740
64	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$31,000	$22,080	1,410
65	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$30,990	$22,470	1,080
66	Hospitals - Local government owned	$30,890	$21,940	15,920
67	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$30,880	$21,920	15,820
68	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$30,780	$21,540	620
69	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$30,630	$21,300	580
70	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	$30,310	$21,180	190
71	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	$30,310	$21,180	190
72	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$30,140	$21,420	910
73	Administrative and Support Services	$30,100	$21,400	7,980
74	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$30,100	$21,400	7,980
75	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$29,890	$21,630	1,230
76	Ambulance Services	$29,500	$24,960	90
77	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$29,500	$20,000	7,990
78	Office Administrative Services	$29,500	$21,650	3,960
79	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$29,310	$20,830	12,900
80	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$29,210	$20,910	4,420
81	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$29,050	$21,250	300
82	Offices of Optometrists	$29,000	$20,610	8,550
83	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$28,940	$20,730	2,630
84	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$28,920	$21,340	60
85	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$28,900	$19,630	1,980
86	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$28,710	$20,310	45,810
87	Retail Trade	$28,520	$20,970	570
88	Health and Personal Care Stores	$28,490	$21,140	540
89	Offices of Chiropractors	$27,700	$19,970	14,390
90	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$27,230	$21,040	390
91	Business Support Services	$26,750	$17,280	350
92	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$24,140	$17,920	60
93	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$22,850	$17,970	n/a