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Highest Paying Industries for Automotive Technicians and Repairers

The top 100 highest paying industries for automotive technicians and repairers (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 $70,910, aerospace product and parts manufacturing is the highest paying industry for automotive technicians and repairers. It is followed by natural gas distribution industry (average annual salary $67,790). 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 automotive technicians and repairers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Automotive Technicians and Repairers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$70,910	$51,610	130
2	Natural Gas Distribution	$67,790	$37,070	270
3	Couriers and Express Delivery Services	$66,680	$39,720	1,390
4	Couriers and Messengers	$66,450	$38,420	1,420
5	Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$64,740	$32,070	40
6	Utilities	$61,940	$31,360	1,880
7	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$61,340	$30,900	1,550
8	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$58,960	$32,500	260
9	Scientific Research and Development Services	$58,960	$32,500	260
10	Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	$58,100	$49,660	1,100
11	Federal government, including USPS	$58,020	$42,920	5,230
12	Postal Service (federal government)	$58,020	$41,030	3,740
13	Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors	$57,310	$37,390	n/a
14	Mining (except Oil and Gas)	$56,160	$16,860	30
15	Spectator Sports	$55,330	$30,360	3,140
16	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$55,210	$30,250	3,160
17	Scheduled Air Transportation	$54,770	$26,380	230
18	Air Transportation	$54,440	$25,510	240
19	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$53,610	$44,380	1,490
20	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$53,480	$28,920	3,540
21	Other Building Equipment Contractors	$52,580	$33,050	n/a
22	Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services	$52,470	$27,690	120
23	Vending Machine Operators	$52,470	$30,280	60
24	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$51,440	$32,740	40
25	Amusement Parks and Arcades	$50,570	$30,050	80
26	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land	$50,230	$37,240	60
27	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation	$49,770	$35,480	60
28	Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$49,350	$34,600	60
29	Primary Metal Manufacturing	$49,280	$22,770	80
30	Lumber and Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers	$48,610	$30,200	30
31	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$47,980	$30,320	31,340
32	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$47,460	$27,200	110
33	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$47,360	$30,690	320
34	Support Activities for Air Transportation	$47,210	$26,890	930
35	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$46,920	$30,530	18,630
36	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$46,810	$30,290	19,490
37	Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers	$46,500	$29,420	410
38	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$46,360	$26,790	3,320
39	Urban Transit Systems	$46,340	$19,350	220
40	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$46,270	$29,510	25,660
41	Federal, State, and Local Government	$46,270	$29,510	25,660
42	Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	$46,210	$28,750	100
43	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$45,980	$27,690	670
44	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$45,850	$27,440	620
45	Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$45,560	$26,910	180
46	Ambulance Services	$44,890	$26,300	430
47	Educational Services - Local government owned	$44,800	$27,150	780
48	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$44,720	$26,500	460
49	Facilities Support Services	$44,630	$30,100	410
50	Beverage Manufacturing	$44,240	$22,450	50
51	Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing	$44,240	$22,450	50
52	Hospitals - Privately owned	$44,230	$32,270	160
53	Transportation and Warehousing	$44,160	$24,430	16,830
54	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$44,040	$32,170	150
55	Nonstore Retailers	$44,000	$25,100	430
56	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$43,690	$23,590	550
57	Manufacturing	$43,650	$25,260	4,210
58	Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers	$43,640	$28,940	60
59	Oil and Gas Extraction	$43,590	$25,370	140
60	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$43,500	$24,840	710
61	Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors	$43,470	$28,420	300
62	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$43,460	$29,000	1,260
63	Educational Services - Privately owned	$43,340	$25,670	640
64	Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$43,080	$23,840	1,720
65	Educational Services	$43,050	$27,180	2,410
66	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$42,910	$30,700	230
67	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$42,750	$24,790	320
68	Support Activities for Water Transportation	$42,710	$28,090	n/a
69	Water, Sewage and Other Systems	$42,680	$24,820	60
70	Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction	$42,670	$26,380	540
71	Machinery Manufacturing	$42,610	$26,900	200
72	Landscaping Services	$42,560	$22,150	240
73	Food and Beverage Stores	$42,480	$21,070	n/a
74	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$42,410	$28,970	310
75	Building Finishing Contractors	$42,370	$30,330	40
76	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$42,030	$28,590	940
77	Automobile Dealers	$41,930	$23,410	248,350
78	Lessors of Real Estate	$41,900	$18,570	40
79	Educational Services - State government owned	$41,750	$28,530	990
80	Services to Buildings and Dwellings	$41,710	$23,270	350
81	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$41,620	$25,400	1,690
82	Special Food Services	$41,500	$26,730	50
83	Health Care and Social Assistance	$41,470	$24,840	1,050
84	State government, including schools and hospitals	$41,460	$26,770	6,620
85	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$41,430	$26,220	5,540
86	Waste Collection	$41,310	$24,040	420
87	Direct Selling Establishments	$40,990	$23,630	250
88	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$40,980	$25,500	880
89	Food Services and Drinking Places	$40,860	$26,180	50
90	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$40,820	$26,180	70
91	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$40,800	$27,150	60
92	Hospitals - Local government owned	$40,800	$27,150	60
93	Warehousing and Storage	$40,720	$25,290	400
94	Waste Management and Remediation Services	$40,460	$23,700	680
95	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$40,350	$25,720	150
96	Utility System Construction	$40,330	$24,320	940
97	Hospitals - State government owned	$40,250	$26,680	90
98	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$40,240	$26,000	60
99	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$40,100	$27,030	3,780
100	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	$40,060	$23,640	220