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Highest Paying Industries for Furniture Finishers

The top 34 highest paying industries for furniture finishers (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 $39,730, transportation and warehousing is the highest paying industry for furniture finishers. It is followed by warehousing and storage industry (average annual salary $39,150). 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 furniture finishers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 34 Highest Paying Industries for Furniture Finishers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Transportation and Warehousing	$39,730	$22,300	250
2	Warehousing and Storage	$39,150	$24,320	180
3	Building Finishing Contractors	$34,160	$26,160	180
4	Specialty Trade Contractors	$34,160	$26,160	180
5	Furniture Stores	$33,410	$20,550	900
6	Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores	$33,140	$20,590	940
7	Retail Trade	$32,450	$20,670	1,150
8	Construction	$31,870	$25,620	250
9	Other Furniture Related Product Manufacturing	$31,310	$25,800	70
10	Miscellaneous Store Retailers	$31,060	$19,240	90
11	Used Merchandise Stores	$30,930	$19,210	90
12	Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers	$30,090	$20,520	n/a
13	Wood Product Manufacturing	$30,070	$20,230	1,080
14	Other Wood Product Manufacturing	$29,930	$19,680	950
15	Building Material and Supplies Dealers	$29,370	$22,170	n/a
16	Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers	$29,370	$22,170	n/a
17	Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing	$29,340	$20,670	2,280
18	Wholesale Trade	$29,240	$20,020	260
19	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$29,100	$19,950	250
20	Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance	$28,780	$18,870	2,440
21	Repair and Maintenance	$28,780	$18,870	2,440
22	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$28,780	$18,870	2,440
23	Wood Kitchen Cabinet and Countertop Manufacturing	$28,630	$19,900	3,260
24	Manufacturing	$28,370	$20,020	10,790
25	Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing	$28,170	$20,000	9,650
26	Home Furnishings Stores	$27,960	$21,230	n/a
27	Construction of Buildings	$27,910	$25,160	n/a
28	Residential Building Construction	$27,860	$25,150	n/a
29	Household and Institutional Furniture and Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing	$27,830	$19,750	7,300
30	Household and Institutional Furniture Manufacturing	$27,170	$19,590	4,040
31	Administrative and Support Services	$19,960	$16,750	110
32	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$19,960	$16,750	110
33	Employment Services	$19,230	$16,570	90
34	Temporary Help Services	$18,930	$16,430	80