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Highest Paying Industries for Air Transportation Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for air transportation workers (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 $119,120, federal government, including usps is the highest paying industry for air transportation workers. It is followed by federal executive branch (oes designation) industry (average annual salary $119,120). 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 air transportation workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Air Transportation Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal government, including USPS	$119,120	$71,390	24,450
2	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$119,120	$71,390	24,450
3	Remediation and Other Waste Management Services	$114,900	$63,270	n/a
4	Waste Management and Remediation Services	$112,670	$66,260	n/a
5	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$111,650	$58,590	27,340
6	Federal, State, and Local Government	$111,650	$58,590	27,340
7	Wired Telecommunications Carriers	$111,540	$79,890	n/a
8	Depository Credit Intermediation	$111,120	$97,850	n/a
9	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$110,930	$55,630	27,850
10	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$110,460	$88,250	n/a
11	Telecommunications	$110,370	$79,900	n/a
12	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	$110,070	$58,810	1,080
13	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	$110,050	$58,760	1,110
14	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	$109,170	$72,960	50
15	Information	$108,600	$68,910	240
16	Other Financial Investment Activities	$107,340	$74,590	90
17	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	$107,050	$71,670	50
18	Scientific Research and Development Services	$104,660	$65,120	80
19	Finance and Insurance	$104,090	$65,220	470
20	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$103,890	$64,200	80
21	Commercial and Industrial Machinery Equipment (except Auto and Electronic) Repair and Maintenance	$103,720	$81,940	290
22	Repair and Maintenance	$103,720	$81,940	290
23	Manufacturing	$102,680	$57,350	1,670
24	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$102,630	$80,430	310
25	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	$101,890	$46,270	50
26	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$100,440	$66,350	130
27	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$97,270	$44,930	110
28	Insurance Carriers	$96,970	$47,210	160
29	Utilities	$95,190	$70,650	n/a
30	Office Administrative Services	$94,560	$63,380	280
31	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$93,970	$45,450	180
32	Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution	$93,950	$69,910	n/a
33	Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$93,750	$68,460	60
34	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$92,880	$51,050	1,620
35	Activities Related to Real Estate	$92,860	$62,390	60
36	Nonresidential Building Construction	$91,180	$60,380	70
37	Construction of Buildings	$90,700	$58,100	70
38	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$90,650	$45,920	130
39	Oil and Gas Extraction	$89,860	$50,170	220
40	Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$89,490	$52,230	220
41	Chemical Manufacturing	$89,470	$41,710	40
42	Engineering Services	$89,300	$57,890	390
43	Spectator Sports	$88,960	$43,290	120
44	Agriculture, Construction, and Mining Machinery Manufacturing	$88,930	$66,100	40
45	Real Estate	$87,490	$32,180	120
46	Machinery Manufacturing	$87,020	$52,570	150
47	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$86,950	$50,020	290
48	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$86,630	$44,080	510
49	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$86,570	$46,490	90
50	Mining	$86,530	$44,900	270
51	Construction	$86,480	$64,520	300
52	Land Subdivision	$86,410	$78,390	n/a
53	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$86,120	$67,330	n/a
54	Other General Purpose Machinery Manufacturing	$85,230	$44,410	70
55	Support Activities for Crop Production	$84,770	$38,470	1,040
56	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$84,750	$49,560	610
57	Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry	$84,030	$37,050	1,060
58	Wholesale Trade	$82,850	$34,330	490
59	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	$81,330	$51,190	30
60	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$80,860	$41,330	2,150
61	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	$79,340	$34,970	1,240
62	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$77,260	$32,050	n/a
63	Food Manufacturing	$76,490	$18,570	n/a
64	Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	$73,870	$53,360	60
65	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$73,620	$56,790	40
66	Hospitals - Privately owned	$73,370	$50,180	130
67	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$73,240	$49,220	130
68	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$73,230	$50,090	130
69	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$73,230	$50,090	130
70	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$72,990	$23,300	150
71	Nonstore Retailers	$72,380	$45,840	30
72	Retail Trade	$72,260	$44,380	50
73	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$71,580	$33,890	4,820
74	Technical and Trade Schools	$71,400	$33,910	4,830
75	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$71,020	$34,250	1,940
76	Testing Laboratories	$70,680	$48,220	100
77	Health Care and Social Assistance	$70,080	$40,870	3,490
78	Administrative and Support Services	$70,080	$34,200	1,900
79	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$69,950	$40,830	3,350
80	Support Activities for Air Transportation	$69,950	$33,820	7,830
81	Support Activities for Transportation	$69,930	$33,830	7,870
82	Ambulance Services	$69,890	$40,660	3,270
83	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$69,880	$40,790	3,340
84	Nonscheduled Air Transportation	$69,730	$28,180	17,490
85	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$69,500	$50,960	70
86	Educational Services - Privately owned	$68,860	$33,760	5,120
87	Lessors of Real Estate	$68,680	$29,200	60
88	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$68,120	$29,860	310
89	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Other	$67,310	$30,540	400
90	Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation	$67,310	$30,540	400
91	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$66,880	$34,200	800
92	Educational Services	$64,900	$31,750	5,630
93	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$64,550	$43,300	540
94	Legal Services	$63,620	$51,670	50
95	Transportation and Warehousing	$62,320	$32,430	194,380
96	Support Activities for Mining	$61,260	$41,200	40
97	Air Transportation	$60,540	$32,320	182,950
98	State government, including schools and hospitals	$59,830	$33,970	810
99	Scheduled Air Transportation	$58,770	$32,630	165,470
100	Truck Transportation	$53,010	$34,160	n/a