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Highest Paying Industries for Credit Counselors and Loan Officers

The top 100 highest paying industries for credit counselors and loan officers (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 $90,650, activities related to real estate is the highest paying industry for credit counselors and loan officers. It is followed by securities and commodity contracts intermediation and brokerage industry (average annual salary $87,680). 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 credit counselors and loan officers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Credit Counselors and Loan Officers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Activities Related to Real Estate	$90,650	$38,040	1,090
2	Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage	$87,680	$37,510	2,410
3	Automobile Dealers	$83,510	$43,710	11,140
4	Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers	$82,970	$43,200	11,520
5	Retail Trade	$82,970	$43,200	11,520
6	Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	$82,080	$35,220	5,710
7	Other Financial Investment Activities	$77,090	$34,490	3,300
8	Rental and Leasing Services	$75,880	$32,170	50
9	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$74,710	$36,770	2,220
10	Federal government, including USPS	$74,130	$54,030	3,620
11	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$74,130	$54,030	3,620
12	Real Estate	$73,880	$36,930	2,140
13	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$71,820	$47,920	4,480
14	Federal, State, and Local Government	$71,820	$47,920	4,480
15	Other Motor Vehicle Dealers	$71,470	$33,720	380
16	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$71,360	$42,210	870
17	Lessors of Real Estate	$70,980	$36,040	80
18	Land Subdivision	$67,940	$31,910	60
19	Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	$67,940	$31,910	60
20	Insurance Agencies and Brokerages	$67,420	$39,730	1,020
21	Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services	$67,120	$34,800	30
22	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$66,590	$39,020	1,070
23	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$66,370	$35,200	17,040
24	Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services	$66,360	$35,650	770
25	Information	$66,160	$35,630	780
26	Activities Related to Credit Intermediation	$62,950	$28,770	32,130
27	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$62,800	$40,650	150
28	Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers	$62,320	$35,270	n/a
29	Depository Credit Intermediation	$61,280	$34,630	134,130
30	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$60,940	$35,180	180
31	Finance and Insurance	$60,930	$32,410	266,650
32	Credit Intermediation and Related Activities	$60,670	$32,370	256,500
33	Employment Services	$59,200	$32,530	1,180
34	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$59,020	$31,270	4,370
35	Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$58,920	$29,950	90,240
36	Other Nondepository Credit Intermediation	$58,550	$29,330	80,180
37	Direct Insurance (except Life, Health, and Medical) Carriers	$58,250	$30,010	n/a
38	Insurance Carriers	$57,840	$30,080	3,300
39	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$57,290	$33,180	8,870
40	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$56,750	$33,360	560
41	Construction	$55,560	$23,300	220
42	Wholesale Trade	$54,950	$33,470	120
43	Legal Services	$53,790	$32,410	1,360
44	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$53,740	$40,520	50
45	Residential Building Construction	$53,700	$22,590	160
46	Construction of Buildings	$53,700	$22,590	160
47	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$53,010	$28,910	290
48	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$52,920	$36,550	90
49	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$52,740	$33,520	600
50	Administrative and Support Services	$52,100	$29,530	2,570
51	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$52,100	$29,530	2,570
52	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$52,050	$30,540	670
53	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$52,030	$30,090	40
54	Scheduled Air Transportation	$50,800	$18,890	290
55	Air Transportation	$50,800	$18,890	290
56	Transportation and Warehousing	$50,800	$18,890	290
57	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$49,770	$33,710	40
58	Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$49,750	$29,570	n/a
59	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$49,620	$32,060	100
60	Outpatient Care Centers	$49,290	$37,810	30
61	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$48,800	$32,310	60
62	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$48,800	$32,310	60
63	Computer Systems Design and Related Services	$48,330	$32,220	200
64	Business Support Services	$48,250	$27,990	1,050
65	Educational Services - Local government owned	$47,900	$31,980	2,010
66	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$47,700	$30,440	2,890
67	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$47,620	$31,990	1,930
68	Other Insurance Related Activities	$46,310	$32,540	40
69	Social Advocacy Organizations	$46,210	$31,740	260
70	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$45,720	$32,020	2,960
71	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$45,510	$31,530	330
72	Office Administrative Services	$44,830	$30,240	330
73	Telephone Call Centers	$44,200	$27,360	590
74	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$43,890	$32,260	4,540
75	Junior colleges - Privately owned	$43,480	$32,080	760
76	Educational Services	$43,280	$31,730	11,640
77	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$43,170	$32,000	6,270
78	Social Assistance	$43,060	$29,610	n/a
79	Educational Services - Privately owned	$42,960	$31,780	7,610
80	Other Schools and Instruction	$42,280	$33,220	60
81	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$42,100	$26,590	9,080
82	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$42,000	$33,140	60
83	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$41,910	$31,640	n/a
84	Offices of Physicians	$41,790	$30,650	n/a
85	State government, including schools and hospitals	$41,650	$31,310	2,350
86	Technical and Trade Schools	$41,520	$30,670	1,510
87	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$41,490	$30,840	1,460
88	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$41,390	$32,790	40
89	Hospitals - State government owned	$41,390	$32,790	40
90	Business schools and computer and management training - Privately owned	$41,080	$31,580	330
91	Business Schools and Computer and Management Training	$41,080	$31,580	330
92	Junior colleges - State government owned	$41,070	$31,980	280
93	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$40,770	$31,440	1,720
94	Educational Services - State government owned	$40,700	$31,430	2,020
95	Health Care and Social Assistance	$40,120	$28,140	2,870
96	Individual and Family Services	$39,230	$28,040	350
97	Hospitals - Privately owned	$39,180	$28,260	1,390
98	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$39,020	$28,110	1,320
99	Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$38,820	$27,000	5,670
100	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$38,510	$27,520	1,740