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Highest Paying Industries for Exercise Physiologists

The top 42 highest paying industries for exercise physiologists (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 $69,580, federal government, including usps is the highest paying industry for exercise physiologists. It is followed by federal executive branch (oes designation) industry (average annual salary $69,580). 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 exercise physiologists in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 42 Highest Paying Industries for Exercise Physiologists

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal government, including USPS	$69,580	$54,540	340
2	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$69,580	$54,540	340
3	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$68,610	$41,100	420
4	Federal, State, and Local Government	$68,610	$41,100	420
5	Outpatient Care Centers	$55,100	$32,320	200
6	Educational Services - State government owned	$54,120	$34,880	30
7	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$54,040	$34,200	n/a
8	Educational Services	$53,830	$35,990	90
9	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$53,210	$36,450	60
10	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$52,970	$33,880	1,050
11	Social Assistance	$51,440	$29,910	200
12	Individual and Family Services	$50,130	$27,330	170
13	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$49,450	$22,130	100
14	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$49,110	$34,880	100
15	State government, including schools and hospitals	$48,360	$36,420	150
16	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$47,520	$34,200	30
17	Hospitals - State government owned	$47,200	$36,690	110
18	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$47,180	$34,070	3,130
19	Hospitals - Privately owned	$47,120	$33,960	3,230
20	Educational Services - Privately owned	$46,840	$35,200	40
21	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$46,660	$33,670	3,700
22	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$46,650	$33,610	3,820
23	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$46,360	$36,160	100
24	Finance and Insurance	$45,940	$40,210	n/a
25	Health Care and Social Assistance	$45,710	$31,590	5,730
26	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$44,930	$32,530	80
27	Offices of Physicians	$44,380	$29,810	440
28	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$43,490	$30,770	90
29	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$43,470	$31,990	560
30	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$43,060	$30,520	90
31	Hospitals - Local government owned	$42,880	$31,810	470
32	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$42,840	$31,800	470
33	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$42,450	$27,370	1,450
34	Offices of Chiropractors	$40,450	$29,160	70
35	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$38,280	$25,690	270
36	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$38,240	$27,920	140
37	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$37,830	$25,810	620
38	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$36,330	$26,050	440
39	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$35,690	$23,030	100
40	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$25,690	$16,210	n/a
41	Personal Care Services	$25,480	$16,200	n/a
42	Personal and Laundry Services	$25,480	$16,200	n/a