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Highest Paying Industries for Miscellaneous Health Practitioners and Technical Workers

The top 100 highest paying industries for miscellaneous health practitioners and technical 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 $80,830, federal government, including usps is the highest paying industry for miscellaneous health practitioners and technical workers. It is followed by federal executive branch (oes designation) industry (average annual salary $80,830). 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 miscellaneous health practitioners and technical workers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for Miscellaneous Health Practitioners and Technical Workers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Federal government, including USPS	$80,830	$29,390	4,490
2	Federal Executive Branch (OES Designation)	$80,830	$29,390	4,490
3	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$73,670	$41,660	80
4	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$73,570	$29,870	5,770
5	Federal, State, and Local Government	$73,570	$29,870	5,770
6	Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	$70,770	$41,620	40
7	Other Insurance Related Activities	$66,750	$34,360	60
8	Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	$66,750	$34,360	60
9	Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories	$66,730	$27,490	740
10	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Local government owned	$66,130	$35,460	50
11	Pharmacies and Drug Stores	$64,910	$27,120	110
12	Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	$64,730	$32,020	320
13	Manufacturing	$64,570	$27,610	160
14	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$64,150	$36,400	690
15	Scientific Research and Development Services	$62,340	$32,240	360
16	Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	$60,660	$32,820	40
17	Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	$60,520	$42,100	240
18	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$60,070	$36,720	120
19	Office Administrative Services	$57,270	$21,050	120
20	Home Health Care Services	$56,610	$31,010	560
21	Temporary Help Services	$56,080	$20,190	340
22	Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods	$55,030	$32,990	40
23	Consumer Goods Rental	$54,100	$32,400	140
24	Rental and Leasing Services	$54,100	$32,400	140
25	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$53,510	$31,220	140
26	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$52,760	$34,190	800
27	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$52,440	$29,160	14,310
28	Hospitals - State government owned	$52,210	$31,680	560
29	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$52,080	$28,490	2,310
30	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$51,930	$31,160	1,330
31	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$51,760	$28,170	n/a
32	Administrative and Support Services	$51,720	$21,350	740
33	Offices of Dentists	$51,660	$21,460	n/a
34	Educational Services - Local government owned	$51,660	$28,870	2,780
35	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$51,630	$41,260	80
36	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$51,610	$21,370	740
37	Employment Services	$51,460	$20,950	510
38	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$51,280	$29,310	2,830
39	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$50,300	$30,270	430
40	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$49,830	$28,360	18,240
41	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$49,590	$28,070	20,370
42	Hospitals - Privately owned	$49,590	$28,100	19,180
43	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$49,560	$26,960	4,970
44	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$49,470	$27,900	21,460
45	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$49,440	$28,940	150
46	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$48,710	$34,860	n/a
47	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$48,510	$22,660	60
48	Personal Care Services	$48,500	$40,560	n/a
49	Personal and Laundry Services	$48,500	$40,560	n/a
50	Insurance Carriers and Related Activities	$48,200	$32,040	310
51	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$48,090	$34,280	30
52	State government, including schools and hospitals	$47,940	$30,570	n/a
53	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$47,410	$30,910	420
54	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$47,260	$32,020	440
55	Performing Arts Companies	$47,250	$34,700	40
56	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$47,170	$26,040	1,210
57	Offices of Physicians	$47,150	$30,410	4,830
58	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$47,140	$24,910	1,700
59	Hospitals - Local government owned	$47,130	$24,940	1,710
60	Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	$47,020	$31,800	190
61	Individual and Family Services	$46,900	$33,100	240
62	Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses	$46,810	$18,340	40
63	Nonstore Retailers	$46,810	$18,340	40
64	Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods	$46,690	$31,910	200
65	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$46,660	$39,390	n/a
66	Finance and Insurance	$46,490	$31,190	350
67	Educational Support Services	$46,430	$38,850	n/a
68	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$46,410	$29,790	3,290
69	Educational Services - State government owned	$46,410	$29,700	3,480
70	Health Care and Social Assistance	$46,310	$26,290	39,500
71	Educational Services	$46,310	$29,400	10,830
72	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$46,280	$25,480	1,270
73	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$46,160	$28,240	530
74	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$45,260	$29,910	7,010
75	Insurance Carriers	$45,250	$31,680	240
76	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$45,200	$25,050	470
77	Outpatient Care Centers	$45,010	$23,410	1,910
78	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$44,610	$25,570	n/a
79	Civic and Social Organizations	$44,160	$30,880	80
80	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$44,110	$29,950	3,670
81	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$44,100	$25,500	n/a
82	Retail Trade	$43,980	$20,400	710
83	Educational Services - Privately owned	$43,850	$29,410	4,560
84	Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers	$43,820	$30,720	190
85	Health and Personal Care Stores	$43,560	$20,470	660
86	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$43,170	$25,540	16,400
87	Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	$42,320	$20,450	90
88	Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries	$42,230	$21,730	1,290
89	Spectator Sports	$41,960	$21,860	1,170
90	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - Privately owned	$41,750	$25,530	n/a
91	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$41,500	$22,860	100
92	Junior colleges - State government owned	$41,410	$25,740	110
93	Wholesale Trade	$41,060	$29,360	470
94	Offices of Chiropractors	$40,770	$25,560	190
95	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$40,590	$20,780	4,300
96	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$40,000	$25,140	4,910
97	Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	$39,990	$20,320	2,750
98	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	$39,810	$20,480	2,980
99	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$39,800	$20,510	3,010
100	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$38,980	$26,340	70