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| HIGHEST PAYING JOBS |
| Highest paying occupations for the past five years are in the following sectors:
1.      Legal
2.      ManagementÂ
3.      Computer & Mathematical Services
4.      Healthcare
5.      Architecture and Engineering
6.      Business & Finance
7.      Life, Physical & Social ScienceÂ
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Major Group |
Employment |
Mean Hourly Wage |
Mean Annual Salary |
Degree |
No. of people who work in this field |
Percent of Total |
Total |
127M |
100 |
 |
 |
 |
Management |
7.2M |
5.6 |
34.04 |
$62,000 |
BA, MBA |
Business & Fin. Op |
4.6M |
3.7 |
24.32 |
$44,262 |
BA |
Computer & Mathematical Sciences |
2,82M |
2.2 |
29.02 |
$52,800 |
AA, BA |
Architecture & Engineering |
2.4M |
1.9 |
27.08 |
$49,300 |
BA |
Life, Physical and social science |
1M |
.8 |
23.90 |
$43,500 |
BA, MS |
Community and social Services |
1.5M |
1.2 |
16.44 |
$34,200 |
BA |
Legal |
909,360 |
.7 |
33.19 |
$69,000 |
BA, JD |
Education, Training and library |
7.6M |
6.0 |
18.81 |
$39,100 |
BA, MA |
Arts, design, entertainment,sports and media |
1.5M |
1.2 |
19.12 |
$39,800 |
 |
Health Care Practitioner |
6.1M |
4.8 |
24.01 |
$50,000 |
BA |
Healthcare support |
3.1M |
2.4 |
10.53 |
$22,000 |
None |
Protective Services |
2.M |
2.3 |
15.64 |
$32,500 |
None |
Food preparation and service |
9.9M |
7.7 |
8.04 |
$16,700 |
None |
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance |
4.2M |
3.3 |
9.80 |
$20,000 |
None |
Personal Care and service |
2.8M |
2.2 |
10.10 |
$21,000 |
None |
Sales |
13M |
10.5 |
13.91 |
$29,000 |
None |
Office Admin Support |
22M |
17.8 |
13.09 |
$28,900 |
None |
Farming, Fishing and forestry |
453,010 |
.4 |
9.44 |
$19,600 |
None |
Construction |
6.2M |
4.9 |
17.05 |
$35,400 |
None |
Installation, maintenance and repair |
5.3M |
4.2 |
16.81 |
 |
None |
Production |
11.2M |
8.8 |
13.27 |
$27,600 |
None |
Transportation & material moving |
9.4M |
7.4 |
12.77 |
$26,500 |
None |
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