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Ranked listPublic
Industries Ranked by Average Weekly Earnings
Private-sector industries and major sectors ranked by latest average weekly earnings. Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics.
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SR
Scientific research and development services
Weekly earnings$2,695.553
SP
Software publishers
Weekly earnings$2,664.294
CS
Computer systems design and related services
Weekly earnings$2,473.505
UT
Utilities
Weekly earnings$2,412.276
PI
Publishing industries
Weekly earnings$2,375.417
CI
Computing infrastructure and data processing
Weekly earnings$2,309.628
LS
Legal services
Weekly earnings$2,258.599
OA
Oil and gas extraction
Weekly earnings$2,166.8510
TE
Telecommunications
Weekly earnings$2,121.6011
PS
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Weekly earnings$2,094.7712
AA
Architectural and engineering services
Weekly earnings$2,076.2113
IN
Information
Weekly earnings$2,062.0214
MO
Management of companies and enterprises
Weekly earnings$2,024.9215
SA
Support activities for mining
Weekly earnings$2,012.1216
CI
Credit intermediation and related activities
Weekly earnings$2,010.6717
MA
Management and technical consulting services
Weekly earnings$1,954.8818
CA
Computer and electronic product manufacturing
Weekly earnings$1,925.2019
MA
Mining and logging
Weekly earnings$1,916.6620
NB
Nonresidential building construction
Weekly earnings$1,915.4621
IC
Insurance carriers and related activities
Weekly earnings$1,893.4322
TE
Transportation equipment manufacturing
Weekly earnings$1,881.0323
FA
Financial activities
Weekly earnings$1,872.8624
HA
Heavy and civil engineering construction
Weekly earnings$1,869.2425
AA
Advertising and public relations services
Weekly earnings$1,814.2626
HS
Highway, street, and bridge construction
Weekly earnings$1,795.2127
ME
Mining, except oil and gas
Weekly earnings$1,792.6328
AT
Air transportation
Weekly earnings$1,790.0029
WT
Wholesale trade agents and brokers
Weekly earnings$1,764.4130
SD
Specialized design services
Weekly earnings$1,761.8831
OO
Offices of physicians
Weekly earnings$1,755.0932
EC
Electrical contractors and wiring installation
Weekly earnings$1,726.9633
CM
Chemical manufacturing
Weekly earnings$1,725.5534
CO
Construction of buildings
Weekly earnings$1,710.5435
PA
Professional and business services
Weekly earnings$1,685.8136
AA
Accounting and payroll services
Weekly earnings$1,676.8837
CO
Construction
Weekly earnings$1,640.6238
HO
Hospitals
Weekly earnings$1,624.6639
DG
Durable goods wholesalers
Weekly earnings$1,620.9540
PH
Plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors
Weekly earnings$1,612.7241
DG
Durable goods
Weekly earnings$1,601.4642
PM
Primary metal manufacturing
Weekly earnings$1,592.6343
OI
Other information services
Weekly earnings$1,577.2344
MM
Machinery manufacturing
Weekly earnings$1,576.6745
SP
Site preparation contractors
Weekly earnings$1,571.8846
EE
Electrical equipment and appliance manufacturing
Weekly earnings$1,571.7047
WT
Wholesale trade
Weekly earnings$1,570.8848
ST
Specialty trade contractors
Weekly earnings$1,557.9049
MA
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
Weekly earnings$1,553.8850
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