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Highest-Paying Industries

These are the industries with the highest average weekly wages in 2017. Industry wages are wages paid for all occupations within an industry. Individual wages among occupations within an industry could vary significantly from the average.

We found 1,036 industries in United States.

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Rank	Industry	Average Weekly Wages	Average Annual Wages
1	Portfolio Management	$5,575	$289,907
2	Investment Banking and Securities Dealing	$5,306	$275,874
3	Electronic Computer Manufacturing	$4,365	$226,968
4	Commodity Contracts Dealing	$4,292	$223,162
5	Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals	$4,292	$223,156
6	Securities Brokerage	$4,211	$218,958
7	Securities and Commodity Exchanges	$4,187	$217,725
8	Sports Teams and Clubs	$4,177	$217,228
9	Miscellaneous Intermediation	$4,174	$217,023
10	Open-End Investment Funds	$3,819	$198,565

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Data in these Industry Reports are from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Learn more and link directly to data sources from the Help page.

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