Highest-Paying Industries: Which US Industries Pay the Most in Wages and Supplements
Summary
In this article, we’ll look at the highest-paying industries (including wages and supplements like pensions, insurance plans, retirement, etc.). This goes along in explaining these wages/benefit numbers, as does the fact that the utilities sector has an experienced, aging workforce that’s been racking up decades of pay raises. At nearly $21,000 it also has a pretty high level of supplements per worker, which makes sense seeing that it’s common for managers to take non-wage/salary compensation. The upper middle industries for worker pay are finance and insurance; mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; professional/scientific/technical services; and wholesale trade. The middle tier includes manufacturing, government, construction, real estate, transportation and warehousing, and healthcare industries.