Salaries by Industry, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2024 · NAICS 2-digit sectors · Updated Apr 3, 2025
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) groups all US employment into 20 top-level sectors, from Agriculture to Government. Below is the workforce size and median annual wage for each, sourced from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey. Click any sector for the top 25 roles in it with sector-specific wages.
Health Care and Social Assistance
Hospitals, physicians' and dentists' offices, home health, nursing facilities, childcare, and social services.
Retail Trade
Stores selling merchandise direct to consumers, including motor vehicle dealers, grocery, apparel, electronics, and general merchandise.
Accommodation and Food Services
Hotels, motels, restaurants, bars, and food-service contractors.
Educational Services
K-12 schools, colleges and universities, trade and technical schools, and other educational institutions.
Manufacturing
Factories and plants producing food, textiles, wood, paper, chemicals, metals, machinery, electronics, vehicles, and other goods.
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Legal, accounting, architecture, engineering, design, consulting, research, advertising, and other knowledge-based services.
Government
Federal, state, and local government employment, excluding the U.S. Postal Service and state and local government-operated schools and hospitals (which are counted elsewhere).
Administrative and Support Services
Staffing, business support, cleaning, security, travel services, waste management, and remediation.
Construction
Residential and nonresidential building construction, heavy and civil engineering, and specialty trade contractors.
Transportation and Warehousing
Air, rail, truck, water, and pipeline transportation, couriers, and warehousing and storage operations.
Finance and Insurance
Banks, credit unions, securities and investment firms, insurance carriers, and financial intermediation activities.
Wholesale Trade
Merchant wholesalers and business-to-business distributors of durable and nondurable goods across all product categories.
Other Services
Personal and laundry services, repair and maintenance, religious and civic organizations, and private households.
Information
Publishing, motion picture and sound recording, broadcasting, telecommunications, data processing, and software publishers.
Management of Companies and Enterprises
Corporate headquarters and holding companies that manage subsidiary operations.
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
Performing arts, sports, museums, amusement parks, casinos, fitness centers, and recreational activities.
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
Real estate brokerage, property management, and rental of consumer, commercial, and industrial goods.
Utilities
Electric power generation and distribution, natural gas distribution, water and sewage treatment, and related utility services.
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas
Metal and nonmetal mining, oil and gas extraction, and support activities for extractive industries.
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting
Farms, ranches, timber operations, commercial fishing, and related primary food and natural-resource production.
About This View
Industry classification follows the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), the official framework used by US, Canadian, and Mexican statistical agencies. The 20 sectors shown here are the top-level (2-digit) NAICS groupings. Workforce and wage data come from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2024.
Medians shown are sector-wide (across all occupations in that sector). For a specific role's wage within a specific industry, visit that role's salary page and look at the Industry Wage Breakdown card.