Highest-paying jobs in Anniston for high school graduates

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#50. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks

- Median annual wage: $39,680
- Median hourly wage: $19.08
- Total employment: 170 people (3.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $39,980
- Median hourly wage: $19.22
- Total employment: 190 people (4.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

- Median annual wage: $40,000
- Median hourly wage: $19.23
- Total employment: 590 people (13.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $40,530
- Median hourly wage: $19.49
- Total employment: 40 people (0.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $42,440
- Median hourly wage: $20.40
- Total employment: 30 people (0.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $43,850
- Median hourly wage: $21.08
- Total employment: 470 people (10.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $43,990
- Median hourly wage: $21.15
- Total employment: 50 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

- Median annual wage: $44,580
- Median hourly wage: $21.43
- Total employment: 1,310 people (30.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

- Median annual wage: $44,600
- Median hourly wage: $21.44
- Total employment: 160 people (3.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

- Median annual wage: $44,770
- Median hourly wage: $21.52
- Total employment: 30 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $44,860
- Median hourly wage: $21.57
- Total employment: 60 people (1.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $45,060
- Median hourly wage: $21.66
- Total employment: 30 people (0.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $45,070
- Median hourly wage: $21.67
- Total employment: 30 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $45,760
- Median hourly wage: $22.00
- Total employment: 60 people (1.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance

- Median annual wage: $45,950
- Median hourly wage: $22.09
- Total employment: 40 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

- Median annual wage: $46,100
- Median hourly wage: $22.16
- Total employment: 430 people (10.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $48,830
- Median hourly wage: $23.48
- Total employment: 230 people (5.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $49,050
- Median hourly wage: $23.58
- Total employment: 50 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $49,340
- Median hourly wage: $23.72
- Total employment: 110 people (2.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $49,460
- Median hourly wage: $23.78
- Total employment: 90 people (2.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Property, real estate, and community association managers

- Median annual wage: $50,000
- Median hourly wage: $24.04
- Total employment: 50 people (1.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $50,300
- Median hourly wage: $24.19
- Total employment: 320 people (7.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $50,480
- Median hourly wage: $24.27
- Total employment: 40 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

- Median annual wage: $50,700
- Median hourly wage: $24.38
- Total employment: 350 people (8.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

- Median annual wage: $51,720
- Median hourly wage: $24.87
- Total employment: 200 people (4.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Logging equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $52,080
- Median hourly wage: $25.04
- Total employment: 40 people (0.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $52,190
- Median hourly wage: $25.09
- Total employment: 170 people (3.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $53,550
- Median hourly wage: $25.75
- Total employment: 40 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Information and record clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $54,410
- Median hourly wage: $26.16
- Total employment: 60 people (1.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders (tie)

- Median annual wage: $55,580
- Median hourly wage: $26.72
- Total employment: 30 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Production, planning, and expediting clerks (tie)

- Median annual wage: $55,580
- Median hourly wage: $26.72
- Total employment: 190 people (4.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $56,090
- Median hourly wage: $26.97
- Total employment: 430 people (9.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $56,330
- Median hourly wage: $27.08
- Total employment: 140 people (3.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors

- Median annual wage: $57,030
- Median hourly wage: $27.42
- Total employment: 230 people (5.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $57,510
- Median hourly wage: $27.65
- Total employment: 420 people (9.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $57,830
- Median hourly wage: $27.80
- Total employment: 120 people (2.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $58,610
- Median hourly wage: $28.18
- Total employment: 160 people (3.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $59,400
- Median hourly wage: $28.56
- Total employment: 260 people (6.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

- Median annual wage: $60,210
- Median hourly wage: $28.95
- Total employment: 320 people (7.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Painters, construction and maintenance (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,480
- Median hourly wage: $29.56
- Total employment: 80 people (1.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,480
- Median hourly wage: $29.56
- Total employment: 490 people (11.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters

- Median annual wage: $62,050
- Median hourly wage: $29.83
- Total employment: 40 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

- Median annual wage: $62,440
- Median hourly wage: $30.02
- Total employment: 170 people (4.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $64,900
- Median hourly wage: $31.20
- Total employment: 80 people (1.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

- Median annual wage: $66,820
- Median hourly wage: $32.13
- Total employment: 380 people (8.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

- Median annual wage: $69,280
- Median hourly wage: $33.31
- Total employment: 40 people (0.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $71,230
- Median hourly wage: $34.25
- Total employment: 40 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $72,320
- Median hourly wage: $34.77
- Total employment: 110 people (2.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $75,160
- Median hourly wage: $36.14
- Total employment: 50 people (1.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

- Median annual wage: $78,020
- Median hourly wage: $37.51
- Total employment: 260 people (6.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Cu Fleshman, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 364 metros.

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