Highest-paying jobs in Montgomery for high school graduates

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#50. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $47,380
- Median hourly wage: $22.78
- Total employment: 120 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $47,400
- Median hourly wage: $22.79
- Total employment: 80 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $47,770
- Median hourly wage: $22.97
- Total employment: 230 people (1.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Surveying and mapping technicians

- Median annual wage: $48,150
- Median hourly wage: $23.15
- Total employment: 70 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $48,980
- Median hourly wage: $23.55
- Total employment: 1,000 people (6.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $49,750
- Median hourly wage: $23.92
- Total employment: 690 people (4.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $49,990
- Median hourly wage: $24.04
- Total employment: 440 people (2.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,020
- Median hourly wage: $24.05
- Total employment: 130 people (0.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Private detectives and investigators

- Median annual wage: $50,240
- Median hourly wage: $24.15
- Total employment: 60 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Healthcare support workers, all other (tie)

- Median annual wage: $50,650
- Median hourly wage: $24.35
- Total employment: 60 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Information and record clerks, all other (tie)

- Median annual wage: $50,650
- Median hourly wage: $24.35
- Total employment: 110 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood

- Median annual wage: $50,690
- Median hourly wage: $24.37
- Total employment: 70 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $51,000
- Median hourly wage: $24.52
- Total employment: 120 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $51,620
- Median hourly wage: $24.82
- Total employment: 190 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $51,820
- Median hourly wage: $24.91
- Total employment: 370 people (2.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $52,150
- Median hourly wage: $25.07
- Total employment: 60 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $52,160
- Median hourly wage: $25.08
- Total employment: 400 people (2.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $52,210
- Median hourly wage: $25.10
- Total employment: 500 people (3.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $52,660
- Median hourly wage: $25.32
- Total employment: 200 people (1.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Photographers

- Median annual wage: $53,640
- Median hourly wage: $25.79
- Total employment: 30 people (0.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $54,280
- Median hourly wage: $26.10
- Total employment: 890 people (5.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $54,460
- Median hourly wage: $26.18
- Total employment: 740 people (4.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Logging equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $56,060
- Median hourly wage: $26.95
- Total employment: 50 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

- Median annual wage: $56,450
- Median hourly wage: $27.14
- Total employment: 260 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $57,540
- Median hourly wage: $27.66
- Total employment: 430 people (2.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,180
- Median hourly wage: $27.97
- Total employment: 270 people (1.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,290
- Median hourly wage: $28.03
- Total employment: 1,690 people (10.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $58,650
- Median hourly wage: $28.20
- Total employment: 170 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $58,880
- Median hourly wage: $28.31
- Total employment: 60 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Security and fire alarm systems installers

- Median annual wage: $59,580
- Median hourly wage: $28.64
- Total employment: 120 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,110
- Median hourly wage: $28.90
- Total employment: 900 people (5.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $60,140
- Median hourly wage: $28.92
- Total employment: 120 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $60,730
- Median hourly wage: $29.20
- Total employment: 1,140 people (6.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $60,780
- Median hourly wage: $29.22
- Total employment: 360 people (2.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $60,840
- Median hourly wage: $29.25
- Total employment: 110 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,900
- Median hourly wage: $29.28
- Total employment: 1,190 people (7.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $61,110
- Median hourly wage: $29.38
- Total employment: 100 people (0.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,220
- Median hourly wage: $29.91
- Total employment: 830 people (5.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $62,500
- Median hourly wage: $30.05
- Total employment: 200 people (1.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $62,520
- Median hourly wage: $30.06
- Total employment: 240 people (1.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $64,120
- Median hourly wage: $30.83
- Total employment: 340 people (2.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $66,020
- Median hourly wage: $31.74
- Total employment: 570 people (3.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $67,690
- Median hourly wage: $32.54
- Total employment: 130 people (0.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $69,320
- Median hourly wage: $33.33
- Total employment: 220 people (1.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $69,950
- Median hourly wage: $33.63
- Total employment: 990 people (6.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,090
- Median hourly wage: $34.18
- Total employment: 1,480 people (9.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $80,120
- Median hourly wage: $38.52
- Total employment: 60 people (0.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $82,620
- Median hourly wage: $39.72
- Total employment: 110 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $94,630
- Median hourly wage: $45.50
- Total employment: 150 people (0.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $101,670
- Median hourly wage: $48.88
- Total employment: 80 people (0.5 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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