Highest-paying jobs for people with 2-year degrees in Montgomery

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#50. 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)

#48. Civil engineering technologists and technicians (tie)

- Median annual wage: $54,280
- Median hourly wage: $26.10
- Total employment: 290 people (1.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Correctional officers and jailers (tie)

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

#47. 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)

#46. 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)

#45. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $56,430
- Median hourly wage: $27.13
- Total employment: 270 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. 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)

#43. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

- Median annual wage: $57,310
- Median hourly wage: $27.55
- Total employment: 210 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. 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)

#41. 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)

#40. 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)

#39. 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)

#38. 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)

#37. Legal support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $59,060
- Median hourly wage: $28.39
- Total employment: 30 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $59,080
- Median hourly wage: $28.41
- Total employment: 250 people (1.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Security and fire alarm systems installers (tie)

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

#34. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $59,580
- Median hourly wage: $28.65
- Total employment: 40 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $59,950
- Median hourly wage: $28.82
- Total employment: 40 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. 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)

#31. 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)

#30. Physical therapist assistants

- Median annual wage: $60,450
- Median hourly wage: $29.06
- Total employment: 140 people (0.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. 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)

#28. Mechanical drafters

- Median annual wage: $60,770
- Median hourly wage: $29.22
- Total employment: 50 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. 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)

#26. 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)

#25. 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)

#24. Tool and die makers

- Median annual wage: $60,970
- Median hourly wage: $29.31
- Total employment: 40 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. 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)

#22. 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)

#21. 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)

#20. 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)

#19. 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)

#18. Diagnostic medical sonographers

- Median annual wage: $65,790
- Median hourly wage: $31.63
- Total employment: 90 people (0.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. 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)

#16. Computer network support specialists

- Median annual wage: $66,780
- Median hourly wage: $32.11
- Total employment: 60 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. 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)

#14. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $68,220
- Median hourly wage: $32.80
- Total employment: 100 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. 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)

#12. 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)

#11. 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)

#10. Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment

- Median annual wage: $73,800
- Median hourly wage: $35.48
- Total employment: 70 people (0.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Respiratory therapists

- Median annual wage: $74,160
- Median hourly wage: $35.65
- Total employment: 170 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $74,400
- Median hourly wage: $35.77
- Total employment: 130 people (0.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

- Median annual wage: $74,660
- Median hourly wage: $35.90
- Total employment: 90 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Nuclear medicine technologists

- Median annual wage: $78,280
- Median hourly wage: $37.64
- Total employment: 30 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. 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)

#4. 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)

#3. Commercial pilots

- Median annual wage: $82,710
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 50 people (0.29 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 Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 363 metros.

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