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

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

- Median annual wage: $46,940
- Median hourly wage: $22.57
- Total employment: 50 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks

- Median annual wage: $46,960
- Median hourly wage: $22.58
- Total employment: 520 people (8.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

- Median annual wage: $46,970
- Median hourly wage: $22.58
- Total employment: 1,160 people (19.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

- Median annual wage: $47,330
- Median hourly wage: $22.76
- Total employment: 170 people (2.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $47,380
- Median hourly wage: $22.78
- Total employment: 30 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,770
- Median hourly wage: $22.97
- Total employment: 230 people (3.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $47,860
- Median hourly wage: $23.01
- Total employment: 80 people (1.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,970
- Median hourly wage: $23.06
- Total employment: 240 people (3.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $48,120
- Median hourly wage: $23.13
- Total employment: 180 people (2.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,390
- Median hourly wage: $23.26
- Total employment: 150 people (2.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Computer network support specialists

- Median annual wage: $49,340
- Median hourly wage: $23.72
- Total employment: 70 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

- Median annual wage: $49,400
- Median hourly wage: $23.75
- Total employment: 590 people (9.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,810
- Median hourly wage: $23.95
- Total employment: 40 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $49,990
- Median hourly wage: $24.03
- Total employment: 210 people (3.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $50,190
- Median hourly wage: $24.13
- Total employment: 390 people (6.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Computer user support specialists

- Median annual wage: $50,450
- Median hourly wage: $24.26
- Total employment: 170 people (2.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $50,650
- Median hourly wage: $24.35
- Total employment: 390 people (6.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $51,220
- Median hourly wage: $24.63
- Total employment: 260 people (4.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Surgical technologists

- Median annual wage: $51,720
- Median hourly wage: $24.87
- Total employment: 110 people (1.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $52,040
- Median hourly wage: $25.02
- Total employment: 40 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $52,140
- Median hourly wage: $25.07
- Total employment: 90 people (1.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $52,630
- Median hourly wage: $25.30
- Total employment: 120 people (2.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,370
- Median hourly wage: $25.66
- Total employment: 500 people (8.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,520
- Median hourly wage: $25.73
- Total employment: 90 people (1.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $55,450
- Median hourly wage: $26.66
- Total employment: 90 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $55,550
- Median hourly wage: $26.71
- Total employment: 350 people (5.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $55,650
- Median hourly wage: $26.75
- Total employment: 120 people (2.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,150
- Median hourly wage: $27.00
- Total employment: 540 people (9.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $56,460
- Median hourly wage: $27.15
- Total employment: 30 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $56,650
- Median hourly wage: $27.23
- Total employment: 70 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $57,550
- Median hourly wage: $27.67
- Total employment: 260 people (4.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,590
- Median hourly wage: $28.65
- Total employment: 590 people (9.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $60,410
- Median hourly wage: $29.04
- Total employment: 50 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $60,570
- Median hourly wage: $29.12
- Total employment: 30 people (0.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $61,230
- Median hourly wage: $29.44
- Total employment: 150 people (2.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Respiratory therapists

- Median annual wage: $61,360
- Median hourly wage: $29.50
- Total employment: 110 people (1.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,420
- Median hourly wage: $29.53
- Total employment: 340 people (5.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $61,520
- Median hourly wage: $29.58
- Total employment: 150 people (2.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $63,350
- Median hourly wage: $30.46
- Total employment: 70 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,400
- Median hourly wage: $31.44
- Total employment: 220 people (3.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $67,590
- Median hourly wage: $32.49
- Total employment: 60 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Physical therapist assistants

- Median annual wage: $70,760
- Median hourly wage: $34.02
- Total employment: 210 people (3.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists

- Median annual wage: $71,030
- Median hourly wage: $34.15
- Total employment: 40 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Cardiovascular technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $78,030
- Median hourly wage: $37.51
- Total employment: 40 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Diagnostic medical sonographers

- Median annual wage: $79,010
- Median hourly wage: $37.98
- Total employment: 40 people (0.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $79,750
- Median hourly wage: $38.34
- Total employment: 70 people (1.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Occupational therapy assistants

- Median annual wage: $81,010
- Median hourly wage: $38.95
- Total employment: 90 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $81,840
- Median hourly wage: $39.35
- Total employment: 90 people (1.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $86,050
- Median hourly wage: $41.37
- Total employment: 70 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $93,950
- Median hourly wage: $45.17
- Total employment: 50 people (0.91 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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