Highest-paying jobs in Little Rock for high school graduates

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#50. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $49,370
- Median hourly wage: $23.74
- Total employment: 920 people (2.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping

- Median annual wage: $49,500
- Median hourly wage: $23.80
- Total employment: 180 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Occupational health and safety technicians

- Median annual wage: $49,510
- Median hourly wage: $23.80
- Total employment: 140 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $49,880
- Median hourly wage: $23.98
- Total employment: 80 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $50,170
- Median hourly wage: $24.12
- Total employment: 760 people (2.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $50,260
- Median hourly wage: $24.16
- Total employment: 400 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

- Median annual wage: $50,790
- Median hourly wage: $24.42
- Total employment: 40 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $51,230
- Median hourly wage: $24.63
- Total employment: 380 people (1.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Structural iron and steel workers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $51,230
- Median hourly wage: $24.63
- Total employment: 200 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 360 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. First-line supervisors of correctional officers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $52,160
- Median hourly wage: $25.08
- Total employment: 810 people (2.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products (tie)

- Median annual wage: $52,160
- Median hourly wage: $25.08
- Total employment: 3,380 people (9.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $52,640
- Median hourly wage: $25.31
- Total employment: 80 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Bailiffs

- Median annual wage: $52,680
- Median hourly wage: $25.33
- Total employment: 50 people (0.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,640
- Median hourly wage: $25.79
- Total employment: 2,100 people (5.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other

- Median annual wage: $54,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.96
- Total employment: 60 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Transportation security screeners

- Median annual wage: $54,720
- Median hourly wage: $26.31
- Total employment: 80 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $55,130
- Median hourly wage: $26.50
- Total employment: 200 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $55,320
- Median hourly wage: $26.60
- Total employment: 320 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,040
- Median hourly wage: $26.94
- Total employment: 4,720 people (13.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $56,060
- Median hourly wage: $26.95
- Total employment: 1,430 people (4.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $56,380
- Median hourly wage: $27.11
- Total employment: 1,110 people (3.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $56,780
- Median hourly wage: $27.30
- Total employment: 210 people (0.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Logging equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $56,940
- Median hourly wage: $27.38
- Total employment: 60 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $57,070
- Median hourly wage: $27.44
- Total employment: 520 people (1.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,250
- Median hourly wage: $27.52
- Total employment: 1,560 people (4.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,490
- Median hourly wage: $27.64
- Total employment: 460 people (1.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $57,610
- Median hourly wage: $27.70
- Total employment: 1,780 people (5.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $57,720
- Median hourly wage: $27.75
- Total employment: 110 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Riggers

- Median annual wage: $57,870
- Median hourly wage: $27.82
- Total employment: 40 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Recreational vehicle service technicians

- Median annual wage: $59,000
- Median hourly wage: $28.37
- Total employment: 80 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $59,010
- Median hourly wage: $28.37
- Total employment: 800 people (2.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $60,030
- Median hourly wage: $28.86
- Total employment: 160 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $60,460
- Median hourly wage: $29.07
- Total employment: 1,090 people (3.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $60,590
- Median hourly wage: $29.13
- Total employment: 90 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $60,860
- Median hourly wage: $29.26
- Total employment: 170 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,310
- Median hourly wage: $29.48
- Total employment: 1,840 people (5.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,310
- Median hourly wage: $29.48
- Total employment: 60 people (0.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,740
- Median hourly wage: $29.68
- Total employment: 1,670 people (4.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $62,830
- Median hourly wage: $30.21
- Total employment: 420 people (1.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $66,740
- Median hourly wage: $32.09
- Total employment: 1,950 people (5.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $68,220
- Median hourly wage: $32.80
- Total employment: 1,030 people (2.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door

- Median annual wage: $70,610
- Median hourly wage: $33.95
- Total employment: 90 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,970
- Median hourly wage: $34.60
- Total employment: 560 people (1.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $77,290
- Median hourly wage: $37.16
- Total employment: 550 people (1.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Power plant operators

- Median annual wage: $82,940
- Median hourly wage: $39.88
- Total employment: 40 people (0.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $90,820
- Median hourly wage: $43.66
- Total employment: 280 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Elevator and escalator installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $95,400
- Median hourly wage: $45.87
- Total employment: 40 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $103,680
- Median hourly wage: $49.84
- Total employment: 390 people (1.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Power distributors and dispatchers

- Median annual wage: $129,590
- Median hourly wage: $62.30
- Total employment: 170 people (0.47 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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