Highest-paying jobs in Grand Junction for high school graduates

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#50. Dental laboratory technicians

- Median annual wage: $43,680
- Median hourly wage: $21.00
- Total employment: 40 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#49. Financial clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $44,120
- Median hourly wage: $21.21
- Total employment: 30 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#48. Glaziers

- Median annual wage: $44,910
- Median hourly wage: $21.59
- Total employment: 60 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Apprenticeship

#47. Real estate brokers

- Median annual wage: $45,720
- Median hourly wage: $21.98
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#46. First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers

- Median annual wage: $45,730
- Median hourly wage: $21.99
- Total employment: 80 people (1.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#45. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $45,800
- Median hourly wage: $22.02
- Total employment: 440 people (6.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Apprenticeship

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

- Median annual wage: $46,100
- Median hourly wage: $22.17
- Total employment: 150 people (2.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#43. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

- Median annual wage: $46,340
- Median hourly wage: $22.28
- Total employment: 790 people (12.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#41. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (tie)

- Median annual wage: $46,660
- Median hourly wage: $22.44
- Total employment: 340 people (5.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#41. Insurance sales agents (tie)

- Median annual wage: $46,660
- Median hourly wage: $22.44
- Total employment: 180 people (2.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#40. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $47,070
- Median hourly wage: $22.63
- Total employment: 100 people (1.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#39. First-line supervisors of personal service workers

- Median annual wage: $47,190
- Median hourly wage: $22.69
- Total employment: 50 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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

- Median annual wage: $47,370
- Median hourly wage: $22.78
- Total employment: 140 people (2.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#37. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $48,970
- Median hourly wage: $23.54
- Total employment: 70 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Apprenticeship

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

- Median annual wage: $49,130
- Median hourly wage: $23.62
- Total employment: 90 people (1.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $49,620
- Median hourly wage: $23.85
- Total employment: 60 people (0.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#34. Protective service workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $49,740
- Median hourly wage: $23.91
- Total employment: 80 people (1.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#33. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,850
- Median hourly wage: $23.97
- Total employment: 50 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $49,920
- Median hourly wage: $24.00
- Total employment: 260 people (4.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#31. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $50,590
- Median hourly wage: $24.32
- Total employment: 60 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#30. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $50,750
- Median hourly wage: $24.40
- Total employment: 70 people (1.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#29. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $51,130
- Median hourly wage: $24.58
- Total employment: 170 people (2.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#28. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $51,200
- Median hourly wage: $24.61
- Total employment: 230 people (3.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#27. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $51,430
- Median hourly wage: $24.73
- Total employment: 190 people (2.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#26. First-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services

- Median annual wage: $51,920
- Median hourly wage: $24.96
- Total employment: 30 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#25. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $52,580
- Median hourly wage: $25.28
- Total employment: 280 people (4.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#24. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $53,410
- Median hourly wage: $25.68
- Total employment: 110 people (1.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#23. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $54,520
- Median hourly wage: $26.21
- Total employment: 140 people (2.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#22. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $54,910
- Median hourly wage: $26.40
- Total employment: 50 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#21. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $55,340
- Median hourly wage: $26.60
- Total employment: 350 people (5.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Apprenticeship

#20. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $56,480
- Median hourly wage: $27.16
- Total employment: 250 people (3.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Apprenticeship

#19. Tax preparers

- Median annual wage: $56,800
- Median hourly wage: $27.31
- Total employment: 50 people (0.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#18. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $57,580
- Median hourly wage: $27.68
- Total employment: 40 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Apprenticeship

#17. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $57,980
- Median hourly wage: $27.87
- Total employment: 150 people (2.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $58,330
- Median hourly wage: $28.04
- Total employment: 210 people (3.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#15. Advertising sales agents

- Median annual wage: $58,930
- Median hourly wage: $28.33
- Total employment: 50 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#14. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $59,490
- Median hourly wage: $28.60
- Total employment: 130 people (2.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $59,500
- Median hourly wage: $28.61
- Total employment: 550 people (8.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#12. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $60,150
- Median hourly wage: $28.92
- Total employment: 50 people (0.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#11. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $60,870
- Median hourly wage: $29.26
- Total employment: 40 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $61,700
- Median hourly wage: $29.67
- Total employment: 630 people (9.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $64,770
- Median hourly wage: $31.14
- Total employment: 310 people (4.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#8. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $65,610
- Median hourly wage: $31.54
- Total employment: 60 people (0.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $65,630
- Median hourly wage: $31.55
- Total employment: 380 people (5.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $65,670
- Median hourly wage: $31.57
- Total employment: 690 people (10.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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

- Median annual wage: $73,720
- Median hourly wage: $35.44
- Total employment: 100 people (1.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#4. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $74,140
- Median hourly wage: $35.64
- Total employment: 250 people (3.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#3. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $82,560
- Median hourly wage: $39.69
- Total employment: 60 people (0.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $97,770
- Median hourly wage: $47.01
- Total employment: 70 people (1.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $102,950
- Median hourly wage: $49.50
- Total employment: 50 people (0.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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