Highest-paying jobs for people with 2-year degrees in Palm Bay

Stacker
#50. Opticians, dispensing

- Median annual wage: $61,100
- Median hourly wage: $29.37
- Total employment: 100 people (0.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Occupational health and safety technicians

- Median annual wage: $61,600
- Median hourly wage: $29.62
- Total employment: 30 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $61,620
- Median hourly wage: $29.62
- Total employment: Not available

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

- Median annual wage: $61,660
- Median hourly wage: $29.64
- Total employment: 340 people (1.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,670
- Median hourly wage: $29.65
- Total employment: 2,150 people (8.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,920
- Median hourly wage: $29.77
- Total employment: 430 people (1.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $61,950
- Median hourly wage: $29.79
- Total employment: 110 people (0.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Health information technologists and medical registrars

- Median annual wage: $62,170
- Median hourly wage: $29.89
- Total employment: 80 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Structural iron and steel workers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $62,740
- Median hourly wage: $30.16
- Total employment: 110 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Construction and building inspectors (tie)

- Median annual wage: $62,740
- Median hourly wage: $30.16
- Total employment: 360 people (1.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Electrical and electronics drafters

- Median annual wage: $63,350
- Median hourly wage: $30.46
- Total employment: 50 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Legal support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $64,150
- Median hourly wage: $30.84
- Total employment: 70 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $64,200
- Median hourly wage: $30.87
- Total employment: 360 people (1.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $64,860
- Median hourly wage: $31.18
- Total employment: 180 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

- Median annual wage: $65,550
- Median hourly wage: $31.51
- Total employment: 60 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers

- Median annual wage: $66,620
- Median hourly wage: $32.03
- Total employment: 30 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $67,240
- Median hourly wage: $32.33
- Total employment: 410 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,150
- Median hourly wage: $32.77
- Total employment: 2,020 people (8.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Computer network support specialists

- Median annual wage: $68,570
- Median hourly wage: $32.96
- Total employment: 360 people (1.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $69,120
- Median hourly wage: $33.23
- Total employment: 1,020 people (4.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Avionics technicians (tie)

- Median annual wage: $69,120
- Median hourly wage: $33.23
- Total employment: 200 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Mechanical drafters

- Median annual wage: $69,200
- Median hourly wage: $33.27
- Total employment: 70 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $69,630
- Median hourly wage: $33.48
- Total employment: 230 people (0.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $70,060
- Median hourly wage: $33.68
- Total employment: 410 people (1.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Tool and die makers

- Median annual wage: $70,360
- Median hourly wage: $33.83
- Total employment: 50 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $70,480
- Median hourly wage: $33.88
- Total employment: 140 people (0.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $70,500
- Median hourly wage: $33.89
- Total employment: 340 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Physical therapist assistants

- Median annual wage: $70,990
- Median hourly wage: $34.13
- Total employment: 240 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Occupational therapy assistants

- Median annual wage: $71,570
- Median hourly wage: $34.41
- Total employment: 100 people (0.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $72,300
- Median hourly wage: $34.76
- Total employment: 80 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers

- Median annual wage: $73,040
- Median hourly wage: $35.12
- Total employment: 140 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Respiratory therapists

- Median annual wage: $74,090
- Median hourly wage: $35.62
- Total employment: 240 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,460
- Median hourly wage: $35.80
- Total employment: 960 people (3.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $74,790
- Median hourly wage: $35.96
- Total employment: 90 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $75,470
- Median hourly wage: $36.29
- Total employment: 630 people (2.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $77,210
- Median hourly wage: $37.12
- Total employment: 60 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Hearing aid specialists

- Median annual wage: $78,170
- Median hourly wage: $37.58
- Total employment: 30 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Nuclear medicine technologists

- Median annual wage: $78,320
- Median hourly wage: $37.65
- Total employment: 40 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $79,750
- Median hourly wage: $38.34
- Total employment: 460 people (1.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists

- Median annual wage: $79,870
- Median hourly wage: $38.40
- Total employment: 90 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $79,920
- Median hourly wage: $38.42
- Total employment: 340 people (1.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other

- Median annual wage: $80,060
- Median hourly wage: $38.49
- Total employment: 190 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $80,270
- Median hourly wage: $38.59
- Total employment: 210 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Diagnostic medical sonographers

- Median annual wage: $80,300
- Median hourly wage: $38.60
- Total employment: 240 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels

- Median annual wage: $82,390
- Median hourly wage: $39.61
- Total employment: 90 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $82,720
- Median hourly wage: $39.77
- Total employment: 830 people (3.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Transportation inspectors

- Median annual wage: $86,770
- Median hourly wage: $41.72
- Total employment: 50 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $87,380
- Median hourly wage: $42.01
- Total employment: 220 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Commercial pilots

- Median annual wage: $100,180
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 80 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $106,450
- Median hourly wage: $51.18
- Total employment: 250 people (1.02 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.

insta_photos // Shutterstock