Highest-paying jobs in Athens for high school graduates

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#50. Home appliance repairers

- Median annual wage: $45,910
- Median hourly wage: $22.07
- Total employment: 30 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $46,100
- Median hourly wage: $22.16
- Total employment: 50 people (0.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,140
- Median hourly wage: $22.18
- Total employment: 40 people (0.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Dental laboratory technicians

- Median annual wage: $46,170
- Median hourly wage: $22.20
- Total employment: 40 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Medical equipment preparers

- Median annual wage: $46,500
- Median hourly wage: $22.36
- Total employment: 50 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,920
- Median hourly wage: $22.56
- Total employment: 370 people (3.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $47,300
- Median hourly wage: $22.74
- Total employment: 60 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Bus drivers, school

- Median annual wage: $47,330
- Median hourly wage: $22.75
- Total employment: 290 people (3.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $47,520
- Median hourly wage: $22.85
- Total employment: 170 people (1.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $47,640
- Median hourly wage: $22.91
- Total employment: 90 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $47,860
- Median hourly wage: $23.01
- Total employment: 300 people (3.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,140
- Median hourly wage: $23.15
- Total employment: 120 people (1.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $48,510
- Median hourly wage: $23.32
- Total employment: 120 people (1.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Self-enrichment teachers

- Median annual wage: $48,550
- Median hourly wage: $23.34
- Total employment: 220 people (2.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $48,860
- Median hourly wage: $23.49
- Total employment: 50 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $49,440
- Median hourly wage: $23.77
- Total employment: 470 people (4.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Miscellaneous construction and related workers

- Median annual wage: $50,380
- Median hourly wage: $24.22
- Total employment: 310 people (3.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $50,520
- Median hourly wage: $24.29
- Total employment: 110 people (1.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $50,940
- Median hourly wage: $24.49
- Total employment: 150 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 140 people (1.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $52,190
- Median hourly wage: $25.09
- Total employment: 30 people (0.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers

- Median annual wage: $52,220
- Median hourly wage: $25.11
- Total employment: 90 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Postal service mail carriers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $53,160
- Median hourly wage: $25.56
- Total employment: 210 people (2.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Machinists (tie)

- Median annual wage: $53,160
- Median hourly wage: $25.56
- Total employment: 110 people (1.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $53,230
- Median hourly wage: $25.59
- Total employment: 190 people (1.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $54,630
- Median hourly wage: $26.26
- Total employment: 50 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $54,820
- Median hourly wage: $26.36
- Total employment: 70 people (0.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $54,870
- Median hourly wage: $26.38
- Total employment: 340 people (3.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. First-line supervisors of personal service workers

- Median annual wage: $55,890
- Median hourly wage: $26.87
- Total employment: 90 people (0.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $56,230
- Median hourly wage: $27.03
- Total employment: 220 people (2.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $56,920
- Median hourly wage: $27.36
- Total employment: 500 people (5.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $57,550
- Median hourly wage: $27.67
- Total employment: 70 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $58,340
- Median hourly wage: $28.05
- Total employment: 380 people (3.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,540
- Median hourly wage: $28.62
- Total employment: 760 people (7.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $60,250
- Median hourly wage: $28.97
- Total employment: 50 people (0.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,880
- Median hourly wage: $29.27
- Total employment: 150 people (1.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $60,980
- Median hourly wage: $29.32
- Total employment: 190 people (2.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,270
- Median hourly wage: $29.46
- Total employment: 520 people (5.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $61,650
- Median hourly wage: $29.64
- Total employment: 50 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Occupational health and safety technicians

- Median annual wage: $61,670
- Median hourly wage: $29.65
- Total employment: 30 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,430
- Median hourly wage: $30.02
- Total employment: 440 people (4.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,190
- Median hourly wage: $30.86
- Total employment: 570 people (5.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $66,230
- Median hourly wage: $31.84
- Total employment: 350 people (3.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $67,500
- Median hourly wage: $32.45
- Total employment: 260 people (2.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,180
- Median hourly wage: $34.22
- Total employment: 120 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $75,640
- Median hourly wage: $36.36
- Total employment: 110 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $76,670
- Median hourly wage: $36.86
- Total employment: 90 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Crossing guards and flaggers

- Median annual wage: $82,400
- Median hourly wage: $39.62
- Total employment: 30 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $98,590
- Median hourly wage: $47.40
- Total employment: 40 people (0.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $110,350
- Median hourly wage: $53.05
- Total employment: 70 people (0.71 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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