Highest-paying jobs in Gainesville, Georgia for high school graduates

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#50. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $46,420
- Median hourly wage: $22.32
- Total employment: 50 people (0.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $46,760
- Median hourly wage: $22.48
- Total employment: 420 people (4.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,170
- Median hourly wage: $22.68
- Total employment: 140 people (1.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $47,270
- Median hourly wage: $22.72
- Total employment: 170 people (1.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $47,320
- Median hourly wage: $22.75
- Total employment: 40 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $47,700
- Median hourly wage: $22.93
- Total employment: 970 people (9.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Painters, construction and maintenance

- Median annual wage: $48,170
- Median hourly wage: $23.16
- Total employment: 50 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $48,190
- Median hourly wage: $23.17
- Total employment: 190 people (1.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Dental laboratory technicians

- Median annual wage: $48,480
- Median hourly wage: $23.31
- Total employment: 150 people (1.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $48,860
- Median hourly wage: $23.49
- Total employment: 210 people (2.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $48,910
- Median hourly wage: $23.52
- Total employment: 60 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $49,010
- Median hourly wage: $23.56
- Total employment: 1,230 people (11.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $49,410
- Median hourly wage: $23.76
- Total employment: 80 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,500
- Median hourly wage: $23.80
- Total employment: 50 people (0.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Self-enrichment teachers

- Median annual wage: $49,760
- Median hourly wage: $23.92
- Total employment: 170 people (1.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

- Median annual wage: $50,050
- Median hourly wage: $24.06
- Total employment: 160 people (1.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Chemical equipment operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $50,070
- Median hourly wage: $24.07
- Total employment: 100 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance

- Median annual wage: $50,400
- Median hourly wage: $24.23
- Total employment: 190 people (1.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,840
- Median hourly wage: $24.44
- Total employment: 560 people (5.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $51,420
- Median hourly wage: $24.72
- Total employment: 80 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 150 people (1.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $52,050
- Median hourly wage: $25.03
- Total employment: 30 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Sales and related workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $53,720
- Median hourly wage: $25.83
- Total employment: 50 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $55,260
- Median hourly wage: $26.57
- Total employment: 40 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $55,460
- Median hourly wage: $26.66
- Total employment: 360 people (3.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $57,010
- Median hourly wage: $27.41
- Total employment: 250 people (2.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $57,420
- Median hourly wage: $27.61
- Total employment: 220 people (2.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Motorboat mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $57,860
- Median hourly wage: $27.82
- Total employment: 80 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $59,480
- Median hourly wage: $28.60
- Total employment: 180 people (1.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $59,490
- Median hourly wage: $28.60
- Total employment: 40 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,340
- Median hourly wage: $29.01
- Total employment: 510 people (5.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $60,730
- Median hourly wage: $29.20
- Total employment: 380 people (3.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $61,190
- Median hourly wage: $29.42
- Total employment: 40 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $61,980
- Median hourly wage: $29.80
- Total employment: 100 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,590
- Median hourly wage: $30.09
- Total employment: 70 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $62,840
- Median hourly wage: $30.21
- Total employment: 420 people (4.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,340
- Median hourly wage: $30.45
- Total employment: 800 people (7.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $64,730
- Median hourly wage: $31.12
- Total employment: 40 people (0.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,810
- Median hourly wage: $31.16
- Total employment: 920 people (8.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $65,170
- Median hourly wage: $31.33
- Total employment: 140 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $66,760
- Median hourly wage: $32.10
- Total employment: 80 people (0.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $66,840
- Median hourly wage: $32.14
- Total employment: 1,230 people (11.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $70,190
- Median hourly wage: $33.74
- Total employment: 180 people (1.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,340
- Median hourly wage: $34.30
- Total employment: 550 people (5.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,410
- Median hourly wage: $34.33
- Total employment: 140 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $77,190
- Median hourly wage: $37.11
- Total employment: 500 people (4.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $80,370
- Median hourly wage: $38.64
- Total employment: 110 people (1.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $84,320
- Median hourly wage: $40.54
- Total employment: 90 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $99,540
- Median hourly wage: $47.86
- Total employment: 80 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $110,310
- Median hourly wage: $53.04
- Total employment: 140 people (1.33 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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