Highest-paying jobs in Rome for high school graduates

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#50. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks

- Median annual wage: $38,840
- Median hourly wage: $18.67
- Total employment: 200 people (4.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Public safety telecommunicators

- Median annual wage: $38,870
- Median hourly wage: $18.69
- Total employment: 40 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Pharmacy technicians

- Median annual wage: $38,880
- Median hourly wage: $18.69
- Total employment: 190 people (4.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Counter and rental clerks (tie)

- Median annual wage: $38,940
- Median hourly wage: $18.72
- Total employment: 80 people (1.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Medical secretaries and administrative assistants (tie)

- Median annual wage: $38,940
- Median hourly wage: $18.72
- Total employment: 220 people (5.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $39,000
- Median hourly wage: $18.75
- Total employment: 50 people (1.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $39,100
- Median hourly wage: $18.80
- Total employment: 50 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Bus drivers, school

- Median annual wage: $39,690
- Median hourly wage: $19.08
- Total employment: 180 people (4.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Billing and posting clerks

- Median annual wage: $39,930
- Median hourly wage: $19.20
- Total employment: 160 people (3.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $41,020
- Median hourly wage: $19.72
- Total employment: 30 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $41,990
- Median hourly wage: $20.19
- Total employment: 60 people (1.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $43,020
- Median hourly wage: $20.69
- Total employment: 30 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Printing press operators

- Median annual wage: $43,420
- Median hourly wage: $20.87
- Total employment: 40 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $43,640
- Median hourly wage: $20.98
- Total employment: 50 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Pest control workers

- Median annual wage: $44,670
- Median hourly wage: $21.48
- Total employment: 60 people (1.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $44,980
- Median hourly wage: $21.63
- Total employment: 240 people (5.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $45,610
- Median hourly wage: $21.93
- Total employment: 40 people (0.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $45,790
- Median hourly wage: $22.01
- Total employment: 50 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $46,760
- Median hourly wage: $22.48
- Total employment: 450 people (10.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

- Median annual wage: $47,170
- Median hourly wage: $22.68
- Total employment: 210 people (4.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $47,750
- Median hourly wage: $22.96
- Total employment: 30 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $48,570
- Median hourly wage: $23.35
- Total employment: 80 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $49,650
- Median hourly wage: $23.87
- Total employment: 90 people (1.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $50,050
- Median hourly wage: $24.06
- Total employment: 90 people (2.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Self-enrichment teachers

- Median annual wage: $51,830
- Median hourly wage: $24.92
- Total employment: 80 people (1.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $52,510
- Median hourly wage: $25.25
- Total employment: Not available

#24. Food batchmakers

- Median annual wage: $52,680
- Median hourly wage: $25.33
- Total employment: 50 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors

- Median annual wage: $52,940
- Median hourly wage: $25.45
- Total employment: 50 people (1.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,770
- Median hourly wage: $25.85
- Total employment: 50 people (1.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $53,780
- Median hourly wage: $25.86
- Total employment: 100 people (2.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $54,990
- Median hourly wage: $26.44
- Total employment: 210 people (4.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $55,230
- Median hourly wage: $26.56
- Total employment: 90 people (2.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $55,700
- Median hourly wage: $26.78
- Total employment: 400 people (9.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $55,990
- Median hourly wage: $26.92
- Total employment: 40 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $56,920
- Median hourly wage: $27.37
- Total employment: 30 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $59,620
- Median hourly wage: $28.66
- Total employment: 170 people (3.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $59,990
- Median hourly wage: $28.84
- Total employment: 70 people (1.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $60,200
- Median hourly wage: $28.94
- Total employment: 70 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $60,270
- Median hourly wage: $28.98
- Total employment: 60 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,550
- Median hourly wage: $29.59
- Total employment: 250 people (5.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $61,670
- Median hourly wage: $29.65
- Total employment: 240 people (5.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,220
- Median hourly wage: $29.91
- Total employment: 140 people (3.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,540
- Median hourly wage: $31.03
- Total employment: 190 people (4.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $66,640
- Median hourly wage: $32.04
- Total employment: 430 people (9.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $67,160
- Median hourly wage: $32.29
- Total employment: 70 people (1.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $67,500
- Median hourly wage: $32.45
- Total employment: 200 people (4.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $68,230
- Median hourly wage: $32.81
- Total employment: 270 people (6.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $69,350
- Median hourly wage: $33.34
- Total employment: 70 people (1.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $75,150
- Median hourly wage: $36.13
- Total employment: 80 people (1.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $103,700
- Median hourly wage: $49.86
- Total employment: 40 people (0.93 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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