Highest-paying jobs in Elkhart for high school graduates

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#50. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $50,500
- Median hourly wage: $24.28
- Total employment: 510 people (3.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $50,580
- Median hourly wage: $24.32
- Total employment: 40 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,750
- Median hourly wage: $24.40
- Total employment: 90 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,830
- Median hourly wage: $24.44
- Total employment: 290 people (2.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $51,280
- Median hourly wage: $24.65
- Total employment: 290 people (2.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $51,290
- Median hourly wage: $24.66
- Total employment: 80 people (0.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $51,700
- Median hourly wage: $24.85
- Total employment: 40 people (0.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $52,340
- Median hourly wage: $25.16
- Total employment: 70 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. First-line supervisors of personal service workers

- Median annual wage: $52,370
- Median hourly wage: $25.18
- Total employment: 60 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $52,520
- Median hourly wage: $25.25
- Total employment: 180 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Surveying and mapping technicians

- Median annual wage: $52,720
- Median hourly wage: $25.35
- Total employment: 30 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $53,400
- Median hourly wage: $25.68
- Total employment: 170 people (1.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $53,950
- Median hourly wage: $25.94
- Total employment: 820 people (6.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $54,040
- Median hourly wage: $25.98
- Total employment: Not available

#36. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $56,220
- Median hourly wage: $27.03
- Total employment: 490 people (3.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $56,870
- Median hourly wage: $27.34
- Total employment: 60 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $57,330
- Median hourly wage: $27.56
- Total employment: 1,640 people (12.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Motorboat mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $57,570
- Median hourly wage: $27.68
- Total employment: 30 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Occupational health and safety technicians (tie)

- Median annual wage: $57,950
- Median hourly wage: $27.86
- Total employment: 50 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic (tie)

- Median annual wage: $57,950
- Median hourly wage: $27.86
- Total employment: 160 people (1.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Refuse and recyclable material collectors

- Median annual wage: $58,430
- Median hourly wage: $28.09
- Total employment: 90 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $58,880
- Median hourly wage: $28.31
- Total employment: 50 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles

- Median annual wage: $59,000
- Median hourly wage: $28.37
- Total employment: 390 people (3.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,090
- Median hourly wage: $28.41
- Total employment: 100 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $59,190
- Median hourly wage: $28.46
- Total employment: 250 people (1.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $59,220
- Median hourly wage: $28.47
- Total employment: 320 people (2.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $59,340
- Median hourly wage: $28.53
- Total employment: 510 people (3.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $59,650
- Median hourly wage: $28.68
- Total employment: 30 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $59,950
- Median hourly wage: $28.82
- Total employment: 230 people (1.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $60,390
- Median hourly wage: $29.04
- Total employment: 130 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Roofers

- Median annual wage: $60,980
- Median hourly wage: $29.32
- Total employment: 90 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,160
- Median hourly wage: $29.40
- Total employment: 520 people (4.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $61,790
- Median hourly wage: $29.71
- Total employment: 790 people (6.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $62,360
- Median hourly wage: $29.98
- Total employment: 40 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,090
- Median hourly wage: $30.81
- Total employment: 410 people (3.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $64,640
- Median hourly wage: $31.08
- Total employment: 1,380 people (10.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,460
- Median hourly wage: $31.47
- Total employment: 2,430 people (18.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $65,510
- Median hourly wage: $31.50
- Total employment: 40 people (0.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $66,410
- Median hourly wage: $31.93
- Total employment: 120 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Recreational vehicle service technicians

- Median annual wage: $66,470
- Median hourly wage: $31.96
- Total employment: 530 people (4.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $68,640
- Median hourly wage: $33.00
- Total employment: 100 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $72,920
- Median hourly wage: $35.06
- Total employment: 760 people (5.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,860
- Median hourly wage: $35.99
- Total employment: 2,290 people (17.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $74,970
- Median hourly wage: $36.04
- Total employment: 270 people (2.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $77,570
- Median hourly wage: $37.29
- Total employment: 70 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $80,350
- Median hourly wage: $38.63
- Total employment: 160 people (1.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $80,690
- Median hourly wage: $38.80
- Total employment: 400 people (3.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $80,890
- Median hourly wage: $38.89
- Total employment: 530 people (4.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $92,660
- Median hourly wage: $44.55
- Total employment: 30 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $101,960
- Median hourly wage: $49.02
- Total employment: 170 people (1.34 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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