Highest-paying jobs for people with 2-year degrees in Elkhart

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#50. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

- Median annual wage: $58,230
- Median hourly wage: $28.00
- Total employment: 200 people (1.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. 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)

#48. Paramedics

- Median annual wage: $58,450
- Median hourly wage: $28.10
- Total employment: 30 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. 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)

#46. Architectural and civil drafters

- Median annual wage: $58,950
- Median hourly wage: $28.34
- Total employment: 40 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. 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)

#44. 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)

#43. 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)

#41. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists (tie)

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

#41. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians (tie)

- Median annual wage: $59,220
- Median hourly wage: $28.47
- Total employment: 120 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. 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)

#39. 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)

#38. 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)

#37. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

- Median annual wage: $60,340
- Median hourly wage: $29.01
- Total employment: 80 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. 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)

#35. 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)

#34. Mechanical drafters

- Median annual wage: $61,030
- Median hourly wage: $29.34
- Total employment: 140 people (1.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. 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)

#32. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $61,440
- Median hourly wage: $29.54
- Total employment: 60 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Surgical technologists

- Median annual wage: $61,480
- Median hourly wage: $29.56
- Total employment: 70 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. 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)

#29. Tool and die makers

- Median annual wage: $61,920
- Median hourly wage: $29.77
- Total employment: 220 people (1.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. 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)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,500
- Median hourly wage: $30.53
- Total employment: 60 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $63,590
- Median hourly wage: $30.57
- Total employment: 80 people (0.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. 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)

#24. Physical therapist assistants

- Median annual wage: $64,150
- Median hourly wage: $30.84
- Total employment: 30 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Firefighters

- Median annual wage: $64,520
- Median hourly wage: $31.02
- Total employment: 240 people (1.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. 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)

#21. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

- Median annual wage: $65,040
- Median hourly wage: $31.27
- Total employment: 300 people (2.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. 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)

#19. 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)

#18. 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)

#17. 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)

#16. 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)

#15. Computer network support specialists

- Median annual wage: $69,510
- Median hourly wage: $33.42
- Total employment: 220 people (1.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. 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)

#13. 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)

#12. 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)

#11. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $75,640
- Median hourly wage: $36.36
- Total employment: 130 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Respiratory therapists

- Median annual wage: $77,290
- Median hourly wage: $37.16
- Total employment: 80 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. 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)

#8. 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)

#7. 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)

#6. 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)

#5. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists

- Median annual wage: $82,720
- Median hourly wage: $39.77
- Total employment: 30 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $91,900
- Median hourly wage: $44.19
- Total employment: 30 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. 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)

#2. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $94,290
- Median hourly wage: $45.33
- Total employment: 140 people (1.05 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 Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 363 metros.

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