Highest-paying jobs in Evansville for high school graduates

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#50. Drywall and ceiling tile installers

- Median annual wage: $52,430
- Median hourly wage: $25.21
- Total employment: 60 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Public safety telecommunicators

- Median annual wage: $52,470
- Median hourly wage: $25.23
- Total employment: 50 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $53,360
- Median hourly wage: $25.66
- Total employment: 120 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,380
- Median hourly wage: $25.66
- Total employment: 180 people (1.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $55,240
- Median hourly wage: $26.56
- Total employment: 190 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $55,540
- Median hourly wage: $26.70
- Total employment: 80 people (0.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Surveying and mapping technicians

- Median annual wage: $55,590
- Median hourly wage: $26.73
- Total employment: 30 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door

- Median annual wage: $56,370
- Median hourly wage: $27.10
- Total employment: 60 people (0.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $57,440
- Median hourly wage: $27.62
- Total employment: 40 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

- Median annual wage: $57,490
- Median hourly wage: $27.64
- Total employment: 150 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,690
- Median hourly wage: $27.74
- Total employment: 60 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Refuse and recyclable material collectors

- Median annual wage: $57,720
- Median hourly wage: $27.75
- Total employment: 110 people (0.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $58,080
- Median hourly wage: $27.92
- Total employment: 290 people (2.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $58,440
- Median hourly wage: $28.10
- Total employment: 380 people (2.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $58,520
- Median hourly wage: $28.14
- Total employment: 230 people (1.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Roofers

- Median annual wage: $58,660
- Median hourly wage: $28.20
- Total employment: 90 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,150
- Median hourly wage: $28.44
- Total employment: 800 people (5.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $59,830
- Median hourly wage: $28.77
- Total employment: 870 people (6.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $59,990
- Median hourly wage: $28.84
- Total employment: 300 people (2.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $60,490
- Median hourly wage: $29.08
- Total employment: 200 people (1.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,690
- Median hourly wage: $29.18
- Total employment: 1,360 people (10.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $60,830
- Median hourly wage: $29.24
- Total employment: 810 people (6.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $61,040
- Median hourly wage: $29.35
- Total employment: 950 people (7.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $61,480
- Median hourly wage: $29.56
- Total employment: 450 people (3.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $61,630
- Median hourly wage: $29.63
- Total employment: 60 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Real estate brokers

- Median annual wage: $62,130
- Median hourly wage: $29.87
- Total employment: Not available

#24. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $62,450
- Median hourly wage: $30.03
- Total employment: 180 people (1.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,820
- Median hourly wage: $30.20
- Total employment: 830 people (6.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $62,940
- Median hourly wage: $30.26
- Total employment: 90 people (0.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,270
- Median hourly wage: $30.42
- Total employment: 580 people (4.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Pipelayers

- Median annual wage: $64,000
- Median hourly wage: $30.77
- Total employment: 40 people (0.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $64,140
- Median hourly wage: $30.84
- Total employment: 90 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $65,430
- Median hourly wage: $31.46
- Total employment: 110 people (0.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $65,660
- Median hourly wage: $31.57
- Total employment: 30 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Tile and stone setters

- Median annual wage: $67,220
- Median hourly wage: $32.32
- Total employment: 40 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $67,870
- Median hourly wage: $32.63
- Total employment: 520 people (3.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $70,510
- Median hourly wage: $33.90
- Total employment: 180 people (1.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $70,810
- Median hourly wage: $34.04
- Total employment: 160 people (1.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $71,660
- Median hourly wage: $34.45
- Total employment: 60 people (0.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,900
- Median hourly wage: $35.53
- Total employment: 120 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,560
- Median hourly wage: $35.85
- Total employment: 1,020 people (7.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $76,790
- Median hourly wage: $36.92
- Total employment: 520 people (3.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $77,000
- Median hourly wage: $37.02
- Total employment: 1,020 people (7.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $79,340
- Median hourly wage: $38.15
- Total employment: 700 people (5.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $79,690
- Median hourly wage: $38.31
- Total employment: 70 people (0.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Structural iron and steel workers

- Median annual wage: $79,700
- Median hourly wage: $38.32
- Total employment: 210 people (1.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $81,120
- Median hourly wage: $39.00
- Total employment: 690 people (5.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $101,360
- Median hourly wage: $48.73
- Total employment: 70 people (0.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $107,000
- Median hourly wage: $51.44
- Total employment: 120 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $109,460
- Median hourly wage: $52.63
- Total employment: 40 people (0.33 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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