Highest-paying jobs in Fort Wayne for high school graduates

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#50. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $56,700
- Median hourly wage: $27.26
- Total employment: 530 people (2.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Surveying and mapping technicians

- Median annual wage: $56,740
- Median hourly wage: $27.28
- Total employment: 40 people (0.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,210
- Median hourly wage: $27.51
- Total employment: 110 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Occupational health and safety technicians

- Median annual wage: $57,270
- Median hourly wage: $27.54
- Total employment: 100 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,400
- Median hourly wage: $27.60
- Total employment: 1,300 people (5.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,490
- Median hourly wage: $27.64
- Total employment: 120 people (0.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Glaziers

- Median annual wage: $57,710
- Median hourly wage: $27.75
- Total employment: 100 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $57,750
- Median hourly wage: $27.77
- Total employment: 70 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $58,380
- Median hourly wage: $28.07
- Total employment: 380 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $58,390
- Median hourly wage: $28.07
- Total employment: 440 people (1.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $58,440
- Median hourly wage: $28.10
- Total employment: 1,160 people (5.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $58,550
- Median hourly wage: $28.15
- Total employment: 200 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Structural iron and steel workers

- Median annual wage: $58,690
- Median hourly wage: $28.21
- Total employment: 110 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $58,730
- Median hourly wage: $28.24
- Total employment: 190 people (0.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Refuse and recyclable material collectors

- Median annual wage: $59,410
- Median hourly wage: $28.56
- Total employment: 150 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,490
- Median hourly wage: $28.60
- Total employment: 1,040 people (4.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Transportation security screeners

- Median annual wage: $59,950
- Median hourly wage: $28.82
- Total employment: 50 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $60,120
- Median hourly wage: $28.90
- Total employment: 850 people (3.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $60,610
- Median hourly wage: $29.14
- Total employment: 260 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $60,670
- Median hourly wage: $29.17
- Total employment: 1,100 people (4.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,750
- Median hourly wage: $29.21
- Total employment: 210 people (0.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other

- Median annual wage: $60,820
- Median hourly wage: $29.24
- Total employment: 30 people (0.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $60,900
- Median hourly wage: $29.28
- Total employment: 440 people (1.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $61,010
- Median hourly wage: $29.33
- Total employment: 250 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $61,210
- Median hourly wage: $29.43
- Total employment: 660 people (2.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $61,670
- Median hourly wage: $29.65
- Total employment: 70 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $61,920
- Median hourly wage: $29.77
- Total employment: 280 people (1.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,020
- Median hourly wage: $29.82
- Total employment: 1,970 people (8.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $62,340
- Median hourly wage: $29.97
- Total employment: 630 people (2.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,720
- Median hourly wage: $30.16
- Total employment: 2,580 people (11.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,310
- Median hourly wage: $31.40
- Total employment: 1,610 people (7.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $65,420
- Median hourly wage: $31.45
- Total employment: 120 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $66,510
- Median hourly wage: $31.98
- Total employment: 1,450 people (6.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $67,240
- Median hourly wage: $32.33
- Total employment: 180 people (0.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $68,930
- Median hourly wage: $33.14
- Total employment: 160 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $69,210
- Median hourly wage: $33.27
- Total employment: 60 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $70,350
- Median hourly wage: $33.82
- Total employment: 120 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Insulation workers, mechanical

- Median annual wage: $72,820
- Median hourly wage: $35.01
- Total employment: 80 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $75,700
- Median hourly wage: $36.40
- Total employment: 90 people (0.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $75,780
- Median hourly wage: $36.43
- Total employment: 1,130 people (5.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $76,030
- Median hourly wage: $36.55
- Total employment: 850 people (3.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $77,330
- Median hourly wage: $37.18
- Total employment: 50 people (0.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $77,380
- Median hourly wage: $37.20
- Total employment: 1,160 people (5.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $79,490
- Median hourly wage: $38.22
- Total employment: 160 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $80,150
- Median hourly wage: $38.53
- Total employment: 1,200 people (5.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $84,130
- Median hourly wage: $40.45
- Total employment: 120 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $93,070
- Median hourly wage: $44.75
- Total employment: 50 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $96,530
- Median hourly wage: $46.41
- Total employment: 100 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $98,750
- Median hourly wage: $47.48
- Total employment: 280 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $99,410
- Median hourly wage: $47.80
- Total employment: 100 people (0.44 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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