Highest-paying jobs in Muncie for high school graduates

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#50. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

- Median annual wage: $43,020
- Median hourly wage: $20.68
- Total employment: 540 people (12.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Industrial truck and tractor operators

- Median annual wage: $43,230
- Median hourly wage: $20.78
- Total employment: 90 people (1.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $43,340
- Median hourly wage: $20.84
- Total employment: 60 people (1.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $43,790
- Median hourly wage: $21.05
- Total employment: 220 people (4.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $44,430
- Median hourly wage: $21.36
- Total employment: 110 people (2.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

- Median annual wage: $44,500
- Median hourly wage: $21.39
- Total employment: 110 people (2.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. First-line supervisors of personal service workers

- Median annual wage: $44,660
- Median hourly wage: $21.47
- Total employment: 40 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $45,100
- Median hourly wage: $21.69
- Total employment: 40 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Residential advisors

- Median annual wage: $45,180
- Median hourly wage: $21.72
- Total employment: 40 people (0.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $45,250
- Median hourly wage: $21.76
- Total employment: 160 people (3.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $45,300
- Median hourly wage: $21.78
- Total employment: 200 people (4.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $45,420
- Median hourly wage: $21.84
- Total employment: 50 people (1.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $45,790
- Median hourly wage: $22.01
- Total employment: 30 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Loan interviewers and clerks

- Median annual wage: $45,840
- Median hourly wage: $22.04
- Total employment: 230 people (5.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $46,030
- Median hourly wage: $22.13
- Total employment: 440 people (9.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

- Median annual wage: $46,150
- Median hourly wage: $22.19
- Total employment: 370 people (8.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $46,820
- Median hourly wage: $22.51
- Total employment: 220 people (4.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Glaziers

- Median annual wage: $47,190
- Median hourly wage: $22.69
- Total employment: 40 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Foundry mold and coremakers

- Median annual wage: $48,290
- Median hourly wage: $23.22
- Total employment: 40 people (0.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,800
- Median hourly wage: $23.46
- Total employment: 100 people (2.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $48,950
- Median hourly wage: $23.53
- Total employment: 180 people (3.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $49,850
- Median hourly wage: $23.97
- Total employment: 210 people (4.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $49,960
- Median hourly wage: $24.02
- Total employment: 50 people (1.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $50,200
- Median hourly wage: $24.14
- Total employment: 60 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

- Median annual wage: $51,320
- Median hourly wage: $24.68
- Total employment: 40 people (0.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $53,200
- Median hourly wage: $25.58
- Total employment: 70 people (1.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $53,640
- Median hourly wage: $25.79
- Total employment: 70 people (1.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $55,410
- Median hourly wage: $26.64
- Total employment: 40 people (0.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $55,550
- Median hourly wage: $26.71
- Total employment: 60 people (1.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $56,840
- Median hourly wage: $27.33
- Total employment: 80 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $57,750
- Median hourly wage: $27.77
- Total employment: 140 people (3.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $57,860
- Median hourly wage: $27.82
- Total employment: 30 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,870
- Median hourly wage: $27.82
- Total employment: 100 people (2.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $58,250
- Median hourly wage: $28.01
- Total employment: 60 people (1.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $58,390
- Median hourly wage: $28.07
- Total employment: 120 people (2.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,430
- Median hourly wage: $28.09
- Total employment: 120 people (2.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,120
- Median hourly wage: $28.43
- Total employment: 220 people (4.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,390
- Median hourly wage: $29.03
- Total employment: 110 people (2.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Production, planning, and expediting clerks (tie)

- Median annual wage: $60,390
- Median hourly wage: $29.03
- Total employment: 50 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $60,640
- Median hourly wage: $29.15
- Total employment: 100 people (2.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,200
- Median hourly wage: $29.42
- Total employment: 340 people (7.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,820
- Median hourly wage: $29.72
- Total employment: 310 people (6.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $62,120
- Median hourly wage: $29.87
- Total employment: 180 people (4.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $62,310
- Median hourly wage: $29.96
- Total employment: 30 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $62,540
- Median hourly wage: $30.07
- Total employment: 120 people (2.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,350
- Median hourly wage: $30.46
- Total employment: 240 people (5.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $68,640
- Median hourly wage: $33.00
- Total employment: 270 people (5.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,270
- Median hourly wage: $34.26
- Total employment: 160 people (3.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $73,800
- Median hourly wage: $35.48
- Total employment: 50 people (1.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,310
- Median hourly wage: $36.21
- Total employment: 140 people (3.1 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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