Highest-paying jobs for people with 2-year degrees in Terre Haute

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#50. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

- Median annual wage: $52,090
- Median hourly wage: $25.04
- Total employment: 1,130 people (17.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

- Median annual wage: $52,410
- Median hourly wage: $25.20
- Total employment: 100 people (1.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $55,250
- Median hourly wage: $26.56
- Total employment: 290 people (4.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $55,790
- Median hourly wage: $26.82
- Total employment: 60 people (0.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,030
- Median hourly wage: $26.94
- Total employment: 190 people (3.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $56,750
- Median hourly wage: $27.29
- Total employment: 140 people (2.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $57,040
- Median hourly wage: $27.42
- Total employment: 140 people (2.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $57,050
- Median hourly wage: $27.43
- Total employment: 210 people (3.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $57,280
- Median hourly wage: $27.54
- Total employment: 30 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $57,470
- Median hourly wage: $27.63
- Total employment: 100 people (1.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $57,490
- Median hourly wage: $27.64
- Total employment: 190 people (2.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $57,770
- Median hourly wage: $27.77
- Total employment: 60 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Paramedics

- Median annual wage: $57,960
- Median hourly wage: $27.86
- Total employment: 90 people (1.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $58,170
- Median hourly wage: $27.96
- Total employment: 120 people (1.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $58,500
- Median hourly wage: $28.13
- Total employment: 40 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,680
- Median hourly wage: $28.21
- Total employment: 70 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Physical therapist assistants

- Median annual wage: $58,870
- Median hourly wage: $28.30
- Total employment: 40 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,980
- Median hourly wage: $28.36
- Total employment: 230 people (3.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $59,270
- Median hourly wage: $28.50
- Total employment: 130 people (1.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $59,290
- Median hourly wage: $28.50
- Total employment: 330 people (5.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,790
- Median hourly wage: $28.75
- Total employment: 30 people (0.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $60,070
- Median hourly wage: $28.88
- Total employment: 30 people (0.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

- Median annual wage: $60,200
- Median hourly wage: $28.94
- Total employment: 410 people (6.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $60,350
- Median hourly wage: $29.02
- Total employment: 110 people (1.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,080
- Median hourly wage: $29.36
- Total employment: 410 people (6.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Recreational vehicle service technicians (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,080
- Median hourly wage: $29.36
- Total employment: 40 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $61,130
- Median hourly wage: $29.39
- Total employment: 270 people (4.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $61,360
- Median hourly wage: $29.50
- Total employment: 50 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Architectural and civil drafters

- Median annual wage: $62,290
- Median hourly wage: $29.95
- Total employment: 30 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Surgical technologists

- Median annual wage: $62,320
- Median hourly wage: $29.96
- Total employment: 60 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,340
- Median hourly wage: $29.97
- Total employment: 470 people (7.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Chemical technicians

- Median annual wage: $63,460
- Median hourly wage: $30.51
- Total employment: 40 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,280
- Median hourly wage: $31.38
- Total employment: 500 people (7.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Mechanical drafters

- Median annual wage: $66,800
- Median hourly wage: $32.12
- Total employment: 40 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $67,040
- Median hourly wage: $32.23
- Total employment: 50 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $68,140
- Median hourly wage: $32.76
- Total employment: 30 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $71,580
- Median hourly wage: $34.41
- Total employment: 440 people (6.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $73,530
- Median hourly wage: $35.35
- Total employment: 160 people (2.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Computer network support specialists

- Median annual wage: $74,380
- Median hourly wage: $35.76
- Total employment: 90 people (1.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $75,990
- Median hourly wage: $36.53
- Total employment: 30 people (0.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $76,350
- Median hourly wage: $36.71
- Total employment: 330 people (5.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Respiratory therapists

- Median annual wage: $77,630
- Median hourly wage: $37.32
- Total employment: 80 people (1.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $77,730
- Median hourly wage: $37.37
- Total employment: 310 people (4.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $78,600
- Median hourly wage: $37.79
- Total employment: 360 people (5.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $81,300
- Median hourly wage: $39.09
- Total employment: 90 people (1.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $83,880
- Median hourly wage: $40.33
- Total employment: 50 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $88,070
- Median hourly wage: $42.34
- Total employment: 400 people (6.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $99,080
- Median hourly wage: $47.63
- Total employment: 130 people (2.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Power plant operators

- Median annual wage: $101,220
- Median hourly wage: $48.67
- Total employment: 80 people (1.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $113,170
- Median hourly wage: $54.41
- Total employment: 60 people (0.92 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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