Highest-paying jobs in Sioux City for high school graduates

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#50. Helpers--production workers

- Median annual wage: $49,000
- Median hourly wage: $23.56
- Total employment: 130 people (1.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,040
- Median hourly wage: $23.58
- Total employment: 40 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $49,160
- Median hourly wage: $23.63
- Total employment: 430 people (5.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $49,330
- Median hourly wage: $23.72
- Total employment: 100 people (1.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,750
- Median hourly wage: $23.92
- Total employment: 40 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Food cooking machine operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $50,020
- Median hourly wage: $24.05
- Total employment: 190 people (2.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Public safety telecommunicators

- Median annual wage: $50,170
- Median hourly wage: $24.12
- Total employment: 60 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,260
- Median hourly wage: $24.16
- Total employment: 100 people (1.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $50,850
- Median hourly wage: $24.45
- Total employment: 80 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,870
- Median hourly wage: $24.46
- Total employment: 430 people (5.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $50,900
- Median hourly wage: $24.47
- Total employment: 430 people (5.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $51,100
- Median hourly wage: $24.57
- Total employment: 70 people (0.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $51,270
- Median hourly wage: $24.65
- Total employment: 140 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $51,950
- Median hourly wage: $24.98
- Total employment: 60 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $52,740
- Median hourly wage: $25.36
- Total employment: 140 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $53,880
- Median hourly wage: $25.91
- Total employment: 190 people (2.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $55,100
- Median hourly wage: $26.49
- Total employment: 1,000 people (13.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

- Median annual wage: $56,170
- Median hourly wage: $27.01
- Total employment: 30 people (0.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $56,680
- Median hourly wage: $27.25
- Total employment: 140 people (1.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $56,770
- Median hourly wage: $27.29
- Total employment: 110 people (1.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $57,140
- Median hourly wage: $27.47
- Total employment: 140 people (1.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $57,490
- Median hourly wage: $27.64
- Total employment: 160 people (2.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $58,220
- Median hourly wage: $27.99
- Total employment: 190 people (2.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,530
- Median hourly wage: $28.14
- Total employment: 70 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $58,980
- Median hourly wage: $28.36
- Total employment: 30 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $59,130
- Median hourly wage: $28.43
- Total employment: 190 people (2.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,190
- Median hourly wage: $28.46
- Total employment: 470 people (6.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,220
- Median hourly wage: $28.47
- Total employment: 300 people (3.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,990
- Median hourly wage: $28.84
- Total employment: 190 people (2.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $60,150
- Median hourly wage: $28.92
- Total employment: 340 people (4.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $60,820
- Median hourly wage: $29.24
- Total employment: 70 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $61,860
- Median hourly wage: $29.74
- Total employment: 160 people (2.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $62,320
- Median hourly wage: $29.96
- Total employment: 290 people (3.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $63,210
- Median hourly wage: $30.39
- Total employment: 80 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $63,820
- Median hourly wage: $30.68
- Total employment: 30 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $64,540
- Median hourly wage: $31.03
- Total employment: 40 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $64,550
- Median hourly wage: $31.03
- Total employment: 90 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,950
- Median hourly wage: $31.23
- Total employment: 850 people (11.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $66,390
- Median hourly wage: $31.92
- Total employment: 30 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $67,110
- Median hourly wage: $32.26
- Total employment: 40 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $67,140
- Median hourly wage: $32.28
- Total employment: 340 people (4.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $74,660
- Median hourly wage: $35.90
- Total employment: 160 people (2.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $77,970
- Median hourly wage: $37.49
- Total employment: 440 people (5.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $79,730
- Median hourly wage: $38.33
- Total employment: 200 people (2.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $80,870
- Median hourly wage: $38.88
- Total employment: 660 people (8.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $83,380
- Median hourly wage: $40.09
- Total employment: 330 people (4.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $92,710
- Median hourly wage: $44.57
- Total employment: 100 people (1.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $93,800
- Median hourly wage: $45.09
- Total employment: 80 people (1.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $100,150
- Median hourly wage: $48.15
- Total employment: 60 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $106,060
- Median hourly wage: $50.99
- Total employment: 60 people (0.81 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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