Highest-paying jobs in Bowling Green for high school graduates

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#50. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $45,770
- Median hourly wage: $22.01
- Total employment: 90 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Loan interviewers and clerks

- Median annual wage: $45,860
- Median hourly wage: $22.05
- Total employment: 110 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,190
- Median hourly wage: $22.21
- Total employment: 360 people (4.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

- Median annual wage: $46,300
- Median hourly wage: $22.26
- Total employment: 90 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Food batchmakers

- Median annual wage: $46,900
- Median hourly wage: $22.55
- Total employment: 380 people (4.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Bus drivers, transit and intercity

- Median annual wage: $47,040
- Median hourly wage: $22.62
- Total employment: 170 people (2.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,250
- Median hourly wage: $22.72
- Total employment: 110 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,310
- Median hourly wage: $22.75
- Total employment: 110 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $47,740
- Median hourly wage: $22.95
- Total employment: 70 people (0.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,750
- Median hourly wage: $22.96
- Total employment: 80 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $48,050
- Median hourly wage: $23.10
- Total employment: 60 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Community health workers

- Median annual wage: $48,480
- Median hourly wage: $23.31
- Total employment: 40 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $49,040
- Median hourly wage: $23.58
- Total employment: 40 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $49,110
- Median hourly wage: $23.61
- Total employment: 190 people (2.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,750
- Median hourly wage: $23.92
- Total employment: 390 people (4.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,970
- Median hourly wage: $24.03
- Total employment: 50 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $50,460
- Median hourly wage: $24.26
- Total employment: 40 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $51,410
- Median hourly wage: $24.72
- Total employment: 450 people (5.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $51,980
- Median hourly wage: $24.99
- Total employment: 470 people (5.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 70 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $53,300
- Median hourly wage: $25.63
- Total employment: 270 people (3.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $53,600
- Median hourly wage: $25.77
- Total employment: 200 people (2.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $55,640
- Median hourly wage: $26.75
- Total employment: 440 people (5.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $56,230
- Median hourly wage: $27.03
- Total employment: 230 people (2.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,480
- Median hourly wage: $27.16
- Total employment: 310 people (3.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $57,380
- Median hourly wage: $27.59
- Total employment: 90 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

- Median annual wage: $57,830
- Median hourly wage: $27.81
- Total employment: 150 people (1.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,900
- Median hourly wage: $27.84
- Total employment: 670 people (8.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,910
- Median hourly wage: $27.84
- Total employment: 740 people (9.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $58,220
- Median hourly wage: $27.99
- Total employment: 40 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $58,600
- Median hourly wage: $28.17
- Total employment: 60 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $58,850
- Median hourly wage: $28.29
- Total employment: 260 people (3.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $58,920
- Median hourly wage: $28.33
- Total employment: 80 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $59,240
- Median hourly wage: $28.48
- Total employment: 120 people (1.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $60,770
- Median hourly wage: $29.22
- Total employment: 300 people (3.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $61,110
- Median hourly wage: $29.38
- Total employment: 40 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $61,260
- Median hourly wage: $29.45
- Total employment: 280 people (3.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $62,550
- Median hourly wage: $30.07
- Total employment: 140 people (1.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Chemical equipment operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $65,160
- Median hourly wage: $31.33
- Total employment: 160 people (1.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $66,130
- Median hourly wage: $31.79
- Total employment: 320 people (4.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,860
- Median hourly wage: $33.11
- Total employment: 340 people (4.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $70,080
- Median hourly wage: $33.69
- Total employment: 720 people (8.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $71,800
- Median hourly wage: $34.52
- Total employment: 590 people (7.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $72,200
- Median hourly wage: $34.71
- Total employment: 100 people (1.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $73,090
- Median hourly wage: $35.14
- Total employment: 30 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,520
- Median hourly wage: $35.83
- Total employment: 80 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $80,710
- Median hourly wage: $38.80
- Total employment: 40 people (0.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $80,980
- Median hourly wage: $38.93
- Total employment: 60 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $82,940
- Median hourly wage: $39.87
- Total employment: 70 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $88,230
- Median hourly wage: $42.42
- Total employment: 90 people (1.11 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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