Highest-paying jobs for people with 2-year degrees in Bowling Green

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#50. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

- Median annual wage: $51,200
- Median hourly wage: $24.61
- Total employment: 1,500 people (18.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. 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)

#48. Architectural and civil drafters

- Median annual wage: $51,480
- Median hourly wage: $24.75
- Total employment: 30 people (0.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. 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)

#46. 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)

#45. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $52,700
- Median hourly wage: $25.34
- Total employment: 80 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. 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)

#43. 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)

#42. 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)

#41. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

- Median annual wage: $56,140
- Median hourly wage: $26.99
- Total employment: 40 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. 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)

#39. 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)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,740
- Median hourly wage: $27.28
- Total employment: 60 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. 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)

#36. 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)

#35. 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)

#34. 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)

#33. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

- Median annual wage: $58,140
- Median hourly wage: $27.95
- Total employment: 200 people (2.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. 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)

#31. 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)

#30. 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)

#29. 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)

#28. 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)

#27. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

- Median annual wage: $60,250
- Median hourly wage: $28.97
- Total employment: 290 people (3.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. 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)

#25. 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)

#24. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $61,230
- Median hourly wage: $29.44
- Total employment: 130 people (1.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. 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)

#22. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $61,270
- Median hourly wage: $29.46
- Total employment: 70 people (0.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Respiratory therapists

- Median annual wage: $62,400
- Median hourly wage: $30.00
- Total employment: 120 people (1.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. 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)

#19. Physical therapist assistants

- Median annual wage: $62,700
- Median hourly wage: $30.14
- Total employment: 130 people (1.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Tool and die makers

- Median annual wage: $64,770
- Median hourly wage: $31.14
- Total employment: 210 people (2.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. 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)

#16. Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment

- Median annual wage: $65,220
- Median hourly wage: $31.36
- Total employment: 30 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Health information technologists and medical registrars

- Median annual wage: $66,030
- Median hourly wage: $31.75
- Total employment: 30 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. 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)

#13. 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)

#12. 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)

#11. 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)

#10. 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)

#9. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $72,570
- Median hourly wage: $34.89
- Total employment: 30 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. 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)

#7. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $74,420
- Median hourly wage: $35.78
- Total employment: 120 people (1.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. 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)

#5. Diagnostic medical sonographers

- Median annual wage: $76,940
- Median hourly wage: $36.99
- Total employment: 40 people (0.47 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 Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 363 metros.

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