Highest-paying jobs in Louisville for high school graduates

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#50. Athletes and sports competitors

- Median annual wage: $59,220
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: Not available

#49. Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles

- Median annual wage: $59,250
- Median hourly wage: $28.48
- Total employment: 40 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $59,300
- Median hourly wage: $28.51
- Total employment: 1,470 people (2.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $59,310
- Median hourly wage: $28.51
- Total employment: 60 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $59,660
- Median hourly wage: $28.69
- Total employment: 1,360 people (1.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $60,530
- Median hourly wage: $29.10
- Total employment: 90 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $60,640
- Median hourly wage: $29.15
- Total employment: 1,810 people (2.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Rail car repairers

- Median annual wage: $60,740
- Median hourly wage: $29.20
- Total employment: 130 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,350
- Median hourly wage: $29.50
- Total employment: 3,700 people (5.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $61,630
- Median hourly wage: $29.63
- Total employment: 340 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Gas plant operators

- Median annual wage: $61,660
- Median hourly wage: $29.64
- Total employment: 40 people (0.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $61,790
- Median hourly wage: $29.71
- Total employment: 3,150 people (4.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $61,890
- Median hourly wage: $29.75
- Total employment: 3,870 people (5.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,930
- Median hourly wage: $29.77
- Total employment: 2,950 people (4.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $62,060
- Median hourly wage: $29.84
- Total employment: 760 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $62,360
- Median hourly wage: $29.98
- Total employment: 2,940 people (4.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $62,520
- Median hourly wage: $30.06
- Total employment: 600 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $62,740
- Median hourly wage: $30.16
- Total employment: 560 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Real estate brokers

- Median annual wage: $62,940
- Median hourly wage: $30.26
- Total employment: 60 people (0.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Insulation workers, mechanical

- Median annual wage: $62,980
- Median hourly wage: $30.28
- Total employment: 70 people (0.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $63,170
- Median hourly wage: $30.37
- Total employment: 2,290 people (3.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $63,190
- Median hourly wage: $30.38
- Total employment: 120 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $64,730
- Median hourly wage: $31.12
- Total employment: 250 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $64,780
- Median hourly wage: $31.14
- Total employment: 330 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,220
- Median hourly wage: $31.36
- Total employment: 6,590 people (9.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,770
- Median hourly wage: $31.62
- Total employment: 5,680 people (8.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $66,410
- Median hourly wage: $31.93
- Total employment: 2,490 people (3.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $66,560
- Median hourly wage: $32.00
- Total employment: 170 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Chemical equipment operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $68,360
- Median hourly wage: $32.87
- Total employment: 980 people (1.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Plant and system operators, all other

- Median annual wage: $68,580
- Median hourly wage: $32.97
- Total employment: 50 people (0.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $71,390
- Median hourly wage: $34.32
- Total employment: 2,240 people (3.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $71,510
- Median hourly wage: $34.38
- Total employment: 520 people (0.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door

- Median annual wage: $73,180
- Median hourly wage: $35.18
- Total employment: 180 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,780
- Median hourly wage: $35.47
- Total employment: 4,320 people (6.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Gambling managers

- Median annual wage: $74,960
- Median hourly wage: $36.04
- Total employment: 30 people (0.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $75,020
- Median hourly wage: $36.07
- Total employment: 570 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Structural iron and steel workers

- Median annual wage: $75,080
- Median hourly wage: $36.10
- Total employment: 260 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $75,450
- Median hourly wage: $36.28
- Total employment: 370 people (0.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Tank car, truck, and ship loaders

- Median annual wage: $75,470
- Median hourly wage: $36.29
- Total employment: 150 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $76,170
- Median hourly wage: $36.62
- Total employment: 3,220 people (4.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $76,650
- Median hourly wage: $36.85
- Total employment: 910 people (1.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

- Median annual wage: $77,310
- Median hourly wage: $37.17
- Total employment: 50 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $77,570
- Median hourly wage: $37.29
- Total employment: 3,030 people (4.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $79,270
- Median hourly wage: $38.11
- Total employment: 90 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $91,950
- Median hourly wage: $44.21
- Total employment: 200 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Postmasters and mail superintendents

- Median annual wage: $96,010
- Median hourly wage: $46.16
- Total employment: 50 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $98,310
- Median hourly wage: $47.26
- Total employment: 370 people (0.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $102,040
- Median hourly wage: $49.06
- Total employment: 1,000 people (1.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Power distributors and dispatchers

- Median annual wage: $105,320
- Median hourly wage: $50.64
- Total employment: 50 people (0.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation inspectors

- Median annual wage: $106,850
- Median hourly wage: $51.37
- Total employment: 100 people (0.14 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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