Highest-paying jobs in Monroe for high school graduates

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#50. Security and fire alarm systems installers

- Median annual wage: $43,980
- Median hourly wage: $21.15
- Total employment: 90 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $44,260
- Median hourly wage: $21.28
- Total employment: 170 people (1.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $44,600
- Median hourly wage: $21.44
- Total employment: 200 people (2.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $44,710
- Median hourly wage: $21.50
- Total employment: 300 people (3.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $44,860
- Median hourly wage: $21.57
- Total employment: 90 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $45,130
- Median hourly wage: $21.70
- Total employment: 190 people (2.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $45,190
- Median hourly wage: $21.72
- Total employment: 70 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Driver/sales workers

- Median annual wage: $45,860
- Median hourly wage: $22.05
- Total employment: 250 people (2.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $46,270
- Median hourly wage: $22.24
- Total employment: 30 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $46,360
- Median hourly wage: $22.29
- Total employment: 250 people (2.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,640
- Median hourly wage: $22.42
- Total employment: 70 people (0.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $46,840
- Median hourly wage: $22.52
- Total employment: 200 people (2.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Surveying and mapping technicians

- Median annual wage: $46,890
- Median hourly wage: $22.54
- Total employment: 60 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,910
- Median hourly wage: $22.55
- Total employment: 340 people (3.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Loan interviewers and clerks

- Median annual wage: $47,010
- Median hourly wage: $22.60
- Total employment: 380 people (4.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $47,100
- Median hourly wage: $22.65
- Total employment: 50 people (0.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $47,150
- Median hourly wage: $22.67
- Total employment: 80 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,630
- Median hourly wage: $22.90
- Total employment: 220 people (2.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $48,580
- Median hourly wage: $23.36
- Total employment: 410 people (4.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $48,880
- Median hourly wage: $23.50
- Total employment: 70 people (0.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors (tie)

- Median annual wage: $50,280
- Median hourly wage: $24.18
- Total employment: 280 people (3.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $50,280
- Median hourly wage: $24.17
- Total employment: 260 people (3.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,950
- Median hourly wage: $24.49
- Total employment: 1,080 people (12.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 30 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $52,550
- Median hourly wage: $25.27
- Total employment: 590 people (6.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Food service managers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $52,880
- Median hourly wage: $25.43
- Total employment: 100 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Office and administrative support workers, all other (tie)

- Median annual wage: $52,880
- Median hourly wage: $25.42
- Total employment: 250 people (2.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $53,050
- Median hourly wage: $25.50
- Total employment: 90 people (1.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $53,550
- Median hourly wage: $25.74
- Total employment: 70 people (0.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $54,080
- Median hourly wage: $26.00
- Total employment: 220 people (2.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $55,120
- Median hourly wage: $26.50
- Total employment: 160 people (1.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $55,200
- Median hourly wage: $26.54
- Total employment: 290 people (3.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,010
- Median hourly wage: $27.41
- Total employment: 470 people (5.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $57,410
- Median hourly wage: $27.60
- Total employment: 40 people (0.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Logging equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $58,850
- Median hourly wage: $28.29
- Total employment: 40 people (0.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $59,860
- Median hourly wage: $28.78
- Total employment: 130 people (1.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,510
- Median hourly wage: $29.09
- Total employment: 740 people (8.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $61,980
- Median hourly wage: $29.80
- Total employment: 80 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,880
- Median hourly wage: $30.23
- Total employment: 440 people (5.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $63,270
- Median hourly wage: $30.42
- Total employment: 60 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $64,510
- Median hourly wage: $31.02
- Total employment: 40 people (0.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $64,520
- Median hourly wage: $31.02
- Total employment: 80 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $65,660
- Median hourly wage: $31.57
- Total employment: 90 people (1.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $66,530
- Median hourly wage: $31.99
- Total employment: 190 people (2.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $72,880
- Median hourly wage: $35.04
- Total employment: 40 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers

- Median annual wage: $73,370
- Median hourly wage: $35.27
- Total employment: 50 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $73,800
- Median hourly wage: $35.48
- Total employment: 50 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $76,150
- Median hourly wage: $36.61
- Total employment: 450 people (5.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $76,970
- Median hourly wage: $37.00
- Total employment: 50 people (0.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $96,910
- Median hourly wage: $46.59
- Total employment: 60 people (0.69 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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