Highest-paying jobs in Pittsfield for high school graduates

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#50. First-line supervisors of personal service workers

- Median annual wage: $49,390
- Median hourly wage: $23.74
- Total employment: 60 people (1.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $49,530
- Median hourly wage: $23.81
- Total employment: 60 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $50,160
- Median hourly wage: $24.12
- Total employment: 50 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Painters, construction and maintenance

- Median annual wage: $51,760
- Median hourly wage: $24.89
- Total employment: 90 people (1.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 340 people (5.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

- Median annual wage: $52,360
- Median hourly wage: $25.17
- Total employment: 60 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Loan interviewers and clerks

- Median annual wage: $52,750
- Median hourly wage: $25.36
- Total employment: 50 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers

- Median annual wage: $53,210
- Median hourly wage: $25.58
- Total employment: 100 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Helpers--production workers

- Median annual wage: $53,250
- Median hourly wage: $25.60
- Total employment: 80 people (1.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $53,750
- Median hourly wage: $25.84
- Total employment: 120 people (2.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $53,880
- Median hourly wage: $25.90
- Total employment: 30 people (0.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $54,170
- Median hourly wage: $26.04
- Total employment: 60 people (1.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $55,140
- Median hourly wage: $26.51
- Total employment: 60 people (1.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $56,320
- Median hourly wage: $27.08
- Total employment: 90 people (1.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $56,330
- Median hourly wage: $27.08
- Total employment: 160 people (2.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $56,930
- Median hourly wage: $27.37
- Total employment: 90 people (1.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,280
- Median hourly wage: $28.02
- Total employment: 130 people (2.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (tie)

- Median annual wage: $58,560
- Median hourly wage: $28.15
- Total employment: 170 people (3.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists (tie)

- Median annual wage: $58,560
- Median hourly wage: $28.16
- Total employment: 90 people (1.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Self-enrichment teachers

- Median annual wage: $58,810
- Median hourly wage: $28.27
- Total employment: 260 people (4.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,080
- Median hourly wage: $28.40
- Total employment: 60 people (0.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $59,830
- Median hourly wage: $28.77
- Total employment: 90 people (1.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $60,260
- Median hourly wage: $28.97
- Total employment: 410 people (7.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Chefs and head cooks (tie)

- Median annual wage: $60,390
- Median hourly wage: $29.03
- Total employment: 130 people (2.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,390
- Median hourly wage: $29.04
- Total employment: 30 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors

- Median annual wage: $60,830
- Median hourly wage: $29.25
- Total employment: 240 people (4.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,640
- Median hourly wage: $29.63
- Total employment: 50 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining

- Median annual wage: $62,850
- Median hourly wage: $30.21
- Total employment: 40 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $63,270
- Median hourly wage: $30.42
- Total employment: 60 people (1.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,060
- Median hourly wage: $30.80
- Total employment: 650 people (11.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $67,100
- Median hourly wage: $32.26
- Total employment: 180 people (3.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $70,730
- Median hourly wage: $34.00
- Total employment: 310 people (5.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $70,900
- Median hourly wage: $34.09
- Total employment: 90 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $74,100
- Median hourly wage: $35.63
- Total employment: 90 people (1.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $74,220
- Median hourly wage: $35.68
- Total employment: 110 people (1.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $74,270
- Median hourly wage: $35.71
- Total employment: 270 people (4.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $75,220
- Median hourly wage: $36.16
- Total employment: 250 people (4.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

- Median annual wage: $75,790
- Median hourly wage: $36.44
- Total employment: 40 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,810
- Median hourly wage: $36.45
- Total employment: 60 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $76,760
- Median hourly wage: $36.90
- Total employment: 290 people (5.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $77,060
- Median hourly wage: $37.05
- Total employment: 260 people (4.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $77,890
- Median hourly wage: $37.45
- Total employment: 60 people (1.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $77,970
- Median hourly wage: $37.49
- Total employment: 260 people (4.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $80,130
- Median hourly wage: $38.52
- Total employment: 300 people (5.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $81,540
- Median hourly wage: $39.20
- Total employment: 40 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $82,150
- Median hourly wage: $39.50
- Total employment: 340 people (5.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $85,730
- Median hourly wage: $41.21
- Total employment: 60 people (0.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $94,170
- Median hourly wage: $45.28
- Total employment: 70 people (1.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $95,570
- Median hourly wage: $45.95
- Total employment: 40 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $103,890
- Median hourly wage: $49.95
- Total employment: 60 people (0.96 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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