Highest-paying jobs in Bay City for high school graduates

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

- Median annual wage: $39,670
- Median hourly wage: $19.07
- Total employment: 40 people (1.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Packers and packagers, hand

- Median annual wage: $39,700
- Median hourly wage: $19.09
- Total employment: 160 people (4.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Agricultural equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $40,730
- Median hourly wage: $19.58
- Total employment: 50 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks

- Median annual wage: $41,030
- Median hourly wage: $19.73
- Total employment: 180 people (5.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. First-line supervisors of personal service workers

- Median annual wage: $41,540
- Median hourly wage: $19.97
- Total employment: 40 people (1.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Medical secretaries and administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $41,890
- Median hourly wage: $20.14
- Total employment: 290 people (8.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $42,140
- Median hourly wage: $20.26
- Total employment: 70 people (2.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive

- Median annual wage: $42,280
- Median hourly wage: $20.33
- Total employment: 340 people (10.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $42,340
- Median hourly wage: $20.36
- Total employment: 50 people (1.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors

- Median annual wage: $42,480
- Median hourly wage: $20.42
- Total employment: 60 people (1.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

- Median annual wage: $43,020
- Median hourly wage: $20.69
- Total employment: 290 people (8.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $43,060
- Median hourly wage: $20.70
- Total employment: 30 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $43,140
- Median hourly wage: $20.74
- Total employment: 380 people (11.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Billing and posting clerks

- Median annual wage: $43,550
- Median hourly wage: $20.94
- Total employment: 120 people (3.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Industrial truck and tractor operators

- Median annual wage: $44,630
- Median hourly wage: $21.46
- Total employment: 160 people (4.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $44,880
- Median hourly wage: $21.58
- Total employment: 30 people (0.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $45,050
- Median hourly wage: $21.66
- Total employment: 200 people (5.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Driver/sales workers

- Median annual wage: $45,610
- Median hourly wage: $21.93
- Total employment: 170 people (5.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Roofers

- Median annual wage: $46,800
- Median hourly wage: $22.50
- Total employment: 60 people (1.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Painters, construction and maintenance

- Median annual wage: $46,880
- Median hourly wage: $22.54
- Total employment: 70 people (2.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $47,220
- Median hourly wage: $22.70
- Total employment: 60 people (1.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $47,890
- Median hourly wage: $23.02
- Total employment: 50 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $48,480
- Median hourly wage: $23.31
- Total employment: 50 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $48,790
- Median hourly wage: $23.46
- Total employment: 90 people (2.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $49,100
- Median hourly wage: $23.61
- Total employment: 40 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $51,260
- Median hourly wage: $24.65
- Total employment: 180 people (5.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $52,460
- Median hourly wage: $25.22
- Total employment: 120 people (3.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,780
- Median hourly wage: $25.86
- Total employment: 40 people (1.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $56,590
- Median hourly wage: $27.21
- Total employment: 90 people (2.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,060
- Median hourly wage: $27.43
- Total employment: 310 people (9.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $57,470
- Median hourly wage: $27.63
- Total employment: 60 people (1.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,530
- Median hourly wage: $27.66
- Total employment: 220 people (6.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $57,570
- Median hourly wage: $27.68
- Total employment: 90 people (2.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,070
- Median hourly wage: $27.92
- Total employment: 110 people (3.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,590
- Median hourly wage: $28.17
- Total employment: 130 people (3.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $59,010
- Median hourly wage: $28.37
- Total employment: 50 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,230
- Median hourly wage: $28.96
- Total employment: 50 people (1.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $60,640
- Median hourly wage: $29.15
- Total employment: 40 people (1.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $61,640
- Median hourly wage: $29.64
- Total employment: 130 people (3.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,400
- Median hourly wage: $30.00
- Total employment: 220 people (6.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $62,500
- Median hourly wage: $30.05
- Total employment: 130 people (3.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $66,770
- Median hourly wage: $32.10
- Total employment: 220 people (6.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $67,290
- Median hourly wage: $32.35
- Total employment: 50 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $69,810
- Median hourly wage: $33.56
- Total employment: 190 people (5.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $70,240
- Median hourly wage: $33.77
- Total employment: 190 people (5.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,130
- Median hourly wage: $34.20
- Total employment: 120 people (3.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $74,250
- Median hourly wage: $35.70
- Total employment: 40 people (1.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $74,400
- Median hourly wage: $35.77
- Total employment: 80 people (2.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,530
- Median hourly wage: $35.83
- Total employment: 130 people (3.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $75,740
- Median hourly wage: $36.41
- Total employment: 40 people (1.23 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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