Highest-paying jobs in Kalamazoo for high school graduates

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#50. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $48,860
- Median hourly wage: $23.49
- Total employment: 210 people (1.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers

- Median annual wage: $49,020
- Median hourly wage: $23.57
- Total employment: 110 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $49,110
- Median hourly wage: $23.61
- Total employment: 430 people (3.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,430
- Median hourly wage: $23.76
- Total employment: 90 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $49,480
- Median hourly wage: $23.79
- Total employment: 120 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

- Median annual wage: $49,770
- Median hourly wage: $23.93
- Total employment: 40 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Information and record clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $50,200
- Median hourly wage: $24.13
- Total employment: 120 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $50,690
- Median hourly wage: $24.37
- Total employment: 130 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Office and administrative support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $51,410
- Median hourly wage: $24.72
- Total employment: 30 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $52,190
- Median hourly wage: $25.09
- Total employment: 530 people (4.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Roofers

- Median annual wage: $52,530
- Median hourly wage: $25.26
- Total employment: 150 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $56,640
- Median hourly wage: $27.23
- Total employment: 90 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $57,050
- Median hourly wage: $27.43
- Total employment: 190 people (1.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $57,120
- Median hourly wage: $27.46
- Total employment: 290 people (2.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Glaziers

- Median annual wage: $57,280
- Median hourly wage: $27.54
- Total employment: 70 people (0.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,010
- Median hourly wage: $27.89
- Total employment: 80 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $58,410
- Median hourly wage: $28.08
- Total employment: 110 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,790
- Median hourly wage: $28.26
- Total employment: 200 people (1.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $59,500
- Median hourly wage: $28.60
- Total employment: 230 people (1.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Mechanical door repairers

- Median annual wage: $60,030
- Median hourly wage: $28.86
- Total employment: 50 people (0.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Advertising sales agents

- Median annual wage: $60,060
- Median hourly wage: $28.88
- Total employment: 60 people (0.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $60,320
- Median hourly wage: $29.00
- Total employment: 140 people (1.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,500
- Median hourly wage: $29.09
- Total employment: 330 people (2.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $60,590
- Median hourly wage: $29.13
- Total employment: 40 people (0.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Motorboat mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $60,850
- Median hourly wage: $29.25
- Total employment: 50 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $60,930
- Median hourly wage: $29.29
- Total employment: 550 people (4.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

- Median annual wage: $61,110
- Median hourly wage: $29.38
- Total employment: 30 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $61,140
- Median hourly wage: $29.40
- Total employment: 190 people (1.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,190
- Median hourly wage: $29.90
- Total employment: 610 people (5.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $62,720
- Median hourly wage: $30.15
- Total employment: 580 people (4.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $63,970
- Median hourly wage: $30.76
- Total employment: 710 people (5.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,250
- Median hourly wage: $30.89
- Total employment: 920 people (7.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $65,130
- Median hourly wage: $31.31
- Total employment: 40 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,700
- Median hourly wage: $31.59
- Total employment: 930 people (7.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $66,140
- Median hourly wage: $31.80
- Total employment: 320 people (2.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $66,390
- Median hourly wage: $31.92
- Total employment: 70 people (0.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $67,290
- Median hourly wage: $32.35
- Total employment: 160 people (1.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $67,700
- Median hourly wage: $32.55
- Total employment: 250 people (2.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $69,200
- Median hourly wage: $33.27
- Total employment: 90 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $69,590
- Median hourly wage: $33.46
- Total employment: 60 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $71,100
- Median hourly wage: $34.19
- Total employment: 320 people (2.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,790
- Median hourly wage: $34.52
- Total employment: 1,230 people (10.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,020
- Median hourly wage: $35.11
- Total employment: 480 people (3.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,340
- Median hourly wage: $36.22
- Total employment: 460 people (3.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $76,750
- Median hourly wage: $36.90
- Total employment: 80 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $81,740
- Median hourly wage: $39.30
- Total employment: 890 people (7.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $85,800
- Median hourly wage: $41.25
- Total employment: 40 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $89,550
- Median hourly wage: $43.05
- Total employment: 310 people (2.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $90,060
- Median hourly wage: $43.30
- Total employment: 190 people (1.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $96,640
- Median hourly wage: $46.46
- Total employment: 70 people (0.59 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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