Highest-paying jobs in Niles for high school graduates

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#50. Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $46,840
- Median hourly wage: $22.52
- Total employment: 50 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,870
- Median hourly wage: $22.53
- Total employment: 90 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $46,960
- Median hourly wage: $22.58
- Total employment: 310 people (5.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $47,530
- Median hourly wage: $22.85
- Total employment: 80 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $47,570
- Median hourly wage: $22.87
- Total employment: 50 people (0.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,120
- Median hourly wage: $23.14
- Total employment: 100 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $48,140
- Median hourly wage: $23.14
- Total employment: 40 people (0.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $48,160
- Median hourly wage: $23.15
- Total employment: 520 people (8.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $48,770
- Median hourly wage: $23.45
- Total employment: 140 people (2.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $49,390
- Median hourly wage: $23.75
- Total employment: 80 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,450
- Median hourly wage: $23.77
- Total employment: 60 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $50,230
- Median hourly wage: $24.15
- Total employment: 260 people (4.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $50,310
- Median hourly wage: $24.19
- Total employment: 60 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $52,370
- Median hourly wage: $25.18
- Total employment: 200 people (3.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $52,530
- Median hourly wage: $25.25
- Total employment: 130 people (2.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,980
- Median hourly wage: $25.95
- Total employment: 150 people (2.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

- Median annual wage: $54,170
- Median hourly wage: $26.04
- Total employment: 170 people (2.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $54,390
- Median hourly wage: $26.15
- Total employment: 100 people (1.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $56,980
- Median hourly wage: $27.40
- Total employment: 40 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Refuse and recyclable material collectors

- Median annual wage: $57,270
- Median hourly wage: $27.53
- Total employment: 30 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,430
- Median hourly wage: $27.61
- Total employment: 70 people (1.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $57,490
- Median hourly wage: $27.64
- Total employment: 70 people (1.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $57,550
- Median hourly wage: $27.67
- Total employment: 90 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $57,710
- Median hourly wage: $27.74
- Total employment: 210 people (3.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $57,770
- Median hourly wage: $27.77
- Total employment: 100 people (1.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $58,120
- Median hourly wage: $27.94
- Total employment: 60 people (1.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $58,570
- Median hourly wage: $28.16
- Total employment: 180 people (2.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $59,140
- Median hourly wage: $28.43
- Total employment: 90 people (1.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $59,290
- Median hourly wage: $28.50
- Total employment: 80 people (1.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $59,680
- Median hourly wage: $28.69
- Total employment: 40 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $59,730
- Median hourly wage: $28.71
- Total employment: 80 people (1.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,740
- Median hourly wage: $28.72
- Total employment: 210 people (3.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Office and administrative support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $60,140
- Median hourly wage: $28.91
- Total employment: 90 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,350
- Median hourly wage: $29.02
- Total employment: 60 people (1.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $61,370
- Median hourly wage: $29.51
- Total employment: 40 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,560
- Median hourly wage: $29.60
- Total employment: 420 people (7.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $61,720
- Median hourly wage: $29.67
- Total employment: 310 people (5.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $62,360
- Median hourly wage: $29.98
- Total employment: 90 people (1.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,620
- Median hourly wage: $30.11
- Total employment: 450 people (7.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $64,130
- Median hourly wage: $30.83
- Total employment: 130 people (2.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $66,850
- Median hourly wage: $32.14
- Total employment: 50 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $66,910
- Median hourly wage: $32.17
- Total employment: 530 people (8.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $69,890
- Median hourly wage: $33.60
- Total employment: 340 people (5.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $71,450
- Median hourly wage: $34.35
- Total employment: 210 people (3.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $72,550
- Median hourly wage: $34.88
- Total employment: 40 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,550
- Median hourly wage: $36.32
- Total employment: 170 people (2.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,940
- Median hourly wage: $36.51
- Total employment: 290 people (4.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $96,690
- Median hourly wage: $46.49
- Total employment: 40 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $97,050
- Median hourly wage: $46.66
- Total employment: 70 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $133,360
- Median hourly wage: $64.11
- Total employment: 130 people (2.19 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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