Highest-paying jobs in Saginaw for high school graduates

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#50. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $47,600
- Median hourly wage: $22.89
- Total employment: 200 people (2.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Painters, construction and maintenance

- Median annual wage: $47,850
- Median hourly wage: $23.00
- Total employment: 110 people (1.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $48,200
- Median hourly wage: $23.17
- Total employment: 50 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $48,320
- Median hourly wage: $23.23
- Total employment: 180 people (2.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $48,620
- Median hourly wage: $23.37
- Total employment: 40 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Information and record clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $49,000
- Median hourly wage: $23.56
- Total employment: 50 people (0.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,280
- Median hourly wage: $23.69
- Total employment: 100 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $50,710
- Median hourly wage: $24.38
- Total employment: 580 people (7.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $51,110
- Median hourly wage: $24.57
- Total employment: 90 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Office and administrative support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $51,440
- Median hourly wage: $24.73
- Total employment: 40 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $51,980
- Median hourly wage: $24.99
- Total employment: 40 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 60 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Public safety telecommunicators

- Median annual wage: $52,470
- Median hourly wage: $25.22
- Total employment: 40 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,510
- Median hourly wage: $25.73
- Total employment: 200 people (2.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $53,830
- Median hourly wage: $25.88
- Total employment: 130 people (1.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $54,290
- Median hourly wage: $26.10
- Total employment: 400 people (5.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $55,450
- Median hourly wage: $26.66
- Total employment: 30 people (0.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $55,690
- Median hourly wage: $26.78
- Total employment: 60 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $56,330
- Median hourly wage: $27.08
- Total employment: 240 people (3.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $56,450
- Median hourly wage: $27.14
- Total employment: 100 people (1.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,330
- Median hourly wage: $27.56
- Total employment: 50 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $57,940
- Median hourly wage: $27.86
- Total employment: 190 people (2.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $59,290
- Median hourly wage: $28.50
- Total employment: 480 people (6.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Refuse and recyclable material collectors

- Median annual wage: $59,760
- Median hourly wage: $28.73
- Total employment: 40 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $59,790
- Median hourly wage: $28.75
- Total employment: 140 people (1.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $59,840
- Median hourly wage: $28.77
- Total employment: 90 people (1.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $60,030
- Median hourly wage: $28.86
- Total employment: 40 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $60,370
- Median hourly wage: $29.03
- Total employment: 60 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $60,710
- Median hourly wage: $29.19
- Total employment: 70 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,720
- Median hourly wage: $29.19
- Total employment: 560 people (6.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $60,790
- Median hourly wage: $29.22
- Total employment: 220 people (2.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $62,110
- Median hourly wage: $29.86
- Total employment: 290 people (3.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $62,170
- Median hourly wage: $29.89
- Total employment: 180 people (2.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $63,060
- Median hourly wage: $30.32
- Total employment: 360 people (4.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $63,560
- Median hourly wage: $30.56
- Total employment: 180 people (2.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $66,740
- Median hourly wage: $32.09
- Total employment: 150 people (1.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $67,530
- Median hourly wage: $32.47
- Total employment: 590 people (7.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,430
- Median hourly wage: $32.90
- Total employment: 60 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Structural iron and steel workers

- Median annual wage: $69,490
- Median hourly wage: $33.41
- Total employment: 80 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,660
- Median hourly wage: $34.45
- Total employment: 320 people (4.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $72,740
- Median hourly wage: $34.97
- Total employment: 380 people (4.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $73,070
- Median hourly wage: $35.13
- Total employment: 170 people (2.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $76,650
- Median hourly wage: $36.85
- Total employment: 320 people (4.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $77,130
- Median hourly wage: $37.08
- Total employment: 280 people (3.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $80,000
- Median hourly wage: $38.46
- Total employment: 100 people (1.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $80,140
- Median hourly wage: $38.53
- Total employment: 40 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $83,530
- Median hourly wage: $40.16
- Total employment: 130 people (1.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $83,920
- Median hourly wage: $40.35
- Total employment: 90 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $86,980
- Median hourly wage: $41.82
- Total employment: 100 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $87,660
- Median hourly wage: $42.15
- Total employment: 40 people (0.49 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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