Highest-paying jobs for people with 2-year degrees in Duluth

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#50. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $69,520
- Median hourly wage: $33.42
- Total employment: 230 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $70,360
- Median hourly wage: $33.83
- Total employment: 60 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $70,780
- Median hourly wage: $34.03
- Total employment: 100 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $71,550
- Median hourly wage: $34.40
- Total employment: 90 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $71,560
- Median hourly wage: $34.40
- Total employment: 360 people (2.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $72,820
- Median hourly wage: $35.01
- Total employment: 760 people (6.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

- Median annual wage: $72,900
- Median hourly wage: $35.05
- Total employment: 70 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $73,400
- Median hourly wage: $35.29
- Total employment: 80 people (0.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

- Median annual wage: $73,450
- Median hourly wage: $35.31
- Total employment: 230 people (1.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $73,870
- Median hourly wage: $35.52
- Total employment: 40 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $73,980
- Median hourly wage: $35.57
- Total employment: 380 people (3.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers

- Median annual wage: $74,180
- Median hourly wage: $35.66
- Total employment: 60 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,530
- Median hourly wage: $35.83
- Total employment: 80 people (0.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $74,780
- Median hourly wage: $35.95
- Total employment: 300 people (2.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,890
- Median hourly wage: $36.00
- Total employment: 450 people (3.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $75,350
- Median hourly wage: $36.23
- Total employment: 280 people (2.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Chemical technicians

- Median annual wage: $75,870
- Median hourly wage: $36.48
- Total employment: 50 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $76,500
- Median hourly wage: $36.78
- Total employment: 120 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $76,720
- Median hourly wage: $36.89
- Total employment: 70 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $77,590
- Median hourly wage: $37.30
- Total employment: 70 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $77,720
- Median hourly wage: $37.37
- Total employment: 540 people (4.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $77,850
- Median hourly wage: $37.43
- Total employment: 130 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Medical equipment repairers

- Median annual wage: $77,970
- Median hourly wage: $37.49
- Total employment: 40 people (0.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $78,370
- Median hourly wage: $37.68
- Total employment: 100 people (0.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Massage therapists

- Median annual wage: $78,780
- Median hourly wage: $37.88
- Total employment: 100 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Respiratory therapists

- Median annual wage: $80,200
- Median hourly wage: $38.56
- Total employment: 90 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Power plant operators

- Median annual wage: $81,200
- Median hourly wage: $39.04
- Total employment: 100 people (0.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $81,390
- Median hourly wage: $39.13
- Total employment: 500 people (4.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $81,770
- Median hourly wage: $39.31
- Total employment: 80 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Commercial pilots

- Median annual wage: $81,830
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 40 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Health information technologists and medical registrars

- Median annual wage: $82,550
- Median hourly wage: $39.69
- Total employment: 90 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $83,090
- Median hourly wage: $39.95
- Total employment: 100 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Railroad conductors and yardmasters

- Median annual wage: $83,200
- Median hourly wage: $40.00
- Total employment: 80 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $83,970
- Median hourly wage: $40.37
- Total employment: 680 people (5.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $84,230
- Median hourly wage: $40.50
- Total employment: 490 people (3.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $84,480
- Median hourly wage: $40.62
- Total employment: 50 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Cardiovascular technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $84,930
- Median hourly wage: $40.83
- Total employment: 60 people (0.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $85,110
- Median hourly wage: $40.92
- Total employment: 270 people (2.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment

- Median annual wage: $85,310
- Median hourly wage: $41.02
- Total employment: 170 people (1.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Plant and system operators, all other

- Median annual wage: $85,510
- Median hourly wage: $41.11
- Total employment: 30 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Roofers

- Median annual wage: $85,520
- Median hourly wage: $41.11
- Total employment: 240 people (1.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $85,990
- Median hourly wage: $41.34
- Total employment: 830 people (6.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $87,050
- Median hourly wage: $41.85
- Total employment: 80 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $87,420
- Median hourly wage: $42.03
- Total employment: 280 people (2.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists

- Median annual wage: $91,830
- Median hourly wage: $44.15
- Total employment: 30 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Surgical assistants

- Median annual wage: $92,160
- Median hourly wage: $44.31
- Total employment: 30 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Diagnostic medical sonographers

- Median annual wage: $94,390
- Median hourly wage: $45.38
- Total employment: 70 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Gas plant operators

- Median annual wage: $95,590
- Median hourly wage: $45.96
- Total employment: 30 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $96,910
- Median hourly wage: $46.59
- Total employment: 120 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $102,400
- Median hourly wage: $49.23
- Total employment: 160 people (1.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 363 metros.

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