Highest-paying jobs in Mankato for high school graduates

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#50. Billing and posting clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,350
- Median hourly wage: $23.73
- Total employment: 80 people (1.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,400
- Median hourly wage: $23.75
- Total employment: 40 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,730
- Median hourly wage: $23.91
- Total employment: 650 people (11.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,120
- Median hourly wage: $24.10
- Total employment: 90 people (1.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

- Median annual wage: $50,270
- Median hourly wage: $24.17
- Total employment: 250 people (4.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $50,820
- Median hourly wage: $24.44
- Total employment: 40 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $51,320
- Median hourly wage: $24.67
- Total employment: 330 people (5.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. First-line supervisors of personal service workers

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 60 people (1.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $54,180
- Median hourly wage: $26.05
- Total employment: 690 people (12.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $54,870
- Median hourly wage: $26.38
- Total employment: 40 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $55,290
- Median hourly wage: $26.58
- Total employment: 100 people (1.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $55,550
- Median hourly wage: $26.71
- Total employment: 90 people (1.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $56,330
- Median hourly wage: $27.08
- Total employment: 100 people (1.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $56,430
- Median hourly wage: $27.13
- Total employment: 390 people (7.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $56,630
- Median hourly wage: $27.23
- Total employment: 70 people (1.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,010
- Median hourly wage: $27.41
- Total employment: 40 people (0.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $57,070
- Median hourly wage: $27.44
- Total employment: 90 people (1.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $57,530
- Median hourly wage: $27.66
- Total employment: 50 people (0.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,630
- Median hourly wage: $28.19
- Total employment: 130 people (2.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $59,450
- Median hourly wage: $28.58
- Total employment: 50 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,710
- Median hourly wage: $28.71
- Total employment: Not available

#29. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $60,320
- Median hourly wage: $29.00
- Total employment: 170 people (3.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $60,330
- Median hourly wage: $29.01
- Total employment: 160 people (2.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,650
- Median hourly wage: $29.16
- Total employment: 40 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $60,900
- Median hourly wage: $29.28
- Total employment: 90 people (1.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Refuse and recyclable material collectors

- Median annual wage: $61,500
- Median hourly wage: $29.57
- Total employment: 60 people (1.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $61,660
- Median hourly wage: $29.65
- Total employment: 210 people (3.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $62,460
- Median hourly wage: $30.03
- Total employment: 150 people (2.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $63,050
- Median hourly wage: $30.31
- Total employment: 110 people (2.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,160
- Median hourly wage: $30.36
- Total employment: 160 people (2.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products (tie)

- Median annual wage: $63,950
- Median hourly wage: $30.75
- Total employment: 530 people (9.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Eligibility interviewers, government programs (tie)

- Median annual wage: $63,950
- Median hourly wage: $30.74
- Total employment: 60 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $64,840
- Median hourly wage: $31.17
- Total employment: 70 people (1.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Tax preparers

- Median annual wage: $65,530
- Median hourly wage: $31.50
- Total employment: 50 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,610
- Median hourly wage: $31.55
- Total employment: 200 people (3.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $66,290
- Median hourly wage: $31.87
- Total employment: 90 people (1.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $69,290
- Median hourly wage: $33.31
- Total employment: 340 people (6.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,860
- Median hourly wage: $34.55
- Total employment: 330 people (5.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

- Median annual wage: $72,150
- Median hourly wage: $34.69
- Total employment: 40 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $73,780
- Median hourly wage: $35.47
- Total employment: 30 people (0.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $74,470
- Median hourly wage: $35.80
- Total employment: 140 people (2.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $74,800
- Median hourly wage: $35.96
- Total employment: 110 people (2.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $79,240
- Median hourly wage: $38.10
- Total employment: 70 people (1.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $79,920
- Median hourly wage: $38.43
- Total employment: 150 people (2.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $80,300
- Median hourly wage: $38.61
- Total employment: 200 people (3.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $82,200
- Median hourly wage: $39.52
- Total employment: 270 people (4.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $82,370
- Median hourly wage: $39.60
- Total employment: 160 people (2.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $83,180
- Median hourly wage: $39.99
- Total employment: 250 people (4.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $97,870
- Median hourly wage: $47.05
- Total employment: 30 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $118,080
- Median hourly wage: $56.77
- Total employment: 50 people (0.87 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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