Highest-paying jobs for people with 2-year degrees in St. Cloud

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#50. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $61,150
- Median hourly wage: $29.40
- Total employment: 240 people (2.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Architectural and civil drafters

- Median annual wage: $61,460
- Median hourly wage: $29.55
- Total employment: 60 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $61,580
- Median hourly wage: $29.61
- Total employment: 630 people (6.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Computer user support specialists

- Median annual wage: $61,820
- Median hourly wage: $29.72
- Total employment: 400 people (3.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $62,120
- Median hourly wage: $29.87
- Total employment: 320 people (3.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Physical therapist assistants

- Median annual wage: $62,280
- Median hourly wage: $29.94
- Total employment: 50 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Advertising sales agents

- Median annual wage: $62,370
- Median hourly wage: $29.99
- Total employment: 80 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $63,420
- Median hourly wage: $30.49
- Total employment: 180 people (1.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Health technologists and technicians, all other

- Median annual wage: $64,410
- Median hourly wage: $30.97
- Total employment: 80 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $65,460
- Median hourly wage: $31.47
- Total employment: 140 people (1.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,630
- Median hourly wage: $31.55
- Total employment: 1,150 people (11.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Mechanical drafters

- Median annual wage: $65,640
- Median hourly wage: $31.56
- Total employment: 70 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $65,860
- Median hourly wage: $31.66
- Total employment: 160 people (1.56 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: $66,440
- Median hourly wage: $31.94
- Total employment: 330 people (3.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Surgical technologists

- Median annual wage: $66,840
- Median hourly wage: $32.14
- Total employment: 90 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Computer network support specialists

- Median annual wage: $68,330
- Median hourly wage: $32.85
- Total employment: 110 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,520
- Median hourly wage: $32.94
- Total employment: 820 people (7.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,590
- Median hourly wage: $32.97
- Total employment: 390 people (3.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $68,680
- Median hourly wage: $33.02
- Total employment: 50 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $70,680
- Median hourly wage: $33.98
- Total employment: 50 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

- Median annual wage: $70,720
- Median hourly wage: $34.00
- Total employment: 40 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $71,090
- Median hourly wage: $34.18
- Total employment: 70 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

- Median annual wage: $71,610
- Median hourly wage: $34.43
- Total employment: 80 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,910
- Median hourly wage: $34.57
- Total employment: 590 people (5.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $72,080
- Median hourly wage: $34.66
- Total employment: 90 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Massage therapists

- Median annual wage: $73,300
- Median hourly wage: $35.24
- Total employment: 30 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Tax preparers

- Median annual wage: $73,550
- Median hourly wage: $35.36
- Total employment: 40 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Roofers

- Median annual wage: $74,280
- Median hourly wage: $35.71
- Total employment: 150 people (1.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,330
- Median hourly wage: $36.22
- Total employment: 70 people (0.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $76,090
- Median hourly wage: $36.58
- Total employment: 310 people (2.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $76,350
- Median hourly wage: $36.71
- Total employment: 80 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $76,430
- Median hourly wage: $36.75
- Total employment: 210 people (2.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $77,270
- Median hourly wage: $37.15
- Total employment: 150 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $78,150
- Median hourly wage: $37.57
- Total employment: 30 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $78,370
- Median hourly wage: $37.68
- Total employment: 590 people (5.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Security and fire alarm systems installers

- Median annual wage: $78,660
- Median hourly wage: $37.82
- Total employment: 40 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Insulation workers, mechanical

- Median annual wage: $80,360
- Median hourly wage: $38.63
- Total employment: 70 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $81,030
- Median hourly wage: $38.96
- Total employment: 350 people (3.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $82,490
- Median hourly wage: $39.66
- Total employment: 50 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $83,070
- Median hourly wage: $39.94
- Total employment: 90 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $83,220
- Median hourly wage: $40.01
- Total employment: 40 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $83,380
- Median hourly wage: $40.09
- Total employment: 800 people (7.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Diagnostic medical sonographers

- Median annual wage: $85,060
- Median hourly wage: $40.89
- Total employment: 60 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $87,200
- Median hourly wage: $41.92
- Total employment: 680 people (6.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $93,230
- Median hourly wage: $44.82
- Total employment: 550 people (5.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $94,380
- Median hourly wage: $45.38
- Total employment: 100 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $95,270
- Median hourly wage: $45.81
- Total employment: 230 people (2.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $95,440
- Median hourly wage: $45.88
- Total employment: 80 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $101,650
- Median hourly wage: $48.87
- Total employment: 80 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Health information technologists and medical registrars

- Median annual wage: $113,090
- Median hourly wage: $54.37
- Total employment: 60 people (0.59 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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