Highest-paying jobs in Cape Girardeau that don't require a college degree

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#50. Automotive service technicians and mechanics

- Median annual wage: $45,870
- Median hourly wage: $22.05
- Total employment: 330 people (7.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $46,020
- Median hourly wage: $22.13
- Total employment: 90 people (1.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $46,110
- Median hourly wage: $22.17
- Total employment: 50 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $47,320
- Median hourly wage: $22.75
- Total employment: 100 people (2.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

- Median annual wage: $47,490
- Median hourly wage: $22.83
- Total employment: 50 people (1.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $47,580
- Median hourly wage: $22.88
- Total employment: 470 people (10.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Advertising sales agents

- Median annual wage: $48,220
- Median hourly wage: $23.18
- Total employment: 50 people (1.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $48,440
- Median hourly wage: $23.29
- Total employment: 110 people (2.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $48,450
- Median hourly wage: $23.29
- Total employment: 60 people (1.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,600
- Median hourly wage: $23.36
- Total employment: 70 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Security and fire alarm systems installers

- Median annual wage: $48,620
- Median hourly wage: $23.37
- Total employment: 30 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $49,070
- Median hourly wage: $23.59
- Total employment: 140 people (3.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Medical records specialists

- Median annual wage: $49,150
- Median hourly wage: $23.63
- Total employment: 70 people (1.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Paramedics

- Median annual wage: $49,610
- Median hourly wage: $23.85
- Total employment: 30 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

- Median annual wage: $49,640
- Median hourly wage: $23.87
- Total employment: 720 people (16.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Surgical technologists

- Median annual wage: $49,770
- Median hourly wage: $23.93
- Total employment: 70 people (1.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $51,280
- Median hourly wage: $24.65
- Total employment: 400 people (9.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $51,670
- Median hourly wage: $24.84
- Total employment: 180 people (3.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $51,680
- Median hourly wage: $24.85
- Total employment: 70 people (1.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Computer user support specialists

- Median annual wage: $52,430
- Median hourly wage: $25.21
- Total employment: 130 people (2.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $54,380
- Median hourly wage: $26.15
- Total employment: 110 people (2.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $55,430
- Median hourly wage: $26.65
- Total employment: 210 people (4.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $56,120
- Median hourly wage: $26.98
- Total employment: 60 people (1.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining

- Median annual wage: $56,200
- Median hourly wage: $27.02
- Total employment: 70 people (1.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $56,270
- Median hourly wage: $27.05
- Total employment: 150 people (3.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $56,320
- Median hourly wage: $27.08
- Total employment: 60 people (1.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,440
- Median hourly wage: $27.14
- Total employment: 50 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $57,590
- Median hourly wage: $27.69
- Total employment: 110 people (2.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,750
- Median hourly wage: $27.76
- Total employment: 120 people (2.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $57,820
- Median hourly wage: $27.80
- Total employment: Not available

#20. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

- Median annual wage: $57,840
- Median hourly wage: $27.81
- Total employment: 350 people (7.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $58,160
- Median hourly wage: $27.96
- Total employment: 140 people (3.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Painters, construction and maintenance

- Median annual wage: $58,210
- Median hourly wage: $27.99
- Total employment: 90 people (1.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,030
- Median hourly wage: $28.38
- Total employment: 340 people (7.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $60,020
- Median hourly wage: $28.86
- Total employment: 70 people (1.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,590
- Median hourly wage: $29.13
- Total employment: 170 people (3.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $62,100
- Median hourly wage: $29.86
- Total employment: 210 people (4.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $62,180
- Median hourly wage: $29.89
- Total employment: 50 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $62,500
- Median hourly wage: $30.05
- Total employment: 130 people (2.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,550
- Median hourly wage: $30.55
- Total employment: 240 people (5.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $63,740
- Median hourly wage: $30.65
- Total employment: 110 people (2.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $64,960
- Median hourly wage: $31.23
- Total employment: 50 people (1.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $65,360
- Median hourly wage: $31.43
- Total employment: 130 people (2.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $66,680
- Median hourly wage: $32.06
- Total employment: 70 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,300
- Median hourly wage: $34.28
- Total employment: 40 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $72,160
- Median hourly wage: $34.69
- Total employment: 170 people (3.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $75,800
- Median hourly wage: $36.44
- Total employment: 50 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $80,400
- Median hourly wage: $38.65
- Total employment: 150 people (3.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $97,140
- Median hourly wage: $46.70
- Total employment: 50 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $101,000
- Median hourly wage: $48.56
- Total employment: 40 people (0.87 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 364 metros.

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