Highest-paying jobs in St. Joseph for high school graduates

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#50. Conveyor operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $48,950
- Median hourly wage: $23.53
- Total employment: 40 people (0.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,960
- Median hourly wage: $23.54
- Total employment: 60 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,970
- Median hourly wage: $23.54
- Total employment: 70 people (1.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,160
- Median hourly wage: $23.64
- Total employment: 70 people (1.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,340
- Median hourly wage: $23.72
- Total employment: 60 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,360
- Median hourly wage: $23.73
- Total employment: 110 people (2.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $49,370
- Median hourly wage: $23.73
- Total employment: 800 people (14.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $49,420
- Median hourly wage: $23.76
- Total employment: 50 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $49,450
- Median hourly wage: $23.78
- Total employment: 40 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Butchers and meat cutters

- Median annual wage: $49,520
- Median hourly wage: $23.81
- Total employment: 140 people (2.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $49,740
- Median hourly wage: $23.91
- Total employment: 70 people (1.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Painters, construction and maintenance

- Median annual wage: $49,990
- Median hourly wage: $24.04
- Total employment: 40 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $50,110
- Median hourly wage: $24.09
- Total employment: 120 people (2.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Roofers

- Median annual wage: $50,140
- Median hourly wage: $24.11
- Total employment: 40 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Helpers--production workers

- Median annual wage: $50,660
- Median hourly wage: $24.36
- Total employment: 160 people (3.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $50,820
- Median hourly wage: $24.43
- Total employment: 330 people (6.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $51,230
- Median hourly wage: $24.63
- Total employment: 120 people (2.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

- Median annual wage: $52,690
- Median hourly wage: $25.33
- Total employment: 1,080 people (20.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $52,800
- Median hourly wage: $25.38
- Total employment: 60 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $54,840
- Median hourly wage: $26.37
- Total employment: 250 people (4.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $55,020
- Median hourly wage: $26.45
- Total employment: 130 people (2.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $55,070
- Median hourly wage: $26.48
- Total employment: 100 people (1.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $56,050
- Median hourly wage: $26.95
- Total employment: 240 people (4.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $56,100
- Median hourly wage: $26.97
- Total employment: 780 people (14.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $56,250
- Median hourly wage: $27.04
- Total employment: 230 people (4.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,270
- Median hourly wage: $27.05
- Total employment: 260 people (4.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $56,450
- Median hourly wage: $27.14
- Total employment: 40 people (0.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $57,830
- Median hourly wage: $27.80
- Total employment: 30 people (0.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $58,310
- Median hourly wage: $28.04
- Total employment: 40 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

- Median annual wage: $59,490
- Median hourly wage: $28.60
- Total employment: 60 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $59,920
- Median hourly wage: $28.81
- Total employment: 90 people (1.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $60,470
- Median hourly wage: $29.07
- Total employment: 150 people (2.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $60,820
- Median hourly wage: $29.24
- Total employment: 110 people (2.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $60,860
- Median hourly wage: $29.26
- Total employment: 130 people (2.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,880
- Median hourly wage: $29.27
- Total employment: 380 people (7.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $61,040
- Median hourly wage: $29.34
- Total employment: 50 people (1.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,810
- Median hourly wage: $29.72
- Total employment: 380 people (7.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $62,160
- Median hourly wage: $29.88
- Total employment: 100 people (1.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $63,990
- Median hourly wage: $30.76
- Total employment: 560 people (10.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,570
- Median hourly wage: $32.97
- Total employment: 180 people (3.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $75,620
- Median hourly wage: $36.36
- Total employment: 50 people (0.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $78,320
- Median hourly wage: $37.66
- Total employment: 80 people (1.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $78,590
- Median hourly wage: $37.79
- Total employment: 540 people (9.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $81,050
- Median hourly wage: $38.97
- Total employment: 160 people (2.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $81,530
- Median hourly wage: $39.20
- Total employment: 410 people (7.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $83,290
- Median hourly wage: $40.04
- Total employment: 240 people (4.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $83,980
- Median hourly wage: $40.37
- Total employment: 90 people (1.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $84,510
- Median hourly wage: $40.63
- Total employment: 210 people (3.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $93,020
- Median hourly wage: $44.72
- Total employment: 50 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $96,030
- Median hourly wage: $46.17
- Total employment: 80 people (1.54 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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