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

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#50. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $60,500
- Median hourly wage: $29.09
- Total employment: 80 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Hazardous materials removal workers

- Median annual wage: $60,530
- Median hourly wage: $29.10
- Total employment: 110 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $60,590
- Median hourly wage: $29.13
- Total employment: 690 people (5.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $60,630
- Median hourly wage: $29.15
- Total employment: 190 people (1.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $60,850
- Median hourly wage: $29.25
- Total employment: 180 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,930
- Median hourly wage: $29.29
- Total employment: 50 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $60,960
- Median hourly wage: $29.31
- Total employment: 130 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

- Median annual wage: $61,030
- Median hourly wage: $29.34
- Total employment: 30 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other

- Median annual wage: $61,290
- Median hourly wage: $29.46
- Total employment: 50 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Advertising sales agents

- Median annual wage: $61,380
- Median hourly wage: $29.51
- Total employment: 40 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,650
- Median hourly wage: $29.64
- Total employment: 50 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Electricians (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,650
- Median hourly wage: $29.64
- Total employment: 240 people (2.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Roofers

- Median annual wage: $61,850
- Median hourly wage: $29.74
- Total employment: 80 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

- Median annual wage: $61,940
- Median hourly wage: $29.78
- Total employment: 50 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,710
- Median hourly wage: $30.15
- Total employment: 810 people (6.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $63,130
- Median hourly wage: $30.35
- Total employment: 410 people (3.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Surgical technologists

- Median annual wage: $63,400
- Median hourly wage: $30.48
- Total employment: 50 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,560
- Median hourly wage: $30.56
- Total employment: 1,050 people (8.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $63,810
- Median hourly wage: $30.68
- Total employment: 60 people (0.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

- Median annual wage: $64,680
- Median hourly wage: $31.10
- Total employment: 40 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $65,000
- Median hourly wage: $31.25
- Total employment: 150 people (1.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $65,540
- Median hourly wage: $31.51
- Total employment: 40 people (0.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $66,250
- Median hourly wage: $31.85
- Total employment: 500 people (4.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $66,820
- Median hourly wage: $32.12
- Total employment: 440 people (3.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Psychiatric aides

- Median annual wage: $68,180
- Median hourly wage: $32.78
- Total employment: 240 people (2.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $68,480
- Median hourly wage: $32.92
- Total employment: 280 people (2.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $68,700
- Median hourly wage: $33.03
- Total employment: 1,330 people (11.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $71,000
- Median hourly wage: $34.13
- Total employment: 240 people (2.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,720
- Median hourly wage: $34.48
- Total employment: 330 people (2.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Firefighters

- Median annual wage: $73,170
- Median hourly wage: $35.18
- Total employment: 140 people (1.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,200
- Median hourly wage: $35.19
- Total employment: 460 people (3.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,690
- Median hourly wage: $35.43
- Total employment: 540 people (4.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $74,690
- Median hourly wage: $35.91
- Total employment: 40 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $76,290
- Median hourly wage: $36.68
- Total employment: 30 people (0.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $78,310
- Median hourly wage: $37.65
- Total employment: 200 people (1.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $80,410
- Median hourly wage: $38.66
- Total employment: 230 people (1.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Respiratory therapists

- Median annual wage: $81,020
- Median hourly wage: $38.95
- Total employment: 110 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $85,820
- Median hourly wage: $41.26
- Total employment: 180 people (1.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Diagnostic medical sonographers

- Median annual wage: $87,170
- Median hourly wage: $41.91
- Total employment: 100 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $88,220
- Median hourly wage: $42.41
- Total employment: 140 people (1.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

- Median annual wage: $89,190
- Median hourly wage: $42.88
- Total employment: 80 people (0.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $89,480
- Median hourly wage: $43.02
- Total employment: 130 people (1.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Magnetic resonance imaging technologists

- Median annual wage: $91,560
- Median hourly wage: $44.02
- Total employment: 40 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $91,830
- Median hourly wage: $44.15
- Total employment: 70 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Postmasters and mail superintendents

- Median annual wage: $91,980
- Median hourly wage: $44.22
- Total employment: 30 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $92,830
- Median hourly wage: $44.63
- Total employment: 110 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $95,810
- Median hourly wage: $46.06
- Total employment: 50 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $96,480
- Median hourly wage: $46.38
- Total employment: 130 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $97,760
- Median hourly wage: $47.00
- Total employment: 160 people (1.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $103,700
- Median hourly wage: $49.86
- Total employment: 100 people (0.83 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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