Highest-paying jobs in New Bern for high school graduates

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#50. Office and administrative support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $38,000
- Median hourly wage: $18.27
- Total employment: 90 people (2.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#49. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $38,440
- Median hourly wage: $18.48
- Total employment: 40 people (0.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#48. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $39,360
- Median hourly wage: $18.93
- Total employment: 200 people (4.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#47. Production workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $39,520
- Median hourly wage: $19.00
- Total employment: 30 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#46. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

- Median annual wage: $39,960
- Median hourly wage: $19.21
- Total employment: 410 people (9.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#44. Eligibility interviewers, government programs (tie)

- Median annual wage: $40,000
- Median hourly wage: $19.23
- Total employment: 120 people (2.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#44. Real estate sales agents (tie)

- Median annual wage: $40,000
- Median hourly wage: $19.23
- Total employment: Not available
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#43. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $40,610
- Median hourly wage: $19.53
- Total employment: 150 people (3.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Apprenticeship

#42. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

- Median annual wage: $40,630
- Median hourly wage: $19.54
- Total employment: 940 people (21.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#41. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $41,500
- Median hourly wage: $19.95
- Total employment: 40 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#40. Motorboat mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $42,240
- Median hourly wage: $20.31
- Total employment: 40 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#39. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $43,920
- Median hourly wage: $21.11
- Total employment: 50 people (1.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#38. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $44,080
- Median hourly wage: $21.19
- Total employment: 40 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#37. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $44,400
- Median hourly wage: $21.35
- Total employment: 40 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#36. Information and record clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $44,530
- Median hourly wage: $21.41
- Total employment: 70 people (1.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#35. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $45,220
- Median hourly wage: $21.74
- Total employment: 110 people (2.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Apprenticeship

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

- Median annual wage: $45,440
- Median hourly wage: $21.85
- Total employment: 40 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#33. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $46,710
- Median hourly wage: $22.46
- Total employment: 340 people (7.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $46,920
- Median hourly wage: $22.56
- Total employment: 80 people (1.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#31. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $47,060
- Median hourly wage: $22.63
- Total employment: 110 people (2.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Apprenticeship

#30. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $48,780
- Median hourly wage: $23.45
- Total employment: 90 people (1.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $49,000
- Median hourly wage: $23.56
- Total employment: 360 people (8.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#28. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $49,190
- Median hourly wage: $23.65
- Total employment: 30 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#27. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $49,980
- Median hourly wage: $24.03
- Total employment: 140 people (3.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#26. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $50,180
- Median hourly wage: $24.13
- Total employment: 60 people (1.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#25. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $50,240
- Median hourly wage: $24.15
- Total employment: 220 people (4.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $52,080
- Median hourly wage: $25.04
- Total employment: 200 people (4.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $52,200
- Median hourly wage: $25.10
- Total employment: 190 people (4.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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

- Median annual wage: $53,350
- Median hourly wage: $25.65
- Total employment: 110 people (2.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#21. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $54,830
- Median hourly wage: $26.36
- Total employment: 110 people (2.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#20. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $56,200
- Median hourly wage: $27.02
- Total employment: 30 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

#19. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $57,000
- Median hourly wage: $27.40
- Total employment: 40 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#18. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $57,080
- Median hourly wage: $27.44
- Total employment: 80 people (1.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Short-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $57,550
- Median hourly wage: $27.67
- Total employment: 290 people (6.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $57,790
- Median hourly wage: $27.79
- Total employment: 210 people (4.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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

- Median annual wage: $58,450
- Median hourly wage: $28.10
- Total employment: 180 people (4.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#14. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $59,560
- Median hourly wage: $28.64
- Total employment: 120 people (2.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#13. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $60,100
- Median hourly wage: $28.90
- Total employment: 60 people (1.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#12. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $60,670
- Median hourly wage: $29.17
- Total employment: 50 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#11. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $60,960
- Median hourly wage: $29.31
- Total employment: 30 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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

- Median annual wage: $61,420
- Median hourly wage: $29.53
- Total employment: 200 people (4.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#9. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $61,650
- Median hourly wage: $29.64
- Total employment: 150 people (3.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

#8. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $62,670
- Median hourly wage: $30.13
- Total employment: 130 people (2.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $65,190
- Median hourly wage: $31.34
- Total employment: 150 people (3.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

#6. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $66,790
- Median hourly wage: $32.11
- Total employment: 40 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Long-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $67,860
- Median hourly wage: $32.63
- Total employment: 190 people (4.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#4. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $68,290
- Median hourly wage: $32.83
- Total employment: 70 people (1.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $72,740
- Median hourly wage: $34.97
- Total employment: 70 people (1.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: Moderate-term on-the-job training

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

- Median annual wage: $75,370
- Median hourly wage: $36.24
- Total employment: 50 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $93,890
- Median hourly wage: $45.14
- Total employment: 40 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
- Required on-the-job training to attain competency: None

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