Highest-paying jobs in Rocky Mount for high school graduates

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#50. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

- Median annual wage: $44,720
- Median hourly wage: $21.50
- Total employment: 550 people (10.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $45,110
- Median hourly wage: $21.69
- Total employment: 90 people (1.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $45,300
- Median hourly wage: $21.78
- Total employment: 40 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Office and administrative support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $45,370
- Median hourly wage: $21.81
- Total employment: 60 people (1.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $45,900
- Median hourly wage: $22.07
- Total employment: 100 people (1.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. New accounts clerks

- Median annual wage: $46,240
- Median hourly wage: $22.23
- Total employment: 40 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $47,230
- Median hourly wage: $22.71
- Total employment: 40 people (0.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $47,330
- Median hourly wage: $22.76
- Total employment: 60 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $47,450
- Median hourly wage: $22.81
- Total employment: 70 people (1.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $47,630
- Median hourly wage: $22.90
- Total employment: 300 people (5.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,690
- Median hourly wage: $22.93
- Total employment: 70 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $48,200
- Median hourly wage: $23.17
- Total employment: 60 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $48,810
- Median hourly wage: $23.47
- Total employment: 220 people (3.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,960
- Median hourly wage: $23.54
- Total employment: 70 people (1.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $49,340
- Median hourly wage: $23.72
- Total employment: 200 people (3.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. First-line supervisors of entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services

- Median annual wage: $49,810
- Median hourly wage: $23.95
- Total employment: 40 people (0.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,940
- Median hourly wage: $24.01
- Total employment: 360 people (6.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,370
- Median hourly wage: $24.22
- Total employment: 90 people (1.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $50,790
- Median hourly wage: $24.42
- Total employment: 90 people (1.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $51,130
- Median hourly wage: $24.58
- Total employment: 110 people (2.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $51,380
- Median hourly wage: $24.70
- Total employment: 80 people (1.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $53,670
- Median hourly wage: $25.80
- Total employment: 100 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $53,780
- Median hourly wage: $25.86
- Total employment: 160 people (2.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,890
- Median hourly wage: $25.91
- Total employment: 40 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $54,110
- Median hourly wage: $26.01
- Total employment: 110 people (2.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $54,990
- Median hourly wage: $26.44
- Total employment: 360 people (6.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $55,270
- Median hourly wage: $26.57
- Total employment: 230 people (4.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $55,610
- Median hourly wage: $26.74
- Total employment: 360 people (6.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Surveying and mapping technicians

- Median annual wage: $57,120
- Median hourly wage: $27.46
- Total employment: 30 people (0.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $57,630
- Median hourly wage: $27.71
- Total employment: 200 people (3.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,840
- Median hourly wage: $27.81
- Total employment: 270 people (5.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $58,770
- Median hourly wage: $28.25
- Total employment: 290 people (5.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $59,170
- Median hourly wage: $28.45
- Total employment: 100 people (1.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,080
- Median hourly wage: $28.88
- Total employment: 470 people (8.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $60,250
- Median hourly wage: $28.97
- Total employment: 240 people (4.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $60,420
- Median hourly wage: $29.05
- Total employment: 90 people (1.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $61,050
- Median hourly wage: $29.35
- Total employment: 60 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

- Median annual wage: $61,630
- Median hourly wage: $29.63
- Total employment: 100 people (1.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $62,030
- Median hourly wage: $29.82
- Total employment: 380 people (6.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $62,290
- Median hourly wage: $29.95
- Total employment: 60 people (1.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $62,400
- Median hourly wage: $30.00
- Total employment: 40 people (0.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $64,480
- Median hourly wage: $31.00
- Total employment: 30 people (0.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $66,880
- Median hourly wage: $32.16
- Total employment: 40 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $67,160
- Median hourly wage: $32.29
- Total employment: 220 people (3.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $69,760
- Median hourly wage: $33.54
- Total employment: 30 people (0.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,680
- Median hourly wage: $35.43
- Total employment: 380 people (6.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,740
- Median hourly wage: $35.45
- Total employment: 420 people (7.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,730
- Median hourly wage: $35.93
- Total employment: 80 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $79,240
- Median hourly wage: $38.09
- Total employment: 60 people (1.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $100,880
- Median hourly wage: $48.50
- Total employment: 100 people (1.81 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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