Highest-paying jobs in Fargo for high school graduates

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#50. Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $59,010
- Median hourly wage: $28.37
- Total employment: 30 people (0.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,320
- Median hourly wage: $28.52
- Total employment: 180 people (1.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $59,430
- Median hourly wage: $28.57
- Total employment: 40 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $59,600
- Median hourly wage: $28.65
- Total employment: 160 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $59,610
- Median hourly wage: $28.66
- Total employment: 110 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Tax preparers

- Median annual wage: $60,080
- Median hourly wage: $28.89
- Total employment: 140 people (0.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Carpenters (tie)

- Median annual wage: $60,220
- Median hourly wage: $28.95
- Total employment: 1,010 people (6.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Security and fire alarm systems installers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $60,220
- Median hourly wage: $28.95
- Total employment: 110 people (0.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $60,360
- Median hourly wage: $29.02
- Total employment: 690 people (4.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,590
- Median hourly wage: $29.13
- Total employment: 120 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,870
- Median hourly wage: $29.26
- Total employment: 100 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $60,900
- Median hourly wage: $29.28
- Total employment: 150 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $61,110
- Median hourly wage: $29.38
- Total employment: 210 people (1.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,460
- Median hourly wage: $29.55
- Total employment: 200 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,460
- Median hourly wage: $29.55
- Total employment: 900 people (6.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

- Median annual wage: $61,610
- Median hourly wage: $29.62
- Total employment: 130 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,640
- Median hourly wage: $29.63
- Total employment: 630 people (4.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Glaziers

- Median annual wage: $62,140
- Median hourly wage: $29.88
- Total employment: 100 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $62,190
- Median hourly wage: $29.90
- Total employment: 50 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $62,220
- Median hourly wage: $29.91
- Total employment: 60 people (0.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $63,150
- Median hourly wage: $30.36
- Total employment: 640 people (4.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $63,320
- Median hourly wage: $30.44
- Total employment: 40 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $63,640
- Median hourly wage: $30.60
- Total employment: 480 people (3.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators (tie)

- Median annual wage: $63,960
- Median hourly wage: $30.75
- Total employment: 70 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Stationary engineers and boiler operators (tie)

- Median annual wage: $63,960
- Median hourly wage: $30.75
- Total employment: 80 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Home appliance repairers

- Median annual wage: $64,180
- Median hourly wage: $30.86
- Total employment: 40 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $64,260
- Median hourly wage: $30.89
- Total employment: 520 people (3.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $64,540
- Median hourly wage: $31.03
- Total employment: 240 people (1.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $64,700
- Median hourly wage: $31.11
- Total employment: 270 people (1.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,790
- Median hourly wage: $31.15
- Total employment: 930 people (6.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $65,450
- Median hourly wage: $31.47
- Total employment: 190 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $67,990
- Median hourly wage: $32.69
- Total employment: 500 people (3.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $70,230
- Median hourly wage: $33.77
- Total employment: 640 people (4.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $70,540
- Median hourly wage: $33.91
- Total employment: 1,770 people (12.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $73,560
- Median hourly wage: $35.37
- Total employment: 860 people (5.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,540
- Median hourly wage: $35.84
- Total employment: 450 people (3.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $75,100
- Median hourly wage: $36.11
- Total employment: 400 people (2.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $77,820
- Median hourly wage: $37.41
- Total employment: 850 people (5.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $78,450
- Median hourly wage: $37.71
- Total employment: 460 people (3.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Structural iron and steel workers

- Median annual wage: $78,580
- Median hourly wage: $37.78
- Total employment: 140 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $78,840
- Median hourly wage: $37.90
- Total employment: 370 people (2.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $79,350
- Median hourly wage: $38.15
- Total employment: 130 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $80,720
- Median hourly wage: $38.81
- Total employment: 50 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $82,370
- Median hourly wage: $39.60
- Total employment: 40 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $86,160
- Median hourly wage: $41.42
- Total employment: 90 people (0.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $86,540
- Median hourly wage: $41.61
- Total employment: 90 people (0.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $87,690
- Median hourly wage: $42.16
- Total employment: 90 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $95,540
- Median hourly wage: $45.94
- Total employment: 160 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $107,480
- Median hourly wage: $51.67
- Total employment: 110 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Riggers

- Median annual wage: $165,050
- Median hourly wage: $79.35
- Total employment: 40 people (0.3 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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