Highest-paying jobs in Springfield, Ohio for high school graduates

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#50. Office clerks, general

- Median annual wage: $43,040
- Median hourly wage: $20.69
- Total employment: 840 people (17.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive

- Median annual wage: $43,230
- Median hourly wage: $20.78
- Total employment: 480 people (10.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $43,330
- Median hourly wage: $20.83
- Total employment: 50 people (1.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $43,830
- Median hourly wage: $21.07
- Total employment: 60 people (1.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $44,330
- Median hourly wage: $21.31
- Total employment: 340 people (7.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Billing and posting clerks

- Median annual wage: $44,950
- Median hourly wage: $21.61
- Total employment: 90 people (1.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $45,870
- Median hourly wage: $22.06
- Total employment: 120 people (2.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $46,080
- Median hourly wage: $22.15
- Total employment: 50 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $46,180
- Median hourly wage: $22.20
- Total employment: 70 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,290
- Median hourly wage: $22.26
- Total employment: 40 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $46,380
- Median hourly wage: $22.30
- Total employment: 100 people (2.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

- Median annual wage: $46,450
- Median hourly wage: $22.33
- Total employment: 1,900 people (40.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $46,660
- Median hourly wage: $22.43
- Total employment: 290 people (6.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Electrical, electronic, and electromechanical assemblers, except coil winders, tapers, and finishers

- Median annual wage: $47,040
- Median hourly wage: $22.62
- Total employment: 40 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $47,550
- Median hourly wage: $22.86
- Total employment: 160 people (3.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Computer numerically controlled tool operators (tie)

- Median annual wage: $47,670
- Median hourly wage: $22.92
- Total employment: 170 people (3.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,670
- Median hourly wage: $22.92
- Total employment: 30 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $47,770
- Median hourly wage: $22.97
- Total employment: 640 people (13.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,160
- Median hourly wage: $24.11
- Total employment: 210 people (4.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $50,320
- Median hourly wage: $24.19
- Total employment: 130 people (2.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $50,640
- Median hourly wage: $24.35
- Total employment: 180 people (3.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $51,050
- Median hourly wage: $24.54
- Total employment: 80 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $52,020
- Median hourly wage: $25.01
- Total employment: 40 people (0.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,650
- Median hourly wage: $25.80
- Total employment: 230 people (4.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $54,170
- Median hourly wage: $26.04
- Total employment: 70 people (1.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $54,700
- Median hourly wage: $26.30
- Total employment: 70 people (1.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $54,790
- Median hourly wage: $26.34
- Total employment: 60 people (1.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $55,410
- Median hourly wage: $26.64
- Total employment: 30 people (0.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $55,760
- Median hourly wage: $26.81
- Total employment: 80 people (1.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $56,870
- Median hourly wage: $27.34
- Total employment: 40 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $57,110
- Median hourly wage: $27.46
- Total employment: 50 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $57,360
- Median hourly wage: $27.58
- Total employment: 150 people (3.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $57,580
- Median hourly wage: $27.68
- Total employment: 120 people (2.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $57,840
- Median hourly wage: $27.81
- Total employment: 190 people (3.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $58,490
- Median hourly wage: $28.12
- Total employment: 150 people (3.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,620
- Median hourly wage: $28.18
- Total employment: 370 people (7.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Public safety telecommunicators

- Median annual wage: $58,990
- Median hourly wage: $28.36
- Total employment: 70 people (1.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $59,550
- Median hourly wage: $28.63
- Total employment: 70 people (1.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $59,610
- Median hourly wage: $28.66
- Total employment: 260 people (5.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $60,790
- Median hourly wage: $29.22
- Total employment: 80 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Painters, construction and maintenance

- Median annual wage: $61,110
- Median hourly wage: $29.38
- Total employment: 80 people (1.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,620
- Median hourly wage: $29.62
- Total employment: 350 people (7.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $62,200
- Median hourly wage: $29.90
- Total employment: 40 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $62,420
- Median hourly wage: $30.01
- Total employment: 160 people (3.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,030
- Median hourly wage: $35.59
- Total employment: 180 people (3.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,150
- Median hourly wage: $35.65
- Total employment: 390 people (8.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,100
- Median hourly wage: $36.11
- Total employment: 120 people (2.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $84,590
- Median hourly wage: $40.67
- Total employment: 60 people (1.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $87,300
- Median hourly wage: $41.97
- Total employment: 30 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $97,830
- Median hourly wage: $47.03
- Total employment: 50 people (1.0 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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