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

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#50. Surgical assistants

- Median annual wage: $62,640
- Median hourly wage: $30.11
- Total employment: Not available

#49. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $62,740
- Median hourly wage: $30.16
- Total employment: 320 people (3.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

- Median annual wage: $62,810
- Median hourly wage: $30.20
- Total employment: 310 people (2.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Firefighters

- Median annual wage: $62,880
- Median hourly wage: $30.23
- Total employment: 220 people (2.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $62,890
- Median hourly wage: $30.24
- Total employment: 100 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Surveying and mapping technicians

- Median annual wage: $62,920
- Median hourly wage: $30.25
- Total employment: 30 people (0.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

- Median annual wage: $63,140
- Median hourly wage: $30.36
- Total employment: 1,350 people (12.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $63,720
- Median hourly wage: $30.63
- Total employment: 570 people (5.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Public safety telecommunicators

- Median annual wage: $63,890
- Median hourly wage: $30.72
- Total employment: 50 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Architectural and civil drafters

- Median annual wage: $64,430
- Median hourly wage: $30.98
- Total employment: 60 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $64,740
- Median hourly wage: $31.13
- Total employment: 150 people (1.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $64,750
- Median hourly wage: $31.13
- Total employment: 70 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $64,770
- Median hourly wage: $31.14
- Total employment: 70 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,890
- Median hourly wage: $31.20
- Total employment: 840 people (7.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $65,250
- Median hourly wage: $31.37
- Total employment: 90 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,580
- Median hourly wage: $31.53
- Total employment: 460 people (4.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers

- Median annual wage: $65,620
- Median hourly wage: $31.55
- Total employment: 40 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, all other

- Median annual wage: $65,700
- Median hourly wage: $31.59
- Total employment: 50 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $66,430
- Median hourly wage: $31.94
- Total employment: 250 people (2.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Security and fire alarm systems installers

- Median annual wage: $67,830
- Median hourly wage: $32.61
- Total employment: 40 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,070
- Median hourly wage: $32.73
- Total employment: 690 people (6.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Skincare specialists

- Median annual wage: $68,200
- Median hourly wage: $32.79
- Total employment: 70 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $68,530
- Median hourly wage: $32.95
- Total employment: 80 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Industrial engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $70,530
- Median hourly wage: $33.91
- Total employment: 30 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Photographers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $72,760
- Median hourly wage: $34.98
- Total employment: 30 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Property, real estate, and community association managers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $72,760
- Median hourly wage: $34.98
- Total employment: 130 people (1.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $75,130
- Median hourly wage: $36.12
- Total employment: 170 people (1.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Health information technologists and medical registrars

- Median annual wage: $75,620
- Median hourly wage: $36.36
- Total employment: 40 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Computer network support specialists

- Median annual wage: $76,870
- Median hourly wage: $36.96
- Total employment: 70 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $78,410
- Median hourly wage: $37.70
- Total employment: 90 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $78,430
- Median hourly wage: $37.71
- Total employment: 370 people (3.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

- Median annual wage: $78,570
- Median hourly wage: $37.78
- Total employment: 60 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

- Median annual wage: $79,040
- Median hourly wage: $38.00
- Total employment: 150 people (1.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $79,600
- Median hourly wage: $38.27
- Total employment: 310 people (2.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $79,930
- Median hourly wage: $38.43
- Total employment: 150 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $80,750
- Median hourly wage: $38.82
- Total employment: 600 people (5.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $82,380
- Median hourly wage: $39.61
- Total employment: 190 people (1.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $82,920
- Median hourly wage: $39.87
- Total employment: 130 people (1.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $84,220
- Median hourly wage: $40.49
- Total employment: 520 people (4.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $86,330
- Median hourly wage: $41.51
- Total employment: 70 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Civil engineering technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $90,480
- Median hourly wage: $43.50
- Total employment: 40 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Massage therapists

- Median annual wage: $93,160
- Median hourly wage: $44.79
- Total employment: 190 people (1.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $94,740
- Median hourly wage: $45.55
- Total employment: 280 people (2.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $96,880
- Median hourly wage: $46.58
- Total employment: 150 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Surgical technologists

- Median annual wage: $103,320
- Median hourly wage: $49.67
- Total employment: 70 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Diagnostic medical sonographers

- Median annual wage: $104,670
- Median hourly wage: $50.32
- Total employment: 100 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Commercial pilots

- Median annual wage: $112,930
- Median hourly wage: Not available
- Total employment: 100 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $118,580
- Median hourly wage: $57.01
- Total employment: 240 people (2.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $120,080
- Median hourly wage: $57.73
- Total employment: 110 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $123,500
- Median hourly wage: $59.37
- Total employment: 80 people (0.78 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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