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

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#50. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

- Median annual wage: $46,610
- Median hourly wage: $22.41
- Total employment: 270 people (8.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,660
- Median hourly wage: $22.43
- Total employment: 160 people (4.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Medical records specialists

- Median annual wage: $46,880
- Median hourly wage: $22.54
- Total employment: 30 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Industrial truck and tractor operators

- Median annual wage: $47,450
- Median hourly wage: $22.81
- Total employment: 360 people (11.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Insurance sales agents (tie)

- Median annual wage: $47,650
- Median hourly wage: $22.91
- Total employment: 50 people (1.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic (tie)

- Median annual wage: $47,650
- Median hourly wage: $22.91
- Total employment: 60 people (1.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,120
- Median hourly wage: $23.13
- Total employment: 220 people (6.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $48,150
- Median hourly wage: $23.15
- Total employment: 110 people (3.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $48,280
- Median hourly wage: $23.21
- Total employment: 90 people (2.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $48,570
- Median hourly wage: $23.35
- Total employment: 140 people (4.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Printing press operators

- Median annual wage: $48,620
- Median hourly wage: $23.38
- Total employment: 70 people (2.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,810
- Median hourly wage: $23.47
- Total employment: 30 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $48,870
- Median hourly wage: $23.50
- Total employment: 40 people (1.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $49,020
- Median hourly wage: $23.57
- Total employment: 500 people (15.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Automotive service technicians and mechanics

- Median annual wage: $49,760
- Median hourly wage: $23.92
- Total employment: 210 people (6.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Computer user support specialists

- Median annual wage: $50,060
- Median hourly wage: $24.07
- Total employment: 100 people (3.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $50,430
- Median hourly wage: $24.25
- Total employment: 60 people (1.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $50,710
- Median hourly wage: $24.38
- Total employment: 70 people (2.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

- Median annual wage: $50,720
- Median hourly wage: $24.39
- Total employment: 590 people (18.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

- Median annual wage: $51,920
- Median hourly wage: $24.96
- Total employment: 50 people (1.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders

- Median annual wage: $52,440
- Median hourly wage: $25.21
- Total employment: 120 people (3.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $52,640
- Median hourly wage: $25.31
- Total employment: 50 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $53,600
- Median hourly wage: $25.77
- Total employment: 60 people (1.87 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: $54,410
- Median hourly wage: $26.16
- Total employment: 150 people (4.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $54,510
- Median hourly wage: $26.21
- Total employment: 60 people (1.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $54,790
- Median hourly wage: $26.34
- Total employment: 190 people (5.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $55,780
- Median hourly wage: $26.82
- Total employment: 50 people (1.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $55,930
- Median hourly wage: $26.89
- Total employment: 110 people (3.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,830
- Median hourly wage: $27.80
- Total employment: 50 people (1.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $58,850
- Median hourly wage: $28.30
- Total employment: 60 people (1.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $58,920
- Median hourly wage: $28.33
- Total employment: 40 people (1.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,980
- Median hourly wage: $28.35
- Total employment: 260 people (8.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $59,280
- Median hourly wage: $28.50
- Total employment: 50 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $60,120
- Median hourly wage: $28.90
- Total employment: 130 people (3.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,650
- Median hourly wage: $29.16
- Total employment: 90 people (2.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $61,620
- Median hourly wage: $29.62
- Total employment: 50 people (1.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $61,740
- Median hourly wage: $29.68
- Total employment: 40 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products (tie)

- Median annual wage: $61,740
- Median hourly wage: $29.68
- Total employment: 220 people (6.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $62,130
- Median hourly wage: $29.87
- Total employment: 180 people (5.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

- Median annual wage: $62,160
- Median hourly wage: $29.89
- Total employment: 220 people (6.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $62,570
- Median hourly wage: $30.08
- Total employment: 60 people (1.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,820
- Median hourly wage: $30.20
- Total employment: 110 people (3.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $67,740
- Median hourly wage: $32.57
- Total employment: 140 people (4.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $70,430
- Median hourly wage: $33.86
- Total employment: 240 people (7.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $77,020
- Median hourly wage: $37.03
- Total employment: 130 people (4.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $80,420
- Median hourly wage: $38.66
- Total employment: 50 people (1.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $91,150
- Median hourly wage: $43.82
- Total employment: 220 people (6.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $100,110
- Median hourly wage: $48.13
- Total employment: 30 people (1.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $102,230
- Median hourly wage: $49.15
- Total employment: 40 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $107,020
- Median hourly wage: $51.45
- Total employment: 60 people (1.9 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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