Highest-paying jobs in Johnstown for high school graduates

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#50. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $44,400
- Median hourly wage: $21.35
- Total employment: 500 people (10.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $44,710
- Median hourly wage: $21.49
- Total employment: 240 people (4.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $45,200
- Median hourly wage: $21.73
- Total employment: 40 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $45,300
- Median hourly wage: $21.78
- Total employment: 40 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $45,320
- Median hourly wage: $21.79
- Total employment: 180 people (3.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $45,480
- Median hourly wage: $21.87
- Total employment: 60 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $46,140
- Median hourly wage: $22.18
- Total employment: 60 people (1.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $46,230
- Median hourly wage: $22.23
- Total employment: 180 people (3.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Painters, construction and maintenance

- Median annual wage: $46,420
- Median hourly wage: $22.32
- Total employment: 40 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,700
- Median hourly wage: $22.45
- Total employment: 100 people (1.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters

- Median annual wage: $46,780
- Median hourly wage: $22.49
- Total employment: 40 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $47,460
- Median hourly wage: $22.82
- Total employment: 210 people (4.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $48,150
- Median hourly wage: $23.15
- Total employment: 220 people (4.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $48,350
- Median hourly wage: $23.25
- Total employment: Not available

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

- Median annual wage: $48,380
- Median hourly wage: $23.26
- Total employment: 40 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,530
- Median hourly wage: $23.33
- Total employment: 220 people (4.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $48,540
- Median hourly wage: $23.34
- Total employment: 120 people (2.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $48,610
- Median hourly wage: $23.37
- Total employment: 40 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,640
- Median hourly wage: $23.86
- Total employment: 160 people (3.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $49,850
- Median hourly wage: $23.97
- Total employment: 150 people (3.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,050
- Median hourly wage: $24.06
- Total employment: 180 people (3.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Healthcare support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $50,170
- Median hourly wage: $24.12
- Total employment: 40 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $50,810
- Median hourly wage: $24.43
- Total employment: 150 people (3.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $50,950
- Median hourly wage: $24.49
- Total employment: 70 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $51,650
- Median hourly wage: $24.83
- Total employment: 60 people (1.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $52,180
- Median hourly wage: $25.09
- Total employment: 140 people (2.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $52,520
- Median hourly wage: $25.25
- Total employment: 180 people (3.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $54,290
- Median hourly wage: $26.10
- Total employment: 70 people (1.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $54,310
- Median hourly wage: $26.11
- Total employment: 110 people (2.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $54,330
- Median hourly wage: $26.12
- Total employment: 70 people (1.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $54,360
- Median hourly wage: $26.13
- Total employment: 80 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $55,130
- Median hourly wage: $26.51
- Total employment: 540 people (11.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $56,240
- Median hourly wage: $27.04
- Total employment: 180 people (3.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,580
- Median hourly wage: $27.20
- Total employment: 290 people (5.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $56,590
- Median hourly wage: $27.21
- Total employment: 40 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,430
- Median hourly wage: $27.61
- Total employment: 30 people (0.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $57,530
- Median hourly wage: $27.66
- Total employment: 90 people (1.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,230
- Median hourly wage: $28.00
- Total employment: 90 people (1.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $58,270
- Median hourly wage: $28.01
- Total employment: 190 people (4.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $59,130
- Median hourly wage: $28.43
- Total employment: 140 people (2.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $60,030
- Median hourly wage: $28.86
- Total employment: 60 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,400
- Median hourly wage: $29.04
- Total employment: 30 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $61,360
- Median hourly wage: $29.50
- Total employment: 180 people (3.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,770
- Median hourly wage: $30.18
- Total employment: 40 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $63,270
- Median hourly wage: $30.42
- Total employment: 40 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $64,630
- Median hourly wage: $31.07
- Total employment: 160 people (3.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,560
- Median hourly wage: $31.52
- Total employment: 220 people (4.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,590
- Median hourly wage: $32.98
- Total employment: 190 people (3.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $69,560
- Median hourly wage: $33.44
- Total employment: 190 people (3.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $83,980
- Median hourly wage: $40.38
- Total employment: 40 people (0.75 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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