Highest-paying jobs in Clarksville for high school graduates

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#50. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $46,750
- Median hourly wage: $22.48
- Total employment: 130 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,030
- Median hourly wage: $22.61
- Total employment: 100 people (1.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,600
- Median hourly wage: $22.89
- Total employment: 180 people (1.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $47,710
- Median hourly wage: $22.94
- Total employment: 370 people (3.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Automotive body and related repairers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $48,140
- Median hourly wage: $23.14
- Total employment: 130 people (1.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Carpenters (tie)

- Median annual wage: $48,140
- Median hourly wage: $23.14
- Total employment: 250 people (2.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,710
- Median hourly wage: $23.42
- Total employment: 390 people (3.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Healthcare support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $48,800
- Median hourly wage: $23.46
- Total employment: 200 people (2.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $48,860
- Median hourly wage: $23.49
- Total employment: 50 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Production workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $48,880
- Median hourly wage: $23.50
- Total employment: 620 people (6.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $48,890
- Median hourly wage: $23.51
- Total employment: 180 people (1.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,000
- Median hourly wage: $23.56
- Total employment: 90 people (0.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $49,020
- Median hourly wage: $23.57
- Total employment: 50 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $49,060
- Median hourly wage: $23.59
- Total employment: 60 people (0.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $49,140
- Median hourly wage: $23.63
- Total employment: 70 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Procurement clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,870
- Median hourly wage: $23.97
- Total employment: 70 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,610
- Median hourly wage: $24.33
- Total employment: 170 people (1.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $50,830
- Median hourly wage: $24.44
- Total employment: 130 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Information and record clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $51,460
- Median hourly wage: $24.74
- Total employment: 170 people (1.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $51,760
- Median hourly wage: $24.89
- Total employment: 670 people (6.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $53,040
- Median hourly wage: $25.50
- Total employment: 340 people (3.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,660
- Median hourly wage: $25.80
- Total employment: 40 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $54,070
- Median hourly wage: $25.99
- Total employment: 150 people (1.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $54,200
- Median hourly wage: $26.06
- Total employment: 130 people (1.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $55,950
- Median hourly wage: $26.90
- Total employment: 370 people (3.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $56,070
- Median hourly wage: $26.96
- Total employment: 30 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $56,660
- Median hourly wage: $27.24
- Total employment: 100 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Chemical equipment operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $56,960
- Median hourly wage: $27.38
- Total employment: 80 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $57,270
- Median hourly wage: $27.54
- Total employment: 220 people (2.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $57,350
- Median hourly wage: $27.57
- Total employment: 460 people (4.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $57,910
- Median hourly wage: $27.84
- Total employment: 40 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,020
- Median hourly wage: $27.89
- Total employment: 1,230 people (12.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $58,300
- Median hourly wage: $28.03
- Total employment: 470 people (4.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,830
- Median hourly wage: $28.28
- Total employment: 500 people (4.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $59,080
- Median hourly wage: $28.40
- Total employment: 80 people (0.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $59,950
- Median hourly wage: $28.82
- Total employment: 100 people (0.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $60,180
- Median hourly wage: $28.93
- Total employment: 90 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $60,310
- Median hourly wage: $29.00
- Total employment: 50 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $60,510
- Median hourly wage: $29.09
- Total employment: 270 people (2.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,250
- Median hourly wage: $29.93
- Total employment: 110 people (1.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $63,700
- Median hourly wage: $30.62
- Total employment: 430 people (4.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $66,810
- Median hourly wage: $32.12
- Total employment: 30 people (0.31 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,940
- Median hourly wage: $33.14
- Total employment: 690 people (6.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $69,520
- Median hourly wage: $33.43
- Total employment: 70 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,230
- Median hourly wage: $34.25
- Total employment: 470 people (4.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $71,940
- Median hourly wage: $34.59
- Total employment: 110 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $72,560
- Median hourly wage: $34.89
- Total employment: 450 people (4.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $82,110
- Median hourly wage: $39.48
- Total employment: 200 people (1.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $82,290
- Median hourly wage: $39.56
- Total employment: 70 people (0.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $89,150
- Median hourly wage: $42.86
- Total employment: 90 people (0.91 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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