Highest-paying jobs in Brownsville for high school graduates

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#50. Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service

- Median annual wage: $39,230
- Median hourly wage: $18.86
- Total employment: 40 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $39,560
- Median hourly wage: $19.02
- Total employment: 400 people (2.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

- Median annual wage: $39,580
- Median hourly wage: $19.03
- Total employment: 80 people (0.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $39,620
- Median hourly wage: $19.05
- Total employment: 190 people (1.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Structural iron and steel workers

- Median annual wage: $39,850
- Median hourly wage: $19.16
- Total employment: 70 people (0.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. First-line supervisors of personal service workers

- Median annual wage: $40,230
- Median hourly wage: $19.34
- Total employment: 170 people (1.08 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $40,710
- Median hourly wage: $19.57
- Total employment: 180 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Procurement clerks

- Median annual wage: $40,850
- Median hourly wage: $19.64
- Total employment: 40 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Motorboat mechanics and service technicians

- Median annual wage: $41,010
- Median hourly wage: $19.72
- Total employment: 40 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Bill and account collectors

- Median annual wage: $41,430
- Median hourly wage: $19.92
- Total employment: 150 people (0.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $41,690
- Median hourly wage: $20.04
- Total employment: 110 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $41,700
- Median hourly wage: $20.05
- Total employment: 150 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $42,070
- Median hourly wage: $20.23
- Total employment: 110 people (0.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $42,620
- Median hourly wage: $20.49
- Total employment: 250 people (1.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Tax preparers

- Median annual wage: $43,330
- Median hourly wage: $20.83
- Total employment: 50 people (0.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $43,770
- Median hourly wage: $21.05
- Total employment: 60 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Social and human service assistants

- Median annual wage: $44,030
- Median hourly wage: $21.17
- Total employment: 930 people (5.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $44,060
- Median hourly wage: $21.18
- Total employment: 660 people (4.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $44,900
- Median hourly wage: $21.59
- Total employment: 620 people (3.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $46,260
- Median hourly wage: $22.24
- Total employment: 330 people (2.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $46,500
- Median hourly wage: $22.35
- Total employment: 790 people (4.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $46,880
- Median hourly wage: $22.54
- Total employment: 130 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $47,020
- Median hourly wage: $22.61
- Total employment: 120 people (0.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,300
- Median hourly wage: $22.74
- Total employment: 110 people (0.69 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: $47,780
- Median hourly wage: $22.97
- Total employment: 480 people (3.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $48,370
- Median hourly wage: $23.25
- Total employment: 110 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Information and record clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $48,530
- Median hourly wage: $23.33
- Total employment: 110 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $48,550
- Median hourly wage: $23.34
- Total employment: 280 people (1.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,840
- Median hourly wage: $23.48
- Total employment: 1,710 people (10.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Cargo and freight agents

- Median annual wage: $50,030
- Median hourly wage: $24.05
- Total employment: 70 people (0.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,640
- Median hourly wage: $24.35
- Total employment: 290 people (1.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. First-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $51,610
- Median hourly wage: $24.81
- Total employment: 30 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $52,520
- Median hourly wage: $25.25
- Total employment: 180 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $54,120
- Median hourly wage: $26.02
- Total employment: 80 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $54,410
- Median hourly wage: $26.16
- Total employment: 480 people (3.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $55,870
- Median hourly wage: $26.86
- Total employment: 170 people (1.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $55,910
- Median hourly wage: $26.88
- Total employment: 290 people (1.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,020
- Median hourly wage: $26.93
- Total employment: 400 people (2.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $56,380
- Median hourly wage: $27.10
- Total employment: 40 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $57,490
- Median hourly wage: $27.64
- Total employment: 950 people (6.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $57,820
- Median hourly wage: $27.80
- Total employment: 260 people (1.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $58,470
- Median hourly wage: $28.11
- Total employment: 180 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,720
- Median hourly wage: $28.23
- Total employment: 430 people (2.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $59,210
- Median hourly wage: $28.47
- Total employment: 470 people (2.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $63,190
- Median hourly wage: $30.38
- Total employment: 50 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,890
- Median hourly wage: $30.71
- Total employment: 160 people (1.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $76,390
- Median hourly wage: $36.73
- Total employment: 220 people (1.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $77,060
- Median hourly wage: $37.05
- Total employment: 100 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $77,380
- Median hourly wage: $37.20
- Total employment: 90 people (0.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $107,240
- Median hourly wage: $51.56
- Total employment: 760 people (4.82 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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