Highest-paying jobs in Tyler for high school graduates

Stacker
#50. Tax preparers

- Median annual wage: $46,620
- Median hourly wage: $22.41
- Total employment: 40 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Information and record clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $46,700
- Median hourly wage: $22.45
- Total employment: 100 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $46,960
- Median hourly wage: $22.58
- Total employment: 30 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $47,050
- Median hourly wage: $22.62
- Total employment: 310 people (2.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

- Median annual wage: $47,380
- Median hourly wage: $22.78
- Total employment: 60 people (0.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $47,520
- Median hourly wage: $22.85
- Total employment: 80 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $47,800
- Median hourly wage: $22.98
- Total employment: 90 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Public safety telecommunicators

- Median annual wage: $48,010
- Median hourly wage: $23.08
- Total employment: 70 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Security and fire alarm systems installers

- Median annual wage: $48,420
- Median hourly wage: $23.28
- Total employment: 50 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $48,510
- Median hourly wage: $23.32
- Total employment: 130 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $48,810
- Median hourly wage: $23.47
- Total employment: 140 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $49,300
- Median hourly wage: $23.70
- Total employment: 400 people (3.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,540
- Median hourly wage: $23.82
- Total employment: 140 people (1.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $49,810
- Median hourly wage: $23.95
- Total employment: 40 people (0.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $50,030
- Median hourly wage: $24.05
- Total employment: 130 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $50,040
- Median hourly wage: $24.06
- Total employment: 210 people (1.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $50,530
- Median hourly wage: $24.29
- Total employment: 50 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $51,580
- Median hourly wage: $24.80
- Total employment: 330 people (2.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 30 people (0.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Roustabouts, oil and gas

- Median annual wage: $53,030
- Median hourly wage: $25.50
- Total employment: 240 people (2.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $53,160
- Median hourly wage: $25.56
- Total employment: 260 people (2.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $54,350
- Median hourly wage: $26.13
- Total employment: 170 people (1.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $55,240
- Median hourly wage: $26.56
- Total employment: 40 people (0.36 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: $55,330
- Median hourly wage: $26.60
- Total employment: 450 people (3.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door

- Median annual wage: $57,610
- Median hourly wage: $27.70
- Total employment: 70 people (0.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,710
- Median hourly wage: $27.75
- Total employment: 670 people (5.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $58,240
- Median hourly wage: $28.00
- Total employment: 100 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,780
- Median hourly wage: $28.26
- Total employment: 90 people (0.82 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,970
- Median hourly wage: $28.35
- Total employment: 1,130 people (10.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $59,030
- Median hourly wage: $28.38
- Total employment: 50 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $60,360
- Median hourly wage: $29.02
- Total employment: 80 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Private detectives and investigators

- Median annual wage: $60,450
- Median hourly wage: $29.06
- Total employment: 50 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,830
- Median hourly wage: $29.25
- Total employment: 610 people (5.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Derrick operators, oil and gas

- Median annual wage: $61,610
- Median hourly wage: $29.62
- Total employment: 110 people (0.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $61,890
- Median hourly wage: $29.75
- Total employment: 110 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $62,090
- Median hourly wage: $29.85
- Total employment: 280 people (2.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,470
- Median hourly wage: $30.04
- Total employment: 560 people (4.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,160
- Median hourly wage: $30.37
- Total employment: 470 people (4.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $63,400
- Median hourly wage: $30.48
- Total employment: 260 people (2.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,420
- Median hourly wage: $32.89
- Total employment: 470 people (4.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $69,200
- Median hourly wage: $33.27
- Total employment: 100 people (0.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $69,310
- Median hourly wage: $33.32
- Total employment: 70 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Wellhead pumpers

- Median annual wage: $69,340
- Median hourly wage: $33.34
- Total employment: 80 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $70,180
- Median hourly wage: $33.74
- Total employment: 110 people (1.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $70,340
- Median hourly wage: $33.82
- Total employment: 80 people (0.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $74,240
- Median hourly wage: $35.69
- Total employment: 290 people (2.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $76,680
- Median hourly wage: $36.87
- Total employment: 500 people (4.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Rotary drill operators, oil and gas

- Median annual wage: $77,650
- Median hourly wage: $37.33
- Total employment: 80 people (0.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $87,460
- Median hourly wage: $42.05
- Total employment: 170 people (1.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $110,820
- Median hourly wage: $53.28
- Total employment: 50 people (0.48 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.

Jacob Lund // Shutterstock