Highest-paying jobs in Ogden for high school graduates

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#50. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $54,620
- Median hourly wage: $26.26
- Total employment: 270 people (0.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers

- Median annual wage: $54,770
- Median hourly wage: $26.33
- Total employment: 80 people (0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Refuse and recyclable material collectors

- Median annual wage: $54,870
- Median hourly wage: $26.38
- Total employment: 110 people (0.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Material moving workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $54,930
- Median hourly wage: $26.41
- Total employment: 30 people (0.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $55,990
- Median hourly wage: $26.92
- Total employment: 730 people (2.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Correctional officers and jailers

- Median annual wage: $56,740
- Median hourly wage: $27.28
- Total employment: 180 people (0.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $56,960
- Median hourly wage: $27.39
- Total employment: 1,060 people (3.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,050
- Median hourly wage: $27.43
- Total employment: 1,140 people (4.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $57,140
- Median hourly wage: $27.47
- Total employment: 510 people (1.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners

- Median annual wage: $57,660
- Median hourly wage: $27.72
- Total employment: 70 people (0.24 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Private detectives and investigators

- Median annual wage: $57,980
- Median hourly wage: $27.88
- Total employment: 50 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

- Median annual wage: $58,150
- Median hourly wage: $27.96
- Total employment: 190 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $58,200
- Median hourly wage: $27.98
- Total employment: 280 people (1.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Meter readers, utilities

- Median annual wage: $58,670
- Median hourly wage: $28.21
- Total employment: 30 people (0.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $58,780
- Median hourly wage: $28.26
- Total employment: 90 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,860
- Median hourly wage: $28.30
- Total employment: 1,700 people (6.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Security and fire alarm systems installers

- Median annual wage: $58,950
- Median hourly wage: $28.34
- Total employment: 130 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $59,060
- Median hourly wage: $28.40
- Total employment: 280 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $59,210
- Median hourly wage: $28.47
- Total employment: 940 people (3.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $59,950
- Median hourly wage: $28.82
- Total employment: 1,140 people (4.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,270
- Median hourly wage: $28.98
- Total employment: 2,400 people (8.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $60,440
- Median hourly wage: $29.06
- Total employment: 430 people (1.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $60,470
- Median hourly wage: $29.07
- Total employment: 1,780 people (6.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $60,910
- Median hourly wage: $29.29
- Total employment: 100 people (0.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $61,950
- Median hourly wage: $29.78
- Total employment: 1,260 people (4.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $61,970
- Median hourly wage: $29.79
- Total employment: 230 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Sheet metal workers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $62,030
- Median hourly wage: $29.82
- Total employment: 860 people (3.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders (tie)

- Median annual wage: $62,030
- Median hourly wage: $29.82
- Total employment: 50 people (0.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $62,470
- Median hourly wage: $30.03
- Total employment: 1,310 people (4.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $62,550
- Median hourly wage: $30.07
- Total employment: 270 people (1.01 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,570
- Median hourly wage: $31.04
- Total employment: 170 people (0.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $65,750
- Median hourly wage: $31.61
- Total employment: 50 people (0.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic (tie)

- Median annual wage: $66,980
- Median hourly wage: $32.20
- Total employment: 70 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Stationary engineers and boiler operators (tie)

- Median annual wage: $66,980
- Median hourly wage: $32.20
- Total employment: 40 people (0.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $67,980
- Median hourly wage: $32.68
- Total employment: 120 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $69,450
- Median hourly wage: $33.39
- Total employment: 250 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $72,980
- Median hourly wage: $35.09
- Total employment: 630 people (2.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,940
- Median hourly wage: $35.55
- Total employment: 1,970 people (7.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,990
- Median hourly wage: $35.57
- Total employment: 1,670 people (6.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $74,720
- Median hourly wage: $35.92
- Total employment: 210 people (0.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Lodging managers

- Median annual wage: $75,430
- Median hourly wage: $36.26
- Total employment: 60 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $76,480
- Median hourly wage: $36.77
- Total employment: 120 people (0.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $77,110
- Median hourly wage: $37.07
- Total employment: 40 people (0.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $77,210
- Median hourly wage: $37.12
- Total employment: 790 people (2.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Detectives and criminal investigators

- Median annual wage: $77,440
- Median hourly wage: $37.23
- Total employment: 60 people (0.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $83,890
- Median hourly wage: $40.33
- Total employment: 1,150 people (4.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Advertising sales agents

- Median annual wage: $93,430
- Median hourly wage: $44.92
- Total employment: 70 people (0.25 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers (tie)

- Median annual wage: $101,820
- Median hourly wage: $48.95
- Total employment: 380 people (1.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives (tie)

- Median annual wage: $101,820
- Median hourly wage: $48.95
- Total employment: 260 people (0.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers

- Median annual wage: $101,920
- Median hourly wage: $49.00
- Total employment: 460 people (1.69 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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