Highest-paying jobs for people with 2-year degrees in Walla Walla

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#50. Security guards

- Median annual wage: $48,700
- Median hourly wage: $23.41
- Total employment: 50 people (2.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Healthcare support workers, all other (tie)

- Median annual wage: $49,000
- Median hourly wage: $23.56
- Total employment: 40 people (1.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Social and human service assistants (tie)

- Median annual wage: $49,000
- Median hourly wage: $23.56
- Total employment: 80 people (3.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Maintenance and repair workers, general

- Median annual wage: $49,570
- Median hourly wage: $23.83
- Total employment: 320 people (12.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive

- Median annual wage: $49,680
- Median hourly wage: $23.88
- Total employment: 290 people (11.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Office and administrative support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $49,980
- Median hourly wage: $24.03
- Total employment: 70 people (2.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Bus drivers, school

- Median annual wage: $50,440
- Median hourly wage: $24.25
- Total employment: 80 people (2.99 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Information and record clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $51,430
- Median hourly wage: $24.73
- Total employment: 90 people (3.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

- Median annual wage: $51,460
- Median hourly wage: $24.74
- Total employment: 230 people (8.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $52,900
- Median hourly wage: $25.44
- Total employment: 70 people (2.65 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Medical records specialists

- Median annual wage: $52,940
- Median hourly wage: $25.45
- Total employment: 30 people (1.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,360
- Median hourly wage: $25.65
- Total employment: 50 people (1.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Pharmacy technicians

- Median annual wage: $53,890
- Median hourly wage: $25.91
- Total employment: 80 people (2.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Paralegals and legal assistants

- Median annual wage: $57,100
- Median hourly wage: $27.45
- Total employment: 50 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $57,550
- Median hourly wage: $27.67
- Total employment: 110 people (4.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

- Median annual wage: $58,090
- Median hourly wage: $27.93
- Total employment: 40 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $58,500
- Median hourly wage: $28.13
- Total employment: 80 people (3.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $58,530
- Median hourly wage: $28.14
- Total employment: 130 people (5.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

- Median annual wage: $59,210
- Median hourly wage: $28.47
- Total employment: 220 people (8.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Court, municipal, and license clerks

- Median annual wage: $59,700
- Median hourly wage: $28.70
- Total employment: 40 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers

- Median annual wage: $60,020
- Median hourly wage: $28.86
- Total employment: 40 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Refuse and recyclable material collectors

- Median annual wage: $60,330
- Median hourly wage: $29.01
- Total employment: 30 people (1.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $60,720
- Median hourly wage: $29.19
- Total employment: 70 people (2.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $60,860
- Median hourly wage: $29.26
- Total employment: 50 people (1.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Highway maintenance workers

- Median annual wage: $61,050
- Median hourly wage: $29.35
- Total employment: 40 people (1.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

- Median annual wage: $61,300
- Median hourly wage: $29.47
- Total employment: 70 people (2.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,470
- Median hourly wage: $30.03
- Total employment: 140 people (5.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $62,710
- Median hourly wage: $30.15
- Total employment: 60 people (2.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,790
- Median hourly wage: $30.19
- Total employment: 60 people (2.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $63,870
- Median hourly wage: $30.71
- Total employment: 40 people (1.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $66,010
- Median hourly wage: $31.74
- Total employment: 60 people (2.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Computer user support specialists

- Median annual wage: $66,550
- Median hourly wage: $31.99
- Total employment: 60 people (2.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $66,740
- Median hourly wage: $32.09
- Total employment: 30 people (1.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $68,930
- Median hourly wage: $33.14
- Total employment: 70 people (2.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $71,280
- Median hourly wage: $34.27
- Total employment: 210 people (8.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,100
- Median hourly wage: $35.15
- Total employment: 190 people (7.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $74,040
- Median hourly wage: $35.60
- Total employment: 70 people (2.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $75,250
- Median hourly wage: $36.18
- Total employment: 90 people (3.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

- Median annual wage: $75,310
- Median hourly wage: $36.21
- Total employment: 60 people (2.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,440
- Median hourly wage: $36.27
- Total employment: 50 people (2.0 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,520
- Median hourly wage: $36.31
- Total employment: 190 people (7.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Firefighters

- Median annual wage: $78,380
- Median hourly wage: $37.69
- Total employment: 30 people (1.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $84,460
- Median hourly wage: $40.61
- Total employment: 90 people (3.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $85,730
- Median hourly wage: $41.22
- Total employment: 80 people (2.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $86,400
- Median hourly wage: $41.54
- Total employment: 110 people (4.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $86,510
- Median hourly wage: $41.59
- Total employment: 40 people (1.64 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Construction and building inspectors (tie)

- Median annual wage: $94,310
- Median hourly wage: $45.34
- Total employment: 40 people (1.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Real estate sales agents (tie)

- Median annual wage: $94,310
- Median hourly wage: $45.34
- Total employment: 40 people (1.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Paramedics

- Median annual wage: $102,430
- Median hourly wage: $49.25
- Total employment: 40 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $103,790
- Median hourly wage: $49.90
- Total employment: 50 people (1.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 363 metros.

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