Highest-paying jobs in Charleston, West Virginia for high school graduates

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#50. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $48,550
- Median hourly wage: $23.34
- Total employment: 40 people (0.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Information and record clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $49,000
- Median hourly wage: $23.56
- Total employment: 50 people (0.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $49,080
- Median hourly wage: $23.60
- Total employment: 50 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,190
- Median hourly wage: $23.65
- Total employment: 320 people (2.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,250
- Median hourly wage: $23.68
- Total employment: 50 people (0.47 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Glaziers

- Median annual wage: $49,260
- Median hourly wage: $23.68
- Total employment: 30 people (0.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Protective service workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $49,320
- Median hourly wage: $23.71
- Total employment: 40 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $50,080
- Median hourly wage: $24.08
- Total employment: 110 people (1.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,140
- Median hourly wage: $24.11
- Total employment: 310 people (2.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,250
- Median hourly wage: $24.16
- Total employment: 450 people (4.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,690
- Median hourly wage: $24.37
- Total employment: 250 people (2.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $50,920
- Median hourly wage: $24.48
- Total employment: 210 people (1.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $52,000
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 860 people (8.09 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $52,550
- Median hourly wage: $25.26
- Total employment: 40 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $53,510
- Median hourly wage: $25.73
- Total employment: 160 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $54,790
- Median hourly wage: $26.34
- Total employment: 310 people (2.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $55,040
- Median hourly wage: $26.46
- Total employment: 1,170 people (10.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $55,090
- Median hourly wage: $26.49
- Total employment: 150 people (1.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $56,460
- Median hourly wage: $27.14
- Total employment: 310 people (2.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Tank car, truck, and ship loaders

- Median annual wage: $56,620
- Median hourly wage: $27.22
- Total employment: 130 people (1.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Service unit operators, oil and gas

- Median annual wage: $56,780
- Median hourly wage: $27.30
- Total employment: 80 people (0.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $56,800
- Median hourly wage: $27.31
- Total employment: 530 people (4.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

- Median annual wage: $57,490
- Median hourly wage: $27.64
- Total employment: 390 people (3.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $57,800
- Median hourly wage: $27.79
- Total employment: 110 people (0.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $57,860
- Median hourly wage: $27.82
- Total employment: 230 people (2.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $58,140
- Median hourly wage: $27.95
- Total employment: 490 people (4.61 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $58,390
- Median hourly wage: $28.07
- Total employment: 240 people (2.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Advertising sales agents

- Median annual wage: $59,740
- Median hourly wage: $28.72
- Total employment: 60 people (0.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Traffic technicians

- Median annual wage: $59,930
- Median hourly wage: $28.81
- Total employment: 40 people (0.35 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Security and fire alarm systems installers

- Median annual wage: $60,230
- Median hourly wage: $28.96
- Total employment: 60 people (0.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $60,390
- Median hourly wage: $29.03
- Total employment: 380 people (3.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Community health workers

- Median annual wage: $61,080
- Median hourly wage: $29.36
- Total employment: 120 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $61,280
- Median hourly wage: $29.46
- Total employment: 130 people (1.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Self-enrichment teachers

- Median annual wage: $61,880
- Median hourly wage: $29.75
- Total employment: 70 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,300
- Median hourly wage: $29.95
- Total employment: 360 people (3.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $62,650
- Median hourly wage: $30.12
- Total employment: 560 people (5.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $63,240
- Median hourly wage: $30.40
- Total employment: 100 people (0.96 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,540
- Median hourly wage: $30.55
- Total employment: 80 people (0.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Insulation workers, mechanical

- Median annual wage: $63,700
- Median hourly wage: $30.63
- Total employment: 30 people (0.33 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#11. Continuous mining machine operators

- Median annual wage: $63,860
- Median hourly wage: $30.70
- Total employment: 90 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $64,170
- Median hourly wage: $30.85
- Total employment: 360 people (3.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,190
- Median hourly wage: $30.86
- Total employment: 590 people (5.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $66,130
- Median hourly wage: $31.79
- Total employment: 60 people (0.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $73,880
- Median hourly wage: $35.52
- Total employment: 90 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

- Median annual wage: $75,290
- Median hourly wage: $36.20
- Total employment: 70 people (0.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $79,380
- Median hourly wage: $38.16
- Total employment: 740 people (6.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $82,070
- Median hourly wage: $39.46
- Total employment: 90 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $84,880
- Median hourly wage: $40.81
- Total employment: 110 people (1.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Gas plant operators

- Median annual wage: $85,580
- Median hourly wage: $41.14
- Total employment: 90 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $96,910
- Median hourly wage: $46.59
- Total employment: 80 people (0.72 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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