Highest-paying jobs in Huntington for high school graduates

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

- Median annual wage: $50,100
- Median hourly wage: $24.09
- Total employment: 480 people (3.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $50,110
- Median hourly wage: $24.09
- Total employment: 260 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Brickmasons and blockmasons

- Median annual wage: $50,120
- Median hourly wage: $24.10
- Total employment: 60 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

- Median annual wage: $50,400
- Median hourly wage: $24.23
- Total employment: 30 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $50,510
- Median hourly wage: $24.28
- Total employment: 300 people (2.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. First-line supervisors of security workers

- Median annual wage: $50,900
- Median hourly wage: $24.47
- Total employment: 30 people (0.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $50,960
- Median hourly wage: $24.50
- Total employment: 620 people (4.41 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $51,150
- Median hourly wage: $24.59
- Total employment: 50 people (0.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $51,250
- Median hourly wage: $24.64
- Total employment: 340 people (2.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $51,360
- Median hourly wage: $24.69
- Total employment: 50 people (0.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $51,690
- Median hourly wage: $24.85
- Total employment: 360 people (2.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $51,980
- Median hourly wage: $24.99
- Total employment: 60 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $52,010
- Median hourly wage: $25.00
- Total employment: 70 people (0.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $52,900
- Median hourly wage: $25.43
- Total employment: 100 people (0.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $53,290
- Median hourly wage: $25.62
- Total employment: 460 people (3.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $53,460
- Median hourly wage: $25.70
- Total employment: 1,380 people (9.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $53,880
- Median hourly wage: $25.90
- Total employment: 490 people (3.49 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

- Median annual wage: $53,930
- Median hourly wage: $25.93
- Total employment: 40 people (0.28 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#32. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $53,990
- Median hourly wage: $25.96
- Total employment: 160 people (1.15 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $54,550
- Median hourly wage: $26.22
- Total employment: 130 people (0.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $54,590
- Median hourly wage: $26.25
- Total employment: 580 people (4.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Maintenance workers, machinery

- Median annual wage: $54,620
- Median hourly wage: $26.26
- Total employment: 90 people (0.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $54,690
- Median hourly wage: $26.29
- Total employment: 130 people (0.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

- Median annual wage: $55,690
- Median hourly wage: $26.78
- Total employment: 40 people (0.26 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $55,750
- Median hourly wage: $26.80
- Total employment: 140 people (0.98 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $56,010
- Median hourly wage: $26.93
- Total employment: 1,020 people (7.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $57,430
- Median hourly wage: $27.61
- Total employment: 770 people (5.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Chemical equipment operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $59,070
- Median hourly wage: $28.40
- Total employment: 210 people (1.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $59,950
- Median hourly wage: $28.82
- Total employment: 110 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Crane and tower operators

- Median annual wage: $59,970
- Median hourly wage: $28.83
- Total employment: 100 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $60,400
- Median hourly wage: $29.04
- Total employment: 70 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $60,870
- Median hourly wage: $29.27
- Total employment: 780 people (5.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $62,190
- Median hourly wage: $29.90
- Total employment: 130 people (0.91 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Drywall and ceiling tile installers

- Median annual wage: $63,050
- Median hourly wage: $30.31
- Total employment: 40 people (0.32 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $63,480
- Median hourly wage: $30.52
- Total employment: 680 people (4.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,940
- Median hourly wage: $31.22
- Total employment: 150 people (1.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $67,630
- Median hourly wage: $32.52
- Total employment: 710 people (5.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $71,620
- Median hourly wage: $34.43
- Total employment: 110 people (0.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $71,950
- Median hourly wage: $34.59
- Total employment: 370 people (2.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $72,490
- Median hourly wage: $34.85
- Total employment: 810 people (5.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $72,860
- Median hourly wage: $35.03
- Total employment: 950 people (6.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

- Median annual wage: $74,800
- Median hourly wage: $35.96
- Total employment: 120 people (0.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Millwrights

- Median annual wage: $74,930
- Median hourly wage: $36.03
- Total employment: 130 people (0.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Gas plant operators

- Median annual wage: $76,570
- Median hourly wage: $36.81
- Total employment: 30 people (0.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $76,860
- Median hourly wage: $36.95
- Total employment: 220 people (1.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $79,330
- Median hourly wage: $38.14
- Total employment: 160 people (1.18 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $80,660
- Median hourly wage: $38.78
- Total employment: 390 people (2.79 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $82,010
- Median hourly wage: $39.43
- Total employment: 100 people (0.69 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

- Median annual wage: $82,880
- Median hourly wage: $39.85
- Total employment: 70 people (0.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining

- Median annual wage: $84,640
- Median hourly wage: $40.69
- Total employment: 60 people (0.42 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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