Highest-paying jobs in Morgantown for high school graduates

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#50. First-line supervisors of personal service workers

- Median annual wage: $41,700
- Median hourly wage: $20.05
- Total employment: 30 people (0.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#49. Financial clerks, all other

- Median annual wage: $41,840
- Median hourly wage: $20.12
- Total employment: 30 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Healthcare support workers, all other

- Median annual wage: $42,080
- Median hourly wage: $20.23
- Total employment: 70 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers

- Median annual wage: $42,110
- Median hourly wage: $20.25
- Total employment: 40 people (0.54 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Industrial truck and tractor operators

- Median annual wage: $42,250
- Median hourly wage: $20.31
- Total employment: 80 people (1.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $42,480
- Median hourly wage: $20.42
- Total employment: 110 people (1.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Painters, construction and maintenance

- Median annual wage: $43,310
- Median hourly wage: $20.82
- Total employment: 30 people (0.52 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#43. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $43,350
- Median hourly wage: $20.84
- Total employment: 70 people (1.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Medical equipment preparers

- Median annual wage: $43,530
- Median hourly wage: $20.93
- Total employment: 120 people (1.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Advertising sales agents

- Median annual wage: $43,580
- Median hourly wage: $20.95
- Total employment: 40 people (0.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Procurement clerks

- Median annual wage: $43,830
- Median hourly wage: $21.07
- Total employment: 50 people (0.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#39. Self-enrichment teachers

- Median annual wage: $45,590
- Median hourly wage: $21.92
- Total employment: 50 people (0.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Surveying and mapping technicians

- Median annual wage: $45,860
- Median hourly wage: $22.05
- Total employment: 30 people (0.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $46,630
- Median hourly wage: $22.42
- Total employment: 150 people (2.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,060
- Median hourly wage: $22.62
- Total employment: 230 people (3.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Machinists

- Median annual wage: $47,260
- Median hourly wage: $22.72
- Total employment: 110 people (1.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Cement masons and concrete finishers

- Median annual wage: $47,530
- Median hourly wage: $22.85
- Total employment: 50 people (0.74 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#33. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $47,950
- Median hourly wage: $23.05
- Total employment: 290 people (4.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,970
- Median hourly wage: $23.06
- Total employment: 160 people (2.44 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $48,000
- Median hourly wage: $23.08
- Total employment: 160 people (2.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,300
- Median hourly wage: $23.22
- Total employment: 30 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $48,410
- Median hourly wage: $23.28
- Total employment: 60 people (0.88 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#28. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $48,780
- Median hourly wage: $23.45
- Total employment: 60 people (0.85 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $50,030
- Median hourly wage: $24.05
- Total employment: 120 people (1.8 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $50,830
- Median hourly wage: $24.44
- Total employment: 230 people (3.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $51,670
- Median hourly wage: $24.84
- Total employment: 90 people (1.36 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#24. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $51,860
- Median hourly wage: $24.93
- Total employment: 540 people (8.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $53,150
- Median hourly wage: $25.56
- Total employment: 110 people (1.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $53,960
- Median hourly wage: $25.94
- Total employment: 160 people (2.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $54,040
- Median hourly wage: $25.98
- Total employment: 210 people (3.19 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $55,010
- Median hourly wage: $26.45
- Total employment: 730 people (10.94 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $60,430
- Median hourly wage: $29.05
- Total employment: 110 people (1.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#18. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $60,460
- Median hourly wage: $29.07
- Total employment: 280 people (4.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#17. Meter readers, utilities

- Median annual wage: $60,780
- Median hourly wage: $29.22
- Total employment: 60 people (0.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Construction and building inspectors

- Median annual wage: $61,640
- Median hourly wage: $29.64
- Total employment: 30 people (0.45 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#15. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $62,440
- Median hourly wage: $30.02
- Total employment: 150 people (2.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $63,180
- Median hourly wage: $30.38
- Total employment: 210 people (3.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,330
- Median hourly wage: $30.93
- Total employment: 70 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#12. Real estate sales agents

- Median annual wage: $64,500
- Median hourly wage: $31.01
- Total employment: 30 people (0.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $65,520
- Median hourly wage: $31.50
- Total employment: 320 people (4.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Postal service clerks

- Median annual wage: $65,770
- Median hourly wage: $31.62
- Total employment: 40 people (0.57 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,850
- Median hourly wage: $35.51
- Total employment: 140 people (2.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

- Median annual wage: $74,290
- Median hourly wage: $35.72
- Total employment: 30 people (0.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $75,830
- Median hourly wage: $36.46
- Total employment: 350 people (5.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

- Median annual wage: $77,050
- Median hourly wage: $37.04
- Total employment: 40 people (0.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#5. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $77,880
- Median hourly wage: $37.44
- Total employment: 70 people (1.12 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

- Median annual wage: $81,500
- Median hourly wage: $39.18
- Total employment: 80 people (1.14 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $83,790
- Median hourly wage: $40.29
- Total employment: 70 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#2. Chefs and head cooks

- Median annual wage: $87,280
- Median hourly wage: $41.96
- Total employment: 60 people (0.92 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Power plant operators

- Median annual wage: $103,610
- Median hourly wage: $49.81
- Total employment: 50 people (0.77 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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