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

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#50. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators

- Median annual wage: $38,840
- Median hourly wage: $18.67
- Total employment: 560 people (15.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $39,000
- Median hourly wage: $18.75
- Total employment: 70 people (1.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#48. Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

- Median annual wage: $39,040
- Median hourly wage: $18.77
- Total employment: 50 people (1.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#47. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks

- Median annual wage: $39,470
- Median hourly wage: $18.98
- Total employment: 100 people (2.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#46. Construction laborers

- Median annual wage: $40,550
- Median hourly wage: $19.50
- Total employment: 400 people (10.89 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#45. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

- Median annual wage: $42,020
- Median hourly wage: $20.20
- Total employment: 80 people (2.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#44. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

- Median annual wage: $42,090
- Median hourly wage: $20.23
- Total employment: 410 people (11.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $42,590
- Median hourly wage: $20.48
- Total employment: 50 people (1.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#42. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

- Median annual wage: $43,970
- Median hourly wage: $21.14
- Total employment: 30 people (0.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#41. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

- Median annual wage: $46,230
- Median hourly wage: $22.23
- Total employment: 100 people (2.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#40. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

- Median annual wage: $46,470
- Median hourly wage: $22.34
- Total employment: 330 people (8.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $47,400
- Median hourly wage: $22.79
- Total employment: 90 people (2.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#38. Automotive body and related repairers

- Median annual wage: $47,480
- Median hourly wage: $22.83
- Total employment: 50 people (1.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#37. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

- Median annual wage: $47,740
- Median hourly wage: $22.95
- Total employment: 100 people (2.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#36. Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

- Median annual wage: $48,430
- Median hourly wage: $23.28
- Total employment: 50 people (1.21 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#35. Carpenters

- Median annual wage: $48,460
- Median hourly wage: $23.30
- Total employment: 140 people (3.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#34. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

- Median annual wage: $48,530
- Median hourly wage: $23.33
- Total employment: 60 people (1.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,600
- Median hourly wage: $23.36
- Total employment: 50 people (1.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $48,960
- Median hourly wage: $23.54
- Total employment: 170 people (4.51 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#31. Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping

- Median annual wage: $49,000
- Median hourly wage: $23.56
- Total employment: 70 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#30. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

- Median annual wage: $49,220
- Median hourly wage: $23.66
- Total employment: 540 people (14.55 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#29. Food service managers

- Median annual wage: $49,250
- Median hourly wage: $23.68
- Total employment: 80 people (2.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $49,440
- Median hourly wage: $23.77
- Total employment: 50 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#27. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

- Median annual wage: $49,500
- Median hourly wage: $23.80
- Total employment: 40 people (1.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#26. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

- Median annual wage: $49,550
- Median hourly wage: $23.82
- Total employment: 60 people (1.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#25. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

- Median annual wage: $50,410
- Median hourly wage: $24.23
- Total employment: 310 people (8.23 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $51,130
- Median hourly wage: $24.58
- Total employment: 350 people (9.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#23. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

- Median annual wage: $51,470
- Median hourly wage: $24.74
- Total employment: 70 people (1.84 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#22. Postal service mail carriers

- Median annual wage: $53,290
- Median hourly wage: $25.62
- Total employment: 130 people (3.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#21. Police and sheriff's patrol officers

- Median annual wage: $54,930
- Median hourly wage: $26.41
- Total employment: 170 people (4.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#20. Insurance sales agents

- Median annual wage: $55,550
- Median hourly wage: $26.71
- Total employment: 80 people (2.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#19. Computer user support specialists

- Median annual wage: $57,260
- Median hourly wage: $27.53
- Total employment: 40 people (1.11 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $58,970
- Median hourly wage: $28.35
- Total employment: 50 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,240
- Median hourly wage: $28.96
- Total employment: 110 people (3.05 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#16. Physical therapist assistants

- Median annual wage: $60,620
- Median hourly wage: $29.14
- Total employment: 60 people (1.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $60,670
- Median hourly wage: $29.17
- Total employment: 120 people (3.27 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#14. Radiologic technologists and technicians

- Median annual wage: $61,440
- Median hourly wage: $29.54
- Total employment: 80 people (2.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#13. Electricians

- Median annual wage: $62,190
- Median hourly wage: $29.90
- Total employment: 160 people (4.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $62,700
- Median hourly wage: $30.14
- Total employment: 210 people (5.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $64,080
- Median hourly wage: $30.81
- Total employment: 170 people (4.71 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#10. Chemical equipment operators and tenders

- Median annual wage: $64,560
- Median hourly wage: $31.04
- Total employment: 390 people (10.42 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#9. Respiratory therapists

- Median annual wage: $66,700
- Median hourly wage: $32.07
- Total employment: 40 people (1.17 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#8. Dental hygienists

- Median annual wage: $67,090
- Median hourly wage: $32.25
- Total employment: 70 people (1.97 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#7. Diagnostic medical sonographers

- Median annual wage: $68,770
- Median hourly wage: $33.06
- Total employment: 30 people (0.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#6. Sheet metal workers

- Median annual wage: $72,610
- Median hourly wage: $34.91
- Total employment: 50 people (1.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $73,590
- Median hourly wage: $35.38
- Total employment: 200 people (5.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#4. Paralegals and legal assistants

- Median annual wage: $74,960
- Median hourly wage: $36.04
- Total employment: 180 people (4.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#3. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

- Median annual wage: $78,670
- Median hourly wage: $37.82
- Total employment: 70 people (1.78 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

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

- Median annual wage: $83,740
- Median hourly wage: $40.26
- Total employment: 40 people (1.04 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)

#1. Industrial machinery mechanics

- Median annual wage: $91,430
- Median hourly wage: $43.96
- Total employment: 230 people (6.21 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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