Highest-paying jobs in Redding that don't require a college degree

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June 13, 2022
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Highest-paying jobs in Redding that don't require a college degree

From the moment they arrive on campus, today’s high school students are inundated with messages about the importance of receiving a college education. They hear it from their guidance counselors, teachers, parents, family members, neighbors, and coaches. While graduation from a four-year college can certainly work wonders for students’ future careers, it’s not necessary for all fields — something admissions officers and guidance counselors sometimes fail to mention.

To find the highest paying jobs that don’t require a college degree, Stacker consulted the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook to compile a list of all jobs that don’t require higher education. All professions that listed a high school diploma, some college education (without a degree conferred), postsecondary nondegree award, or no formal education requirements for entry-level positions were considered. Jobs that didn’t list any entry-level education requirement were excluded, as were job titles that grouped several positions together. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage.

Keep reading to discover the highest paying jobs in Redding, CA that don’t require a college degree.

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#50. Automotive body and related repairers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $53,260
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,660
- Employment: 137,300
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Ann Arbor, MI ($71,350)
--- Ames, IA ($68,340)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($68,060)
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#49. Procurement clerks

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $53,580
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,930
- Employment: 61,930
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,800)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($56,330)
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($56,260)
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#48. Postal service clerks

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $53,730
- #155 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,210
- Employment: 79,320
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($59,410)
--- Florence, SC ($59,360)
--- Monroe, MI ($59,320)
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#47. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $53,930
- #315 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,030
- Employment: 234,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($109,540)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($106,420)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($103,610)
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#46. Roofers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $54,080
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,890
- Employment: 129,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($81,450)
--- Anchorage, AK ($74,990)
--- Danbury, CT ($73,020)

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#45. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $54,880
- #89 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,020
- Employment: 261,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($75,900)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($73,400)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($70,480)
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#44. Computer user support specialists

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $55,230
- #142 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,650
- Employment: 654,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($90,480)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,920)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($76,510)
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#43. Postal service mail carriers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $56,440
- #8 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,370
- Employment: 335,540
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Modesto, CA ($57,160)
--- Bismarck, ND ($57,090)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,820)
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#42. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $56,860
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,270
- Employment: 116,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Madera, CA ($76,040)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($74,800)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($73,360)
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#41. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $58,120
- #353 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,110
- Employment: 1,026,390
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($103,810)
--- Boulder, CO ($101,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($97,360)

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#40. Public safety telecommunicators

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $58,140
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,030
- Employment: 97,050
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($97,380)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,790)
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($76,950)
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#39. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $58,450
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,850
- Employment: 641,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Napa, CA ($76,890)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($75,880)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,410)
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#38. Carpenters

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $58,490
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,190
- Employment: 668,060
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($81,730)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,680)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($78,280)
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#37. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $58,640
- #209 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,350
- Employment: 172,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($88,140)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($84,690)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($80,570)
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#36. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $58,720
- #209 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 680

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,380
- Employment: 1,443,630
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($82,050)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($79,520)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($78,430)

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#35. Medical equipment preparers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $58,770
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,420
- Employment: 61,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($68,230)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($67,170)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($66,150)
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#34. Lodging managers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $58,830
- #144 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,770
- Employment: 35,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($121,090)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($111,410)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($99,600)
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#33. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $59,010
- #190 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,470
- Employment: 125,440
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($86,470)
--- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ($86,370)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($85,860)
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#32. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $59,070
- #26 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,590
- Employment: 44,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,510)
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($78,180)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,380)
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#31. Security and fire alarm systems installers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $59,120
- #26 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,170
- Employment: 77,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Eugene, OR ($70,940)
--- Salem, OR ($68,640)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($68,520)

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#30. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $59,690
- #184 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,870
- Employment: 466,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($94,590)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($87,760)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($87,420)
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#29. Cement masons and concrete finishers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $59,750
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,900
- Employment: 186,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New Bedford, MA ($90,980)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($82,820)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($79,650)
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#28. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $60,900
- #171 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,350
- Employment: 417,620
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($94,580)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($89,500)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($89,190)
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#27. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $61,470
- #65 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,280
- Employment: 145,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($86,740)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($82,520)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($79,470)
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#26. Firefighters

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $62,650
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,290
- Employment: 317,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($114,210)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($98,150)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($97,470)

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#25. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $63,100
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,320
- Employment: 121,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($93,980)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($92,370)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($87,990)
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#24. Food service managers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $63,860
- #129 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,970
- Employment: 210,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)
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#23. Insurance sales agents

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $64,390
- #180 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,340
- Employment: 422,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,230)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,470)
--- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($95,620)
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#22. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $65,820
- #285 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

National
- Annual mean salary: $72,390
- Employment: 1,242,490
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($102,280)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($92,660)
--- Napa, CA ($92,620)
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#21. Surgical technologists

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $66,520
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,590
- Employment: 109,060
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($80,450)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($80,170)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($77,460)

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#20. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $68,020
- #221 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,960
- Employment: 278,140
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($104,350)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($95,200)
--- Salinas, CA ($90,800)
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#19. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $68,860
- #54 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,280
- Employment: 404,820
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,910)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($91,860)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($91,120)
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#18. Industrial machinery mechanics

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $68,990
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,780
- Employment: 373,090
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($85,900)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($85,360)
--- Anchorage, AK ($82,890)
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#17. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $70,910
- #383 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $92,320
- Employment: 243,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Portland-South Portland, ME ($129,860)
--- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($121,360)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($121,250)
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#16. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $71,870
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,330
- Employment: 629,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($98,170)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($97,910)
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($90,410)

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#15. First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $72,680
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,450
- Employment: 25,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Longview, WA ($74,500)
--- Redding, CA ($72,680)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($71,740)
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#14. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $74,230
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,250
- Employment: 101,530
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($90,680)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($90,370)
--- Salinas, CA ($88,050)
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#13. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $75,030
- #128 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

National
- Annual mean salary: $75,060
- Employment: 665,870
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,020)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,820)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($101,210)
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#12. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $75,460
- #111 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,590
- Employment: 526,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($93,830)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($93,030)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,870)
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#11. Electricians

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $76,530
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,310
- Employment: 650,580
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($93,900)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($91,090)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($86,600)

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#10. Construction and building inspectors

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $79,120
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,480
- Employment: 117,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New Haven, CT ($121,510)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($107,330)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($106,190)
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#9. Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $82,300
- #30 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,310
- Employment: 44,870
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($98,380)
--- Salt Lake City, UT ($94,070)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($92,800)
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#8. Real estate sales agents

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $83,320
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,480
- Employment: 175,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, TX ($100,060)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($99,880)
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($93,400)
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#7. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $83,980
- #346 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $105,580
- Employment: 144,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($159,890)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($154,170)
--- Trenton, NJ ($144,620)
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#6. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $85,750
- #86 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $83,270
- Employment: 80,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($171,060)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($145,740)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($135,860)

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#5. Commercial pilots

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $90,050
- #144 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $115,080
- Employment: 42,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($185,920)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($184,260)
--- Savannah, GA ($177,450)
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#4. Fallers

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $91,830
- #1 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,760
- Employment: 4,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Redding, CA ($91,830)
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($82,250)
--- Charlottesville, VA ($44,030)
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#3. Detectives and criminal investigators

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $99,480
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $90,370
- Employment: 107,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($132,210)
--- Anchorage, AK ($127,070)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($123,460)
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#2. Power plant operators

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $107,680
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $83,740
- Employment: 28,960
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fresno, CA ($129,650)
--- Wenatchee, WA ($123,180)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($114,660)
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#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Redding, CA
- Annual mean salary: $150,200
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $98,760
- Employment: 128,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($182,700)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($170,740)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($164,600)

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