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

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June 13, 2022
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Highest-paying jobs in Riverside 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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA that don’t require a college degree.

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#50. Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $63,160
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,650
- Employment: 10,710
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($89,080)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($87,130)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($86,160)
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#49. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $63,350
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,860

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

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $63,710
- #299 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,780

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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#47. Lodging managers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $65,200
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

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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#46. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $65,470
- #111 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,790

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

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $66,190
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,850
- Employment: 35,720
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($87,740)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($86,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($83,090)
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#44. Brickmasons and blockmasons

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $66,360
- #43 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,430
- Employment: 55,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($95,980)
--- Decatur, IL ($92,670)
--- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ ($89,340)
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#43. Structural iron and steel workers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $66,410
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,340

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,270
- Employment: 68,620
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($95,020)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($88,250)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($83,340)
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#42. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $67,450
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,390
- Employment: 51,040
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($81,390)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($80,460)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($73,070)
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#41. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $67,490
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,920

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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#40. Millwrights

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $67,880
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,260
- Employment: 39,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($91,590)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($90,580)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($80,780)
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#39. Firefighters

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $67,960
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,080

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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#38. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $68,340
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,300

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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#37. Reinforcing iron and rebar workers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $69,000
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,960
- Employment: 16,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($97,000)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($88,350)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($75,440)
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#36. Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $69,110
- #63 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,230
- Employment: 50,780
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($87,890)
--- Fresno, CA ($86,230)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($85,640)

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#35. Tax preparers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $69,570
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 800

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,080
- Employment: 83,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($81,880)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($79,470)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($73,170)
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#34. Fire inspectors and investigators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $69,820
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,680
- Employment: 14,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Dayton, OH ($116,740)
--- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($112,040)
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($107,220)
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#33. Electricians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $70,030
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,820

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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#32. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $71,080
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,330

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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#31. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $71,340
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,360
- Employment: 25,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($93,600)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($92,910)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($86,660)

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

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $72,320
- #117 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 12,120

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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#29. Crane and tower operators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $74,360
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,270
- Employment: 43,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($131,160)
--- Syracuse, NY ($103,350)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($99,990)
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#28. Court reporters and simultaneous captioners

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $75,300
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,240
- Employment: 12,300
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($109,910)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($100,060)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($99,120)
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#27. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $75,600
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,610

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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#26. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $75,960
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,340

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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#25. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $76,140
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,240

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

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $76,510
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 500

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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#23. Construction and building inspectors

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $76,920
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,170

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

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $77,590
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $80,500
- Employment: 34,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($105,090)
--- St. Louis, MO-IL ($97,860)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($96,520)
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#21. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $79,770
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,800

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

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $79,810
- #223 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,670

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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#19. Correctional officers and jailers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $79,870
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 4,170

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,420
- Employment: 392,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($96,580)
--- Salinas, CA ($89,100)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($86,260)
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#18. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $80,230
- #69 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 7,820

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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#17. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $83,100
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,510
- Employment: 29,820
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($106,300)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,930)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($99,740)
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#16. Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $84,900
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,340
- Employment: 2,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($134,990)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($104,060)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($84,900)

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#15. Pile driver operators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $87,930
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $75,950
- Employment: 3,760
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($106,620)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($106,340)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($104,880)
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#14. Postmasters and mail superintendents

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $88,620
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,820
- Employment: 12,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ($97,930)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($96,450)
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($94,460)
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#13. Power plant operators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $89,110
- #41 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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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#12. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $94,780
- #222 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,070

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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#11. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $95,240
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,350

National
- Annual mean salary: $79,060
- Employment: 123,940
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($117,700)
--- Salinas, CA ($110,180)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($109,490)

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#10. Gas plant operators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $96,160
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $76,970
- Employment: 15,110
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($99,600)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($98,750)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($97,080)
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#9. Farmers, ranchers, and other agricultural managers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $96,590
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $78,440
- Employment: 5,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($104,810)
--- Visalia-Porterville, CA ($101,650)
--- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL ($101,610)
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#8. Power distributors and dispatchers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $100,800
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $95,520
- Employment: 9,660
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($131,560)
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($129,570)
--- Birmingham-Hoover, AL ($123,540)
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#7. Gambling managers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $103,210
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $89,190
- Employment: 3,660
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($106,830)
--- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ ($104,140)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($103,210)
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#6. Commercial pilots

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $105,980
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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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#5. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $107,540
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,750
- Employment: 54,470
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($114,400)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($113,220)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($112,950)
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#4. Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $109,320
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

National
- Annual mean salary: $87,640
- Employment: 22,490
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($120,210)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($118,510)
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($114,280)
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#3. Detectives and criminal investigators

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $109,330
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,240

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. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $113,370
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

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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#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
- Annual mean salary: $143,330
- #14 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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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