Highest paying jobs in Deltona for high school graduates

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Highest paying jobs in Deltona for high school graduates

The average college graduate in 2020 earned $1,305 a week, while the average high school graduate takes home just $781, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Of course, college isn't for everyone. There are many reasons high-school graduates may choose to not continue on to college, not the least of which being cost. Average tuition costs continue to rise each year, the exception being the 2020-2021 school year, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Average tuition at a public, in-state university coming in at $9,687; tuition for out-of-state students at public schools, and for everyone at private universities, is significantly higher at $21,874 and $35,087, respectively.

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying jobs for high school graduates in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage.

Keep reading to see which jobs in your city pay the most for high school graduates.

#50. Security and fire alarm systems installers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $42,220
- #196 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,150
- Employment: 68,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Eugene, OR ($70,940)
--- Salem, OR ($68,640)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($68,520)

#49. Cargo and freight agents

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $42,680
- #142 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,170
- Employment: 96,510
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($80,300)
--- Yakima, WA ($68,030)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($64,030)

#48. Opticians, dispensing

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $42,890
- #124 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $41,380
- Employment: 68,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($70,300)
--- New Haven, CT ($69,460)
--- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area ($66,670)

#47. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $42,960
- #471 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,000
- Employment: 147,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($86,740)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($82,520)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($79,470)

#46. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $43,110
- #337 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,860
- Employment: 122,480
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($90,680)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($90,370)
--- Salinas, CA ($88,050)

#45. Loan interviewers and clerks

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $43,210
- #176 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,780
- Employment: 204,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($59,060)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($58,140)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($56,710)

#44. Motorboat mechanics and service technicians

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $44,030
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,490
- Employment: 20,440
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($66,390)
--- Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($59,690)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($57,930)

#43. Electricians

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $44,060
- #502 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 960

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,550
- Employment: 656,510
- 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)

#42. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $44,390
- #169 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,950
- Employment: 54,960
- 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)

#41. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $44,470
- #243 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,420

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,300
- Employment: 1,063,110
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($57,830)
--- Boulder, CO ($56,520)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($55,930)

#40. Machinists

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $44,630
- #335 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,800
- Employment: 360,340
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($76,230)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($71,070)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($69,300)

#39. Automotive body and related repairers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $44,710
- #346 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,430
- Employment: 137,120
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Ann Arbor, MI ($71,350)
--- Ames, IA ($68,340)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($68,060)

#38. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $44,750
- #331 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,890
- Employment: 119,380
- 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)

#37. Travel agents

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $45,020
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,650
- Employment: 55,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($72,820)
--- Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area ($61,710)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($59,110)

#36. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $45,920
- #443 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 510

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,100
- Employment: 417,440
- 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)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $46,130
- #240 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,400
- Employment: 50,660
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($98,380)
--- Salt Lake City, UT ($94,070)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($92,800)

#34. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $46,230
- #372 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,090
- Employment: 253,010
- 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)

#33. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $46,260
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,750
- Employment: 160,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area ($84,640)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,320)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($77,210)

#32. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $46,800
- #382 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,000
- Employment: 362,090
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($74,970)
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($71,160)
--- West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area ($67,770)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $47,440
- #308 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,040
- Employment: 103,730
- 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)

#30. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $48,360
- #466 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,230
- Employment: 503,390
- 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)

#29. Chefs and head cooks

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $48,840
- #281 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,740
- Employment: 101,490
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Leominster-Gardner, MA ($81,020)
--- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area ($79,820)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($79,600)

#28. Community health workers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $49,540
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,000
- Employment: 58,670
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($66,110)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($65,530)
--- Bend-Redmond, OR ($61,820)

#27. Industrial machinery mechanics

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $49,610
- #481 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,350
- Employment: 385,980
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($85,900)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($85,360)
--- Anchorage, AK ($82,890)

#26. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $50,410
- #199 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,600
- Employment: 53,420
- 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)

#25. Bailiffs

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $51,860
- #29 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,730
- Employment: 18,120
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ($69,600)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($69,050)
--- Glens Falls, NY ($66,980)

#24. Insurance sales agents

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $51,980
- #385 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 680

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,100
- Employment: 409,950
- 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)

#23. Postal service clerks

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $53,260
- #182 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,200
- Employment: 86,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($59,410)
--- Florence, SC ($59,360)
--- Monroe, MI ($59,320)

#22. Postal service mail carriers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $53,880
- #220 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 760

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,180
- Employment: 333,570
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Modesto, CA ($57,160)
--- Bismarck, ND ($57,090)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,820)

#21. Dental laboratory technicians

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $53,960
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,230
- Employment: 30,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($67,730)
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($59,560)
--- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($55,140)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $54,530
- #430 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,510

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,490
- Employment: 977,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($103,810)
--- Boulder, CO ($101,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($97,360)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $54,660
- #326 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,840

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,010
- Employment: 1,427,260
- 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)

#18. Detectives and criminal investigators

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $55,420
- #318 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $89,300
- Employment: 105,980
- 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)

#17. Power plant operators

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $55,970
- #159 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,890
- Employment: 32,960
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fresno, CA ($129,650)
--- Wenatchee, WA ($123,180)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($114,660)

#16. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $56,020
- #396 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

National
- Annual mean salary: $74,410
- Employment: 114,930
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($117,700)
--- Salinas, CA ($110,180)
--- North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area ($109,740)

#15. Advertising sales agents

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $56,250
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,040
- Employment: 110,040
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($97,840)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($97,720)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($83,050)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $57,310
- #482 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 710

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,800
- Employment: 599,900
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($98,170)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($97,910)
--- West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area ($96,900)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $57,510
- #260 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,210
- Employment: 219,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($109,540)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($106,420)
--- Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area ($105,220)

#12. Construction and building inspectors

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $58,540
- #223 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,470
- Employment: 113,770
- 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)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $60,270
- #503 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 770

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,100
- Employment: 475,000
- 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)

#10. Crane and tower operators

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $60,670
- #86 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,010
- Employment: 44,060
- 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)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $60,890
- #443 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,090

National
- Annual mean salary: $72,990
- Employment: 614,080
- 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)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $61,850
- #407 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,240

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,500
- Employment: 1,278,670
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($102,280)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($92,660)
--- Napa, CA ($92,620)

#7. Food service managers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $62,310
- #158 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 400

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,000
- Employment: 197,010
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)

#6. Lodging managers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $67,420
- #69 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,270
- Employment: 31,790
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area ($122,290)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($121,090)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($111,410)

#5. Real estate brokers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $67,820
- #62 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,630
- Employment: 44,610
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($152,460)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($133,810)
--- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA ($132,320)

#4. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $68,470
- #204 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,650
- Employment: 287,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($104,350)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($95,200)
--- Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area ($92,500)

#3. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $74,450
- #323 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $97,180
- Employment: 122,310
- 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)

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

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $82,640
- #193 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

National
- Annual mean salary: $90,120
- Employment: 240,290
- 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)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
- Annual mean salary: $92,240
- #257 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $105,100
- Employment: 132,210
- 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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