Highest paying jobs in Augusta for high school graduates

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Highest paying jobs in Augusta 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 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.

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#50. Logging equipment operators

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $44,090
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,570
- Employment: 25,560
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($64,000)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($62,910)
--- Longview, WA ($62,780)
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#49. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $44,410
- #321 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 790

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,690
- Employment: 397,550
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($72,500)
--- Anchorage, AK ($71,840)
--- West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area ($71,250)
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#48. Procurement clerks

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $44,770
- #104 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,400
- Employment: 61,000
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area ($58,310)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,800)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($56,330)
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#47. Self-enrichment teachers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $45,480
- #119 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,930
- Employment: 222,700
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($70,350)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($66,650)
--- Utica-Rome, NY ($63,470)
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#46. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $45,610
- #421 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 670

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)

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#45. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $45,880
- #340 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,260

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,280
- Employment: 402,870
- 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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#44. Advertising sales agents

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $46,780
- #245 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $46,980
- #324 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)
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#42. Automotive body and related repairers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $48,610
- #196 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)
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#40 (tie). Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $48,750
- #155 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,440
- Employment: 105,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Huntsville, AL ($55,830)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($55,260)
--- Wausau, WI ($55,060)

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#40 (tie). Recreational vehicle service technicians

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $48,750
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,790
- Employment: 15,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($59,830)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($59,220)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($57,770)
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#39. Dental laboratory technicians

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $48,800
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)
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#38. Hazardous materials removal workers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $49,150
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,170
- Employment: 44,010
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA ($76,120)
--- Amarillo, TX ($73,270)
--- Knoxville, TN ($70,000)
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#37. Sheet metal workers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $49,180
- #216 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,320
- Employment: 128,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($101,150)
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($94,930)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($93,840)
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#36. Real estate sales agents

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $51,660
- #221 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,990
- Employment: 168,740
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, TX ($100,060)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($99,880)
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($93,400)

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#35. Chemical equipment operators and tenders

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $51,760
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,330
- Employment: 93,060
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area ($91,300)
--- Billings, MT ($88,420)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($76,050)
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#34. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $52,050
- #304 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $52,260
- #119 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,420
- Employment: 22,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area ($85,480)
--- Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area ($77,330)
--- Longview, WA ($74,500)
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#32. Private detectives and investigators

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $52,310
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,100
- Employment: 32,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Jackson, MI ($93,360)
--- Bakersfield, CA ($91,080)
--- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO ($87,760)
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#31. Chefs and head cooks

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $52,330
- #210 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

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)

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#30. Postal service mail carriers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $52,710
- #393 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 620

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)
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#29. Carpenters

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $52,770
- #137 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,220

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,200
- Employment: 699,300
- 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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#28. Food service managers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $53,280
- #401 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410

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)
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#27. Lodging managers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $54,040
- #180 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)
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#26. Brickmasons and blockmasons

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $54,140
- #118 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,420
- Employment: 59,940
- 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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#25. Insurance sales agents

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $54,400
- #356 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 480

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)
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#24. Postal service clerks

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $54,490
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)
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#23. Occupational health and safety technicians

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $54,570
- #76 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,870
- Employment: 20,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Evansville, IN-KY ($77,880)
--- Anchorage, AK ($77,690)
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($77,100)
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#22. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $54,690
- #324 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)
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#21. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $55,950
- #157 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

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

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $55,970
- #184 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)
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#19. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $56,560
- #449 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 650

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)
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#18. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $56,670
- #275 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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)
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#17. Industrial machinery mechanics

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $58,070
- #202 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 940

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)
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#16. Millwrights

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $58,310
- #92 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,080
- Employment: 44,400
- 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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#15. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $59,380
- #190 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $59,910
- #302 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,020

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)
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#13. Maintenance workers, machinery

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $59,950
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,960
- Employment: 65,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area ($77,890)
--- Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($77,690)
--- Savannah, GA ($76,260)
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#12. Electricians

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $61,170
- #184 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,800

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)
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#11. Crane and tower operators

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $62,140
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

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

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $62,600
- #387 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,470

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)
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#9. Detectives and criminal investigators

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $63,750
- #281 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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)
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#8. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $64,160
- #295 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)
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#7. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $66,580
- #323 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $66,980
- #296 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,890

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)

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

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $69,460
- #267 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,010

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)
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#4. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $74,780
- #317 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)
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#3. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $75,390
- #46 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,350

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)
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#2. Power plant operators

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $81,250
- #85 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)
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#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
- Annual mean salary: $94,990
- #218 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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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