
Highest-paying jobs in Lewiston that don't require a college degree
Highest-paying jobs in Lewiston 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 Lewiston, ID-WA that don’t require a college degree.
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#50. Chefs and head cooks
- Annual mean salary: $40,760
- #387 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $56,920
- Employment: 129,810
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Leominster-Gardner, MA ($81,020)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($79,600)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($79,430)
#49. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
- Annual mean salary: $40,970
- #270 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340
National
- Annual mean salary: $45,140
- Employment: 1,509,370
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($59,750)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($58,670)
--- Napa, CA ($54,940)
#48. Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
- Annual mean salary: $41,270
- #244 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $43,900
- Employment: 145,410
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, MI ($60,190)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($58,790)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($58,480)
#47. Billing and posting clerks
- Annual mean salary: $41,470
- #141 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $42,750
- Employment: 429,080
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($55,850)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($55,130)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($54,960)

#46. Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors
- Annual mean salary: $42,080
- #147 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $45,870
- Employment: 221,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($69,160)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($68,140)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($64,980)
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#45. Construction laborers
- Annual mean salary: $42,460
- #201 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,130
- Employment: 968,760
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($65,910)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($64,590)
--- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ ($63,820)
#44. Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
- Annual mean salary: $42,520
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $35,560
- Employment: 67,210
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($48,050)
--- Rochester, MN ($47,190)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($47,060)
#43. Court, municipal, and license clerks
- Annual mean salary: $42,720
- #184 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,870
- Employment: 150,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($66,520)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($62,040)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($60,730)
#42. Loan interviewers and clerks
- Annual mean salary: $43,330
- #170 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,910
- Employment: 238,610
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($59,060)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($58,140)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($56,710)

#41. Maintenance and repair workers, general
- Annual mean salary: $44,200
- #165 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,920
- Employment: 1,416,740
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($60,230)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($59,870)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($56,650)
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#39 (tie). Carpenters
- Annual mean salary: $44,720
- #304 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160
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)

#39 (tie). First-line supervisors of retail sales workers
- Annual mean salary: $44,720
- #229 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220
National
- Annual mean salary: $46,890
- Employment: 1,143,260
- 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)

#38. Machinists
- Annual mean salary: $45,140
- #311 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250
National
- Annual mean salary: $49,020
- Employment: 333,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($71,070)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($69,300)
--- Monroe, MI ($66,560)

#37. Light truck drivers
- Annual mean salary: $45,160
- #62 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210
National
- Annual mean salary: $42,630
- Employment: 1,010,040
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($51,860)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($51,560)
--- Waterbury, CT ($50,100)

#36. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
- Annual mean salary: $45,390
- #404 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,690
- Employment: 356,960
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,020)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($76,750)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($71,710)
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#35. Automotive service technicians and mechanics
- Annual mean salary: $46,030
- #206 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170
National
- Annual mean salary: $47,990
- Employment: 629,780
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($62,810)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($62,690)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($61,350)
#34. Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
- Annual mean salary: $46,520
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $35,280
- Employment: 45,350
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($48,810)
--- Lewiston, ID-WA ($46,520)
--- Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA ($45,140)
#33. Industrial truck and tractor operators
- Annual mean salary: $47,210
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $40,950
- Employment: 758,290
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($60,930)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($58,200)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($53,310)
#32. Automotive body and related repairers
- Annual mean salary: $47,390
- #240 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)

#31. Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
- Annual mean salary: $47,800
- #106 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $46,650
- Employment: 194,330
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($64,140)
--- Decatur, IL ($60,740)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($58,620)
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#30. Highway maintenance workers
- Annual mean salary: $47,910
- #124 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,340
- Employment: 141,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($70,690)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($67,340)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($65,550)
#29. Cement masons and concrete finishers
- Annual mean salary: $48,190
- #185 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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)

#28. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators
- Annual mean salary: $49,490
- #234 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
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)

#27. Computer user support specialists
- Annual mean salary: $49,620
- #314 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
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)
#26. Eligibility interviewers, government programs
- Annual mean salary: $50,590
- #96 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $48,570
- Employment: 151,340
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($75,570)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($67,900)
--- New Haven, CT ($63,790)
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#25. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
- Annual mean salary: $51,530
- #175 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110
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)

#24. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
- Annual mean salary: $52,220
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $48,290
- Employment: 397,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($72,500)
--- Anchorage, AK ($71,840)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($66,920)
#23. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
- Annual mean salary: $52,560
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
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)

#22. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
- Annual mean salary: $53,100
- #229 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170
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)

#21. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
- Annual mean salary: $53,130
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,810
- Employment: 551,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Odessa, TX ($70,950)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($66,260)
--- Bismarck, ND ($64,940)
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#20. Firefighters
- Annual mean salary: $54,270
- #137 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
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)

#19. Postal service mail carriers
- Annual mean salary: $54,420
- #139 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
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)

#18. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
- Annual mean salary: $54,660
- #205 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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)

#17. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
- Annual mean salary: $55,450
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450
National
- Annual mean salary: $50,340
- Employment: 1,903,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Cape Girardeau, MO-IL ($62,600)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($62,290)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($61,540)

#16. Insurance sales agents
- Annual mean salary: $57,200
- #307 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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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#15. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
- Annual mean salary: $57,370
- #215 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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)

#14. Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
- Annual mean salary: $57,690
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,180
- Employment: 87,480
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Longview, WA ($65,210)
--- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL ($58,070)
--- Lewiston, ID-WA ($57,690)
#13. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
- Annual mean salary: $59,060
- #200 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320
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)
#12. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $59,280
- #192 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)

#11. Production, planning, and expediting clerks
- Annual mean salary: $59,700
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $52,220
- Employment: 367,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($74,970)
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($71,160)
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($67,140)
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#10. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel
- Annual mean salary: $64,020
- #188 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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)

#9. Construction and building inspectors
- Annual mean salary: $64,140
- #129 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)

#8. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
- Annual mean salary: $65,280
- #306 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170
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)

#7. Industrial machinery mechanics
- Annual mean salary: $67,120
- #40 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)

#6. Millwrights
- Annual mean salary: $70,670
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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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#5. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $75,120
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130
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)

#4. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
- Annual mean salary: $75,540
- #44 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210
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)

#3. Electricians
- Annual mean salary: $77,110
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260
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)

#2. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
- Annual mean salary: $79,990
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140
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)
#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives
- Annual mean salary: $89,520
- #191 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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