
Highest paying jobs in Lewiston for high school graduates
Highest paying jobs in Lewiston 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 Lewiston, ID-WA 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. Tellers
- Annual mean salary: $36,460
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,960
- Employment: 423,570
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($45,040)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($43,490)
--- Napa, CA ($42,000)

#49. Self-enrichment teachers
- Annual mean salary: $36,470
- #327 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)

#48. Medical secretaries and administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $36,590
- #224 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
National
- Annual mean salary: $39,000
- Employment: 597,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($56,010)
--- Napa, CA ($52,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($52,300)
#47. Office clerks, general
- Annual mean salary: $37,490
- #216 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 510
National
- Annual mean salary: $37,770
- Employment: 2,788,090
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($49,980)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($49,740)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($48,850)
#46. Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive
- Annual mean salary: $37,680
- #258 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380
National
- Annual mean salary: $40,420
- Employment: 1,850,360
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,720)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($54,730)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($54,450)
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#45. Social and human service assistants
- Annual mean salary: $37,850
- #217 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $38,230
- Employment: 399,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($56,140)
--- North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area ($55,360)
--- Danbury, CT ($54,870)
#44. Pharmacy technicians
- Annual mean salary: $39,440
- #94 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $36,450
- Employment: 415,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($59,340)
--- Napa, CA ($58,620)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($58,390)
#43. Helpers--production workers
- Annual mean salary: $40,090
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $32,000
- Employment: 239,340
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN ($48,190)
--- Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area ($44,860)
--- Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area ($43,950)

#42. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks
- Annual mean salary: $40,390
- #72 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170
National
- Annual mean salary: $37,210
- Employment: 727,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($51,470)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($48,440)
--- Anchorage, AK ($47,150)
#41. Customer service representatives
- Annual mean salary: $40,560
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 590
National
- Annual mean salary: $38,510
- Employment: 2,833,250
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($52,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($50,510)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($47,490)
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#40. Chefs and head cooks
- Annual mean salary: $40,760
- #387 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
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)
#39. 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: $42,140
- Employment: 137,510
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, MI ($60,190)
--- Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($58,940)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($58,790)
#38. Billing and posting clerks
- Annual mean salary: $41,470
- #141 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $41,610
- Employment: 445,160
- 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)

#37. Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors
- Annual mean salary: $42,080
- #147 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $45,650
- Employment: 248,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($69,160)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($68,140)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($64,980)
#36. 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: $33,540
- Employment: 75,160
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Nevada nonmetropolitan area ($51,730)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($48,050)
--- Rochester, MN ($47,190)
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#35. Court, municipal, and license clerks
- Annual mean salary: $42,720
- #184 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $43,490
- Employment: 156,100
- 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)
#34. Loan interviewers and clerks
- Annual mean salary: $43,330
- #170 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
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)

#33. Maintenance and repair workers, general
- Annual mean salary: $44,200
- #165 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280
National
- Annual mean salary: $43,790
- Employment: 1,357,630
- 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)

#31 (tie). Carpenters
- Annual mean salary: $44,720
- #304 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160
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)

#31 (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: $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)
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#30. Machinists
- Annual mean salary: $45,140
- #311 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250
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)

#29. Light truck drivers
- Annual mean salary: $45,160
- #62 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210
National
- Annual mean salary: $41,050
- Employment: 929,470
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($51,860)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($51,560)
--- Waterbury, CT ($50,100)
#28. Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
- Annual mean salary: $46,520
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $33,290
- Employment: 48,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($48,810)
--- Western Washington nonmetropolitan area ($47,380)
--- Lewiston, ID-WA ($46,520)
#27. Automotive body and related repairers
- Annual mean salary: $47,390
- #240 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)

#26. Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
- Annual mean salary: $47,800
- #106 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,860
- Employment: 188,450
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($64,510)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($64,140)
--- Decatur, IL ($60,740)
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#25. Highway maintenance workers
- Annual mean salary: $47,910
- #124 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $43,200
- Employment: 149,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($70,690)
--- Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($67,370)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($67,340)

#24. 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: $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)
#23. Eligibility interviewers, government programs
- Annual mean salary: $50,590
- #96 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $47,990
- Employment: 138,820
- 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)

#22. 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: $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)

#21. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
- Annual mean salary: $52,220
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available
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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#20. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
- Annual mean salary: $53,100
- #229 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170
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)

#19. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
- Annual mean salary: $53,130
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,580
- Employment: 549,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area ($88,150)
--- Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($80,420)
--- Odessa, TX ($70,950)

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

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

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

#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: $41,480
- Employment: 99,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Longview, WA ($65,210)
--- Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL ($58,070)
--- Western Washington nonmetropolitan area ($57,790)
#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: $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)
#12. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $59,280
- #192 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)

#11. Production, planning, and expediting clerks
- Annual mean salary: $59,700
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
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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#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: $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)

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

#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: $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. Industrial machinery mechanics
- Annual mean salary: $67,120
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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)

#6. Millwrights
- Annual mean salary: $70,670
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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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#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: $73,100
- 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)

#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: $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)

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

#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: $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)
#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: $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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