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

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June 13, 2022
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Highest-paying jobs in Jackson 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 Jackson, MS that don't require a college degree.

#50. Pest control workers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $44,210
- #35 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $40,640
- Employment: 85,370
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($58,450)
--- Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN ($57,980)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($54,130)

#49. Surgical technologists

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $44,570
- #290 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,590
- Employment: 109,060
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($80,450)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($80,170)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($77,460)

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

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $44,890
- #419 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,030
- Employment: 234,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($109,540)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($106,420)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($103,610)

#47. Crane and tower operators

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $45,020
- #198 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

#46. Photographers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $45,260
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,210
- Employment: 38,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($76,810)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($71,160)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($70,440)

#45. Reinforcing iron and rebar workers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $45,280
- #31 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

#44. Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $45,880
- #155 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

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)

#43. Cargo and freight agents

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $45,980
- #96 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,420
- Employment: 85,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($80,300)
--- Yakima, WA ($68,030)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($64,030)

#42. Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $46,710
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,740
- Employment: 15,880
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($78,200)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($69,720)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($69,320)

#41. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $47,210
- #175 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,010
- Employment: 112,130
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Huntsville, AL ($55,830)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($55,260)
--- Wausau, WI ($55,060)

#40. Chemical equipment operators and tenders

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $47,620
- #124 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,450
- Employment: 106,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Billings, MT ($88,420)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($76,050)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($71,340)

#39. Meter readers, utilities

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $47,630
- #69 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,430
- Employment: 24,000
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($74,040)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($69,530)
--- Springfield, MA-CT ($67,510)

#38. Automotive service technicians and mechanics

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $47,780
- #147 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,320

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)

#37. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $47,820
- #417 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350

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)

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

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $48,590
- #231 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#35. Tool and die makers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $48,610
- #200 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,150
- Employment: 63,630
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,920)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($72,510)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($71,910)

#34. Electricians

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $48,710
- #426 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,080

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)

#33. Maintenance workers, machinery

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $48,860
- #197 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,570
- Employment: 57,660
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Savannah, GA ($76,260)
--- Cedar Rapids, IA ($70,980)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($69,980)

#32. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $49,050
- #268 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#31. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $49,410
- #259 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

#30. Brokerage clerks

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $49,600
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,710
- Employment: 39,980
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($74,310)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($69,330)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($68,970)

#29. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $50,200
- #220 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700

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)

#27 (tie). Automotive body and related repairers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $50,650
- #144 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 290

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)

#27 (tie). First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $50,650
- #456 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,540

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)

#25 (tie). Food service managers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $51,670
- #433 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,970
- Employment: 210,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)

#25 (tie). Postal service clerks

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $51,670
- #300 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,210
- Employment: 79,320
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($59,410)
--- Florence, SC ($59,360)
--- Monroe, MI ($59,320)

#24. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $53,310
- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 6,320

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)

#23. Postal service mail carriers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $53,520
- #283 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 620

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)

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

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $54,630
- #428 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 900

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)

#21. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $56,500
- #152 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

#20. Construction and building inspectors

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $57,100
- #261 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

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

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $57,420
- #65 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,450
- Employment: 25,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Longview, WA ($74,500)
--- Redding, CA ($72,680)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($71,740)

#18. Industrial machinery mechanics

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $58,450
- #195 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 940

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)

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

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $59,090
- #461 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,960

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)

#16. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $60,830
- #425 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)

#15. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $61,200
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 610

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,350
- Employment: 172,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($88,140)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($84,690)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($80,570)

#14. Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $62,800
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

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

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $62,940
- #395 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,210

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)

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

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $62,990
- #334 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,150

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)

#11. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $63,310
- #131 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#10. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $64,040
- #297 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700

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)

#9. Detectives and criminal investigators

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $64,200
- #280 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

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)

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

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $65,670
- #376 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,310

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)

#7. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $66,390
- #325 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

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)

#6. Insurance sales agents

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $69,140
- #117 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 630

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)

#5. Occupational health and safety technicians

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $71,850
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,560
- Employment: 21,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Evansville, IN-KY ($77,880)
--- Anchorage, AK ($77,690)
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($77,100)

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

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $76,410
- #287 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 400

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)

#3. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $81,010
- #383 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)

#2. Transportation inspectors

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $82,380
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $77,620
- Employment: 25,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Portland-South Portland, ME ($112,260)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($111,930)
--- Anchorage, AK ($108,140)

#1. Commercial pilots

Jackson, MS
- Annual mean salary: $94,620
- #126 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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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