
Highest-paying jobs in Carson City that don't require a college degree
Highest-paying jobs in Carson City 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 Carson City, NV that don’t require a college degree.
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#50. Billing and posting clerks
- Annual mean salary: $42,940
- #95 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)

#49. Medical secretaries and administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $43,250
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $39,740
- Employment: 656,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($56,010)
--- Napa, CA ($52,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($52,300)
#48. Butchers and meat cutters
- Annual mean salary: $43,330
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $35,670
- Employment: 145,930
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($50,570)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($50,510)
--- Barnstable Town, MA ($48,490)
#47. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
- Annual mean salary: $43,460
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $40,000
- Employment: 179,630
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($49,970)
--- Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH ($49,680)
--- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN ($49,470)
#46. Bill and account collectors
- Annual mean salary: $43,510
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $41,280
- Employment: 212,900
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($58,700)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($58,610)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($55,940)
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#45. Parts salespersons
- Annual mean salary: $43,740
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
National
- Annual mean salary: $36,920
- Employment: 265,130
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($48,330)
--- Danville, IL ($48,080)
--- Barnstable Town, MA ($47,620)
#44. File clerks
- Annual mean salary: $44,560
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $36,820
- Employment: 85,460
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($50,210)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($49,450)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($48,780)
#43. Computer numerically controlled tool operators
- Annual mean salary: $45,050
- #155 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $46,240
- Employment: 157,840
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($70,030)
--- Waco, TX ($63,080)
--- Springfield, MA-CT ($57,930)
#42. Office clerks, general
- Annual mean salary: $45,810
- #12 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 770
National
- Annual mean salary: $38,990
- Employment: 2,578,180
- 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)

#41. Maintenance and repair workers, general
- Annual mean salary: $46,070
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360
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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#40. Painters, construction and maintenance
- Annual mean salary: $46,660
- #124 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $47,140
- Employment: 214,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($62,490)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($62,380)
--- Champaign-Urbana, IL ($62,380)

#39. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
- Annual mean salary: $47,530
- #193 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
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)

#38. Food service managers
- Annual mean salary: $48,340
- #474 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
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)

#37. Production, planning, and expediting clerks
- Annual mean salary: $48,490
- #313 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)

#36. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers
- Annual mean salary: $48,880
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250
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)
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#35. Automotive service technicians and mechanics
- Annual mean salary: $49,660
- #97 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180
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. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $49,760
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $52,540
- Employment: 155,250
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,320)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($77,210)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($72,760)
#33. Roofers
- Annual mean salary: $49,780
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $48,890
- Employment: 129,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($81,450)
--- Anchorage, AK ($74,990)
--- Danbury, CT ($73,020)
#32. Social and human service assistants
- Annual mean salary: $50,650
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150
National
- Annual mean salary: $40,460
- Employment: 398,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($56,140)
--- Danbury, CT ($54,870)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($54,590)

#31. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
- Annual mean salary: $50,690
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
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)
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#30. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
- Annual mean salary: $51,080
- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210
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)

#29. Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Annual mean salary: $51,860
- #343 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
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)
#28. Eligibility interviewers, government programs
- Annual mean salary: $52,200
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
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)
#27. Automotive body and related repairers
- Annual mean salary: $52,430
- #96 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
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)

#26. Chefs and head cooks
- Annual mean salary: $52,780
- #200 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)
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#25. Postal service mail carriers
- Annual mean salary: $53,100
- #352 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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)

#24. Firefighters
- Annual mean salary: $53,190
- #147 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)

#23. Correctional officers and jailers
- Annual mean salary: $55,260
- #92 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 410
National
- Annual mean salary: $53,420
- Employment: 392,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($96,580)
--- Salinas, CA ($89,100)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($86,260)

#22. Tile and stone setters
- Annual mean salary: $55,330
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $53,330
- Employment: 41,160
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($83,400)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($79,330)
--- Springfield, MA-CT ($76,980)
#21. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $57,210
- #255 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
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)
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#20. Carpenters
- Annual mean salary: $57,490
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130
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)
#19. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
- Annual mean salary: $57,620
- #242 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230
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)
#18. Tool and die makers
- Annual mean salary: $58,960
- #53 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
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)

#17. Industrial machinery mechanics
- Annual mean salary: $59,170
- #164 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)

#16. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
- Annual mean salary: $59,840
- #147 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
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)
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#15. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
- Annual mean salary: $60,710
- #50 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
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)

#14. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
- Annual mean salary: $61,000
- #169 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
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)
#13. Community health workers
- Annual mean salary: $61,780
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $47,780
- Employment: 61,010
- 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)

#12. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
- Annual mean salary: $62,490
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $53,270
- Employment: 116,380
- 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)

#11. Real estate sales agents
- Annual mean salary: $65,330
- #85 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $61,480
- Employment: 175,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, TX ($100,060)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($99,880)
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($93,400)

#10. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
- Annual mean salary: $65,440
- #242 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110
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)
#9. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
- Annual mean salary: $65,460
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
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)

#8. Electricians
- Annual mean salary: $66,820
- #106 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
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)
#7. Cement masons and concrete finishers
- Annual mean salary: $66,980
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
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)

#6. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $67,850
- #319 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
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)

#5. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
- Annual mean salary: $69,950
- #169 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130
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)

#4. Computer user support specialists
- Annual mean salary: $71,130
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550
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)

#3. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel
- Annual mean salary: $74,540
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
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)

#2. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
- Annual mean salary: $75,600
- #121 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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: $91,620
- #168 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
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)