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

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

#50. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $52,400
- #240 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

#49. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $52,690
- #141 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#48. Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $52,850
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,790
- Employment: 218,300
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($60,830)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($59,120)
--- Portsmouth, NH-ME ($58,380)

#47. Surveying and mapping technicians

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $53,090
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,810
- Employment: 56,070
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($84,710)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($77,840)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,960)

#46. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $53,180
- #185 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#45. Postal service clerks

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $53,430
- #168 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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)

#44. Advertising sales agents

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $53,800
- #163 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,540
- Employment: 96,660
- 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)

#43. Self-enrichment teachers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $54,390
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,230
- Employment: 216,910
- 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)

#42. Postal service mail carriers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $54,610
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

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)

#41. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $56,610
- #147 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)

#40. Computer numerically controlled tool operators

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $56,830
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

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)

#39. Surgical technologists

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $56,940
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $56,950
- #202 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)

#37. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $57,540
- #96 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

#36. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $58,440
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#35. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $58,910
- #199 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520

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)

#34. Computer user support specialists

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $59,230
- #78 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)

#33. Electricians

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $59,430
- #212 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 550

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)

#32. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $59,650
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

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)

#31. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $60,320
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

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)

#30. Tax preparers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $60,350
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,080
- Employment: 83,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($81,880)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($79,470)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($73,170)

#29. Firefighters

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $61,230
- #79 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 370

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)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $62,080
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $64,210
- #153 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)

#26. Chefs and head cooks

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $64,230
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $64,590
- #127 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)

#24. Food service managers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $65,080
- #109 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)

#23. Security and fire alarm systems installers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $65,310
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,170
- Employment: 77,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Eugene, OR ($70,940)
--- Salem, OR ($68,640)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($68,520)

#22. Construction and building inspectors

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $66,090
- #111 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

#21. Tool and die makers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $66,220
- #14 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)

#20. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $66,450
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

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)

#19. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $66,720
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,310

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. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $68,050
- #218 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 290

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)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $69,650
- #78 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,130

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)

#16. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $70,460
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,360
- Employment: 25,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($93,600)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($92,910)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($86,660)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $71,750
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,090

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)

#14. Private detectives and investigators

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $72,960
- #17 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,970
- Employment: 28,860
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Jackson, MI ($93,360)
--- Bakersfield, CA ($91,080)
--- Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO ($87,760)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $73,410
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

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)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $73,520
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430

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)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $77,780
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#10. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $81,170
- #156 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

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)

#9. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $83,450
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $83,740
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 430

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. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $85,170
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $83,270
- Employment: 80,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($171,060)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($145,740)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($135,860)

#6. Insurance sales agents

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $90,750
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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. Commercial pilots

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $95,470
- #122 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)

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

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $95,960
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 370

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. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $102,270
- #93 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)

#2. Detectives and criminal investigators

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $109,140
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Manchester, NH
- Annual mean salary: $111,150
- #46 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

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