Highest paying jobs in Atlantic City for high school graduates

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July 20, 2022
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Highest paying jobs in Atlantic City 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 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 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. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $48,430
- #319 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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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#49. Bill and account collectors

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $48,600
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $40,630
- Employment: 222,030
- 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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#48. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $49,300
- #243 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,040
- Employment: 103,730
- 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)
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#47. Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $50,180
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

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)
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#46. Court, municipal, and license clerks

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $50,650
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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)

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#45. Motorboat mechanics and service technicians

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $52,670
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,490
- Employment: 20,440
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($66,390)
--- Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($59,690)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($57,930)
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#44. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $53,200
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,750
- Employment: 160,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area ($84,640)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,320)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($77,210)
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#43. Self-enrichment teachers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $53,610
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)
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#42. Postal service mail carriers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $53,650
- #261 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)
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#41. Postal service clerks

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $53,880
- #144 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,200
- Employment: 86,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($59,410)
--- Florence, SC ($59,360)
--- Monroe, MI ($59,320)

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#40. Automotive body and related repairers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $54,160
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)
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#39. Stationary engineers and boiler operators

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $54,510
- #113 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,170
- Employment: 29,550
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($106,300)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,930)
--- South Illinois nonmetropolitan area ($101,630)
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#38. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $55,230
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)
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#37. Security and fire alarm systems installers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $55,480
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,150
- Employment: 68,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Eugene, OR ($70,940)
--- Salem, OR ($68,640)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($68,520)
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#36. Locksmiths and safe repairers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $56,360
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,240
- Employment: 16,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Reno, NV ($66,780)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($60,200)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($59,970)

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#35. Bus drivers, transit and intercity

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $57,120
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,110
- Employment: 162,850
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($69,940)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($69,310)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($67,370)
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#34. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $59,050
- #202 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,120

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)
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#33. Brokerage clerks

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $59,100
- #21 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,460
- Employment: 44,720
- 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)
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#32. Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $59,150
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $39,710
- Employment: 25,080
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($65,530)
--- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ ($59,150)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($53,620)
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#31. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $60,530
- #163 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

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#30. Industrial machinery mechanics

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $60,840
- #124 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)
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#29. First-line supervisors of gambling services workers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $60,890
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 680

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,160
- Employment: 19,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($67,710)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($65,990)
--- Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY ($65,510)
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#28. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $62,060
- #18 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,400
- Employment: 44,560
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,510)
--- Nevada nonmetropolitan area ($81,690)
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($78,180)
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#27. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $63,080
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)
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#26. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $63,980
- #10 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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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#25. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $64,620
- #37 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)
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#24. Insurance sales agents

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $65,090
- #171 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

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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#23. Chefs and head cooks

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $65,130
- #25 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

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)
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#22. Carpenters

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $65,160
- #23 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 510

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)
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#21. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $65,940
- #135 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,210
- Employment: 219,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($109,540)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($106,420)
--- Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area ($105,220)

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#20. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $67,880
- #83 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)
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#19. Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $69,210
- #16 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,500
- Employment: 40,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($87,740)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($86,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($83,090)
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#18. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $69,840
- #76 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

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)
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#17. Electricians

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $71,360
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

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

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $72,020
- #122 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 480

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)

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#15. Glaziers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $72,630
- #9 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,970
- Employment: 52,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Olympia-Tumwater, WA ($78,840)
--- Salem, OR ($78,000)
--- Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area ($76,680)
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#14. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $73,130
- #63 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

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)
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#13. Food service managers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $74,130
- #29 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,000
- Employment: 197,010
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)
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#12. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $74,670
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 380

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)
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#11. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $76,850
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,650
- Employment: 287,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($104,350)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($95,200)
--- Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area ($92,500)

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#10. Construction and building inspectors

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $76,860
- #40 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)
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#9. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $84,830
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)
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#8. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $85,060
- #157 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $90,120
- Employment: 240,290
- 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)
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#7. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $86,440
- #29 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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)
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#6. Brickmasons and blockmasons

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $89,340
- #3 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,420
- Employment: 59,940
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($95,980)
--- Decatur, IL ($92,670)
--- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ ($89,340)

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#5. Lodging managers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $93,930
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,270
- Employment: 31,790
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area ($122,290)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($121,090)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($111,410)
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#4. Detectives and criminal investigators

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $98,780
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $89,300
- Employment: 105,980
- 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)
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#3. Gambling managers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $104,140
- #2 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $85,440
- Employment: 3,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($106,830)
--- Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ ($104,140)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($103,210)
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#2. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $127,750
- #8 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $105,100
- Employment: 132,210
- 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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#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
- Annual mean salary: $130,070
- #24 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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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