Highest paying jobs in Greensboro for high school graduates

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Highest paying jobs in Greensboro 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 Greensboro-High Point, NC 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.

#50. Crane and tower operators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $46,820
- #193 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,010
- Employment: 44,060
- 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)

#49. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $46,830
- #381 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,340

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)

#48. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $47,020
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,050

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)

#47. Dental laboratory technicians

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $47,770
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,230
- Employment: 30,800
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($67,730)
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($59,560)
--- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($55,140)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $47,890
- #287 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

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)

#45. Insurance claims and policy processing clerks

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $47,900
- #59 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,070
- Employment: 240,740
- 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)

#44. Electricians

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $47,980
- #445 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,510

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)

#43. Maintenance workers, machinery

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $48,040
- #208 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,960
- Employment: 65,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area ($77,890)
--- Alaska nonmetropolitan area ($77,690)
--- Savannah, GA ($76,260)

#42. Opticians, dispensing

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $48,420
- #48 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $41,380
- Employment: 68,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($70,300)
--- New Haven, CT ($69,460)
--- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area ($66,670)

#41. Fabric and apparel patternmakers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $48,890
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,880
- Employment: 4,670
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($84,960)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($83,260)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($74,480)

#40. Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $49,010
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,100
- Employment: 23,710
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($61,400)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,600)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($55,320)

#39. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $49,210
- #374 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,270

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)

#38. Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $49,940
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,850
- Employment: 47,930
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($92,800)
--- Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area ($83,130)
--- Napa, CA ($68,470)

#37. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $50,330
- #213 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 860

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)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $50,430
- #94 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,070

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,440
- Employment: 105,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Huntsville, AL ($55,830)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($55,260)
--- Wausau, WI ($55,060)

#35. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $51,170
- #330 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 420

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)

#34. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,420
- #202 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,860
- Employment: 122,480
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($90,680)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($90,370)
--- Salinas, CA ($88,050)

#33. Photographers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $53,080
- #22 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,290
- Employment: 41,600
- 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)

#32. Industrial machinery mechanics

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $53,250
- #384 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,110

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)

#31. Hearing aid specialists

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $53,570
- #32 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,630
- Employment: 7,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($75,130)
--- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($73,180)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($72,300)

#30. Chefs and head cooks

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $53,990
- #175 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

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)

#29. Postal service mail carriers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $55,460
- #38 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 790

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)

#28. Postal service clerks

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $56,550
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

#27. Real estate sales agents

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $56,960
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,990
- Employment: 168,740
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, TX ($100,060)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($99,880)
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($93,400)

#26. Food service managers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $57,030
- #299 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

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)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $57,930
- #232 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,530

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)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $58,970
- #449 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,350

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)

#23. Construction and building inspectors

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $59,010
- #211 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

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)

#22. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $60,800
- #328 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 740

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)

#21. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $61,040
- #151 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 560

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)

#20. Power plant operators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $62,020
- #151 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,890
- Employment: 32,960
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fresno, CA ($129,650)
--- Wenatchee, WA ($123,180)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($114,660)

#19. Chemical plant and system operators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $62,060
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,460
- Employment: 29,710
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Lima, OH ($92,450)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($91,210)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($90,170)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $63,360
- #136 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,400
- Employment: 50,660
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($98,380)
--- Salt Lake City, UT ($94,070)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($92,800)

#17. Insurance sales agents

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $63,400
- #194 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,080

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)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $65,090
- #356 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,940

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)

#15. Occupational health and safety technicians

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $66,730
- #29 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,870
- Employment: 20,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Evansville, IN-KY ($77,880)
--- Anchorage, AK ($77,690)
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($77,100)

#14. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $67,240
- #94 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,600
- Employment: 53,420
- 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)

#13. Advertising sales agents

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $67,280
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 210

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,040
- Employment: 110,040
- 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)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $68,820
- #93 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,120

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)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $70,140
- #97 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 390

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)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $70,380
- #244 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,570

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)

#9. Detectives and criminal investigators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $72,420
- #221 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220

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)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $74,260
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,920

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. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $78,340
- #187 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $74,410
- Employment: 114,930
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($117,700)
--- Salinas, CA ($110,180)
--- North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area ($109,740)

#6. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $78,440
- #287 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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)

#5. Elevator and escalator installers and repairers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $89,700
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,200
- Employment: 24,730
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($130,290)
--- Kansas City, MO-KS ($113,590)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($113,480)

#4. Transportation inspectors

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $91,820
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,320
- Employment: 27,360
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Portland-South Portland, ME ($112,260)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($111,930)
--- Anchorage, AK ($108,140)

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

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $96,940
- #39 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700

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)

#2. Commercial pilots

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $106,290
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $110,830
- Employment: 37,120
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($185,920)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($184,260)
--- Savannah, GA ($177,450)

#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $110,250
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 330

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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