
Highest paying jobs in Toledo for high school graduates
Highest paying jobs in Toledo 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 Toledo, OH 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.
You may also like: Most expensive homes for sale in Toledo
#50. Meter readers, utilities
- Annual mean salary: $49,320
- #55 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $46,160
- Employment: 26,490
- 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)

#49. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
- Annual mean salary: $49,710
- #239 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 660
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)

#48. Bailiffs
- Annual mean salary: $49,880
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $51,730
- Employment: 18,120
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN ($69,600)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($69,050)
--- Glens Falls, NY ($66,980)
#47. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
- Annual mean salary: $50,030
- #90 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $52,950
- Employment: 54,960
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($81,390)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($80,460)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($73,070)
#46. Glaziers
- Annual mean salary: $50,770
- #74 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
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)
You may also like: Highest paying jobs that require a 2 year degree in Toledo

#45. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
- Annual mean salary: $50,780
- #202 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110
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)
#44. Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
- Annual mean salary: $50,890
- #8 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $39,130
- Employment: 23,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($59,160)
--- Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area ($55,010)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($54,710)

#43. Crane and tower operators
- Annual mean salary: $51,440
- #167 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
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)

#42. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators
- Annual mean salary: $52,070
- #187 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 220
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)

#41. Postal service clerks
- Annual mean salary: $52,580
- #232 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)
You may also like: Highest-rated seafood restaurants in Toledo, according to Tripadvisor

#40. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
- Annual mean salary: $53,540
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
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)

#39. Chefs and head cooks
- Annual mean salary: $53,670
- #182 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140
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)

#38. Carpenters
- Annual mean salary: $53,860
- #117 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,130
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)

#37. Production, planning, and expediting clerks
- Annual mean salary: $54,000
- #98 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 780
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)

#36. Postal service mail carriers
- Annual mean salary: $54,370
- #149 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 780
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)
You may also like: Lowest-paying jobs in Toledo

#35. Occupational health and safety technicians
- Annual mean salary: $54,850
- #74 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)

#34. Advertising sales agents
- Annual mean salary: $55,790
- #131 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160
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)

#33. Engine and other machine assemblers
- Annual mean salary: $56,260
- #6 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,280
National
- Annual mean salary: $47,190
- Employment: 41,510
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Winston-Salem, NC ($65,340)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($61,320)
--- Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ($56,340)

#32. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
- Annual mean salary: $56,920
- #134 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230
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)
#31. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
- Annual mean salary: $58,640
- #214 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,360
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)
You may also like: How gas prices have changed in Toledo in the last week

#30. Sheet metal workers
- Annual mean salary: $58,690
- #107 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150
National
- Annual mean salary: $55,320
- Employment: 128,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($101,150)
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($94,930)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($93,840)
#29. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $59,200
- #195 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520
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)

#28. Maintenance workers, machinery
- Annual mean salary: $59,650
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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)

#27. Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Annual mean salary: $59,830
- #217 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 460
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)

#26. Food service managers
- Annual mean salary: $60,090
- #208 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520
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)
You may also like: Cities with the fastest growing home prices in Toledo metro area

#25. Lodging managers
- Annual mean salary: $60,540
- #128 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
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)

#24. Structural iron and steel workers
- Annual mean salary: $60,640
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440
National
- Annual mean salary: $58,650
- Employment: 71,490
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($95,020)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($88,250)
--- Western Washington nonmetropolitan area ($84,570)

#23. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel
- Annual mean salary: $60,800
- #281 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,550
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)

#22. Industrial machinery mechanics
- Annual mean salary: $60,880
- #123 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,370
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)

#21. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
- Annual mean salary: $61,490
- #319 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160
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)
You may also like: Highest-rated dessert shops in Toledo, according to Tripadvisor

#20. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
- Annual mean salary: $61,580
- #130 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 810
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)

#19. Brickmasons and blockmasons
- Annual mean salary: $62,180
- #64 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
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)

#18. Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
- Annual mean salary: $62,340
- #149 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. Construction and building inspectors
- Annual mean salary: $64,610
- #125 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110
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)

#16. Electricians
- Annual mean salary: $65,370
- #129 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,560
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)
You may also like: Closest national parks to Toledo

#15. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
- Annual mean salary: $67,790
- #86 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700
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)

#14. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
- Annual mean salary: $68,740
- #196 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,050
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)

#13. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
- Annual mean salary: $69,260
- #123 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,830
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)

#12. Insurance sales agents
- Annual mean salary: $69,400
- #110 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 700
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)

#11. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
- Annual mean salary: $72,800
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 870
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)
You may also like: How Toledo feels about climate change

#10. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $73,040
- #170 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,040
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. Millwrights
- Annual mean salary: $75,850
- #5 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440
National
- Annual mean salary: $59,080
- Employment: 44,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($91,590)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($90,580)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($80,780)

#8. Detectives and criminal investigators
- Annual mean salary: $76,730
- #192 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130
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)

#7. Boilermakers
- Annual mean salary: $80,100
- #7 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $67,430
- Employment: 14,020
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($106,660)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($96,080)
--- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD ($90,620)

#6. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
- Annual mean salary: $81,510
- #204 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440
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)
You may also like: Where people in Toledo are moving to most

#5. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $82,260
- #146 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190
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)
#4. First-line supervisors of police and detectives
- Annual mean salary: $84,040
- #242 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160
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)
#3. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
- Annual mean salary: $91,850
- #265 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)

#2. Elevator and escalator installers and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $100,030
- #13 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
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)

#1. Commercial pilots
- Annual mean salary: $110,570
- #57 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
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)
You may also like: Cities with the most expensive homes in Toledo metro area