
Highest-paying jobs in Enid
Stacker collected information on the highest-paying jobs in Enid, OK, using data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by average annual salary with information up to date as of May 2021.
In Enid, the annual mean wage is $45,130 or 22.5% lower than national mean of $58,260, while the highest-paying occupation makes $135,680. Read on to see which jobs make the list.
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#50. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
- Annual mean salary: $48,310
- #257 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $53,020
- Employment: 261,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- 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)

#49. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
- Annual mean salary: $49,280
- #288 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $63,350
- Employment: 417,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- 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)

#48. Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors
- Annual mean salary: $50,550
- #192 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $53,490
- Employment: 310,880
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($74,560)
--- Carson City, NV ($73,200)
--- Reno, NV ($71,690)
#47. Compliance officers
- Annual mean salary: $51,680
- #369 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
National
- Annual mean salary: $75,810
- Employment: 334,340
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($103,650)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($99,460)
--- California-Lexington Park, MD ($96,030)

#46. Food service managers
- Annual mean salary: $52,350
- #327 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $63,970
- Employment: 210,680
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- 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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#45. Police and sheriff's patrol officers
- Annual mean salary: $52,430
- #289 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
National
- Annual mean salary: $70,750
- Employment: 665,380
- Entry level education requirements: nan
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($125,960)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($118,450)
--- Napa, CA ($116,010)

#44. Production, planning, and expediting clerks
- Annual mean salary: $52,800
- #105 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $52,220
- Employment: 367,200
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($74,970)
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($71,160)
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($67,140)

#43. Electricians
- Annual mean salary: $53,400
- #240 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150
National
- Annual mean salary: $63,310
- Employment: 650,580
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- 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)
#42. Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors
- Annual mean salary: $54,210
- #255 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $63,090
- Employment: 296,370
- Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($91,540)
--- Napa, CA ($90,530)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($87,860)

#41. Computer user support specialists
- Annual mean salary: $54,280
- #145 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $57,650
- Employment: 654,310
- Entry level education requirements: Some college, no degree
- 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)
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#40. Postal service mail carriers
- Annual mean salary: $55,130
- #60 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,370
- Employment: 335,540
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Modesto, CA ($57,160)
--- Bismarck, ND ($57,090)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,820)
#39. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
- Annual mean salary: $56,010
- #248 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 270
National
- Annual mean salary: $63,380
- Employment: 1,443,630
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- 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)
#38. Wind turbine service technicians
- Annual mean salary: $56,530
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $58,580
- Employment: 10,100
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($69,410)
--- Bakersfield, CA ($62,680)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($57,240)

#37. Market research analysts and marketing specialists
- Annual mean salary: $56,680
- #312 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $76,080
- Employment: 727,540
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($119,180)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($108,370)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($99,510)

#36. Human resources specialists
- Annual mean salary: $56,790
- #320 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $70,720
- Employment: 740,830
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($102,590)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($95,460)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($91,400)
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#35. Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education
- Annual mean salary: $57,210
- #248 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190
National
- Annual mean salary: $69,530
- Employment: 1,020,240
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,010)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($101,980)
--- Bakersfield, CA ($97,490)

#34. Training and development specialists
- Annual mean salary: $57,490
- #255 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $67,620
- Employment: 336,030
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Dothan, AL ($111,580)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($94,720)
--- Decatur, AL ($94,650)

#33. Elementary school teachers, except special education
- Annual mean salary: $57,610
- #222 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310
National
- Annual mean salary: $67,080
- Employment: 1,329,280
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($92,860)
--- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ($91,430)
--- Salinas, CA ($91,280)

#32. Kindergarten teachers, except special education
- Annual mean salary: $58,310
- #137 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $64,490
- Employment: 120,730
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($95,420)
--- Kingston, NY ($92,160)
--- Salinas, CA ($90,490)

#31. First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors
- Annual mean salary: $58,520
- #85 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100
National
- Annual mean salary: $58,580
- Employment: 549,260
- Entry level education requirements: nan
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($78,410)
--- Savannah, GA ($73,850)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($69,640)
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#30. Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education
- Annual mean salary: $58,780
- #193 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $66,880
- Employment: 592,000
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bakersfield, CA ($109,060)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($107,280)
--- Yuba City, CA ($94,480)

#29. Industrial machinery mechanics
- Annual mean salary: $58,960
- #134 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $58,780
- Employment: 373,090
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($85,900)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($85,360)
--- Anchorage, AK ($82,890)

#28. Cost estimators
- Annual mean salary: $59,240
- #345 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $73,740
- Employment: 208,950
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($104,660)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($99,450)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($98,550)

#27. Special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school
- Annual mean salary: $60,940
- #140 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $67,090
- Employment: 187,070
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Salinas, CA ($102,210)
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($92,730)
--- Chico, CA ($88,430)

#26. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
- Annual mean salary: $66,950
- #80 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $69,470
- Employment: 125,440
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
- 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)
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#25. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
- Annual mean salary: $67,790
- #318 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $92,320
- Employment: 243,920
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- 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)

#24. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
- Annual mean salary: $68,410
- #266 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $102,750
- Employment: 266,160
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($150,760)
--- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($141,470)
--- Iowa City, IA ($138,870)
#23. Registered nurses
- Annual mean salary: $70,070
- #243 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 610
National
- Annual mean salary: $82,750
- Employment: 3,047,530
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($155,230)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($151,640)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($146,360)
#22. Logisticians
- Annual mean salary: $70,570
- #186 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $79,230
- Employment: 189,320
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- California-Lexington Park, MD ($115,100)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($111,740)
--- Kokomo, IN ($101,310)

#21. Computer network support specialists
- Annual mean salary: $71,140
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $71,350
- Employment: 176,200
- Entry level education requirements: Associate’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($94,120)
--- Barnstable Town, MA ($93,670)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($92,190)
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#20. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel
- Annual mean salary: $71,740
- #49 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130
National
- Annual mean salary: $71,110
- Employment: 1,026,390
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($103,810)
--- Boulder, CO ($101,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($97,360)

#19. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $72,270
- #157 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140
National
- Annual mean salary: $73,590
- Employment: 526,240
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- 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)

#18. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
- Annual mean salary: $72,820
- #135 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130
National
- Annual mean salary: $75,060
- Employment: 665,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- 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)

#17. Real estate sales agents
- Annual mean salary: $73,390
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $61,480
- Employment: 175,920
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, TX ($100,060)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($99,880)
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($93,400)
#16. Accountants and auditors
- Annual mean salary: $74,210
- #185 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200
National
- Annual mean salary: $83,980
- Employment: 1,318,550
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,830)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($109,330)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($107,540)
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#15. Loan officers
- Annual mean salary: $76,220
- #169 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $80,570
- Employment: 340,170
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($111,830)
--- Bend-Redmond, OR ($106,290)
--- Wilmington, NC ($104,930)

#14. Software developers
- Annual mean salary: $76,790
- #371 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $120,990
- Employment: 1,364,180
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($167,420)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($158,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($148,220)

#13. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
- Annual mean salary: $77,340
- #28 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160
National
- Annual mean salary: $67,330
- Employment: 629,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($98,170)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($97,910)
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($90,410)
#12. Project management specialists
- Annual mean salary: $82,030
- #260 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $98,420
- Employment: 743,860
- Entry level education requirements: nan
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($133,950)
--- Birmingham-Hoover, AL ($130,250)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($125,330)
#11. Lawyers
- Annual mean salary: $83,730
- #377 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $148,030
- Employment: 681,010
- Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($231,200)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($191,460)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($186,610)
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#10. Civil engineers
- Annual mean salary: $84,790
- #245 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $95,490
- Employment: 304,310
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($119,720)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,550)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($115,120)
#9. Administrative services managers
- Annual mean salary: $89,170
- #275 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $113,030
- Employment: 224,620
- Entry level education requirements: nan
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,360)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($142,650)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($141,950)
#8. Education administrators, kindergarten through secondary
- Annual mean salary: $90,300
- #208 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $102,650
- Employment: 274,710
- Entry level education requirements: Master’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($144,880)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($143,450)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($142,330)
#7. General and operations managers
- Annual mean salary: $90,640
- #302 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490
National
- Annual mean salary: $115,250
- Employment: 2,984,920
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($165,340)
--- Trenton, NJ ($165,030)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($159,210)
#6. Construction managers
- Annual mean salary: $92,290
- #248 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $108,210
- Employment: 284,750
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($160,710)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($149,050)
--- Napa, CA ($145,430)
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#5. Medical and health services managers
- Annual mean salary: $97,050
- #323 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $119,840
- Employment: 436,770
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($162,110)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($157,340)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($156,370)

#4. Industrial production managers
- Annual mean salary: $103,970
- #272 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $117,780
- Employment: 192,270
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($155,640)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($153,860)
--- Fort Collins, CO ($153,470)
#3. Pharmacists
- Annual mean salary: $119,550
- #265 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $125,690
- Employment: 312,550
- Entry level education requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($168,640)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($163,840)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($158,420)

#2. Financial managers
- Annual mean salary: $124,750
- #236 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $153,460
- Employment: 681,070
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($209,100)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($201,330)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($188,900)
#1. Chief executives
- Annual mean salary: $135,680
- #292 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $213,020
- Employment: 200,480
- Entry level education requirements: Bachelor’s degree
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($313,440)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($298,960)
--- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ($296,480)
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