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

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June 13, 2022
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Highest-paying jobs in Lawton 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 Lawton, OK that don’t require a college degree.

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#50. Dental assistants

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $38,480
- #344 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,510
- Employment: 347,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($55,150)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($55,020)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($54,590)
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#49. Carpenters

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $38,530
- #484 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,190
- Employment: 668,060
- 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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#48. Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $38,950
- #422 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,650
- Employment: 194,330
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($64,140)
--- Decatur, IL ($60,740)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($58,620)
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#47. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $39,720
- #518 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,340
- Employment: 1,903,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Cape Girardeau, MO-IL ($62,600)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($62,290)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($61,540)
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#46. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $39,830
- #471 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)

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#45. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $39,880
- #455 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 520

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,890
- Employment: 1,143,260
- 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)
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#44. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $40,620
- #473 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,290
- Employment: 397,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($72,500)
--- Anchorage, AK ($71,840)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($66,920)
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#43. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $40,760
- #404 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,560
- Employment: 149,290
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($66,600)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($66,240)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($60,930)
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#42. First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $41,140
- #286 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,100
- Employment: 153,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($60,770)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($60,250)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($59,160)
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#41. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $41,240
- #491 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)

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#40. Computer user support specialists

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $41,410
- #506 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

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)
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#39. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $41,960
- #490 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $42,030
- #50 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,590
- Employment: 19,510
- 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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#37. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $42,120
- #522 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)
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#36. Firefighters

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $42,170
- #288 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)

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

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $42,380
- #473 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $42,660
- #427 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)
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#33. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $42,810
- #185 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,390
- Employment: 51,040
- 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)
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#32. Automotive service technicians and mechanics

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $43,930
- #318 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,990
- Employment: 629,780
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($62,810)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($62,690)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($61,350)
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#31. Machinists

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $44,040
- #358 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,020
- Employment: 333,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($71,070)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($69,300)
--- Monroe, MI ($66,560)

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#30. Automotive body and related repairers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $44,270
- #368 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,660
- Employment: 137,300
- 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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#29. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $45,180
- #174 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,810
- Employment: 551,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Odessa, TX ($70,950)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($66,260)
--- Bismarck, ND ($64,940)
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#28. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $45,340
- #458 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)
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#27. Industrial truck and tractor operators

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $46,280
- #34 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 260

National
- Annual mean salary: $40,950
- Employment: 758,290
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($60,930)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($58,200)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($53,310)
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#26. Procurement clerks

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $46,360
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,930
- Employment: 61,930
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,800)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($56,330)
--- Kennewick-Richland, WA ($56,260)

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#25. Food service managers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $47,320
- #487 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

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)
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#24. Self-enrichment teachers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $47,630
- #87 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)
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#23. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $48,930
- #287 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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)
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#22. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $49,920
- #360 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

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

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $50,840
- #479 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

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)

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#20. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $51,200
- #437 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

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

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $51,950
- #420 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 540

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)
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#18. Postal service clerks

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $52,220
- #263 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)
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#17. Postal service mail carriers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $52,330
- #438 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

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)
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#16. Electricians

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $54,680
- #293 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

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)

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#15. Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $55,360
- #148 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $56,860
- #272 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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)
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#13. Industrial machinery mechanics

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $57,700
- #219 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,780
- Employment: 373,090
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($85,900)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($85,360)
--- Anchorage, AK ($82,890)
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#12. Construction and building inspectors

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $57,720
- #242 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)
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#11. Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $60,280
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)

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

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $62,730
- #467 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

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)
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#9. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $63,110
- #331 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

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)
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#8. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $63,710
- #251 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

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

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $63,910
- #463 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

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)
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#6. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $66,350
- #326 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

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)

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

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $66,750
- #303 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 180

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)
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#4. Insurance sales agents

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $67,320
- #141 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

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)
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#3. Real estate sales agents

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $70,490
- #52 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,480
- Employment: 175,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, TX ($100,060)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($99,880)
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($93,400)
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#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $72,620
- #336 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)
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#1. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Lawton, OK
- Annual mean salary: $73,910
- #98 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

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)

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