Nejron Photo // Shutterstock
1 / 50#50. Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
- Median annual wage: $38,630
- Median hourly wage: $18.57
- Total employment: 180 people (7.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Highest-paying jobs for people with 2-year degrees in Enid
For many, a two-year associate degree can be the ticket to higher earning power at an affordable price. Though some types of associate degrees can be a stepping stone to a bachelor's, others are geared toward middle-skilled careers that require specialized knowledge, such as criminal justice, cybersecurity, hospitality management, and more.
Across all fields of study, someone with a two-year degree can earn a median annual salary of $49,500 as of May 2024, around 18% more than that of a high school graduate. By comparison, bachelor's degree holders can earn a median salary of $66,600 but have to invest much more time—and money—into their degree.
According to March 2025 data from the Education Data Initiative, the total cost for a degree from a two-year in-district public college averages about $35,000, compared to nearly $109,000 for a bachelor's degree. And lower costs mean fewer student loans. Just 2 in 5 associate degree recipients took on student loan debt in the 2019-2020 school year (the most recent year with available data), compared to 64% of bachelor's degree students. The two-year degree holders who did use loans borrowed less money, incurring lower interest payments.
Despite the benefits of earning a two-year degree, the number of these credentials produced across the United States is lagging. A September 2024 study from Georgetown University forecasts a nationwide shortage of nearly 361,000 credentials to fill middle-skilled jobs through 2032. However, this could be good news for anyone holding one of these versatile degrees, since the number of available jobs may soon outnumber the employees qualified to work them.
In the meantime, Stacker used Bureau of Labor Statistics data to find the highest-paying jobs in Enid for people with a two-year associate degree. The analysis also included jobs that listed a high school diploma, some college but no degree, a postsecondary nondegree award, or had no formal education requirement. Jobs are ranked by their median annual pay as of May 2024, so any jobs without annual compensation figures available were excluded from this analysis.
You may also like: Highest-rated cheap eats in Enid by diners
4 PM production // Shutterstock
2 / 50#49. Automotive body and related repairers
- Median annual wage: $40,860
- Median hourly wage: $19.64
- Total employment: 40 people (1.87 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Bigflick // Shutterstock
3 / 50#48. Correctional officers and jailers
- Median annual wage: $41,910
- Median hourly wage: $20.15
- Total employment: 60 people (2.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Evgeny Atamanenko // Shutterstock
4 / 50#47. Maintenance and repair workers, general
- Median annual wage: $42,120
- Median hourly wage: $20.25
- Total employment: 340 people (14.39 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
worradirek // Shutterstock
5 / 50#45. Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers (tie)
- Median annual wage: $42,320
- Median hourly wage: $20.35
- Total employment: 60 people (2.48 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
You may also like: Cheapest gas stations in Enid
Andrey_Popov // Shutterstock
6 / 50#45. Billing and posting clerks (tie)
- Median annual wage: $42,320
- Median hourly wage: $20.35
- Total employment: 30 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Rawpixel.com // Shutterstock
7 / 50#44. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
- Median annual wage: $42,430
- Median hourly wage: $20.40
- Total employment: 220 people (9.38 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
GaudiLab // Shutterstock
8 / 50#43. Paralegals and legal assistants
- Median annual wage: $43,420
- Median hourly wage: $20.88
- Total employment: 40 people (1.67 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
DC Studio // Shutterstock
9 / 50#42. Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
- Median annual wage: $44,390
- Median hourly wage: $21.34
- Total employment: 40 people (1.66 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Bannafarsai_Stock // Shutterstock
10 / 50#41. Cement masons and concrete finishers
- Median annual wage: $44,440
- Median hourly wage: $21.37
- Total employment: 40 people (1.72 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
You may also like: Cities with the most expensive homes in the Enid metro area
Said M // Shutterstock
11 / 50#40. Service unit operators, oil and gas
- Median annual wage: $44,560
- Median hourly wage: $21.42
- Total employment: 50 people (2.22 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Dmitry Kalinovsky // Shutterstock
12 / 50#39. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
- Median annual wage: $45,160
- Median hourly wage: $21.71
- Total employment: 100 people (4.06 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock
13 / 50#38. Insurance sales agents
- Median annual wage: $45,230
- Median hourly wage: $21.74
- Total employment: 70 people (3.2 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Zivica Kerkez // Shutterstock
14 / 50#37. Loan interviewers and clerks
- Median annual wage: $45,250
- Median hourly wage: $21.75
- Total employment: 60 people (2.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
4 PM production // Shutterstock
15 / 50#36. Automotive service technicians and mechanics
- Median annual wage: $46,170
- Median hourly wage: $22.20
- Total employment: 110 people (4.68 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
You may also like: Biggest sources of immigrants to Enid
Victor Moussa // Shutterstock
16 / 50#35. Firefighters
- Median annual wage: $46,220
- Median hourly wage: $22.22
- Total employment: 100 people (4.07 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Joey Chung // Shutterstock
17 / 50#34. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel
- Median annual wage: $46,230
- Median hourly wage: $22.23
- Total employment: 130 people (5.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Irene Miller // Shutterstock
18 / 50#33. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
- Median annual wage: $47,020
- Median hourly wage: $22.61
- Total employment: 90 people (3.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
G-Stock Studio // Shutterstock
19 / 50#32. Production, planning, and expediting clerks
- Median annual wage: $47,550
- Median hourly wage: $22.86
- Total employment: 50 people (2.13 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Kot500 // Shutterstock
20 / 50#31. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
- Median annual wage: $47,800
- Median hourly wage: $22.98
- Total employment: 60 people (2.76 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
You may also like: Enid's 2025 housing market year in review
Zahovaev K // Shutterstock
21 / 50#30. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
- Median annual wage: $48,140
- Median hourly wage: $23.14
- Total employment: 90 people (4.03 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
pio3 // Shutterstock
22 / 50#29. Police and sheriff's patrol officers
- Median annual wage: $48,150
- Median hourly wage: $23.15
- Total employment: 120 people (5.02 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Vitpho // Shutterstock
23 / 50#28. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
- Median annual wage: $48,880
- Median hourly wage: $23.50
- Total employment: 410 people (17.4 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Avatar_023 // Shutterstock
24 / 50#27. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators
- Median annual wage: $48,970
- Median hourly wage: $23.54
- Total employment: 30 people (1.37 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
David Spates // Shutterstock
25 / 50#26. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
- Median annual wage: $50,080
- Median hourly wage: $24.08
- Total employment: 140 people (5.77 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
You may also like: Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in Enid
Shift Drive // Shutterstock
26 / 50#25. Computer user support specialists
- Median annual wage: $50,110
- Median hourly wage: $24.09
- Total employment: 70 people (2.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Etaphop photo // Shutterstock
27 / 50#24. Electricians
- Median annual wage: $51,960
- Median hourly wage: $24.98
- Total employment: 180 people (7.63 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
welcomia // Shutterstock
28 / 50#23. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
- Median annual wage: $52,210
- Median hourly wage: $25.10
- Total employment: 60 people (2.73 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Gerain0812 // Shutterstock
29 / 50#22. Surgical technologists
- Median annual wage: $52,330
- Median hourly wage: $25.16
- Total employment: 50 people (1.95 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Andrey_Popov // Shutterstock
30 / 50#21. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
- Median annual wage: $52,390
- Median hourly wage: $25.19
- Total employment: 120 people (4.93 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
You may also like: The most expensive homes sold in Enid this year
Stock Rocket // Shutterstock
31 / 50#20. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
- Median annual wage: $52,440
- Median hourly wage: $25.21
- Total employment: 140 people (6.16 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Syda Productions // Shutterstock
32 / 50#19. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
- Median annual wage: $52,530
- Median hourly wage: $25.25
- Total employment: 40 people (1.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
g-stockstudio // Shutterstock
33 / 50#18. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
- Median annual wage: $56,340
- Median hourly wage: $27.09
- Total employment: 40 people (1.75 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Jacob Lund // Shutterstock
34 / 50#17. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
- Median annual wage: $57,660
- Median hourly wage: $27.72
- Total employment: 150 people (6.53 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
GaudiLab // Shutterstock
35 / 50#16. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
- Median annual wage: $58,490
- Median hourly wage: $28.12
- Total employment: 230 people (9.81 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
You may also like: How much house $1 million buys you in Enid
Arjuna Kodisinghe // Shutterstock
36 / 50#15. Computer network support specialists
- Median annual wage: $60,560
- Median hourly wage: $29.11
- Total employment: 40 people (1.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
manine99 // Shutterstock
37 / 50#14. Maintenance workers, machinery
- Median annual wage: $62,050
- Median hourly wage: $29.83
- Total employment: 40 people (1.86 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
ALPA PROD // Shutterstock
38 / 50#13. First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors
- Median annual wage: $62,340
- Median hourly wage: $29.97
- Total employment: 110 people (4.59 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Hunter Bliss Images // Shutterstock
39 / 50#12. Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
- Median annual wage: $64,040
- Median hourly wage: $30.79
- Total employment: 70 people (2.9 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Erin Deleon // Shutterstock
40 / 50#11. Postal service mail carriers
- Median annual wage: $64,180
- Median hourly wage: $30.86
- Total employment: 60 people (2.56 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
You may also like: Highest-rated Italian restaurants in Enid by diners
Oleg Golovnev // Shutterstock
41 / 50#10. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
- Median annual wage: $66,190
- Median hourly wage: $31.82
- Total employment: 150 people (6.58 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
SritanaN // Shutterstock
42 / 50#9. Industrial machinery mechanics
- Median annual wage: $66,220
- Median hourly wage: $31.84
- Total employment: 100 people (4.34 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Dmytro Zinkevych // Shutterstock
43 / 50#8. Respiratory therapists
- Median annual wage: $68,460
- Median hourly wage: $32.91
- Total employment: 40 people (1.83 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Ground Picture // Shutterstock
44 / 50#7. First-line supervisors of police and detectives
- Median annual wage: $69,270
- Median hourly wage: $33.30
- Total employment: 30 people (1.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
sculpies // Shutterstock
45 / 50#6. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
- Median annual wage: $69,280
- Median hourly wage: $33.31
- Total employment: 150 people (6.43 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
You may also like: Car insurance rates in Enid October 2025
Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock
46 / 50#5. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
- Median annual wage: $73,620
- Median hourly wage: $35.40
- Total employment: 40 people (1.62 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
4 PM production // Shutterstock
47 / 50#4. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
- Median annual wage: $77,150
- Median hourly wage: $37.09
- Total employment: 170 people (7.29 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
lenetstan // Shutterstock
48 / 50#3. Radiologic technologists and technicians
- Median annual wage: $77,810
- Median hourly wage: $37.41
- Total employment: 90 people (3.7 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
anyaivanova // Shutterstock
49 / 50#2. Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians
- Median annual wage: $84,070
- Median hourly wage: $40.42
- Total employment: 40 people (1.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
Unai Huizi Photography // Shutterstock
50 / 50#1. Dental hygienists
- Median annual wage: $91,500
- Median hourly wage: $43.99
- Total employment: 30 people (1.46 of every 1,000 jobs in the area)
This story features data reporting by Wade Zhou, writing by Jill Jaracz, and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 363 metros.
You may also like: The 30 most popular homes for sale in Enid
