Highest-paying jobs in Atlantic City that don't require a college degree
Highest-paying jobs in Atlantic City that don't require a college degree
From the moment they first set foot 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, coaches—the list goes on and on. 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 non-degree 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 2019 annual mean wage.
Keep reading to discover the highest-paying jobs in Atlantic City that don’t require a college degree.
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#50. Postal service mail carriers
- Annual mean salary: $51,320
- Employment: 320
National
- Annual mean salary: $52,180
- Employment: 339,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#49. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
- Annual mean salary: $51,490
- Employment: 790
National
- Annual mean salary: $48,500
- Employment: 697,510
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
#48. Court, municipal, and license clerks
- Annual mean salary: $52,480
- Employment: 160
National
- Annual mean salary: $42,030
- Employment: 154,020
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#47. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $53,190
- Employment: 160
National
- Annual mean salary: $50,900
- Employment: 168,140
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#46. Stationary engineers and boiler operators
- Annual mean salary: $53,300
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $65,970
- Employment: 32,520
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#45. Automotive service technicians and mechanics
- Annual mean salary: $53,520
- Employment: 330
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,890
- Employment: 655,330
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
#44. Painters, construction and maintenance
- Annual mean salary: $53,710
- Employment: 270
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,640
- Employment: 232,760
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential

#43. Self-enrichment teachers
- Annual mean salary: $53,880
- Employment: 200
National
- Annual mean salary: $46,120
- Employment: 252,780
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#42. Computer user support specialists
- Annual mean salary: $54,260
- Employment: 310
National
- Annual mean salary: $56,550
- Employment: 647,330
- Entry level education requirements: Some college, no degree
#41. Upholsterers
- Annual mean salary: $54,470
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $36,640
- Employment: 29,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#40. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
- Annual mean salary: $54,980
- Employment: 1,190
National
- Annual mean salary: $60,130
- Employment: 1,487,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#39. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
- Annual mean salary: $55,740
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,630
- Employment: 45,770
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#38. Surgical technologists
- Annual mean salary: $56,350
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $50,110
- Employment: 109,000
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

#37. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
- Annual mean salary: $56,360
- Employment: 260
National
- Annual mean salary: $50,360
- Employment: 266,330
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#36. Tile and stone setters
- Annual mean salary: $56,700
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $47,300
- Employment: 40,470
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
#35. Glaziers
- Annual mean salary: $57,990
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $49,810
- Employment: 52,400
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#34. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $58,050
- Employment: 290
National
- Annual mean salary: $62,920
- Employment: 542,690
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#33. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
- Annual mean salary: $58,140
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $52,340
- Employment: 103,580
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#32. Locksmiths and safe repairers
- Annual mean salary: $58,160
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,460
- Employment: 17,010
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#31. First-line supervisors of gambling services workers
- Annual mean salary: $58,450
- Employment: 890
National
- Annual mean salary: $51,850
- Employment: 29,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#30. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
- Annual mean salary: $59,130
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,840
- Employment: 147,800
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#29. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
- Annual mean salary: $59,620
- Employment: 500
National
- Annual mean salary: $71,110
- Employment: 1,344,530
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#28. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators
- Annual mean salary: $60,080
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $50,490
- Employment: 123,730
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#27. Chefs and head cooks
- Annual mean salary: $60,570
- Employment: 160
National
- Annual mean salary: $56,310
- Employment: 128,190
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#26. Construction and building inspectors
- Annual mean salary: $64,090
- Employment: 140
National
- Annual mean salary: $64,390
- Employment: 110,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#25. Opticians, dispensing
- Annual mean salary: $64,170
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $40,730
- Employment: 72,330
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#24. Construction laborers
- Annual mean salary: $64,240
- Employment: 820
National
- Annual mean salary: $41,730
- Employment: 1,020,350
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential

#23. Food service managers
- Annual mean salary: $64,530
- Employment: 200
National
- Annual mean salary: $59,820
- Employment: 235,470
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#22. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel
- Annual mean salary: $64,870
- Employment: 820
National
- Annual mean salary: $66,760
- Employment: 1,039,670
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#21. Electricians
- Annual mean salary: $64,910
- Employment: 700
National
- Annual mean salary: $60,370
- Employment: 688,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#20. Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
- Annual mean salary: $65,330
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $60,360
- Employment: 58,930
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

#19. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
- Annual mean salary: $66,240
- Employment: 230
National
- Annual mean salary: $65,220
- Employment: 631,100
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#18. Roofers
- Annual mean salary: $66,950
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $45,820
- Employment: 129,690
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential

#17. Advertising sales agents
- Annual mean salary: $68,040
- Employment: 50
National
- Annual mean salary: $64,660
- Employment: 129,740
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#16. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $71,940
- Employment: 350
National
- Annual mean salary: $70,550
- Employment: 485,700
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#15. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
- Annual mean salary: $71,950
- Employment: 210
National
- Annual mean salary: $59,800
- Employment: 442,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#14. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
- Annual mean salary: $72,870
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $86,180
- Employment: 249,090
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#13. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
- Annual mean salary: $74,160
- Employment: 200
National
- Annual mean salary: $71,440
- Employment: 626,180
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#12. Carpenters
- Annual mean salary: $74,280
- Employment: 870
National
- Annual mean salary: $52,850
- Employment: 734,170
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#11. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
- Annual mean salary: $76,390
- Employment: 150
National
- Annual mean salary: $68,940
- Employment: 287,960
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#10. Firefighters
- Annual mean salary: $78,530
- Employment: 310
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,650
- Employment: 324,620
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

#9. Earth drillers, except oil and gas; and explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters
- Annual mean salary: $79,010
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $48,890
- Employment: 24,940
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#8. Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Annual mean salary: $79,020
- Employment: 150
National
- Annual mean salary: $71,720
- Employment: 220,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#7. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
- Annual mean salary: $80,520
- Employment: 170
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,210
- Employment: 405,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#6. Telecommunications line installers and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $81,210
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $59,670
- Employment: 120,900
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#5. Gambling managers
- Annual mean salary: $86,880
- Employment: 180
National
- Annual mean salary: $84,700
- Employment: 4,450
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#4. Detectives and criminal investigators
- Annual mean salary: $96,200
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $86,030
- Employment: 105,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#3. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers
- Annual mean salary: $99,480
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $82,010
- Employment: 69,590
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives
- Annual mean salary: $124,140
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $94,950
- Employment: 121,340
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
- Annual mean salary: $125,420
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $103,320
- Employment: 132,040
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent



