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

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January 4, 2021
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Highest-paying jobs in Flint 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 Flint that don’t require a college degree.

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#50. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $44,050
- Employment: 1,180

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,960
- Employment: 1,512,660
- Entry level education requirements: Some college, no degree
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#49. New accounts clerks

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $44,310
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $38,490
- Employment: 43,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#48. Transportation security screeners

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $44,710
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,310
- Employment: 46,730
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#47. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $44,810
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,840
- Employment: 147,800
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#46. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $45,010
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,110
- Employment: 133,310
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#45. Highway maintenance workers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $46,150
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,410
- Employment: 150,860
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#44. Interviewers, except eligibility and loan

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $46,540
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $36,390
- Employment: 188,570
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#43. Surgical technologists

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $46,600
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,110
- Employment: 109,000
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#42. Carpenters

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $46,670
- Employment: 730

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,850
- Employment: 734,170
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#41. Community health workers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $46,830
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,390
- Employment: 58,950
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#40. Security and fire alarm systems installers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $47,470
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,210
- Employment: 71,600
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#39. Industrial truck and tractor operators

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $47,960
- Employment: 860

National
- Annual mean salary: $37,930
- Employment: 629,270
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
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#38. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $48,870
- Employment: 260

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,920
- Employment: 542,690
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#37. Computer user support specialists

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $49,150
- Employment: 400

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,550
- Employment: 647,330
- Entry level education requirements: Some college, no degree
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#36. Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $50,220
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,360
- Employment: 266,330
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#35. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $50,480
- Employment: 470

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,500
- Employment: 697,510
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#34. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $50,580
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,640
- Employment: 370,380
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#33. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $50,910
- Employment: 720

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,560
- Employment: 208,480
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#32. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $51,500
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,490
- Employment: 123,730
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#31. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $51,800
- Employment: 1,170

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,130
- Employment: 1,487,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#30. Eligibility interviewers, government programs

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $52,300
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,110
- Employment: 139,780
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#29. Postal service mail carriers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $52,450
- Employment: 500

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,180
- Employment: 339,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#28. Cement masons and concrete finishers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $52,860
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,330
- Employment: 196,120
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
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#27. Chefs and head cooks

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $53,000
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,310
- Employment: 128,190
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#26. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $53,120
- Employment: 360

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,420
- Employment: 342,040
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#25. Construction and building inspectors

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $53,540
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,390
- Employment: 110,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#24. Industrial machinery mechanics

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $54,030
- Employment: 340

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,320
- Employment: 387,630
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#23. Postal service clerks

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $54,630
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,610
- Employment: 81,170
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#22. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $54,730
- Employment: 550

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,760
- Employment: 1,039,670
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#21. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $56,700
- Employment: 270

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,210
- Employment: 405,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#20. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $56,830
- Employment: 670

National
- Annual mean salary: $37,310
- Employment: 195,040
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#19. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $58,180
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,340
- Employment: 103,580
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#18. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $62,400
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,720
- Employment: 220,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#17. Home appliance repairers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $62,830
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,400
- Employment: 31,100
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#16. Brickmasons and blockmasons

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $63,480
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,470
- Employment: 60,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#15. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $63,500
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $82,010
- Employment: 69,590
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#14. Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $64,850
- Employment: 660

National
- Annual mean salary: $38,410
- Employment: 146,950
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#13. Sheet metal workers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $66,090
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,480
- Employment: 131,300
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#12. Electricians

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $67,080
- Employment: 810

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,370
- Employment: 688,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#11. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $67,580
- Employment: 590

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,220
- Employment: 631,100
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#10. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $69,220
- Employment: 360

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,440
- Employment: 626,180
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#9. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $70,600
- Employment: 430

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,550
- Employment: 485,700
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#8. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $70,700
- Employment: 680

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,800
- Employment: 442,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#7. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $72,030
- Employment: 1,780

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,110
- Employment: 1,344,530
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#6. Insurance sales agents

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $74,250
- Employment: 390

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,780
- Employment: 410,050
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#5. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $77,200
- Employment: 260

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,940
- Employment: 287,960
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#4. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $80,200
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $94,950
- Employment: 121,340
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#3. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $80,310
- Employment: 220

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,180
- Employment: 249,090
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#2. Detectives and criminal investigators

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $86,360
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,030
- Employment: 105,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Flint, MI
- Annual mean salary: $127,600
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $103,320
- Employment: 132,040
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

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