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

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

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#50. Electricians

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $45,990
- Employment: 2,090

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,370
- Employment: 688,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#49. Chemical plant and system operators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $46,340
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,710
- Employment: 28,840
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#48. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $46,470
- Employment: 260

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,390
- Employment: 142,700
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#47. Structural metal fabricators and fitters

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $47,580
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,000
- Employment: 76,890
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#46. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $47,620
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,050
- Employment: 52,890
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#45. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $47,870
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,340
- Employment: 103,580
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#44. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $49,060
- Employment: 7,800

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,850
- Employment: 1,856,130
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#43. Brokerage clerks

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $49,570
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,190
- Employment: 47,990
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#42. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $49,590
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,730
- Employment: 25,570
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#41. New accounts clerks

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $49,660
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $38,490
- Employment: 43,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#40. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $49,810
- Employment: 1,040

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,800
- Employment: 442,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#39. Computer user support specialists

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $50,270
- Employment: 1,750

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,550
- Employment: 647,330
- Entry level education requirements: Some college, no degree
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#38. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $51,000
- Employment: 930

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,190
- Employment: 102,390
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#37. Fire inspectors and investigators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $51,380
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,730
- Employment: 13,710
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#36. Postal service mail carriers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,000
- Employment: 840

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,180
- Employment: 339,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#35. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,110
- Employment: 2,930

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,830
- Employment: 1,171,900
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#34. Industrial machinery mechanics

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,250
- Employment: 1,120

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,320
- Employment: 387,630
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#33. Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,310
- Employment: 210

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,360
- Employment: 58,930
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#32. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,320
- Employment: 930

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,110
- Employment: 133,310
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#31. Tool and die makers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,640
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,980
- Employment: 70,770
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#30. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $52,810
- Employment: 980

National
- Annual mean salary: $62,920
- Employment: 542,690
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#29. Postal service clerks

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $53,170
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,610
- Employment: 81,170
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#28. Construction and building inspectors

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $54,810
- Employment: 350

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,390
- Employment: 110,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#27. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $55,640
- Employment: 3,870

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,130
- Employment: 1,487,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#26. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $55,900
- Employment: 390

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,840
- Employment: 147,800
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#25. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $56,360
- Employment: 680

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,720
- Employment: 220,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#24. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $57,380
- Employment: 1,340

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,560
- Employment: 208,480
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#23. Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $57,910
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,370
- Employment: 51,160
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#22. Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $58,080
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,920
- Employment: 52,270
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#21. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $58,880
- Employment: 2,430

National
- Annual mean salary: $65,220
- Employment: 631,100
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#20. First-line supervisors of correctional officers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $59,590
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,000
- Employment: 46,430
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#18 (tie). Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $59,650
- Employment: 750

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,940
- Employment: 287,960
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#18 (tie). Automotive body and related repairers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $59,650
- Employment: 300

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,390
- Employment: 144,180
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#17. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $60,060
- Employment: 2,560

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,760
- Employment: 1,039,670
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#16. Insurance sales agents

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $60,980
- Employment: 1,600

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,780
- Employment: 410,050
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#15. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $62,250
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $82,010
- Employment: 69,590
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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#14. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $62,420
- Employment: 2,140

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,440
- Employment: 626,180
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#13. Food service managers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $63,030
- Employment: 370

National
- Annual mean salary: $59,820
- Employment: 235,470
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#12. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $66,750
- Employment: 1,320

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,550
- Employment: 485,700
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#11. Advertising sales agents

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $67,020
- Employment: 660

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,660
- Employment: 129,740
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#10. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $67,060
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,960
- Employment: 111,660
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#9. Elevator and escalator installers and repairers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $68,690
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $83,250
- Employment: 28,350
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#8. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $70,130
- Employment: 4,430

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,110
- Employment: 1,344,530
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#7. Detectives and criminal investigators

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $71,640
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,030
- Employment: 105,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#6. Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $72,630
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,830
- Employment: 40,370
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#5. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $74,530
- Employment: 290

National
- Annual mean salary: $94,950
- Employment: 121,340
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#4. Transportation inspectors

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $88,080
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $77,530
- Employment: 30,020
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#3. Commercial pilots

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $89,940
- Employment: 300

National
- Annual mean salary: $102,870
- Employment: 37,830
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#2. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $94,480
- Employment: 780

National
- Annual mean salary: $86,180
- Employment: 249,090
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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#1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers

Greensboro-High Point, NC
- Annual mean salary: $102,830
- Employment: 320

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

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