Highest-paying jobs in Toledo that don't require a college degree
Highest-paying jobs in Toledo 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 Toledo that don’t require a college degree.
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#50. Postal service mail carriers
- Annual mean salary: $51,800
- Employment: 830
National
- Annual mean salary: $52,180
- Employment: 339,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#49. Firefighters
- Annual mean salary: $52,050
- Employment: 990
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,650
- Employment: 324,620
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
#48. Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
- Annual mean salary: $52,110
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $48,610
- Employment: 16,290
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential

#47. Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
- Annual mean salary: $52,350
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $51,190
- Employment: 102,390
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#46. Carpenters
- Annual mean salary: $52,530
- Employment: 1,290
National
- Annual mean salary: $52,850
- Employment: 734,170
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#45. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators
- Annual mean salary: $52,750
- Employment: 250
National
- Annual mean salary: $50,490
- Employment: 123,730
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#44. Security and fire alarm systems installers
- Annual mean salary: $52,800
- Employment: 150
National
- Annual mean salary: $50,210
- Employment: 71,600
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#43. Glaziers
- Annual mean salary: $52,940
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $49,810
- Employment: 52,400
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#42. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
- Annual mean salary: $53,510
- Employment: 330
National
- Annual mean salary: $58,560
- Employment: 208,480
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
#41. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
- Annual mean salary: $53,520
- Employment: 160
National
- Annual mean salary: $44,630
- Employment: 45,770
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#40. Crane and tower operators
- Annual mean salary: $54,280
- Employment: 60
National
- Annual mean salary: $60,530
- Employment: 45,480
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#39. Tool and die makers
- Annual mean salary: $54,620
- Employment: 900
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,980
- Employment: 70,770
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

#38. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
- Annual mean salary: $55,910
- Employment: 240
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,840
- Employment: 147,800
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#37. Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
- Annual mean salary: $56,030
- Employment: 230
National
- Annual mean salary: $41,920
- Employment: 32,470
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#36. Bailiffs
- Annual mean salary: $56,480
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $51,840
- Employment: 19,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#35. Pipelayers
- Annual mean salary: $56,660
- Employment: 160
National
- Annual mean salary: $43,600
- Employment: 36,270
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
#34. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
- Annual mean salary: $56,960
- Employment: 720
National
- Annual mean salary: $62,920
- Employment: 542,690
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#33. Insulation workers, mechanical
- Annual mean salary: $57,340
- Employment: 90
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,120
- Employment: 26,670
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#32. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
- Annual mean salary: $58,470
- Employment: 2,640
National
- Annual mean salary: $60,130
- Employment: 1,487,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#31. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel
- Annual mean salary: $58,830
- Employment: 1,340
National
- Annual mean salary: $66,760
- Employment: 1,039,670
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#30. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
- Annual mean salary: $60,350
- Employment: 2,950
National
- Annual mean salary: $71,110
- Employment: 1,344,530
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#29. Structural iron and steel workers
- Annual mean salary: $60,710
- Employment: 740
National
- Annual mean salary: $59,170
- Employment: 76,570
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#28. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
- Annual mean salary: $61,380
- Employment: 880
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,210
- Employment: 405,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#27. Insurance sales agents
- Annual mean salary: $61,670
- Employment: 900
National
- Annual mean salary: $67,780
- Employment: 410,050
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#26. Brickmasons and blockmasons
- Annual mean salary: $62,270
- Employment: 220
National
- Annual mean salary: $56,470
- Employment: 60,650
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#25. Stationary engineers and boiler operators
- Annual mean salary: $62,340
- Employment: 40
National
- Annual mean salary: $65,970
- Employment: 32,520
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#24. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
- Annual mean salary: $62,360
- Employment: 280
National
- Annual mean salary: $68,940
- Employment: 287,960
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#23. Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Annual mean salary: $62,580
- Employment: 330
National
- Annual mean salary: $71,720
- Employment: 220,750
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#22. Industrial machinery mechanics
- Annual mean salary: $63,070
- Employment: 1,300
National
- Annual mean salary: $55,320
- Employment: 387,630
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#21. Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
- Annual mean salary: $63,820
- Employment: 110
National
- Annual mean salary: $60,360
- Employment: 58,930
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

#20. Millwrights
- Annual mean salary: $63,950
- Employment: 450
National
- Annual mean salary: $57,050
- Employment: 47,320
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#19. Sheet metal workers
- Annual mean salary: $64,440
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $54,480
- Employment: 131,300
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#18. Construction and building inspectors
- Annual mean salary: $65,490
- Employment: 70
National
- Annual mean salary: $64,390
- Employment: 110,420
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#17. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
- Annual mean salary: $65,660
- Employment: 120
National
- Annual mean salary: $67,110
- Employment: 133,310
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

#16. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
- Annual mean salary: $66,000
- Employment: 1,890
National
- Annual mean salary: $65,220
- Employment: 631,100
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#15. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers
- Annual mean salary: $66,120
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $59,730
- Employment: 25,570
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
#14. Court reporters and simultaneous captioners
- Annual mean salary: $67,380
- Employment: 30
National
- Annual mean salary: $64,990
- Employment: 14,530
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

#13. Electricians
- Annual mean salary: $67,600
- Employment: 1,530
National
- Annual mean salary: $60,370
- Employment: 688,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#12. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $67,620
- Employment: 1,000
National
- Annual mean salary: $70,550
- Employment: 485,700
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#11. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
- Annual mean salary: $67,980
- Employment: 710
National
- Annual mean salary: $59,800
- Employment: 442,870
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#10. Commercial pilots
- Annual mean salary: $68,140
- Employment: data not available
National
- Annual mean salary: $102,870
- Employment: 37,830
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#9. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
- Annual mean salary: $72,400
- Employment: 900
National
- Annual mean salary: $71,440
- Employment: 626,180
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#8. Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
- Annual mean salary: $73,720
- Employment: 80
National
- Annual mean salary: $59,920
- Employment: 52,270
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#7. Detectives and criminal investigators
- Annual mean salary: $75,110
- Employment: 130
National
- Annual mean salary: $86,030
- Employment: 105,620
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#6. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers
- Annual mean salary: $75,930
- Employment: 200
National
- Annual mean salary: $82,010
- Employment: 69,590
- Entry level education requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award

#5. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
- Annual mean salary: $85,130
- Employment: 130
National
- Annual mean salary: $71,960
- Employment: 111,660
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#4. Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers
- Annual mean salary: $85,650
- Employment: 380
National
- Annual mean salary: $73,830
- Employment: 40,370
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

#3. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
- Annual mean salary: $87,740
- Employment: 430
National
- Annual mean salary: $86,180
- Employment: 249,090
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
#2. First-line supervisors of police and detectives
- Annual mean salary: $87,770
- Employment: 140
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: $92,600
- Employment: 280
National
- Annual mean salary: $103,320
- Employment: 132,040
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent

