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Salaries for 900+ Occupations                                                   119


              Similar and more detailed data can be obtained through the U.S. Department of La-
            bor’s  OneStopCareer  website  (Salary  Finder  section  again)  and  filtered  by  location
            (state) and education level. For example, the highest paying occupations in California
            for someone with a high school diploma or equivalent are the following:


              Rank             Title                               Median Annual Salary

               25     First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives     $134,700
               78     Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers      $104,200
                              SAMPLE
               86     Elevator Installers and Repairers                   $100,000
               98     Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers                 $98,200
                103   Power Plant Operators                                $96,700
                115   First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers      $93,700
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                123   Detectives and Criminal Investigators                $92,500
                128   Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers   $91,200
                132   Gas Plant Operators                                  $89,900
                142   Pile-Driver Operators                                $87,000
                                     ONLY
                150   Construction and Building Inspectors                 $84,700
                156   Gaming Managers                                      $83,200
                159   Commercial Pilots                                    $82,100
                164   Boilermakers                                         $81,600
              COPYRIGHTED
                      Media and Communication Equipment Workers
                                                                           $80,600
                171
                                                                           $79,700
                      Rail Transportation Workers
                174
                                                                           $79,300
                180
                      Power Distributors and Dispatchers
                186   Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery
                          MATERIAL
                      Operators, and Gaugers                               $77,500
                188   Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators            $77,100
                191   Postmasters and Mail Superintendents                 $76,700
            Ironically, some of the best paying occupations in California for individuals with a high
            school education are associated with the criminal justice and incarceration systems –
            police and correctional officers.
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