50 high-paying Tampa Bay jobs that don’t require a College Degree. All the kids in High School hear it over and over and over again. Get a degree to get a good gig. Right? Well, our friends at Stacker went to the Labor Stats folks to put together a nice list of high-paying Tampa Bay jobs that do not require a college degree. We can start with Radio DJ, right? Check it out…
50. First-line supervisors of gambling services workers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $54,86049. Correctional officers and jailers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $54,94048. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $55,06047. Industrial machinery mechanics
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $55,08046. Computer numerically controlled tool programmers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $55,10045. Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $56,34044. Private detectives and investigators
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $56,63043. Riggers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $56,95042. Sound engineering technicians
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $57,00041. Occupational health and safety technicians
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $57,27040. First-line supervisors of farming, fishing, and forestry workers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $57,34039. Real estate sales agents
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $57,75038. Chefs and head cooks
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $58,18037. Stationary engineers and boiler operators
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $58,44036. Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $60,10035. Construction and building inspectors
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $60,32034. Insurance sales agents
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $60,69033. Crane and tower operators
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $60,85032. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $61,10031. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $61,13030. Property, real estate, and community association managers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $61,43029. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $63,44028. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $64,29027. First-line supervisors of correctional officers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $64,46026. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $67,20024 (tie). Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $67,28024 (tie). Insurance appraisers, auto damage
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $67,28023. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $69,01022. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $69,02021. Food service managers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $71,33020. Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $71,74019. Flight attendants
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $72,13018. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $72,79017. Fire inspectors and investigators
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $72,83016. Umpires, referees, and other sports officials
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $73,60015. Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $74,09014. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $74,43013. Power distributors and dispatchers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $77,55012. Elevator and escalator installers and repairers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $79,04011. Ship engineers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $82,48010. Detectives and criminal investigators
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $85,4609. Power plant operators
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $86,5108. Lodging managers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $91,9507. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $93,0706. Transportation inspectors
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $93,1205. Postmasters and mail superintendents
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $97,9304. First-line supervisors of police and detectives
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $99,0703. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $99,4702. Commercial pilots
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $113,9401. Athletes and sports competitors
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
– Annual mean salary: $141,900
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