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Postmasters and mail superintendents make an average of $75,970 a year.
- According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are a ton of high-paying jobs that only require a high school diploma.
- Some of those
careers include nuclear-power-reactor operators, commercial pilots, and detectives. - Here are the highest-paying jobs you can get with just a high school diploma.
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Many industries that only require a high school diploma provide training for new hires on the job. That means there's no need to go to trade school, and no certificate or diploma is required.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program provides an annual guide to median pay and number of people employed in about 800 detailed occupations. Using that data, we compiled this list of jobs that only require a high school graduation, ranked by median salary as of May 2018 (the most recently available data).
Here are the highest-paying jobs you can get with nothing but a high school diploma.