The following list was published in the book 300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree, Third Edition (© 2009), by Michael Farr and Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D. The book contains more than 65 other “best jobs lists,” plus information-packed descriptions about the jobs featured in each list.
Air Traffic Controllers
- Median Earnings: $112,930
- Percent Growth: 17.3 percent
- Annual Openings: 14,746
Industrial Production Managers
- Median Earnings: $80,560
- Percent Growth: 23.5 percent
- Annual Openings: 233,499
Storage and Distribution Managers
- Median Earnings: $76,310
- Percent Growth: 12.4 percent
- Annual Openings: 43,469
Transportation Managers
- Median Earnings: $76,310
- Percent Growth: 30.1 percent
- Annual Openings: 10,433
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Police and Detectives
- Median Earnings: $72,620
- Percent Growth: 17.3 percent
- Annual Openings: 14,746
Nuclear Power Reactor Operators
- Median Earnings: $70.410
- Percent Growth: 17.3 percent
- Annual Openings: 14,746
Radiation Therapists
- Median Earnings: $70,010
- Percent Growth: 17.3 percent
- Annual Openings: 14,746
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
- Median Earnings: $68,270
- Percent Growth: 17.3 percent
- Annual Openings: 14,746
Elevator Installers and Repairers
- Median Earnings: $68,000
- Percent Growth: 22.9 percent
- Annual Openings: 19,313
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Non-Retail Sales Workers
- Median Earnings: $67,020
- Percent Growth: 22.2 percent
- Annual Openings: 22,756
To learn more about these jobs or to view additional “best jobs lists,” purchase 300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree, Third Edition, by Michael Farr and Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D.