Highest-paying jobs in Prescott Valley that don't require a college degree

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June 13, 2022
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Highest-paying jobs in Prescott Valley that don't require a college degree

From the moment they arrive 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, and coaches. 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 nondegree 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 2021 annual mean wage.

Keep reading to discover the highest paying jobs in Prescott, AZ that don't require a college degree.

#50. Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $45,050
- #160 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,390
- Employment: 51,040
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($81,390)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($80,460)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($73,070)

#49. Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $45,990
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,870
- Employment: 221,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($69,160)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($68,140)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($64,980)

#48. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $46,320
- #369 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,690
- Employment: 356,960
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,020)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($76,750)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($71,710)

#47. Carpenters

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $46,600
- #264 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,190
- Employment: 668,060
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($81,730)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,680)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($78,280)

#46. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $46,760
- #119 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,540
- Employment: 155,250
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,320)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($77,210)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($72,760)

#45. Cement masons and concrete finishers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $46,990
- #206 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,900
- Employment: 186,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New Bedford, MA ($90,980)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($82,820)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($79,650)

#44. Automotive service technicians and mechanics

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $47,190
- #169 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,990
- Employment: 629,780
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($62,810)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($62,690)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($61,350)

#43. Demonstrators and product promoters

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $47,200
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $36,990
- Employment: 40,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($64,820)
--- Boulder, CO ($51,470)
--- Prescott, AZ ($47,200)

#41 (tie). Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $47,320
- #331 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,020
- Employment: 261,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($75,900)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($73,400)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($70,480)

#41 (tie). First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $47,320
- #311 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,270
- Employment: 116,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Madera, CA ($76,040)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($74,800)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($73,360)

#40. Correctional officers and jailers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $47,480
- #156 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,420
- Employment: 392,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($96,580)
--- Salinas, CA ($89,100)
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($86,260)

#39. Massage therapists

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $47,630
- #122 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,260
- Employment: 81,030
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($96,260)
--- Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ($74,980)
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($74,850)

#37 (tie). Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $47,670
- #309 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 490

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,280
- Employment: 404,820
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,910)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($91,860)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($91,120)

#37 (tie). Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $47,670
- #271 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,320
- Employment: 121,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($93,980)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($92,370)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($87,990)

#36. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $48,030
- #332 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,220
- Employment: 367,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($74,970)
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($71,160)
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($67,140)

#35. Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $48,790
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,590
- Employment: 44,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,510)
--- Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA ($78,180)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,380)

#34. Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $48,900
- #4 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 30

National
- Annual mean salary: $40,000
- Employment: 179,630
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($49,970)
--- Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH ($49,680)
--- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN ($49,470)

#33. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $48,980
- #135 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,290
- Employment: 397,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($72,500)
--- Anchorage, AK ($71,840)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($66,920)

#32. Computer user support specialists

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $50,160
- #296 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,650
- Employment: 654,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($90,480)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,920)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($76,510)

#31. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $50,900
- #88 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,560
- Employment: 149,290
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($66,600)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($66,240)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($60,930)

#30. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $51,290
- #330 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,350
- Employment: 417,620
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($94,580)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($89,500)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($89,190)

#29. Machinists

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $51,590
- #95 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,020
- Employment: 333,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($71,070)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($69,300)
--- Monroe, MI ($66,560)

#28. Industrial machinery mechanics

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $51,680
- #441 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,780
- Employment: 373,090
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($85,900)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($85,360)
--- Anchorage, AK ($82,890)

#27. Chefs and head cooks

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $52,370
- #207 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,920
- Employment: 129,810
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Leominster-Gardner, MA ($81,020)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($79,600)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($79,430)

#26. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $52,870
- #386 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 600

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,380
- Employment: 1,443,630
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($82,050)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($79,520)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($78,430)

#25. Postal service mail carriers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $53,590
- #271 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,370
- Employment: 335,540
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Modesto, CA ($57,160)
--- Bismarck, ND ($57,090)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,820)

#24. Construction and building inspectors

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $53,860
- #325 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,480
- Employment: 117,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New Haven, CT ($121,510)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($107,330)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($106,190)

#23. Electricians

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $54,000
- #305 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,310
- Employment: 650,580
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($93,900)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($91,090)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($86,600)

#22. Advertising sales agents

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $55,120
- #144 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,540
- Employment: 96,660
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($97,840)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($97,720)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($83,050)

#21. Aircraft mechanics and service technicians

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $55,430
- #229 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,470
- Employment: 125,440
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($86,470)
--- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD ($86,370)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($85,860)

#20. Postal service clerks

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $56,580
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,210
- Employment: 79,320
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($59,410)
--- Florence, SC ($59,360)
--- Monroe, MI ($59,320)

#19. Self-enrichment teachers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $56,780
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,230
- Employment: 216,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($70,350)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($66,650)
--- Utica-Rome, NY ($63,470)

#18. Automotive body and related repairers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $57,070
- #33 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,660
- Employment: 137,300
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Ann Arbor, MI ($71,350)
--- Ames, IA ($68,340)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($68,060)

#17. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $59,110
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,850
- Employment: 641,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Napa, CA ($76,890)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($75,880)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,410)

#16. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $59,250
- #227 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,030
- Employment: 234,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($109,540)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($106,420)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($103,610)

#15. Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $59,680
- #189 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $60,350
- Employment: 172,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($88,140)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($84,690)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($80,570)

#14. Insurance sales agents

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $59,910
- #255 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,340
- Employment: 422,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,230)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,470)
--- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($95,620)

#13. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $60,710
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 250

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,280
- Employment: 145,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($86,740)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($82,520)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($79,470)

#12. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $62,250
- #473 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $92,320
- Employment: 243,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Portland-South Portland, ME ($129,860)
--- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($121,360)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($121,250)

#11. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $62,610
- #385 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

National
- Annual mean salary: $72,390
- Employment: 1,242,490
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($102,280)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($92,660)
--- Napa, CA ($92,620)

#10. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $63,270
- #326 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,330
- Employment: 629,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($98,170)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($97,910)
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($90,410)

#9. Lodging managers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $64,420
- #96 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,770
- Employment: 35,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($121,090)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($111,410)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($99,600)

#8. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $64,960
- #409 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,590
- Employment: 526,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($93,830)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($93,030)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,870)

#7. Food service managers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $65,640
- #95 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,970
- Employment: 210,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)

#6. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $65,840
- #71 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,870
- Employment: 466,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($94,590)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($87,760)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($87,420)

#5. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $67,140
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,110
- Employment: 1,026,390
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($103,810)
--- Boulder, CO ($101,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($97,360)

#4. Commercial pilots

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $68,370
- #189 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $115,080
- Employment: 42,770
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($185,920)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($184,260)
--- Savannah, GA ($177,450)

#3. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $69,550
- #223 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

National
- Annual mean salary: $75,060
- Employment: 665,870
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,020)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,820)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($101,210)

#2. First-line supervisors of firefighting and prevention workers

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $70,850
- #197 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $83,270
- Employment: 80,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($171,060)
--- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ($145,740)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($135,860)

#1. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Prescott, AZ
- Annual mean salary: $87,790
- #203 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $98,760
- Employment: 128,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($182,700)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($170,740)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($164,600)

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