Many of you tell us that you’ll take any job as long as it pays the bills. Here’s one way this tool might fit in. Say you need to earn $50,000 to support yourself and your family. Type in your location and that number and — voila! — you’ll receive a list of jobs that match that pay an average of $50,000 in your area. While we’re on the subject, we thought we’d give you a list to start with. Here are 50 jobs that pay an average of $50,000 annually in the United States:
- Millwrights
Annual average earnings: $50,040* - Mechanical engineering technicians
Annual average earnings: $50,070 - Industrial engineering technicians
Annual average earnings: $50,130 - Vocational education teachers, middle school
Annual average earnings: $50,150 - Food service managers
Annual average earnings: $50,400 - Vocational education teachers, postsecondary
Annual average earnings: $51,020 - Dietitians and nutritionists
Annual average earnings: $51,540 - Pile-driver operators
Annual average earnings: $51,650 - Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
Annual average earnings: $51,960 - Court reporters
Annual average earnings: $52,150 - Chemical plant and system operators
Annual average earnings: $52,160 - Construction and building inspectors
Annual average earnings: $52,240 - Elementary school teachers, except special education
Annual average earnings: $52,550 - Lodging managers
Annual average earnings: $52,570 - Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
Annual average earnings: $52,650 - Police and sheriff’s patrol officers
Annual average earnings: $52,950 - Forensic science technicians
Annual average earnings: $52,970 - Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
Annual average earnings: $53,090 - Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
Annual average earnings: $53,100 - Boilermakers
Annual average earnings: $53,110 - Sound engineering technicians
Annual average earnings: $53,150 - Respiratory therapists
Annual average earnings: $53,170 - Advertising sales agents
Annual average earnings: $53,230 - Radiologic technologists and technicians
Annual average earnings: $53,410 - Appraisers and assessors of real estate
Annual average earnings: $53,460 - Educational, vocational, and school counselors
Annual average earnings: $53,540 - Vocational education teachers, secondary school
Annual average earnings: $53,760 - Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
Annual average earnings: $53,960 - Insurance appraisers, auto damage
Annual average earnings: $53,990 - Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
Annual average earnings: $54,050 - Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
Annual average earnings: $54,120 - Real estate sales agents
Annual average earnings: $54,700 - Librarians
Annual average earnings: $54,750 - Training and development specialists
Annual average earnings: $54,840 - Music directors and composers
Annual average earnings: $54,840 - Special education teachers, secondary school
Annual average earnings: $55,140 - Surveyors
Annual average earnings: $56,030 - Property, real estate, and community association managers
Annual average earnings: $56,280 - Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
Annual average earnings: $56,560 - Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other
Annual average earnings: $56,660 - Legal support workers
Annual average earnings: $57,060 - Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
Annual average earnings: $57,080 - Editors
Annual average earnings: $57,300 - Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
Annual average earnings: $57,630 - Funeral directors
Annual average earnings: $58,820 - Public relations specialists
Annual average earnings: $59,030 - Sales representatives, services
Annual average earnings: $59,150 - Transportation inspectors
Annual average earnings: $59,650 - Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
Annual average earnings: $59,780 - Instructional coordinators
Annual average earnings: $59,830
*National data according to the BLS
