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title: "Jobs That Pay $20 an Hour"
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# Jobs That Pay $20 an Hour

Occupations whose BLS median hourly wage is at least $20.00 and under $25.00, ranked by projected annual openings so the list leads with the work that exists in volume at this rate. The hourly figure is the one BLS publishes in the OEWS release, not an annual salary divided by 2,080; occupations OEWS reports on an annual basis only, which is most teaching and airline flight-crew work, carry no hourly wage to test and are left off rather than converted. The band has an upper end so that each rate gets its own list rather than four copies of the same one; jobs paying above $25 an hour are on the higher lists.

30 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Customer Service Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/customer-service-representative) | $44,770 | -5.5% | High school |
| 2 | [Office Clerk, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/office-clerk-general) | $45,010 | -6.7% | High school |
| 3 | [Nursing Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nursing-assistant) | $42,260 | +2.3% | Certificate |
| 4 | [Secretary and Administrative Assistant, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive](https://nuecareer.com/careers/secretary-and-administrative-assistant) | $47,540 | -1.6% | High school |
| 5 | [First-Line Supervisor of Food Preparation and Serving Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-food-preparation-and-serving-workers) | $44,080 | +6.0% | High school |
| 6 | [Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bookkeeping-accounting-and-auditing-clerk) | $50,670 | -5.8% | Some college |
| 7 | [Maintenance and Repair Worker, General](https://nuecareer.com/careers/maintenance-and-repair-worker-general) | $49,590 | +3.8% | High school |
| 8 | [Team Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/team-assembler) | $44,650 | -0.1% | High school |
| 9 | [Construction Laborer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-laborer) | $47,120 | +7.3% | No formal credential |
| 10 | [First-Line Supervisor of Retail Sales Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-retail-sales-workers) | $48,520 | -5.0% | High school |
| 11 | [Light Truck Driver](https://nuecareer.com/careers/light-truck-driver) | $44,860 | +7.3% | High school |
| 12 | [Medical Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-assistant) | $45,690 | +12.5% | Certificate |
| 13 | [Medical Secretary and Administrative Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-secretary-and-administrative-assistant) | $45,930 | +4.2% | High school |
| 14 | [Industrial Truck and Tractor Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-truck-and-tractor-operator) | $46,420 | +1.1% | No formal credential |
| 15 | [Exercise Trainer and Group Fitness Instructor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/exercise-trainer-and-group-fitness-instructor) | $47,160 | +11.9% | High school |
| 16 | [Automotive Service Technician and Mechanic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/automotive-service-technician-and-mechanic) | $50,620 | +4.2% | Certificate |
| 17 | [Inspector, Tester, Sorter, Sampler, and Weigher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/inspector-tester-sorter-sampler-and-weigher) | $48,570 | 0.0% | High school |
| 18 | [Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/shipping-receiving-and-inventory-clerk) | $45,260 | -7.7% | High school |
| 19 | [Substitute Teacher, Short-Term](https://nuecareer.com/careers/substitute-teacher-short-term) | $41,670 | +1.6% | Bachelor's |
| 20 | [Bus Driver, School](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bus-driver-school) | $47,920 | +0.2% | High school |
| 21 | [Dental Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/dental-assistant) | $48,070 | +6.4% | Certificate |
| 22 | [Self-Enrichment Teacher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/self-enrichment-teacher) | $46,800 | +3.7% | High school |
| 23 | [Social and Human Service Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/social-and-human-service-assistant) | $45,930 | +6.4% | High school |
| 24 | [Pharmacy Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacy-technician) | $45,750 | +6.4% | High school |
| 25 | [Packaging and Filling Machine Operator and Tender](https://nuecareer.com/careers/packaging-and-filling-machine-operator-and-tender) | $43,220 | +4.5% | High school |
| 26 | [Billing and Posting Clerk](https://nuecareer.com/careers/billing-and-posting-clerk) | $48,500 | -0.4% | High school |
| 27 | [Tutor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/tutor) | $43,350 | +0.6% | Some college |
| 28 | [First-Line Supervisor of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-housekeeping-and-janitorial-workers) | $49,100 | +2.5% | High school |
| 29 | [Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-and-electronic-equipment-assembler) | $45,930 | +4.1% | Not published by BLS |
| 30 | [Electromechanical Equipment Assembler](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electromechanical-equipment-assembler) | $45,930 | +4.1% | Not published by BLS |

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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