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title: "Jobs That Pay $50 an Hour"
description: "Occupations whose BLS median hourly wage is at least $50.00 and under $75.00, ranked by projected annual openings. The hourly figure is the one BLS…"
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Jobs That Pay $50 an Hour

Occupations whose BLS median hourly wage is at least $50.00 and under $75.00, ranked by projected annual openings. The hourly figure is the one BLS publishes, not an annual salary divided by 2,080; occupations reported on an annual basis only are left off.

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 | [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager) | $105,770 | +5.0% | Bachelor's |
| 2 | [Regulatory Affairs Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/regulatory-affairs-manager) | $141,900 | +4.9% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's |
| 4 | [Medical and Health Services Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/medical-and-health-services-manager) | $123,860 | +24.2% | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [Construction Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/construction-manager) | $114,990 | +9.1% | Bachelor's |
| 6 | [Sales Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-manager) | $148,270 | +4.5% | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [Computer Systems Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-systems-analyst) | $105,850 | +7.9% | Bachelor's |
| 8 | [Nurse Practitioner](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nurse-practitioner) | $132,300 | +41.0% | Master's |
| 9 | [Web Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-administrator) | $116,580 | +5.1% | Bachelor's |
| 10 | [Data Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/data-scientist) | $120,230 | +34.6% | Bachelor's |
| 11 | [Sales Representative, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Product](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sales-representative-wholesale-and-manufacturing-technical-and-scientific-product) | $104,920 | +1.2% | Bachelor's |
| 12 | [Administrative Services Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/administrative-services-manager) | $114,130 | +5.2% | Bachelor's |
| 13 | [Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/transportation-storage-and-distribution-manager) | $107,230 | +6.1% | High school |
| 14 | [Mechanical Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mechanical-engineer) | $104,110 | +11.2% | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [Financial Advisor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/financial-advisor) | $105,070 | +1.4% | Bachelor's |
| 16 | [Industrial Production Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/industrial-production-manager) | $126,060 | +2.6% | Bachelor's |
| 17 | [Human Resources Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/human-resources-manager) | $149,280 | +5.5% | Bachelor's |
| 18 | [Education Administrator, Postsecondary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/education-administrator-postsecondary) | $104,590 | +1.8% | Master's |
| 19 | [Facilities Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/facilities-manager) | $106,660 | +4.6% | Bachelor's |
| 20 | [Information Security Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/information-security-analyst) | $129,180 | +21.0% | Bachelor's |
| 21 | [Pharmacist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/pharmacist) | $140,910 | +5.2% | Doctorate |
| 22 | [Art Director](https://nuecareer.com/careers/art-director) | $114,850 | +4.2% | Bachelor's |
| 23 | [Physician Assistant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/physician-assistant) | $135,880 | +21.1% | Master's |
| 24 | [Electrical Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-engineer) | $120,630 | +9.9% | Bachelor's |
| 25 | [QA Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/qa-analyst) | $104,300 | +5.7% | Bachelor's |
| 26 | [First-Line Supervisor of Police and Detectives](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-police-and-detectives) | $106,040 | +3.3% | High school |
| 27 | [Computer Network Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-network-architect) | $134,050 | +7.7% | Bachelor's |
| 28 | [Energy Engineer, Except Wind and Solar](https://nuecareer.com/careers/energy-engineer) | $122,930 | +3.7% | Bachelor's |
| 29 | [Web Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-designer) | $104,000 | +6.0% | Bachelor's |
| 30 | [Purchasing Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/purchasing-manager) | $148,080 | +4.0% | Bachelor's |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 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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