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title: "Six-Figure Jobs Without a Degree"
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# Six-Figure Jobs Without a Degree

Occupations whose national median annual wage is $100,000 or more and whose typical entry requirement, per BLS Employment Projections, is a high school diploma, a postsecondary certificate, some college or no formal credential. Ranked by projected annual openings, so the list leads with the six-figure work that actually hires.

9 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 | [Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/transportation-storage-and-distribution-manager) | $107,230 | +6.1% | High school |
| 2 | [First-Line Supervisor of Police and Detectives](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-police-and-detectives) | $106,040 | +3.3% | High school |
| 3 | [Commercial Pilot](https://nuecareer.com/careers/commercial-pilot) | $123,220 | +5.2% | Certificate |
| 4 | [Power Plant Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/power-plant-operator) | $102,040 | -5.1% | High school |
| 5 | [Elevator Installer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/elevator-installer) | $109,910 | +5.7% | High school |
| 6 | [Electrical and Electronics Repairer, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay](https://nuecareer.com/careers/electrical-and-electronics-repairer-powerhouse-substation-and-relay) | $103,020 | +9.7% | Certificate |
| 7 | [Ship Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ship-engineer) | $109,530 | +2.7% | Certificate |
| 8 | [Power Distributor and Dispatcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/power-distributor-and-dispatcher) | $106,730 | +1.2% | High school |
| 9 | [Nuclear Power Reactor Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/nuclear-power-reactor-operator) | $122,890 | -5.9% | High school |

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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).

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