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According to Insider, there are a bunch of jobs you can get with just a high school diploma. You could be a chef, plumber, bus driver, or welder just to name a few. And you know what the best part is? They pay some serious cash.

So if you are searching for a new job and don’t want to go back to school, here is a list of 20 high-paying jobs that only require a high school diploma you can get.

• 1. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 97,000

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $58,770

  On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

• 2. Industrial machinery mechanics

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 83,600

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $55,490

  On-the-job training: Long-term on-the-job training

• 3. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 22,200

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $49,770

  On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

• 4. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 23,400

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $56,330

  On-the-job training: Apprenticeship

• 5. Machinists

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 28,800

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $45,840

  On-the-job training: Long-term on-the-job training

  

• 6. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 22,700

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $62,850

  On-the-job training: None

• 7. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 27,900

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $49,640

  On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

• 8. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 34,100

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $44,190

  On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

• 9. Chefs and head cooks

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 28,000

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $53,380

  On-the-job training: None

  

• 10. Transit and intercity bus drivers

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 34,800

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $45,900

  On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

• 11. First-line supervisors of transportation and material-moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 30,900

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $54,870

  On-the-job training: None

• 12. Flight attendant

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 31,100

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $59,050

  On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

  

• 13. Insurance Sales Agents

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 35,500

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $52,180

  On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

• 14. First-line supervisors of personal service and entertainment and recreation workers, except gambling services

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 48,400

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $42,000

  On-the-job training: None

• 15. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 31,700

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $70,240

  On-the-job training: None

  

• 16. Food Service Managers

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 46,200

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $56,590

  On-the-job training: None

• 17. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 43,100

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $67,840

  On-the-job training: None

• 18. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 48,600

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $65,540

  On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

  

• 19. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 59,400

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $62,070

  On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training

• 20. Electrician

  Projected new jobs between 2020 and 2030: 66,100

  Median annual wage in May 2020: $56,900

  On-the-job training: Apprenticeship

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