Construction laborer
Average annual salary: $36,550
They perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites, and may operate hand and power tools of all types (air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying, and measuring equipment — and a variety of other equipment and instruments). They may also clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials.
Correction officer
Average annual salary: $45,320
They guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. They also guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other points.
Emergency medical technician
Average annual salary: $35,430
They assess injuries, administer emergency medical care, and extricate trapped individuals. They also transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.
Farmer
Average annual salary: $69,880
They plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. They may hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation — and sometimes engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.
Firefighter
Average annual salary: $49,330
They control and extinguish fires or respond to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk. Their duties may include fire prevention, emergency medical service, hazardous material response, search and rescue, and disaster assistance.
Nursing assistant
Average annual salary: $26,820
They provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff, and perform duties such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, move patients, or change linens. They may transfer or transport patients, as well.
Police officer
Average annual salary: $61,270
They maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, State, or Federal laws and ordinances. They perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area, direct traffic, issue traffic summonses, investigate accidents, apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts.
Taxi driver
Average annual salary: $26,070
They drive cars, vans, or limousines to transport passengers.
Truck driver
Average annual salary: $42,500
They drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,000 pounds gross vehicle weight. They may be required to unload truck.
