We used data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to see which working-class jobs had the biggest salaries. It pays to work at nuclear power plants.
Occupational Employment Statistics
program releases annual estimates for employment and earnings for hundreds of detailed occupational groups. Using data from May 2018, the most recent period available, we found 30 traditionally blue-collar jobs with high median annual earnings. There isn't really a formal definition for what makes a job "blue collar," so to make our list, we looked at seven of the major groups defined by the BLS that are predominantly made up of traditionally working-class or blue-collar occupations:
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