9. Power plant operators
Median pay in 2015 – $71,940
As a power plant operator that’s up next in our list of best careers if you don’t go to college, you can be employed as a hydroelectric plant operator, power plant control room operator, turbine room attendant and more. Your job is to control, operate and make sure it’s all working perfectly with the machinery that generates electric power.
Those working these jobs earned $71,940 on average throughout 2015, although for some the annual wage reached as high as $97,410, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
