10 Highest-Paying Blue-Collar Jobs

We tend to associate hefty paychecks with briefcases, neckties and lab coats – but it turns out there’s plenty of money to be earned by those who sport hard hats and coveralls.
This may be surprising, but plenty of talented and skilled blue-collar workers earn six figures doing electrical work, repair jobs, and other labor-intensive trades.

What defines a blue-collar job? The American Heritage Dictionary says, “Of or relating to wage earners,
especially as a class, whose jobs are performed in work clothes and often involve manual labor.”

Here's our list of 10 high-paying blue-collar jobs:

1. Elevator Installers and Repairers

2. Electrical and Electronics Repairers.

3. Food Inspectors

4. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

5. Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gauger

6. Surveyors

7. Car Mechanics.

8. Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas

9. Boilermakers.

10. Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians.

Do you agree with this list. Do you feel there is any career we've left out? 

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