16 high-paying jobs you can do from home without a college degree

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Not every job that you can do from home requires a college degree.
  • Researchers from The University of Chicago analyzed which jobs can be done from home given their characteristics and work duties.
  • Given this classification of telework jobs, we decided to look at which jobs are high-paying and can be done from home but do not require a college degree.
  • Using education requirements and typical salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we looked at jobs from the University of Chicago list that earn more than the US average annual salary and where the typical minimum education is a high school diploma or no formal education.
  • Transportation managers made the top of the list with an average annual salary of $103,320 and a minimum educational requirement of a high school diploma or equivalent.
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The kinds of jobs that can be done from home range from managers and supervisors to sales agents, and not all of these jobs require you to be a college graduate.

Jonathan Dingel and Brent Neiman from The University of Chicago researched the kinds of job that can potentially be done from home based on an occupation's characteristics and responsibilities found on The Department of Labor's Occupational Information Network (O*NET)

Using two work questionnaires on O*NET, if an occupation met conditions like a "majority of respondents say they work outdoors every day" or "performing general physical activities is very important," then the researchers classified this occupation as one that cannot be done from home. The full list of these kinds of questions can be found in their white paper

To check this method, the researchers manually gave each occupation their own score. The O*NET and manual classifications were mostly the same, agreeing for about 85% of the jobs.

Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers were one of the jobs that did not match between the two assessments. The O*NET classification found these jobs can likely be done from home, while their manual classification believed these jobs are not suited for telework. Private detectives and investigators showed a similar difference.

Based on their O*NET method, they found about 37% of occupations can likely be done remotely. 

Given the large number of people working from home during the pandemic, Business Insider decided to look at high-paying remote jobs that don't require a college education. To do this, we used The University of Chicago's classification of jobs that likely can be done from home based on the O*NET classification scheme and found those where the typical minimum requirement is a high school diploma or its equivalent, or does not have a particular educational requirement. Of these occupations, we looked at those that make more than $53,490, the average annual salary of all occupations as of May 2019. 

The following are the 16 highest-paying jobs that you can do from home that don't require a college degree based on O*NET classifications. Education and occupational data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

16. Brokerage clerks
worker calculating figures

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $55,190 

Number of people employed: 47,990 

15. Private detectives and investigators
detective

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $57,000 

Number of people employed: 35,000 

While the job-characteristic-based method found private detectives and investigators can work from home, the researchers' manual assignment found that this occupation probably cannot work from home. 

14. First-line supervisors of transportation and material moving workers, except aircraft cargo handling supervisors
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $57,840 

Number of people employed: 455,390 

13. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
coworker administrative assistant

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $60,130 

Number of people employed: 1,487,870 

12. Farm labor contractors
farmer

Education requirement: None

Salary: $62,060 

Number of people employed: 160 

11. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
coworker administrative assistant

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $62,920 

Number of people employed: 542,690 

10. Insurance sales agents
sales agent

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $67,780 

Number of people employed: 410,050 

9. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
claims adjuster home repair

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $68,940 

Number of people employed: 287,960 

8. Wholesale and manufacturing sales representatives, except technical and scientific products
Sales rep

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $71,110 

Number of people employed: 1,344,530 

7. Property, real estate, and community association managers
Real Estate investors

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $71,720 

Number of people employed: 220,750 

6. Postmasters and mail superintendents
usps
A United States Postal Service (USPS) mail box stands in Manhattan on August 05, 2020 in New York City.

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $78,220 

Number of people employed: 13,850 

5. Real estate brokers
real estate

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $81,450 

Number of people employed: 42,730

4. Intelligence analysts
analyst data charts

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $86,030 

Number of people employed: 105,620 

Intelligence agents are included in the broader category of detectives and criminal investigators, but the researchers at University of Chicago found criminal investigators and special agents likely cannot work from home. These specific occupation titles from O*NET, intelligence analysts and criminal investigators and special agents, both use wage data for detectives and criminal investigators from BLS.

3. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers
employees office sales

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $86,180 

Number of people employed: 249,090 

2. Athletes and sports competitors
In this still image from video provided by the NFL, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during the NFL football draft, Saturday, April 25, 2020. (NFL via AP)
In this still image from video provided by the NFL, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell during the NFL football draft, Saturday, April 25, 2020. (NFL via AP)

Education requirement: None

Salary: $93,140 

Number of people employed: 11,330 

While the O*NET job-characteristic-based method found athletes can work from home, the researchers' manual assignment found that this occupation probably cannot work from home. 

1. Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
fulfillment warehouse

Education requirement: High school diploma or equivalent

Salary: $103,320 

Number of people employed: 132,040 

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