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Administrative Services Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records and information management, mail distribution, and other office support services.
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Starting Salary: $67,100
Median Salary: $114,130
Employment: 263,960
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Operate, install, adjust, and maintain integrated computer/communications systems, consoles, simulators, and other data acquisition, test, and measurement instruments and equipment, which are used to launch, track, position, and evaluate air and space vehicles. May record and interpret test data.
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Starting Salary: $59,050
Median Salary: $82,890
Employment: 11,280
Agricultural Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply knowledge of engineering technology and biological science to agricultural problems concerned with power and machinery, electrification, structures, soil and water conservation, and processing of agricultural products.
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Starting Salary: $68,060
Median Salary: $98,590
Employment: 1,480
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul aircraft engines and assemblies, such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
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Starting Salary: $48,780
Median Salary: $79,870
Employment: 138,090
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Plan and design structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property.
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Starting Salary: $62,300
Median Salary: $99,280
Employment: 106,770
Architectural and Civil Drafters
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Prepare detailed drawings of architectural and structural features of buildings or drawings and topographical relief maps used in civil engineering projects, such as highways, bridges, and public works. Use knowledge of building materials, engineering practices, and mathematics to complete drawings.
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Starting Salary: $46,260
Median Salary: $66,150
Employment: 103,700
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
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Starting Salary: $120,810
Median Salary: $171,270
Employment: 220,260
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations
Teach courses in architecture and architectural design, such as architectural environmental design, interior architecture/design, and landscape architecture. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
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Starting Salary: $58,430
Median Salary: $96,870
Employment: 7,700
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations
Teach courses in drama, music, and the arts including fine and applied art, such as painting and sculpture, or design and crafts. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
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Starting Salary: $47,570
Median Salary: $78,620
Employment: 93,560
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Install, repair, or adjust audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic entertainment equipment in homes or other venues. May perform routine maintenance.
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Starting Salary: $36,760
Median Salary: $52,600
Employment: 19,780
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Service automobiles, buses, trucks, boats, and other automotive or marine vehicles with fuel, lubricants, and accessories. Collect payment for services and supplies. May lubricate vehicle, change motor oil, refill antifreeze, or replace lights or other accessories, such as windshield wiper blades or fan belts. May repair or replace tires.
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Starting Salary: $28,630
Median Salary: $35,670
Employment: 102,010
Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames.
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Starting Salary: $36,910
Median Salary: $54,890
Employment: 149,310
Automotive Engineering Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Assist engineers in determining the practicality of proposed product design changes and plan and carry out tests on experimental test devices or equipment for performance, durability, or efficiency.
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Starting Salary: $48,400
Median Salary: $74,510
Employment: 36,190
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.
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Starting Salary: $34,660
Median Salary: $50,620
Employment: 704,640
Avionics Technicians
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.
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Starting Salary: $49,410
Median Salary: $82,280
Employment: 18,830
Bakers
Industries: Production Occupations
Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.
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Starting Salary: $28,120
Median Salary: $37,160
Employment: 236,200
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul buses and trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engines. Includes mechanics working primarily with automobile or marine diesel engines.
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Starting Salary: $44,530
Median Salary: $61,770
Employment: 289,960
Business Teachers, Postsecondary
Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations
Teach courses in business administration and management, such as accounting, finance, human resources, labor and industrial relations, marketing, and operations research. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
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Starting Salary: $47,180
Median Salary: $99,080
Employment: 82,150
Chefs and Head Cooks
Industries: Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
Direct and may participate in the preparation, seasoning, and cooking of salads, soups, fish, meats, vegetables, desserts, or other foods. May plan and price menu items, order supplies, and keep records and accounts.
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Starting Salary: $37,900
Median Salary: $62,470
Employment: 200,040
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.
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Starting Salary: $44,220
Median Salary: $64,950
Employment: 68,520
Civil Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of building structures and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels, dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.
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Starting Salary: $68,240
Median Salary: $100,840
Employment: 367,840
Commercial and Industrial Designers
Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Design and develop manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design.
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Starting Salary: $53,460
Median Salary: $83,910
Employment: 33,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
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Starting Salary: $107,550
Median Salary: $175,140
Employment: 670,570
Computer Hardware Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Research, design, develop, or test computer or computer-related equipment for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use. May supervise the manufacturing and installation of computer or computer-related equipment and components.
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Starting Salary: $92,940
Median Salary: $161,740
Employment: 76,660
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Industries: Production Occupations
Develop programs to control machining or processing of materials by automatic machine tools, equipment, or systems. May also set up, operate, or maintain equipment.
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Starting Salary: $47,530
Median Salary: $68,120
Employment: 28,500
Construction and Building Inspectors
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.
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Starting Salary: $47,140
Median Salary: $74,690
Employment: 146,720
Construction Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing.
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Starting Salary: $69,690
Median Salary: $114,990
Employment: 380,360
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
Industries: Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
Prepare and cook large quantities of food for institutions, such as schools, hospitals, or cafeterias.
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Starting Salary: $28,480
Median Salary: $37,450
Employment: 441,050
Cooks, Private Household
Industries: Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
Prepare meals in private homes. Includes personal chefs.
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Starting Salary: $36,090
Median Salary: $47,940
Employment: 1,100
Cooks, Restaurant
Industries: Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
Prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants. May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price items on menu, or plan menu.
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Starting Salary: $28,700
Median Salary: $37,390
Employment: 1,409,890
Cost Estimators
Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations
Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to particular service performed or type of product manufactured.
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Starting Salary: $48,530
Median Salary: $78,740
Employment: 224,220
Customer Service Representatives
Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Interact with customers to provide basic or scripted information in response to routine inquiries about products and services. May handle and resolve general complaints. Excludes individuals whose duties are primarily installation, sales, repair, and technical support.
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Starting Salary: $31,750
Median Salary: $44,770
Employment: 2,595,750
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.
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Starting Salary: $35,760
Median Salary: $46,330
Employment: 171,200
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair, maintain, or install electric motors, wiring, or switches.
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Starting Salary: $37,100
Median Salary: $56,210
Employment: 14,450
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use by engineering staff in making engineering design decisions.
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Starting Salary: $49,510
Median Salary: $78,190
Employment: 95,130
Electrical and Electronics Drafters
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Prepare wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, and layout drawings used for the manufacture, installation, or repair of electrical equipment.
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Starting Salary: $50,040
Median Salary: $76,870
Employment: 17,920
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Install, adjust, or maintain mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other mobile equipment.
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Starting Salary: $50,750
Median Salary: $84,890
Employment: 6,940
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.
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Starting Salary: $46,840
Median Salary: $74,090
Employment: 65,010
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays.
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Starting Salary: $65,730
Median Salary: $103,020
Employment: 20,720
Electrical Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Research, design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use.
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Starting Salary: $76,550
Median Salary: $120,630
Employment: 198,750
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.
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Starting Salary: $47,840
Median Salary: $73,900
Employment: 15,520
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Install, diagnose, or repair communications, sound, security, or navigation equipment in motor vehicles.
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Starting Salary: $35,590
Median Salary: $48,420
Employment: 8,550
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Research, design, develop, or test electronic components and systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use employing knowledge of electronic theory and materials properties. Design electronic circuits and components for use in fields such as telecommunications, aerospace guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls.
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Starting Salary: $81,840
Median Salary: $130,220
Employment: 96,900
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations
Teach courses pertaining to the application of physical laws and principles of engineering for the development of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and services. Includes teachers of subjects such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mineral, and petroleum engineering. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
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Starting Salary: $61,550
Median Salary: $109,270
Employment: 40,270
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply theory and principles of environmental engineering to modify, test, and operate equipment and devices used in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental problems, including waste treatment and site remediation, under the direction of engineering staff or scientists. May assist in the development of environmental remediation devices.
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Starting Salary: $39,910
Median Salary: $59,920
Employment: 12,190
Facilities Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus.
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Starting Salary: $64,480
Median Salary: $106,660
Employment: 156,180
Fire Inspectors and Investigators
Industries: Protective Service Occupations
Inspect buildings to detect fire hazards and enforce local ordinances and state laws, or investigate and gather facts to determine cause of fires and explosions.
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Starting Salary: $46,530
Median Salary: $75,920
Employment: 13,800
Firefighters
Industries: Protective Service Occupations
Control and extinguish fires or respond to emergency situations where life, property, or the environment is at risk. Duties may include fire prevention, emergency medical service, hazardous material response, search and rescue, and disaster assistance.
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Starting Salary: $34,910
Median Salary: $59,280
Employment: 345,990
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
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Starting Salary: $53,280
Median Salary: $79,920
Employment: 812,210
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Industries: Protective Service Occupations
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in firefighting and fire prevention and control.
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Starting Salary: $53,430
Median Salary: $93,530
Employment: 99,140
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
Industries: Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in preparing and serving food.
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Starting Salary: $29,940
Median Salary: $44,080
Employment: 1,223,240
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.
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Starting Salary: $49,600
Median Salary: $79,860
Employment: 617,500
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of clerical and administrative support workers.
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Starting Salary: $45,610
Median Salary: $69,500
Employment: 1,436,680
Floral Designers
Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.
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Starting Salary: $28,600
Median Salary: $37,360
Employment: 40,590
Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists
Industries: Protective Service Occupations
Enforce fire regulations, inspect forest for fire hazards, and recommend forest fire prevention or control measures. May report forest fires and weather conditions.
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Starting Salary: $35,420
Median Salary: $56,870
Employment: 2,780
Furniture Finishers
Industries: Production Occupations
Shape, finish, and refinish damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish.
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Starting Salary: $32,160
Median Salary: $44,540
Employment: 14,480
Graphic Designers
Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.
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Starting Salary: $39,520
Median Salary: $62,960
Employment: 197,830
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Promote worksite or product safety by applying knowledge of industrial processes, mechanics, chemistry, psychology, and industrial health and safety laws. Includes industrial product safety engineers.
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Starting Salary: $68,420
Median Salary: $115,160
Employment: 21,450
Home Appliance Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.
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Starting Salary: $36,190
Median Salary: $50,990
Employment: 32,150
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. May perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.
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Starting Salary: $47,300
Median Salary: $66,120
Employment: 75,570
Industrial Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.
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Starting Salary: $74,370
Median Salary: $102,440
Employment: 365,740
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.
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Starting Salary: $46,120
Median Salary: $64,520
Employment: 439,640
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Industries: Production Occupations
Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.
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Starting Salary: $35,510
Median Salary: $48,570
Employment: 597,370
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a building in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; HVAC maintenance; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.
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Starting Salary: $35,350
Median Salary: $49,590
Employment: 1,529,700
Maintenance Workers, Machinery
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.
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Starting Salary: $42,000
Median Salary: $60,850
Employment: 60,020
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings.
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Starting Salary: $27,120
Median Salary: $45,990
Employment: 3,020
Manufacturing Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Design, integrate, or improve manufacturing systems or related processes. May work with commercial or industrial designers to refine product designs to increase producibility and decrease costs.
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Starting Salary: $74,370
Median Salary: $102,440
Employment: 365,740
Mechanical Drafters
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Prepare detailed working diagrams of machinery and mechanical devices, including dimensions, fastening methods, and other engineering information.
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Starting Salary: $48,360
Median Salary: $71,550
Employment: 39,960
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply theory and principles of mechanical engineering to modify, develop, test, or adjust machinery and equipment under direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.
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Starting Salary: $48,400
Median Salary: $74,510
Employment: 36,190
Mechanical Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of equipment such as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems.
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Starting Salary: $73,990
Median Salary: $104,110
Employment: 296,810
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, milling and engraving machines, and jig borers to make working models of metal or plastic objects. Includes template makers.
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Starting Salary: $39,760
Median Salary: $63,340
Employment: 2,610
Nannies
Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations
Care for children in private households and provide support and expertise to parents in satisfying children's physical, emotional, intellectual, and social needs. Duties may include meal planning and preparation, laundry and clothing care, organization of play activities and outings, discipline, intellectual stimulation, language activities, and transportation.
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Starting Salary: $24,260
Median Salary: $34,980
Employment: 518,910
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Lay out, machine, fit, and assemble castings and parts to metal or plastic foundry patterns, core boxes, or match plates.
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Starting Salary: $42,460
Median Salary: $58,000
Employment: 1,470
Power Distributors and Dispatchers
Industries: Production Occupations
Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.
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Starting Salary: $72,440
Median Salary: $106,730
Employment: 8,520
Power Plant Operators
Industries: Production Occupations
Control, operate, or maintain machinery to generate electric power. Includes auxiliary equipment operators.
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Starting Salary: $61,790
Median Salary: $102,040
Employment: 29,320
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Position and secure steel bars or mesh in concrete forms in order to reinforce concrete. Use a variety of fasteners, rod-bending machines, blowtorches, and hand tools. Includes rod busters.
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Starting Salary: $43,310
Median Salary: $58,970
Employment: 13,800
Robotics Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.
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Starting Salary: $47,840
Median Salary: $73,900
Employment: 15,520
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines to roll steel or plastic forming bends, beads, knurls, rolls, or plate, or to flatten, temper, or reduce gauge of material.
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Starting Salary: $37,690
Median Salary: $50,140
Employment: 25,250
Sheet Metal Workers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.
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Starting Salary: $38,630
Median Salary: $61,800
Employment: 119,770
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Assemble, install, or maintain solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on roofs or other structures in compliance with site assessment and schematics. May include measuring, cutting, assembling, and bolting structural framing and solar modules. May perform minor electrical work such as current checks.
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Starting Salary: $41,600
Median Salary: $53,140
Employment: 31,350
Special Effects Artists and Animators
Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Create special effects or animations using film, video, computers, or other electronic tools and media for use in products, such as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials.
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Starting Salary: $58,600
Median Salary: $102,030
Employment: 19,970
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Industries: Production Occupations
Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.
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Starting Salary: $37,960
Median Salary: $51,330
Employment: 52,360
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.
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Starting Salary: $45,310
Median Salary: $74,330
Employment: 97,720
Tire Repairers and Changers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair and replace tires.
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Starting Salary: $30,010
Median Salary: $37,710
Employment: 108,410
Tool and Die Makers
Industries: Production Occupations
Analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble parts to make and repair dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools.
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Starting Salary: $44,680
Median Salary: $64,050
Employment: 56,930
Urban and Regional Planners
Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Develop comprehensive plans and programs for use of land and physical facilities of jurisdictions, such as towns, cities, counties, and metropolitan areas.
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Starting Salary: $60,010
Median Salary: $89,320
Employment: 44,230
Web Administrators
Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations
Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. Perform testing and quality assurance of web sites and web applications.
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Starting Salary: $55,940
Median Salary: $116,580
Employment: 435,370
Web and Digital Interface Designers
Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations
Design digital user interfaces or websites. Develop and test layouts, interfaces, functionality, and navigation menus to ensure compatibility and usability across browsers or devices. May use web framework applications as well as client-side code and processes. May evaluate web design following web and accessibility standards, and may analyze web use metrics and optimize websites for marketability and search engine ranking. May design and test interfaces that facilitate the human-computer interaction and maximize the usability of digital devices, websites, and software with a focus on aesthetics and design. May create graphics used in websites and manage website content and links.
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Starting Salary: $53,750
Median Salary: $104,000
Employment: 113,330
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Industries: Production Occupations
Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
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Starting Salary: $39,240
Median Salary: $53,750
Employment: 416,210
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.
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Starting Salary: $36,860
Median Salary: $47,920
Employment: 31,600
























































