Careers

Management and business and financial operations occupations

• Management occupations
• Administrative services managers
• Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers
• Computer and information systems managers
• Construction managers
• Education administrators
• Engineering and natural sciences managers
• Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
• Financial managers
• Food service managers
• Funeral directors
• Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Industrial production managers
• Lodging managers
• Medical and health services managers
• Property, real estate, and community association managers
• Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents
• Top executives

• Business and financial operations occupations
• Accountants and auditors
• Appraisers and assessors of real estate
• Budget analysts
• Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators
• Cost estimators
• Financial analysts and personal financial advisors
• Insurance underwriters
• Loan officers
• Management analysts
• Meeting and convention planners
• Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents

Professional and related occupations

• Computer and mathematical occupations
• Actuaries
• Computer programmers
• Computer scientists and database administrators
• Computer software engineers
• Computer support specialists and systems administrators
• Computer systems analysts
• Mathematicians
• Operations research analysts
• Statisticians
• Architects, surveyors, and cartographers
• Architects, except landscape and naval
• Landscape architects
• Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists, and surveying technicians
  
  
• Engineers
  
  
  
• Drafters and engineering technicians
• Drafters
• Engineering technicians
  
  
• Life scientists
• Agricultural and food scientists
• Biological scientists
• Conservation scientists and foresters
• Medical scientists
  
  
• Physical scientists
• Atmospheric scientists
• Chemists and materials scientists
• Environmental scientists and hydrologists
• Geoscientists
• Physicists and astronomers
  
  
• Social scientists and related occupations
• Economists
• Market and survey researchers
• Psychologists
• Urban and regional planners
• Social scientists, other
  
  
• Science technicians
  
  
  
• Community and social services occupations
• Counselors
• Probational officers and correctional treatment specialists
• Social and human service assistants
• Social workers
  
  
• Legal occupations
• Court reporters
• Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
• Lawyers
• Paralegals and legal assistants
  
  
• Education, training, library, and museum occupations
• Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
• Instructional coordinators
• Librarians
• Library technicians
• Teacher assistants
• Teachers—adult literacy and remedial education
• Teachers—postsecondary
• Teachers—preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary
• Teachers—self-enrichment education
• Teachers—special education
  
  
• Art and design occupations
• Artists and related workers
• Commercial and industrial designers
• Fashion designers
• Floral designers
• Graphic designers
• Interior designers
  
  
• Entertainers and performers, sports and related occupations
• Actors, producers, and directors
• Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Dancers and choreographers
• Musicians, singers, and related workers
  
  
• Media and communications-related occupations
• Announcers
• Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
• Interpreters and translators
• News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
• Photographers
• Public relations specialists
• Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors
• Writers and editors
  
  
• Health diagnosing and treating occupations
• Audiologists
• Chiropractors
• Dentists
• Dietitians and nutritionists
• Occupational therapists
• Optometrists
• Pharmacists
• Physical therapists
• Physician assistants
• Physicians and surgeons
• Podiatrists
• Radiation therapists
• Recreational therapists
• Registered nurses
• Respiratory therapists
• Speech-language pathologists
• Veterinarians
  
  
• Health technologists and technicians
• Athletic trainers
• Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
• Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
• Dental hygienists
• Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
• Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
• Medical records and health information technicians
• Nuclear medicine technologists
• Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
• Opticians, dispensing
• Pharmacy technicians
• Radiologic technologists and technicians
• Surgical technologists
• Veterinary technologists and technicians

Service occupations

• Healthcare support occupations
• Dental assistants
• Massage therapists
• Medical assistants
• Medical transcriptionists
• Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
• Occupational therapist assistants and aides
• Pharmacy aides
• Physical therapist assistants and aides
  
  
• Protective service occupations
• Correctional officers
• Fire fighting occupations
• Police and detectives
• Private detectives and investigators
• Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
  
  
• Food preparation and serving related occupations
• Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
• Food and beverage serving and related workers
  
  
• Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
• Building cleaning workers
• Grounds maintenance workers
• Pest control workers
  
  
• Personal care and service occupations
• Animal care and service workers
• Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers
• Childcare workers
• Fitness workers
• Flight attendants
• Gaming services occupations
• Personal and home care aides
• Recreation workers

Sales and related occupations

• Advertising sales agents
• Cashiers
• Counter and rental clerks
• Demonstrators, product promoters, and models
• Insurance sales agents
• Real estate brokers and sales agents
• Retail salespersons
• Sales engineers
• Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
• Sales worker supervisors
• Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
• Travel agents

Office and administrative support occupations

• Financial clerks
  • Bill and account collectors
  • Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
  • Gaming cage workers
  • Payroll and timekeeping clerks
  • Procurement clerks
  • Tellers
    
    
• Information and record clerks
  
  • Brokerage clerks
  • Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
  • Customer service representatives
  • File clerks
  • Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
  • Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
  • Interviewers
  • Library assistants, clerical
  • Order clerks
  • Receptionists and information clerks
  • Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
    
    
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing occupations
  
  • Cargo and freight agents
  • Couriers and messengers
  • Dispatchers
  • Meter readers, utilities
  • Postal Service workers
  • Production, planning, and expediting clerks
  • Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
  • Stock clerks and order fillers
  • Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
    
    
• Other office and administrative support occupations
  
  • Communications equipment operators
  • Computer operators
  • Data entry and information processing workers
  • Desktop publishers
  • Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
  • Office clerks, general
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

• Agricultural workers
• Fishers and fishing vessel operators
• Forest, conservation, and logging workers

Construction trades and related workers

• Boilermakers
• Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons
• Carpenters
• Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers
• Cement masons, concrete finishers, segmental pavers, and terrazzo workers
• Construction and building inspectors
• Construction equipment operators
• Construction laborers
• Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers
• Electricians
• Elevator installers and repairers
• Glaziers
• Hazardous materials removal workers
• Insulation workers
• Painters and paperhangers
• Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
• Plasterers and stucco masons
• Roofers
• Sheet metal workers
• Structural and reinforcing iron and metal workers

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

• Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers
• Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
• Electrical and electronics installers and repairers
• Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
• Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers
  
  
• Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers
• Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
• Automotive body and related repairers
• Automotive service technicians and mechanics
• Diesel service technicians and mechanics
• Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics
• Small engine mechanics
  
  
• Other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations
• Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
• Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
• Home appliance repairers
• Industrial machinery mechanics and maintenance workers
• Line installers and repairers
• Maintenance and repair workers, general
• Millwrights
• Precision instrument and equipment repairers

Production occupations

• Assemblers and fabricators



• Food processing occupations



• Metal workers and plastic workers
• Computer control programmers and operators
• Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Machinists
• Tool and die makers
• Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
  
  
• Printing occupations
• Bookbinders and bindery workers
• Prepress technicians and workers
• Printing machine operators
  
  
• Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations


• Woodworkers


• Plant and system operators
• Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Stationary engineers and boiler operators
• Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
  
  
• Other production occupations
• Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
• Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
• Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Painting and coating workers, except construction and maintenance
• Photographic process workers and processing machine operators
• Semiconductor processors

Production occupations

• Assemblers and fabricators



• Food processing occupations



• Metal workers and plastic workers
• Computer control programmers and operators
• Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Machinists
• Tool and die makers
• Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
  
  
• Printing occupations
• Bookbinders and bindery workers
• Prepress technicians and workers
• Printing machine operators
  
  
• Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations


• Woodworkers


• Plant and system operators
• Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Stationary engineers and boiler operators
• Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
  
  
• Other production occupations
• Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
• Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
• Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Painting and coating workers, except construction and maintenance
• Photographic process workers and processing machine operators
• Semiconductor processors

Armed Forces

• Armed Forces

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics