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Accountants and Auditors

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs or other financial and budgetary data.

Starting Salary: $52,780

Median Salary: $81,680

Employment: 1,448,290

Actors

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Play parts in stage, television, radio, video, or film productions, or other settings for entertainment, information, or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture, and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.

Starting Salary: $29,120

Median Salary: $48,526

Employment: 38,800

Actuaries

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Analyze statistical data, such as mortality, accident, sickness, disability, and retirement rates and construct probability tables to forecast risk and liability for payment of future benefits. May ascertain insurance rates required and cash reserves necessary to ensure payment of future benefits.

Starting Salary: $75,240

Median Salary: $125,770

Employment: 28,340

Acute Care Nurses

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Provide advanced nursing care for patients with acute conditions such as heart attacks, respiratory distress syndrome, or shock. May care for pre- and post-operative patients or perform advanced, invasive diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.

Starting Salary: $66,030

Median Salary: $93,600

Employment: 3,282,010

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders

Industries: Production Occupations

Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.

Starting Salary: $31,290

Median Salary: $45,210

Employment: 12,170

Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers

Industries: Legal Occupations

Conduct hearings to recommend or make decisions on claims concerning government programs or other government-related matters. Determine liability, sanctions, or penalties, or recommend the acceptance or rejection of claims or settlements.

Starting Salary: $56,970

Median Salary: $115,230

Employment: 16,230

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.

Starting Salary: $64,740

Median Salary: $108,390

Employment: 254,140

Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach or instruct out-of-school youths and adults in basic education, literacy, or English as a Second Language classes, or in classes for earning a high school equivalency credential.

Starting Salary: $39,750

Median Salary: $59,950

Employment: 36,260

Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assess, diagnose, and treat individuals and families with mental health or substance use disorders or the potential for such disorders. Apply therapeutic activities, including the prescription of medication, per state regulations, and the administration of psychotherapy.

Starting Salary: $66,030

Median Salary: $93,600

Employment: 3,282,010

Advertising Sales Agents

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Sell or solicit advertising space, time, or media in publications, signage, TV, radio, or Internet establishments or public spaces.

Starting Salary: $33,480

Median Salary: $61,460

Employment: 97,470

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.

Starting Salary: $53,730

Median Salary: $79,830

Employment: 9,060

Aerospace Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Perform engineering duties in designing, constructing, and testing aircraft, missiles, and spacecraft. May conduct basic and applied research to evaluate adaptability of materials and equipment to aircraft design and manufacture. May recommend improvements in testing equipment and techniques.

Starting Salary: $85,350

Median Salary: $134,830

Employment: 68,440

Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Represent and promote artists, performers, and athletes in dealings with current or prospective employers. May handle contract negotiation and other business matters for clients.

Starting Salary: $48,530

Median Salary: $96,310

Employment: 14,220

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.

Starting Salary: $43,020

Median Salary: $84,630

Employment: 1,680

Agricultural Inspectors

Industries: Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations

Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.

Starting Salary: $37,440

Median Salary: $50,990

Employment: 12,090

Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $49,080

Median Salary: $86,350

Employment: 8,700

Agricultural Technicians

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Work with agricultural scientists in plant, fiber, and animal research, or assist with animal breeding and nutrition. Set up or maintain laboratory equipment and collect samples from crops or animals. Prepare specimens or record data to assist scientists in biology or related life science experiments. Conduct tests and experiments to improve yield and quality of crops or to increase the resistance of plants and animals to disease or insects.

Starting Salary: $32,860

Median Salary: $46,790

Employment: 14,340

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers

Industries: Production Occupations

Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.

Starting Salary: $46,040

Median Salary: $61,680

Employment: 32,890

Allergists and Immunologists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent allergic diseases and disease processes affecting the immune system.

Starting Salary: $66,860

Median Salary: $95,080

Employment: 315,360

Animal Breeders

Industries: Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations

Select and breed animals according to their genealogy, characteristics, and offspring. May require knowledge of artificial insemination techniques and equipment use. May involve keeping records on heats, birth intervals, or pedigree.

Starting Salary: $37,130

Median Salary: $52,000

Employment: 1,730

Animal Scientists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct research in the genetics, nutrition, reproduction, growth, and development of domestic farm animals.

Starting Salary: $48,440

Median Salary: $79,120

Employment: 2,470

Animal Trainers

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Train animals for riding, harness, security, performance, or obedience, or for assisting persons with disabilities. Accustom animals to human voice and contact, and condition animals to respond to commands. Train animals according to prescribed standards for show or competition. May train animals to carry pack loads or work as part of pack team.

Starting Salary: $29,120

Median Salary: $38,750

Employment: 20,110

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.

Starting Salary: $60,510

Median Salary: $96,690

Employment: 111,140

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.

Starting Salary: $44,040

Median Salary: $64,280

Employment: 109,550

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.

Starting Salary: $111,450

Median Salary: $167,740

Employment: 210,340

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.

Starting Salary: $59,590

Median Salary: $101,480

Employment: 9,120

Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses pertaining to the culture and development of an area, an ethnic group, or any other group, such as Latin American studies, women's studies, or urban affairs. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $51,130

Median Salary: $84,290

Employment: 11,430

Art Directors

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Formulate design concepts and presentation approaches for visual productions and media, such as print, broadcasting, video, and film. Direct workers engaged in artwork or layout design.

Starting Salary: $61,060

Median Salary: $111,040

Employment: 50,370

Art Therapists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Plan or conduct art therapy sessions or programs to improve clients' physical, cognitive, or emotional well-being.

Starting Salary: $38,840

Median Salary: $65,010

Employment: 19,320

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.

Starting Salary: $47,040

Median Salary: $80,190

Employment: 97,890

Artists and Related Workers, All Other

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

All artists and related workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $33,720

Median Salary: $72,760

Employment: 7,370

Astronomers

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Observe, research, and interpret astronomical phenomena to increase basic knowledge or apply such information to practical problems.

Starting Salary: $70,730

Median Salary: $132,170

Employment: 1,560

Athletes and Sports Competitors

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Compete in athletic events.

Starting Salary: $24,960

Median Salary: $62,360

Employment: 14,370

Athletic Trainers

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Evaluate and treat musculoskeletal injuries or illnesses. Provide preventive, therapeutic, emergency, and rehabilitative care.

Starting Salary: $45,380

Median Salary: $60,250

Employment: 28,950

Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in the physical sciences, except chemistry and physics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $53,310

Median Salary: $101,390

Employment: 11,480

Audio and Video Technicians

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Set up, maintain, and dismantle audio and video equipment, such as microphones, sound speakers, connecting wires and cables, sound and mixing boards, video cameras, video monitors and servers, and related electronic equipment for live or recorded events, such as concerts, meetings, conventions, presentations, podcasts, news conferences, and sporting events.

Starting Salary: $35,290

Median Salary: $54,830

Employment: 70,080

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.

Starting Salary: $36,310

Median Salary: $50,620

Employment: 22,170

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.

Starting Salary: $27,870

Median Salary: $34,850

Employment: 98,270

Automotive Body and Related Repairers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames.

Starting Salary: $36,390

Median Salary: $51,680

Employment: 155,220

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.

Starting Salary: $46,940

Median Salary: $68,730

Employment: 37,450

Automotive Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Develop new or improved designs for vehicle structural members, engines, transmissions, or other vehicle systems, using computer-assisted design technology. Direct building, modification, or testing of vehicle or components.

Starting Salary: $68,740

Median Salary: $102,320

Employment: 286,760

Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Replace or repair broken windshields and window glass in motor vehicles.

Starting Salary: $35,080

Median Salary: $47,260

Employment: 18,940

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.

Starting Salary: $33,660

Median Salary: $49,670

Employment: 688,840

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.

Starting Salary: $49,770

Median Salary: $81,390

Employment: 20,900

Bailiffs

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Maintain order in courts of law.

Starting Salary: $32,950

Median Salary: $57,050

Employment: 16,910

Bakers

Industries: Production Occupations

Mix and bake ingredients to produce breads, rolls, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, or other baked goods.

Starting Salary: $27,560

Median Salary: $36,650

Employment: 231,890

Bill and Account Collectors

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Locate and notify customers of delinquent accounts by mail, telephone, or personal visit to solicit payment. Duties include receiving payment and posting amount to customer's account, preparing statements to credit department if customer fails to respond, initiating repossession proceedings or service disconnection, and keeping records of collection and status of accounts.

Starting Salary: $33,960

Median Salary: $46,040

Employment: 165,020

Billing and Posting Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Compile, compute, and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data for billing purposes. Prepare billing invoices for services rendered or for delivery or shipment of goods.

Starting Salary: $35,760

Median Salary: $47,170

Employment: 417,500

Biochemists and Biophysicists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Study the chemical composition or physical principles of living cells and organisms, their electrical and mechanical energy, and related phenomena. May conduct research to further understanding of the complex chemical combinations and reactions involved in metabolism, reproduction, growth, and heredity. May determine the effects of foods, drugs, serums, hormones, and other substances on tissues and vital processes of living organisms.

Starting Salary: $64,890

Median Salary: $103,650

Employment: 34,520

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, chemistry, computer science, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological, agricultural, and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses, instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.

Starting Salary: $71,860

Median Salary: $106,950

Employment: 21,860

Biofuels Production Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Manage biofuels production and plant operations. Collect and process information on plant production and performance, diagnose problems, and design corrective procedures.

Starting Salary: $74,900

Median Salary: $121,440

Employment: 234,380

Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Define, plan, or execute biofuels/biodiesel research programs that evaluate alternative feedstock and process technologies with near-term commercial potential.

Starting Salary: $111,450

Median Salary: $167,740

Employment: 210,340

Bioinformatics Scientists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct research using bioinformatics theory and methods in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. May design databases and develop algorithms for processing and analyzing genomic information, or other biological information.

Starting Salary: $54,500

Median Salary: $93,330

Employment: 59,710

Bioinformatics Technicians

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Apply principles and methods of bioinformatics to assist scientists in areas such as pharmaceuticals, medical technology, biotechnology, computational biology, proteomics, computer information science, biology and medical informatics. Apply bioinformatics tools to visualize, analyze, manipulate or interpret molecular data. May build and maintain databases for processing and analyzing genomic or other biological information.

Starting Salary: $40,330

Median Salary: $71,490

Employment: 4,660

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in biological sciences. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $50,760

Median Salary: $83,460

Employment: 53,250

Biological Scientists, All Other

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

All biological scientists not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $54,500

Median Salary: $93,330

Employment: 59,710

Biologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Research or study basic principles of plant and animal life, such as origin, relationship, development, anatomy, and functions.

Starting Salary: $54,500

Median Salary: $93,330

Employment: 59,710

Biomass Plant Technicians

Industries: Production Occupations

Control and monitor biomass plant activities and perform maintenance as needed.

Starting Salary: $59,930

Median Salary: $99,670

Employment: 30,720

Biomass Power Plant Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Manage operations at biomass power generation facilities. Direct work activities at plant, including supervision of operations and maintenance staff.

Starting Salary: $74,900

Median Salary: $121,440

Employment: 234,380

Biostatisticians

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Develop and apply biostatistical theory and methods to the study of life sciences.

Starting Salary: $60,390

Median Salary: $103,300

Employment: 29,800

Blockchain Engineers

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Maintain and support distributed and decentralized blockchain-based networks or block-chain applications such as cryptocurrency exchange, payment processing, document sharing, and digital voting. Design and deploy secure block-chain design patterns and solutions over geographically distributed networks using advanced technologies. May assist with infrastructure setup and testing for application transparency and security.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

Boilermakers

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.

Starting Salary: $48,390

Median Salary: $73,340

Employment: 10,170

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.

Starting Salary: $34,600

Median Salary: $49,210

Employment: 1,455,770

Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Speak or read from scripted materials, such as news reports or commercial messages, on radio, television, or other communications media. May play and queue music, announce artist or title of performance, identify station, or interview guests.

Starting Salary: $26,000

Median Salary: $45,680

Employment: 23,880

Broadcast Technicians

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Set up, operate, and maintain the electronic equipment used to acquire, edit, and transmit audio and video for radio or television programs. Control and adjust incoming and outgoing broadcast signals to regulate sound volume, signal strength, and signal clarity. Operate satellite, microwave, or other transmitter equipment to broadcast radio or television programs.

Starting Salary: $29,190

Median Salary: $53,920

Employment: 21,080

Brokerage Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Perform duties related to the purchase, sale, or holding of securities. Duties include writing orders for stock purchases or sales, computing transfer taxes, verifying stock transactions, accepting and delivering securities, tracking stock price fluctuations, computing equity, distributing dividends, and keeping records of daily transactions and holdings.

Starting Salary: $47,730

Median Salary: $62,940

Employment: 40,090

Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan and direct cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties for reuse. Does not include properties sufficiently contaminated to qualify as Superfund sites.

Starting Salary: $68,860

Median Salary: $136,550

Employment: 630,980

Budget Analysts

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports.

Starting Salary: $60,510

Median Salary: $87,930

Employment: 47,170

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.

Starting Salary: $41,670

Median Salary: $60,640

Employment: 287,230

Business Continuity Planners

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Develop, maintain, or implement business continuity and disaster recovery strategies and solutions, including risk assessments, business impact analyses, strategy selection, and documentation of business continuity and disaster recovery procedures. Plan, conduct, and debrief regular mock-disaster exercises to test the adequacy of existing plans and strategies, updating procedures and plans regularly. Act as a coordinator for continuity efforts after a disruption event.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $81,270

Employment: 1,128,200

Business Intelligence Analysts

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Produce financial and market intelligence by querying data repositories and generating periodic reports. Devise methods for identifying data patterns and trends in available information sources.

Starting Salary: $63,650

Median Salary: $112,590

Employment: 233,440

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

All business operations specialists not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $81,270

Employment: 1,128,200

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.

Starting Salary: $46,460

Median Salary: $97,270

Employment: 81,780

Calibration Technologists and Technicians

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Execute or adapt procedures and techniques for calibrating measurement devices, by applying knowledge of measurement science, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and electronics, sometimes under the direction of engineering staff. Determine measurement standard suitability for calibrating measurement devices. May perform preventive maintenance on equipment. May perform corrective actions to address identified calibration problems.

Starting Salary: $44,730

Median Salary: $65,040

Employment: 15,320

Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Operate television, video, or film camera to record images or scenes for television, video, or film productions.

Starting Salary: $36,240

Median Salary: $68,810

Employment: 24,460

Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Conduct tests on pulmonary or cardiovascular systems of patients for diagnostic, therapeutic, or research purposes. May conduct or assist in electrocardiograms, cardiac catheterizations, pulmonary functions, lung capacity, and similar tests.

Starting Salary: $37,890

Median Salary: $67,260

Employment: 61,180

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

Starting Salary: $47,090

Median Salary: $63,620

Employment: 14,200

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach vocational courses intended to provide occupational training below the baccalaureate level in subjects such as construction, mechanics/repair, manufacturing, transportation, or cosmetology, primarily to students who have graduated from or left high school. Teaching takes place in public or private schools whose primary business is academic or vocational education.

Starting Salary: $38,680

Median Salary: $61,490

Employment: 111,150

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach occupational, vocational, career, or technical subjects to students at the secondary school level.

Starting Salary: $48,840

Median Salary: $63,910

Employment: 104,450

Cashiers

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Receive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. May use electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment. May process credit or debit card transactions and validate checks.

Starting Salary: $23,070

Median Salary: $31,190

Employment: 3,148,030

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.

Starting Salary: $36,000

Median Salary: $60,990

Employment: 182,320

Chemical Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design chemical plant equipment and devise processes for manufacturing chemicals and products, such as gasoline, synthetic rubber, plastics, detergents, cement, paper, and pulp, by applying principles and technology of chemistry, physics, and engineering.

Starting Salary: $78,520

Median Salary: $121,860

Employment: 20,330

Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders

Industries: Production Occupations

Operate or tend equipment to control chemical changes or reactions in the processing of industrial or consumer products. Equipment used includes devulcanizers, steam-jacketed kettles, and reactor vessels.

Starting Salary: $37,270

Median Salary: $57,090

Employment: 127,410

Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses pertaining to the chemical and physical properties and compositional changes of substances. Work may include providing instruction in the methods of qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $52,870

Median Salary: $86,220

Employment: 20,390

Chemists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge.

Starting Salary: $53,210

Median Salary: $84,150

Employment: 83,250

Chief Executives

Industries: Management Occupations

Determine and formulate policies and provide overall direction of companies or private and public sector organizations within guidelines set up by a board of directors or similar governing body. Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the help of subordinate executives and staff managers.

Starting Salary: $73,710

Median Salary: $206,420

Employment: 211,850

Chief Sustainability Officers

Industries: Management Occupations

Communicate and coordinate with management, shareholders, customers, and employees to address sustainability issues. Enact or oversee a corporate sustainability strategy.

Starting Salary: $73,710

Median Salary: $206,420

Employment: 211,850

Child, Family, and School Social Workers

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Provide social services and assistance to improve the social and psychological functioning of children and their families and to maximize the family well-being and the academic functioning of children. May assist parents, arrange adoptions, and find foster homes for abandoned or abused children. In schools, they address such problems as teenage pregnancy, misbehavior, and truancy. May also advise teachers.

Starting Salary: $40,580

Median Salary: $58,570

Employment: 382,960

Childcare Workers

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Attend to children at schools, businesses, private households, and childcare institutions. Perform a variety of tasks, such as dressing, feeding, bathing, and overseeing play.

Starting Salary: $22,900

Median Salary: $32,050

Employment: 520,180

Choreographers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.

Starting Salary: $33,080

Median Salary: $55,600

Employment: 3,430

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.

Starting Salary: $43,550

Median Salary: $64,200

Employment: 62,130

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.

Starting Salary: $65,920

Median Salary: $99,590

Employment: 355,410

Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Review settled claims to determine that payments and settlements are made in accordance with company practices and procedures. Confer with legal counsel on claims requiring litigation. May also settle insurance claims.

Starting Salary: $47,810

Median Salary: $76,790

Employment: 305,020

Clergy

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Conduct religious worship and perform other spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of religious faith or denomination. Provide spiritual and moral guidance and assistance to members.

Starting Salary: $37,140

Median Salary: $60,820

Employment: 58,080

Climate Change Policy Analysts

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Research and analyze policy developments related to climate change. Make climate-related recommendations for actions such as legislation, awareness campaigns, or fundraising approaches.

Starting Salary: $50,130

Median Salary: $80,060

Employment: 84,930

Clinical and Counseling Psychologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Assess, diagnose, and treat mental and emotional disorders of individuals through observation, interview, and psychological tests. Help individuals with distress or maladjustment understand their problems through their knowledge of case history, interviews with patients, and theory. Provide individual or group counseling services to assist individuals in achieving more effective personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment. May design behavior modification programs and consult with medical personnel regarding the best treatment for patients.

Starting Salary: $50,470

Median Salary: $95,830

Employment: 72,190

Clinical Data Managers

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Apply knowledge of health care and database management to analyze clinical data, and to identify and report trends.

Starting Salary: $63,650

Median Salary: $112,590

Employment: 233,440

Clinical Neuropsychologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Assess and diagnose patients with neurobehavioral problems related to acquired or developmental disorders of the nervous system, such as neurodegenerative disorders, traumatic brain injury, seizure disorders, and learning disabilities. Recommend treatment after diagnosis, such as therapy, medication, or surgery. Assist with evaluation before and after neurosurgical procedures, such as deep brain stimulation.

Starting Salary: $51,410

Median Salary: $117,580

Employment: 17,790

Clinical Nurse Specialists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Direct nursing staff in the provision of patient care in a clinical practice setting, such as a hospital, hospice, clinic, or home. Ensure adherence to established clinical policies, protocols, regulations, and standards.

Starting Salary: $66,030

Median Salary: $93,600

Employment: 3,282,010

Clinical Research Coordinators

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate clinical research projects. Direct the activities of workers engaged in clinical research projects to ensure compliance with protocols and overall clinical objectives. May evaluate and analyze clinical data.

Starting Salary: $79,830

Median Salary: $161,180

Employment: 100,870

Coaches and Scouts

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Instruct or coach groups or individuals in the fundamentals of sports for the primary purpose of competition. Demonstrate techniques and methods of participation. May evaluate athletes' strengths and weaknesses as possible recruits or to improve the athletes' technique to prepare them for competition. Those required to hold teaching certifications should be reported in the appropriate teaching category.

Starting Salary: $27,490

Median Salary: $45,920

Employment: 250,940

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers

Industries: Production Occupations

Wind wire coils used in electrical components, such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments, such as field cores, bobbins, armature cores, electrical motors, generators, and control equipment.

Starting Salary: $35,180

Median Salary: $47,260

Employment: 12,170

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.

Starting Salary: $49,390

Median Salary: $79,450

Employment: 30,250

Commercial Divers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Work below surface of water, using surface-supplied air or scuba equipment to inspect, repair, remove, or install equipment and structures. May use a variety of power and hand tools, such as drills, sledgehammers, torches, and welding equipment. May conduct tests or experiments, rig explosives, or photograph structures or marine life.

Starting Salary: $39,130

Median Salary: $61,130

Employment: 3,430

Communications Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in communications, such as organizational communications, public relations, radio/television broadcasting, and journalism. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $47,100

Median Salary: $77,800

Employment: 29,260

Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

All community and social service specialists not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $36,470

Median Salary: $54,940

Employment: 110,390

Community Health Workers

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Promote health within a community by assisting individuals to adopt healthy behaviors. Serve as an advocate for the health needs of individuals by assisting community residents in effectively communicating with healthcare providers or social service agencies. Act as liaison or advocate and implement programs that promote, maintain, and improve individual and overall community health. May deliver health-related preventive services such as blood pressure, glaucoma, and hearing screenings. May collect data to help identify community health needs.

Starting Salary: $37,930

Median Salary: $51,030

Employment: 60,730

Compliance Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization to ensure compliance with ethical or regulatory standards.

Starting Salary: $68,860

Median Salary: $136,550

Employment: 630,980

Compliance Officers

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for or conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, and perform other compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis activities not classified elsewhere.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $78,420

Employment: 397,770

Computer and Information Research Scientists

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Conduct research into fundamental computer and information science as theorists, designers, or inventors. Develop solutions to problems in the field of computer hardware and software.

Starting Salary: $80,670

Median Salary: $140,910

Employment: 38,480

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.

Starting Salary: $104,450

Median Salary: $171,200

Employment: 645,970

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Industries: Production Occupations

Operate computer-controlled tools, machines, or robots to machine or process parts, tools, or other work pieces made of metal, plastic, wood, stone, or other materials. May also set up and maintain equipment.

Starting Salary: $37,160

Median Salary: $49,970

Employment: 176,950

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.

Starting Salary: $45,760

Median Salary: $65,670

Employment: 28,230

Computer Occupations, All Other

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

All computer occupations not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in computer science. May specialize in a field of computer science, such as the design and function of computers or operations and research analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $48,910

Median Salary: $96,690

Employment: 36,240

Computer Systems Analysts

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Analyze science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to develop and implement solutions to complex applications problems, system administration issues, or network concerns. Perform systems management and integration functions, improve existing computer systems, and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and schedule limitations. May analyze or recommend commercially available software.

Starting Salary: $63,160

Median Salary: $103,790

Employment: 497,800

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Design and develop solutions to complex applications problems, system administration issues, or network concerns. Perform systems management and integration functions.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

Conservation Scientists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Manage, improve, and protect natural resources to maximize their use without damaging the environment. May conduct soil surveys and develop plans to eliminate soil erosion or to protect rangelands. May instruct farmers, agricultural production managers, or ranchers in best ways to use crop rotation, contour plowing, or terracing to conserve soil and water; in the number and kind of livestock and forage plants best suited to particular ranges; and in range and farm improvements, such as fencing and reservoirs for stock watering.

Starting Salary: $45,260

Median Salary: $67,950

Employment: 25,590

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.

Starting Salary: $46,560

Median Salary: $72,120

Employment: 137,210

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.

Starting Salary: $65,160

Median Salary: $106,980

Employment: 348,330

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.

Starting Salary: $26,800

Median Salary: $36,450

Employment: 448,260

Cooks, Private Household

Industries: Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

Prepare meals in private homes. Includes personal chefs.

Starting Salary: $38,240

Median Salary: $44,530

Employment: 900

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.

Starting Salary: $28,010

Median Salary: $36,830

Employment: 1,452,130

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders

Industries: Production Occupations

Operate or tend equipment such as cooling and freezing units, refrigerators, batch freezers, and freezing tunnels, to cool or freeze products, food, blood plasma, and chemicals.

Starting Salary: $33,710

Median Salary: $40,160

Employment: 6,590

Coroners

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Direct activities such as autopsies, pathological and toxicological analyses, and inquests relating to the investigation of deaths occurring within a legal jurisdiction to determine cause of death or to fix responsibility for accidental, violent, or unexplained deaths.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $78,420

Employment: 397,770

Correctional Officers and Jailers

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Guard inmates in penal or rehabilitative institutions in accordance with established regulations and procedures. May guard prisoners in transit between jail, courtroom, prison, or other point. Includes deputy sheriffs and police who spend the majority of their time guarding prisoners in correctional institutions.

Starting Salary: $41,750

Median Salary: $57,970

Employment: 365,380

Correspondence Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Compose letters or electronic correspondence in reply to requests for merchandise, damage claims, credit and other information, delinquent accounts, incorrect billings, or unsatisfactory services. Duties may include gathering data to formulate reply and preparing correspondence.

Starting Salary: $33,530

Median Salary: $46,740

Employment: 6,260

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.

Starting Salary: $46,330

Median Salary: $77,070

Employment: 219,530

Counselors, All Other

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

All counselors not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $36,160

Median Salary: $49,830

Employment: 33,340

Craft Artists

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Create or reproduce handmade objects for sale and exhibition using a variety of techniques, such as welding, weaving, pottery, and needlecraft.

Starting Salary: $22,620

Median Salary: $38,480

Employment: 4,370

Credit Analysts

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Analyze credit data and financial statements of individuals or firms to determine the degree of risk involved in extending credit or lending money. Prepare reports with credit information for use in decisionmaking.

Starting Salary: $52,930

Median Salary: $80,970

Employment: 67,370

Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Authorize credit charges against customers' accounts. Investigate history and credit standing of individuals or business establishments applying for credit. May interview applicants to obtain personal and financial data, determine credit worthiness, process applications, and notify customers of acceptance or rejection of credit.

Starting Salary: $34,590

Median Salary: $49,130

Employment: 11,960

Credit Counselors

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Advise and educate individuals or organizations on acquiring and managing debt. May provide guidance in determining the best type of loan and explain loan requirements or restrictions. May help develop debt management plans or student financial aid packages. May advise on credit issues, or provide budget, mortgage, bankruptcy, or student financial aid counseling.

Starting Salary: $38,980

Median Salary: $50,480

Employment: 28,110

Crematory Operators

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Operate crematory equipment to reduce human or animal remains to bone fragments in accordance with state and local regulations. Duties may include preparing the body for cremation and performing general maintenance on crematory equipment. May use traditional flame-based cremation, calcination, or alkaline hydrolysis.

Starting Salary: $31,970

Median Salary: $42,880

Employment: 2,950

Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in criminal justice, corrections, and law enforcement administration. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $45,640

Median Salary: $71,470

Employment: 13,560

Critical Care Nurses

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Provide specialized nursing care for patients in critical or coronary care units.

Starting Salary: $66,030

Median Salary: $93,600

Employment: 3,282,010

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber.

Starting Salary: $35,380

Median Salary: $46,890

Employment: 28,550

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.

Starting Salary: $30,690

Median Salary: $42,830

Employment: 2,725,930

Customs and Border Protection Officers

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Investigate and inspect persons, common carriers, goods, and merchandise, arriving in or departing from the United States or between states to detect violations of immigration and customs laws and regulations.

Starting Salary: $47,640

Median Salary: $76,290

Employment: 666,990

Customs Brokers

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Prepare customs documentation and ensure that shipments meet all applicable laws to facilitate the import and export of goods. Determine and track duties and taxes payable and process payments on behalf of client. Sign documents under a power of attorney. Represent clients in meetings with customs officials and apply for duty refunds and tariff reclassifications. Coordinate transportation and storage of imported goods.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $78,420

Employment: 397,770

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.

Starting Salary: $34,890

Median Salary: $45,700

Employment: 47,540

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.

Starting Salary: $35,000

Median Salary: $45,590

Employment: 174,430

Dancers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Perform dances. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for video recording.

Starting Salary: $29,037

Median Salary: $49,858

Employment: 9,060

Data Entry Keyers

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Operate data entry device, such as keyboard or photo composing perforator. Duties may include verifying data and preparing materials for printing.

Starting Salary: $30,100

Median Salary: $39,850

Employment: 135,280

Data Scientists

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Develop and implement a set of techniques or analytics applications to transform raw data into meaningful information using data-oriented programming languages and visualization software. Apply data mining, data modeling, natural language processing, and machine learning to extract and analyze information from large structured and unstructured datasets. Visualize, interpret, and report data findings. May create dynamic data reports.

Starting Salary: $63,650

Median Salary: $112,590

Employment: 233,440

Dental Hygienists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Administer oral hygiene care to patients. Assess patient oral hygiene problems or needs and maintain health records. Advise patients on oral health maintenance and disease prevention. May provide advanced care such as providing fluoride treatment or administering topical anesthesia.

Starting Salary: $66,470

Median Salary: $94,260

Employment: 219,070

Desktop Publishers

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Format typescript and graphic elements using computer software to produce publication-ready material.

Starting Salary: $34,650

Median Salary: $53,620

Employment: 4,000

Detectives and Criminal Investigators

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Conduct investigations related to suspected violations of federal, state, or local laws to prevent or solve crimes.

Starting Salary: $54,160

Median Salary: $93,580

Employment: 110,790

Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Produce ultrasonic recordings of internal organs for use by physicians. Includes vascular technologists.

Starting Salary: $64,760

Median Salary: $89,340

Employment: 86,460

Dietetic Technicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assist in the provision of food service and nutritional programs, under the supervision of a dietitian. May plan and produce meals based on established guidelines, teach principles of food and nutrition, or counsel individuals.

Starting Salary: $28,280

Median Salary: $37,040

Employment: 29,950

Dietitians and Nutritionists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.

Starting Salary: $48,830

Median Salary: $73,850

Employment: 76,570

Digital Forensics Analysts

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Conduct investigations on computer-based crimes establishing documentary or physical evidence, such as digital media and logs associated with cyber intrusion incidents. Analyze digital evidence and investigate computer security incidents to derive information in support of system and network vulnerability mitigation. Preserve and present computer-related evidence in support of criminal, fraud, counterintelligence, or law enforcement investigations.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

Directors, Religious Activities and Education

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Coordinate or design programs and conduct outreach to promote the religious education or activities of a denominational group. May provide counseling, guidance, and leadership relative to marital, health, financial, and religious problems.

Starting Salary: $33,990

Median Salary: $54,840

Employment: 21,460

Disc Jockeys, Except Radio

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Play prerecorded music for live audiences at venues or events such as clubs, parties, or wedding receptions. May use techniques such as mixing, cutting, or sampling to manipulate recordings. May also perform as emcee (master of ceremonies).

Starting Salary: $22,152

Median Salary: $42,827

Employment: 8,170

Document Management Specialists

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Implement and administer enterprise-wide document management systems and related procedures that allow organizations to capture, store, retrieve, share, and destroy electronic records and documents.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend drilling machines to drill, bore, ream, mill, or countersink metal or plastic work pieces.

Starting Salary: $35,360

Median Salary: $46,630

Employment: 5,310

Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Operate a variety of drills such as rotary, churn, and pneumatic to tap subsurface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the use of explosives in mining or construction. Includes horizontal and earth boring machine operators.

Starting Salary: $44,450

Median Salary: $59,600

Employment: 17,410

Economics Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in economics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $57,550

Median Salary: $119,980

Employment: 12,420

Economists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct research, prepare reports, or formulate plans to address economic problems related to the production and distribution of goods and services or monetary and fiscal policy. May collect and process economic and statistical data using sampling techniques and econometric methods.

Starting Salary: $62,340

Median Salary: $115,440

Employment: 15,880

Editors

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.

Starting Salary: $36,200

Median Salary: $75,260

Employment: 95,480

Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of kindergarten, elementary, or secondary schools.

Starting Salary: $72,400

Median Salary: $104,070

Employment: 319,630

Education Administrators, Postsecondary

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate student instruction, administration, and services, as well as other research and educational activities, at postsecondary institutions, including universities, colleges, and junior and community colleges.

Starting Salary: $63,820

Median Salary: $103,960

Employment: 176,420

Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school care.

Starting Salary: $37,060

Median Salary: $56,270

Employment: 71,620

Education Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses pertaining to education, such as counseling, curriculum, guidance, instruction, teacher education, and teaching English as a second language. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $38,650

Median Salary: $72,090

Employment: 59,090

Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Advise and assist students and provide educational and vocational guidance services.

Starting Salary: $43,580

Median Salary: $65,140

Employment: 342,350

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.

Starting Salary: $48,250

Median Salary: $77,180

Employment: 92,710

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.

Starting Salary: $48,680

Median Salary: $73,720

Employment: 20,020

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.

Starting Salary: $49,490

Median Salary: $82,730

Employment: 7,310

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.

Starting Salary: $44,980

Median Salary: $71,300

Employment: 59,990

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.

Starting Salary: $60,820

Median Salary: $100,940

Employment: 23,040

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems. May erect poles and light or heavy duty transmission towers.

Starting Salary: $50,020

Median Salary: $92,560

Employment: 123,680

Electricians

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May install or service street lights, intercom systems, or electrical control systems.

Starting Salary: $39,430

Median Salary: $62,350

Employment: 742,580

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.

Starting Salary: $47,770

Median Salary: $70,760

Employment: 14,680

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.

Starting Salary: $31,680

Median Salary: $47,940

Employment: 10,140

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.

Starting Salary: $79,390

Median Salary: $127,590

Employment: 93,940

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach academic and social skills to students at the elementary school level.

Starting Salary: $46,440

Median Salary: $62,340

Employment: 1,393,310

Embalmers

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.

Starting Salary: $35,160

Median Salary: $56,280

Employment: 3,420

Emergency Medical Technicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assess injuries and illnesses and administer basic emergency medical care. May transport injured or sick persons to medical facilities.

Starting Salary: $31,410

Median Salary: $41,340

Employment: 177,980

Endoscopy Technicians

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Maintain a sterile field to provide support for physicians and nurses during endoscopy procedures. Prepare and maintain instruments and equipment. May obtain specimens.

Starting Salary: $32,450

Median Salary: $46,050

Employment: 103,650

Energy Auditors

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Conduct energy audits of buildings, building systems, or process systems. May also conduct investment grade audits of buildings or systems.

Starting Salary: $46,560

Median Salary: $72,120

Employment: 137,210

Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design, develop, or evaluate energy-related projects or programs to reduce energy costs or improve energy efficiency during the designing, building, or remodeling stages of construction. May specialize in electrical systems; heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems; green buildings; lighting; air quality; or energy procurement.

Starting Salary: $62,840

Median Salary: $117,750

Employment: 150,750

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.

Starting Salary: $59,790

Median Salary: $106,120

Employment: 39,910

Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

All engineering technologists and technicians, except drafters, not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $47,010

Median Salary: $77,390

Employment: 64,410

Engineers, All Other

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

All engineers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $62,840

Median Salary: $117,750

Employment: 150,750

English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in English language and literature, including linguistics and comparative literature. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $47,540

Median Salary: $78,270

Employment: 59,590

Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, All Other

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

All entertainers and performers, sports and related workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $27,248

Median Salary: $43,659

Employment: 15,040

Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate entertainment and recreational activities and operations of a recreational facility, including cruise ships and parks.

Starting Salary: $45,320

Median Salary: $77,180

Employment: 36,700

Environmental Compliance Inspectors

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Inspect and investigate sources of pollution to protect the public and environment and ensure conformance with Federal, State, and local regulations and ordinances.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $78,420

Employment: 397,770

Environmental Economists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct economic analysis related to environmental protection and use of the natural environment, such as water, air, land, and renewable energy resources. Evaluate and quantify benefits, costs, incentives, and impacts of alternative options using economic principles and statistical techniques.

Starting Salary: $62,340

Median Salary: $115,440

Employment: 15,880

Environmental Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Research, design, plan, or perform engineering duties in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental hazards using various engineering disciplines. Work may include waste treatment, site remediation, or pollution control technology.

Starting Salary: $64,950

Median Salary: $104,170

Employment: 37,950

Environmental Restoration Planners

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Collaborate with field and biology staff to oversee the implementation of restoration projects and to develop new products. Process and synthesize complex scientific data into practical strategies for restoration, monitoring or management.

Starting Salary: $50,130

Median Salary: $80,060

Employment: 84,930

Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in environmental science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $50,670

Median Salary: $87,710

Employment: 7,130

Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct research or perform investigation for the purpose of identifying, abating, or eliminating sources of pollutants or hazards that affect either the environment or public health. Using knowledge of various scientific disciplines, may collect, synthesize, study, report, and recommend action based on data derived from measurements or observations of air, food, soil, water, and other sources.

Starting Salary: $50,130

Median Salary: $80,060

Employment: 84,930

Epidemiologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Investigate and describe the determinants and distribution of disease, disability, or health outcomes. May develop the means for prevention and control.

Starting Salary: $56,950

Median Salary: $83,980

Employment: 11,460

Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Monitor and evaluate compliance with equal opportunity laws, guidelines, and policies to ensure that employment practices and contracting arrangements give equal opportunity without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $78,420

Employment: 397,770

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, and handling information requests, as well as performing routine administrative functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.

Starting Salary: $48,300

Median Salary: $74,260

Employment: 472,770

Exercise Physiologists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.

Starting Salary: $40,930

Median Salary: $58,160

Employment: 8,110

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Instruct or coach groups or individuals in exercise activities for the primary purpose of personal fitness. Demonstrate techniques and form, observe participants, and explain to them corrective measures necessary to improve their skills. Develop and implement individualized approaches to exercise.

Starting Salary: $27,580

Median Salary: $46,180

Employment: 303,620

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.

Starting Salary: $35,390

Median Salary: $46,980

Employment: 65,700

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.

Starting Salary: $35,590

Median Salary: $44,980

Employment: 14,900

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.

Starting Salary: $62,550

Median Salary: $104,690

Employment: 141,090

Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $47,580

Median Salary: $77,280

Employment: 2,630

Farm and Home Management Educators

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.

Starting Salary: $36,780

Median Salary: $58,120

Employment: 10,260

Farm Labor Contractors

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.

Starting Salary: $29,800

Median Salary: $48,690

Employment: 410

Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.

Starting Salary: $51,700

Median Salary: $87,980

Employment: 5,910

Fence Erectors

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Erect and repair fences and fence gates, using hand and power tools.

Starting Salary: $35,090

Median Salary: $46,940

Employment: 22,640

File Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

File correspondence, cards, invoices, receipts, and other records in alphabetical or numerical order or according to the filing system used. Locate and remove material from file when requested.

Starting Salary: $29,620

Median Salary: $41,270

Employment: 78,980

Film and Video Editors

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

Starting Salary: $39,170

Median Salary: $70,980

Employment: 28,860

Financial Examiners

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions. May examine, verify, or authenticate records.

Starting Salary: $53,420

Median Salary: $90,400

Employment: 62,830

Financial Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial activities of a branch, office, or department of an establishment.

Starting Salary: $86,490

Median Salary: $161,700

Employment: 818,620

Financial Quantitative Analysts

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Develop quantitative techniques to inform securities investing, equities investing, pricing, or valuation of financial instruments. Develop mathematical or statistical models for risk management, asset optimization, pricing, or relative value analysis.

Starting Salary: $46,420

Median Salary: $80,190

Employment: 127,450

Financial Risk Specialists

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Analyze and measure exposure to credit and market risk threatening the assets, earning capacity, or economic state of an organization. May make recommendations to limit risk.

Starting Salary: $62,270

Median Salary: $106,000

Employment: 56,320

Financial Specialists, All Other

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

All financial specialists not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $46,420

Median Salary: $80,190

Employment: 127,450

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.

Starting Salary: $26,420

Median Salary: $60,560

Employment: 10,000

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.

Starting Salary: $51,290

Median Salary: $78,690

Employment: 806,080

First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of correctional officers and jailers.

Starting Salary: $50,340

Median Salary: $76,310

Employment: 53,390

First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of entertainment and recreation related workers.

Starting Salary: $32,960

Median Salary: $46,900

Employment: 92,830

First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

Industries: Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.

Starting Salary: $39,610

Median Salary: $59,330

Employment: 29,530

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.

Starting Salary: $29,340

Median Salary: $42,010

Employment: 1,187,460

First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

Industries: Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate work activities of cleaning personnel in hotels, hospitals, offices, and other establishments.

Starting Salary: $34,390

Median Salary: $47,520

Employment: 174,660

First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers

Industries: Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in landscaping or groundskeeping activities. Work may involve reviewing contracts to ascertain service, machine, and workforce requirements; answering inquiries from potential customers regarding methods, material, and price ranges; and preparing estimates according to labor, material, and machine costs.

Starting Salary: $39,270

Median Salary: $56,170

Employment: 124,130

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.

Starting Salary: $48,460

Median Salary: $78,300

Employment: 600,680

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of sales workers other than retail sales workers. May perform duties such as budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.

Starting Salary: $48,880

Median Salary: $84,130

Employment: 219,010

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.

Starting Salary: $43,920

Median Salary: $66,140

Employment: 1,495,580

First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Supervise and coordinate activities of personal service workers.

Starting Salary: $32,150

Median Salary: $47,080

Employment: 107,060

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.

Starting Salary: $62,370

Median Salary: $105,980

Employment: 153,130

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

Industries: Production Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.

Starting Salary: $45,790

Median Salary: $71,190

Employment: 685,140

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of retail sales workers in an establishment or department. Duties may include management functions, such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.

Starting Salary: $31,120

Median Salary: $47,320

Employment: 1,113,160

First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of security workers and security guards.

Starting Salary: $37,800

Median Salary: $58,610

Employment: 70,310

Fish and Game Wardens

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Patrol assigned area to prevent fish and game law violations. Investigate reports of damage to crops or property by wildlife. Compile biological data.

Starting Salary: $35,670

Median Salary: $68,180

Employment: 6,420

Fitness and Wellness Coordinators

Industries: Management Occupations

Manage or coordinate fitness and wellness programs and services. Manage and train staff of wellness specialists, health educators, or fitness instructors.

Starting Salary: $36,880

Median Salary: $61,340

Employment: 10,490

Floral Designers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Design, cut, and arrange live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage.

Starting Salary: $27,260

Median Salary: $36,120

Employment: 40,160

Food Science Technicians

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Work with food scientists or technologists to perform standardized qualitative and quantitative tests to determine physical or chemical properties of food or beverage products. Includes technicians who assist in research and development of production technology, quality control, packaging, processing, and use of foods.

Starting Salary: $37,760

Median Salary: $49,430

Employment: 14,200

Food Scientists and Technologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Use chemistry, microbiology, engineering, and other sciences to study the principles underlying the processing and deterioration of foods; analyze food content to determine levels of vitamins, fat, sugar, and protein; discover new food sources; research ways to make processed foods safe, palatable, and healthful; and apply food science knowledge to determine best ways to process, package, preserve, store, and distribute food.

Starting Salary: $49,580

Median Salary: $85,310

Employment: 14,370

Food Service Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that serves food and beverages.

Starting Salary: $42,380

Median Salary: $65,310

Employment: 244,230

Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach languages and literature courses in languages other than English. Includes teachers of American Sign Language (ASL). Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $47,090

Median Salary: $77,010

Employment: 21,170

Forensic Science Technicians

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Collect, identify, classify, and analyze physical evidence related to criminal investigations. Perform tests on weapons or substances, such as fiber, hair, and tissue to determine significance to investigation. May testify as expert witnesses on evidence or crime laboratory techniques. May serve as specialists in area of expertise, such as ballistics, fingerprinting, handwriting, or biochemistry.

Starting Salary: $45,560

Median Salary: $67,440

Employment: 19,450

Forest and Conservation Technicians

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Provide technical assistance regarding the conservation of soil, water, forests, or related natural resources. May compile data pertaining to size, content, condition, and other characteristics of forest tracts under the direction of foresters, or train and lead forest workers in forest propagation and fire prevention and suppression. May assist conservation scientists in managing, improving, and protecting rangelands and wildlife habitats.

Starting Salary: $36,190

Median Salary: $54,310

Employment: 31,080

Forest and Conservation Workers

Industries: Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations

Under supervision, perform manual labor necessary to develop, maintain, or protect areas such as forests, forested areas, woodlands, wetlands, and rangelands through such activities as raising and transporting seedlings; combating insects, pests, and diseases harmful to plant life; and building structures to control water, erosion, and leaching of soil. Includes forester aides, seedling pullers, tree planters, and gatherers of nontimber forestry products such as pine straw.

Starting Salary: $33,050

Median Salary: $43,680

Employment: 5,630

Foresters

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. May inventory the type, amount, and location of standing timber, appraise the timber's worth, negotiate the purchase, and draw up contracts for procurement. May determine how to conserve wildlife habitats, creek beds, water quality, and soil stability, and how best to comply with environmental regulations. May devise plans for planting and growing new trees, monitor trees for healthy growth, and determine optimal harvesting schedules.

Starting Salary: $49,240

Median Salary: $70,660

Employment: 9,650

Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in forestry and conservation science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $58,670

Median Salary: $100,830

Employment: 1,310

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend forging machines to taper, shape, or form metal or plastic parts.

Starting Salary: $35,150

Median Salary: $49,240

Employment: 8,760

Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Obtain evidence, take statements, produce reports, and testify to findings regarding resolution of fraud allegations. May coordinate fraud detection and prevention activities.

Starting Salary: $46,420

Median Salary: $80,190

Employment: 127,450

Fuel Cell Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design, evaluate, modify, or construct fuel cell components or systems for transportation, stationary, or portable applications.

Starting Salary: $68,740

Median Salary: $102,320

Employment: 286,760

Fundraisers

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Organize activities to raise funds or otherwise solicit and gather monetary donations or other gifts for an organization. May design and produce promotional materials. May also raise awareness of the organization's work, goals, and financial needs.

Starting Salary: $43,200

Median Salary: $66,490

Employment: 105,930

Fundraising Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities to solicit and maintain funds for special projects or nonprofit organizations.

Starting Salary: $73,700

Median Salary: $123,480

Employment: 36,920

Funeral Attendants

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Perform a variety of tasks during funeral, such as placing casket in parlor or chapel prior to service, arranging floral offerings or lights around casket, directing or escorting mourners, closing casket, and issuing and storing funeral equipment.

Starting Salary: $26,820

Median Salary: $34,610

Employment: 30,560

Funeral Home Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and managing the facilities of funeral homes.

Starting Salary: $45,820

Median Salary: $76,830

Employment: 13,120

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders

Industries: Production Occupations

Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food processing equipment. Includes activities such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap.

Starting Salary: $35,010

Median Salary: $47,010

Employment: 16,160

Gambling Cage Workers

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

In a gambling establishment, conduct financial transactions for patrons. Accept patron's credit application and verify credit references to provide check-cashing authorization or to establish house credit accounts. May reconcile daily summaries of transactions to balance books. May sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons. May convert gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to currency upon patron's request. May use a cash register or computer to record transaction.

Starting Salary: $27,940

Median Salary: $36,990

Employment: 13,490

Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Exchange coins, tokens, and chips for patrons' money. May issue payoffs and obtain customer's signature on receipt. May operate a booth in the slot machine area and furnish change persons with money bank at the start of the shift, or count and audit money in drawers.

Starting Salary: $22,810

Median Salary: $34,810

Employment: 21,930

Gambling Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate gambling operations in a casino. May formulate house rules.

Starting Salary: $51,670

Median Salary: $85,580

Employment: 4,620

General and Operations Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of public or private sector organizations, overseeing multiple departments or locations. Duties and responsibilities include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of materials and human resources, but are too diverse and general in nature to be classified in any one functional area of management or administration, such as personnel, purchasing, or administrative services. Usually manage through subordinate supervisors. Excludes First-Line Supervisors.

Starting Salary: $47,420

Median Salary: $102,950

Employment: 3,584,420

Genetic Counselors

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assess individual or family risk for a variety of inherited conditions, such as genetic disorders and birth defects. Provide information to other healthcare providers or to individuals and families concerned with the risk of inherited conditions. Advise individuals and families to support informed decisionmaking and coping methods for those at risk. May help conduct research related to genetic conditions or genetic counseling.

Starting Salary: $78,680

Median Salary: $98,910

Employment: 3,510

Geneticists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Research and study the inheritance of traits at the molecular, organism or population level. May evaluate or treat patients with genetic disorders.

Starting Salary: $54,500

Median Salary: $93,330

Employment: 59,710

Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Assist scientists or related professionals in building, maintaining, modifying, or using geographic information systems (GIS) databases. May also perform some custom application development or provide user support.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Study the composition, structure, and other physical aspects of the Earth. May use geological, physics, and mathematics knowledge in exploration for oil, gas, minerals, or underground water; or in waste disposal, land reclamation, or other environmental problems. May study the Earth's internal composition, atmospheres, and oceans, and its magnetic, electrical, and gravitational forces. Includes mineralogists, paleontologists, stratigraphers, geodesists, and seismologists.

Starting Salary: $58,790

Median Salary: $99,240

Employment: 22,510

Geothermal Production Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Manage operations at geothermal power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor geothermal plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.

Starting Salary: $74,900

Median Salary: $121,440

Employment: 234,380

Geothermal Technicians

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Perform technical activities at power plants or individual installations necessary for the generation of power from geothermal energy sources. Monitor and control operating activities at geothermal power generation facilities and perform maintenance and repairs as necessary. Install, test, and maintain residential and commercial geothermal heat pumps.

Starting Salary: $35,270

Median Salary: $48,640

Employment: 183,690

Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

Industries: Production Occupations

Shape molten glass according to patterns.

Starting Salary: $34,950

Median Salary: $45,690

Employment: 34,750

Glaziers

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.

Starting Salary: $37,710

Median Salary: $55,440

Employment: 57,000

Government Property Inspectors and Investigators

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Investigate or inspect government property to ensure compliance with contract agreements and government regulations.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $78,420

Employment: 397,770

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.

Starting Salary: $37,600

Median Salary: $61,300

Employment: 214,260

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand

Industries: Production Occupations

Grind, sand, or polish, using hand tools or hand-held power tools, a variety of metal, wood, stone, clay, plastic, or glass objects. Includes chippers, buffers, and finishers.

Starting Salary: $32,120

Median Salary: $41,690

Employment: 11,850

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.

Starting Salary: $34,980

Median Salary: $45,190

Employment: 70,110

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Identify, remove, pack, transport, or dispose of hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead-based paint, waste oil, fuel, transmission fluid, radioactive materials, or contaminated soil. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling or a confined entry permit are generally required. May operate earth-moving equipment or trucks.

Starting Salary: $37,330

Median Salary: $48,490

Employment: 50,570

Health Education Specialists

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Use data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.

Starting Salary: $42,210

Median Salary: $63,000

Employment: 65,150

Health Informatics Specialists

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Apply knowledge of nursing and informatics to assist in the design, development, and ongoing modification of computerized health care systems. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the health care system.

Starting Salary: $63,160

Median Salary: $103,790

Employment: 497,800

Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Apply knowledge of healthcare and information systems to assist in the design, development, and continued modification and analysis of computerized healthcare systems. Abstract, collect, and analyze treatment and followup information of patients. May educate staff and assist in problem solving to promote the implementation of the healthcare information system. May design, develop, test, and implement databases with complete history, diagnosis, treatment, and health status to help monitor diseases.

Starting Salary: $39,120

Median Salary: $67,310

Employment: 37,620

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.

Starting Salary: $51,760

Median Salary: $105,620

Employment: 229,720

Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

All health technologists and technicians not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $37,290

Median Salary: $48,790

Employment: 174,060

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

All healthcare practitioners and technical workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $37,220

Median Salary: $64,030

Employment: 36,970

Healthcare Social Workers

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. Services include advising family caregivers. Provide patients with information and counseling, and make referrals for other services. May also provide case and care management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to access to healthcare.

Starting Salary: $45,030

Median Salary: $68,090

Employment: 185,940

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

All healthcare support workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $32,450

Median Salary: $46,050

Employment: 103,650

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects.

Starting Salary: $35,260

Median Salary: $47,450

Employment: 14,590

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Install or repair heating, central air conditioning, HVAC, or refrigeration systems, including oil burners, hot-air furnaces, and heating stoves.

Starting Salary: $39,130

Median Salary: $59,810

Employment: 396,870

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

Drive a tractor-trailer combination or a truck with a capacity of at least 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). May be required to unload truck. Requires commercial drivers' license. Includes tow truck drivers.

Starting Salary: $38,640

Median Salary: $57,440

Employment: 2,070,480

Helpers--Electricians

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Help electricians by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Starting Salary: $31,200

Median Salary: $39,890

Employment: 64,440

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Starting Salary: $31,050

Median Salary: $39,270

Employment: 43,640

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.

Starting Salary: $33,280

Median Salary: $49,410

Employment: 31,940

Hospitalists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Provide inpatient care predominantly in settings such as medical wards, acute care units, intensive care units, rehabilitation centers, or emergency rooms. Manage and coordinate patient care throughout treatment.

Starting Salary: $66,860

Median Salary: $95,080

Employment: 315,360

Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design objects, facilities, and environments to optimize human well-being and overall system performance, applying theory, principles, and data regarding the relationship between humans and respective technology. Investigate and analyze characteristics of human behavior and performance as it relates to the use of technology.

Starting Salary: $70,000

Median Salary: $101,140

Employment: 350,230

Human Resources Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.

Starting Salary: $83,790

Median Salary: $140,030

Employment: 215,520

Human Resources Specialists

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.

Starting Salary: $45,440

Median Salary: $72,910

Employment: 917,460

Hydroelectric Plant Technicians

Industries: Production Occupations

Monitor and control activities associated with hydropower generation. Operate plant equipment, such as turbines, pumps, valves, gates, fans, electric control boards, and battery banks. Monitor equipment operation and performance and make necessary adjustments to ensure optimal performance. Perform equipment maintenance and repair as necessary.

Starting Salary: $59,930

Median Salary: $99,670

Employment: 30,720

Hydroelectric Production Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Manage operations at hydroelectric power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor hydroelectric plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.

Starting Salary: $74,900

Median Salary: $121,440

Employment: 234,380

Hydrologic Technicians

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Collect and organize data concerning the distribution and circulation of ground and surface water, and data on its physical, chemical, and biological properties. Measure and report on flow rates and ground water levels, maintain field equipment, collect water samples, install and collect sampling equipment, and process samples for shipment to testing laboratories. May collect data on behalf of hydrologists, engineers, developers, government agencies, or agriculture.

Starting Salary: $40,330

Median Salary: $58,570

Employment: 2,940

Hydrologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Research the distribution, circulation, and physical properties of underground and surface waters; and study the form and intensity of precipitation and its rate of infiltration into the soil, movement through the earth, and return to the ocean and atmosphere.

Starting Salary: $60,010

Median Salary: $92,060

Employment: 5,720

Industrial Ecologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Apply principles and processes of natural ecosystems to develop models for efficient industrial systems. Use knowledge from the physical and social sciences to maximize effective use of natural resources in the production and use of goods and services. Examine societal issues and their relationship with both technical systems and the environment.

Starting Salary: $50,130

Median Salary: $80,060

Employment: 84,930

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.

Starting Salary: $46,370

Median Salary: $64,790

Employment: 73,410

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.

Starting Salary: $70,000

Median Salary: $101,140

Employment: 350,230

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.

Starting Salary: $45,090

Median Salary: $63,760

Employment: 421,940

Industrial Production Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.

Starting Salary: $74,900

Median Salary: $121,440

Employment: 234,380

Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Apply principles of psychology to human resources, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee testing and selection, training, and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to organize the work setting to improve worker productivity.

Starting Salary: $51,880

Median Salary: $109,840

Employment: 1,050

Information Security Engineers

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Develop and oversee the implementation of information security procedures and policies. Build, maintain and upgrade security technology, such as firewalls, for the safe use of computer networks and the transmission and retrieval of information. Design and implement appropriate security controls to identify vulnerabilities and protect digital files and electronic infrastructures. Monitor and respond to computer security breaches, viruses, and intrusions, and perform forensic investigation. May oversee the assessment of information security systems.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

Information Technology Project Managers

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage. Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

All installation, maintenance, and repair workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $35,270

Median Salary: $48,640

Employment: 183,690

Instructional Coordinators

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology into instruction in order to provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses. May train and coach teachers. Includes educational consultants and specialists, and instructional material directors.

Starting Salary: $46,560

Median Salary: $74,720

Employment: 210,850

Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Appraise automobile or other vehicle damage to determine repair costs for insurance claim settlement. Prepare insurance forms to indicate repair cost or cost estimates and recommendations. May seek agreement with automotive repair shop on repair costs.

Starting Salary: $56,690

Median Salary: $76,650

Employment: 7,790

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Process new insurance policies, modifications to existing policies, and claims forms. Obtain information from policyholders to verify the accuracy and completeness of information on claims forms, applications and related documents, and company records. Update existing policies and company records to reflect changes requested by policyholders and insurance company representatives.

Starting Salary: $36,900

Median Salary: $48,450

Employment: 229,070

Insurance Sales Agents

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Sell life, property, casualty, health, automotive, or other types of insurance. May refer clients to independent brokers, work as an independent broker, or be employed by an insurance company.

Starting Salary: $36,390

Median Salary: $60,370

Employment: 469,480

Insurance Underwriters

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Review individual applications for insurance to evaluate degree of risk involved and determine acceptance of applications.

Starting Salary: $51,640

Median Salary: $79,880

Employment: 107,820

Intelligence Analysts

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Gather, analyze, or evaluate information from a variety of sources, such as law enforcement databases, surveillance, intelligence networks or geographic information systems. Use intelligence data to anticipate and prevent organized crime activities, such as terrorism.

Starting Salary: $54,160

Median Salary: $93,580

Employment: 110,790

Interior Designers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Plan, design, and furnish the internal space of rooms or buildings. Design interior environments or create physical layouts that are practical, aesthetic, and conducive to the intended purposes. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.

Starting Salary: $38,480

Median Salary: $63,490

Employment: 69,580

Interpreters and Translators

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Interpret oral or sign language, or translate written text from one language into another.

Starting Salary: $35,630

Median Salary: $59,440

Employment: 53,360

Investment Fund Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate investment strategy or operations for a large pool of liquid assets supplied by institutional investors or individual investors.

Starting Salary: $86,490

Median Salary: $161,700

Employment: 818,620

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Industries: Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.

Starting Salary: $27,570

Median Salary: $35,930

Employment: 2,199,900

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

Starting Salary: $45,750

Median Salary: $61,430

Employment: 114,410

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock.

Starting Salary: $36,200

Median Salary: $48,620

Employment: 18,970

Law Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in law. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $58,330

Median Salary: $126,650

Employment: 22,800

Lawyers

Industries: Legal Occupations

Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.

Starting Salary: $72,780

Median Salary: $151,160

Employment: 747,750

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Lay out reference points and dimensions on metal or plastic stock or workpieces, such as sheets, plates, tubes, structural shapes, castings, or machine parts, for further processing. Includes shipfitters.

Starting Salary: $40,430

Median Salary: $61,870

Employment: 5,610

Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Perform secretarial duties using legal terminology, procedures, and documents. Prepare legal papers and correspondence, such as summonses, complaints, motions, and subpoenas. May also assist with legal research.

Starting Salary: $35,530

Median Salary: $54,140

Employment: 154,540

Legislators

Industries: Management Occupations

Develop, introduce, or enact laws and statutes at the local, tribal, state, or federal level. Includes only workers in elected positions.

Starting Salary: $20,380

Median Salary: $44,810

Employment: 26,510

Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Administer and maintain libraries or collections of information, for public or private access through reference or borrowing. Work in a variety of settings, such as educational institutions, museums, and corporations, and with various types of informational materials, such as books, periodicals, recordings, films, and databases. Tasks may include acquiring, cataloging, and circulating library materials, and user services such as locating and organizing information, providing instruction on how to access information, and setting up and operating a library's media equipment.

Starting Salary: $38,920

Median Salary: $64,320

Employment: 131,830

Library Assistants, Clerical

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Compile records, and sort, shelve, issue, and receive library materials such as books, electronic media, pictures, cards, slides and microfilm. Locate library materials for loan and replace material in shelving area, stacks, or files according to identification number and title. Register patrons to permit them to borrow books, periodicals, and other library materials.

Starting Salary: $25,090

Median Salary: $36,010

Employment: 80,070

Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in library science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $53,590

Median Salary: $78,630

Employment: 4,100

Library Technicians

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Assist librarians by helping readers in the use of library catalogs, databases, and indexes to locate books and other materials; and by answering questions that require only brief consultation of standard reference. Compile records; sort and shelve books or other media; remove or repair damaged books or other media; register patrons; and check materials in and out of the circulation process. Replace materials in shelving area (stacks) or files. Includes bookmobile drivers who assist with providing services in mobile libraries.

Starting Salary: $27,890

Median Salary: $39,970

Employment: 73,770

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Care for ill, injured, or convalescing patients or persons with disabilities in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, private homes, group homes, and similar institutions. May work under the supervision of a registered nurse. Licensing required.

Starting Salary: $47,960

Median Salary: $62,340

Employment: 632,430

Life Scientists, All Other

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

All life scientists not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $52,360

Median Salary: $87,800

Employment: 7,320

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

All life, physical, and social science technicians not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $37,310

Median Salary: $60,130

Employment: 71,400

Lighting Technicians

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Set up, maintain, and dismantle light fixtures, lighting control devices, and the associated lighting electrical and rigging equipment used for photography, television, film, video, and live productions. May focus or operate light fixtures, or attach color filters or other lighting accessories.

Starting Salary: $36,340

Median Salary: $60,560

Employment: 10,130

Loan Interviewers and Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Interview loan applicants to elicit information; investigate applicants' backgrounds and verify references; prepare loan request papers; and forward findings, reports, and documents to appraisal department. Review loan papers to ensure completeness, and complete transactions between loan establishment, borrowers, and sellers upon approval of loan.

Starting Salary: $36,360

Median Salary: $48,950

Employment: 173,100

Loan Officers

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Evaluate, authorize, or recommend approval of commercial, real estate, or credit loans. Advise borrowers on financial status and payment methods. Includes mortgage loan officers and agents, collection analysts, loan servicing officers, loan underwriters, and payday loan officers.

Starting Salary: $38,490

Median Salary: $74,180

Employment: 290,530

Locksmiths and Safe Repairers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Repair and open locks, make keys, change locks and safe combinations, and install and repair safes.

Starting Salary: $34,750

Median Salary: $50,490

Employment: 15,550

Locomotive Engineers

Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

Drive electric, diesel-electric, steam, or gas-turbine-electric locomotives to transport passengers or freight. Interpret train orders, electronic or manual signals, and railroad rules and regulations.

Starting Salary: $60,980

Median Salary: $77,400

Employment: 31,990

Lodging Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.

Starting Salary: $39,490

Median Salary: $68,130

Employment: 41,350

Logisticians

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Analyze and coordinate the ongoing logistical functions of a firm or organization. Responsible for the entire life cycle of a product, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, and final disposal of resources.

Starting Salary: $49,260

Median Salary: $80,880

Employment: 235,640

Logistics Analysts

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Analyze product delivery or supply chain processes to identify or recommend changes. May manage route activity including invoicing, electronic bills, and shipment tracing.

Starting Salary: $49,260

Median Salary: $80,880

Employment: 235,640

Logistics Engineers

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Design or analyze operational solutions for projects such as transportation optimization, network modeling, process and methods analysis, cost containment, capacity enhancement, routing and shipment optimization, or information management.

Starting Salary: $49,260

Median Salary: $80,880

Employment: 235,640

Loss Prevention Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan and direct policies, procedures, or systems to prevent the loss of assets. Determine risk exposure or potential liability, and develop risk control measures.

Starting Salary: $68,860

Median Salary: $136,550

Employment: 630,980

Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Provide therapy to patients with visual impairments to improve their functioning in daily life activities. May train patients in activities such as computer use, communication skills, or home management skills.

Starting Salary: $67,090

Median Salary: $98,340

Employment: 152,280

Machinists

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.

Starting Salary: $38,100

Median Salary: $56,150

Employment: 298,790

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Operate Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners. Monitor patient safety and comfort, and view images of area being scanned to ensure quality of pictures. May administer gadolinium contrast dosage intravenously. May interview patient, explain MRI procedures, and position patient on examining table. May enter into the computer data such as patient history, anatomical area to be scanned, orientation specified, and position of entry.

Starting Salary: $64,910

Median Salary: $88,180

Employment: 41,530

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.

Starting Salary: $33,860

Median Salary: $48,620

Employment: 1,531,700

Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

Starting Salary: $40,080

Median Salary: $60,500

Employment: 56,540

Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Apply makeup to performers to reflect period, setting, and situation of their role.

Starting Salary: $22,010

Median Salary: $50,280

Employment: 3,320

Management Analysts

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.

Starting Salary: $59,720

Median Salary: $101,190

Employment: 893,900

Managers, All Other

Industries: Management Occupations

All managers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $68,860

Median Salary: $136,550

Employment: 630,980

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.

Starting Salary: $70,000

Median Salary: $101,140

Employment: 350,230

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Research conditions in local, regional, national, or online markets. Gather information to determine potential sales of a product or service, or plan a marketing or advertising campaign. May gather information on competitors, prices, sales, and methods of marketing and distribution. May employ search marketing tactics, analyze web metrics, and develop recommendations to increase search engine ranking and visibility to target markets.

Starting Salary: $42,070

Median Salary: $76,950

Employment: 861,140

Marketing Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers. Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the firm's profits or share of the market while ensuring the firm's customers are satisfied. Oversee product development or monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services.

Starting Salary: $81,900

Median Salary: $161,030

Employment: 384,980

Marriage and Family Therapists

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders, whether cognitive, affective, or behavioral, within the context of marriage and family systems. Apply psychotherapeutic and family systems theories and techniques in the delivery of services to individuals, couples, and families for the purpose of treating such diagnosed nervous and mental disorders.

Starting Salary: $42,610

Median Salary: $63,780

Employment: 65,870

Massage Therapists

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Perform therapeutic massages of soft tissues and joints. May assist in the assessment of range of motion and muscle strength, or propose client therapy plans.

Starting Salary: $33,280

Median Salary: $57,950

Employment: 96,040

Materials Scientists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Research and study the structures and chemical properties of various natural and synthetic or composite materials, including metals, alloys, rubber, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, and glass. Determine ways to strengthen or combine materials or develop new materials with new or specific properties for use in a variety of products and applications. Includes glass scientists, ceramic scientists, metallurgical scientists, and polymer scientists.

Starting Salary: $61,460

Median Salary: $104,160

Employment: 8,330

Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

All mathematical scientists not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $40,330

Median Salary: $71,490

Employment: 4,660

Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses pertaining to mathematical concepts, statistics, and actuarial science and to the application of original and standardized mathematical techniques in solving specific problems and situations. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $48,150

Median Salary: $79,350

Employment: 48,820

Mathematicians

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Conduct research in fundamental mathematics or in application of mathematical techniques to science, management, and other fields. Solve problems in various fields using mathematical methods.

Starting Salary: $63,430

Median Salary: $121,680

Employment: 2,220

Mechanical Drafters

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Prepare detailed working diagrams of machinery and mechanical devices, including dimensions, fastening methods, and other engineering information.

Starting Salary: $46,500

Median Salary: $68,510

Employment: 39,900

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.

Starting Salary: $46,940

Median Salary: $68,730

Employment: 37,450

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.

Starting Salary: $68,740

Median Salary: $102,320

Employment: 286,760

Mechatronics Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Research, design, develop, or test automation, intelligent systems, smart devices, or industrial systems control.

Starting Salary: $62,840

Median Salary: $117,750

Employment: 150,750

Media and Communication Workers, All Other

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

All media and communication workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $38,530

Median Salary: $71,770

Employment: 23,590

Media Programming Directors

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in preparation of radio or television station program schedules and programs, such as sports or news.

Starting Salary: $43,060

Median Salary: $83,480

Employment: 145,270

Media Technical Directors/Managers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Coordinate activities of technical departments, such as taping, editing, engineering, and maintenance, to produce radio or television programs.

Starting Salary: $43,060

Median Salary: $83,480

Employment: 145,270

Medical and Health Services Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations.

Starting Salary: $69,680

Median Salary: $117,960

Employment: 565,840

Medical Assistants

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.

Starting Salary: $35,020

Median Salary: $44,200

Employment: 793,460

Medical Dosimetrists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Generate radiation treatment plans, develop radiation dose calculations, communicate and supervise the treatment plan implementation, and consult with members of radiation oncology team.

Starting Salary: $103,760

Median Salary: $138,110

Employment: 3,970

Medical Equipment Preparers

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Prepare, sterilize, install, or clean laboratory or healthcare equipment. May perform routine laboratory tasks and operate or inspect equipment.

Starting Salary: $35,400

Median Salary: $46,490

Employment: 72,760

Medical Equipment Repairers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Test, adjust, or repair biomedical or electromedical equipment.

Starting Salary: $39,060

Median Salary: $62,630

Employment: 60,830

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct research dealing with the understanding of human diseases and the improvement of human health. Engage in clinical investigation, research and development, or other related activities.

Starting Salary: $61,860

Median Salary: $100,590

Employment: 156,300

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.

Starting Salary: $35,050

Median Salary: $44,640

Employment: 830,760

Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Coordinate activities of staff, convention personnel, or clients to make arrangements for group meetings, events, or conventions.

Starting Salary: $35,990

Median Salary: $59,440

Employment: 134,670

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Assess and treat individuals with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drugs. Activities may include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, client advocacy, prevention, and education.

Starting Salary: $39,620

Median Salary: $60,060

Employment: 125,910

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other

Industries: Production Occupations

All metal workers and plastic workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $33,850

Median Salary: $42,750

Employment: 20,270

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders

Industries: Production Occupations

Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel.

Starting Salary: $38,760

Median Salary: $55,770

Employment: 20,330

Meter Readers, Utilities

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Read meter and record consumption of electricity, gas, water, or steam.

Starting Salary: $33,980

Median Salary: $49,180

Employment: 19,620

Microbiologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Starting Salary: $51,220

Median Salary: $87,330

Employment: 19,760

Microsystems Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Research, design, develop, or test microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices.

Starting Salary: $62,840

Median Salary: $117,750

Employment: 150,750

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

Starting Salary: $47,050

Median Salary: $62,970

Employment: 620,370

Midwives

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Provide prenatal care and childbirth assistance.

Starting Salary: $37,220

Median Salary: $64,030

Employment: 36,970

Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.

Starting Salary: $36,810

Median Salary: $48,310

Employment: 13,810

Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Conduct subsurface surveys to identify the characteristics of potential land or mining development sites. May specify the ground support systems, processes, and equipment for safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction or underground construction activities. May inspect areas for unsafe geological conditions, equipment, and working conditions. May design, implement, and coordinate mine safety programs.

Starting Salary: $62,500

Median Salary: $101,020

Employment: 6,770

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.

Starting Salary: $45,450

Median Salary: $63,980

Employment: 180,270

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.

Starting Salary: $38,430

Median Salary: $62,700

Employment: 3,230

Model Makers, Wood

Industries: Production Occupations

Construct full-size and scale wooden precision models of products. Includes wood jig builders and loft workers.

Starting Salary: $24,710

Median Salary: $51,850

Employment: 360

Models

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Model garments or other apparel and accessories for prospective buyers at fashion shows, private showings, or retail establishments. May pose for photos to be used in magazines or advertisements. May pose as subject for paintings, sculptures, and other types of artistic expression.

Starting Salary: $38,010

Median Salary: $89,990

Employment: 5,350

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.

Starting Salary: $34,950

Median Salary: $45,690

Employment: 34,750

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.

Starting Salary: $31,990

Median Salary: $41,230

Employment: 154,820

Molecular and Cellular Biologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Research and study cellular molecules and organelles to understand cell function and organization.

Starting Salary: $54,500

Median Salary: $93,330

Employment: 59,710

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.

Starting Salary: $31,470

Median Salary: $49,800

Employment: 25,700

Motion Picture Projectionists

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Set up and operate motion picture projection and related sound reproduction equipment.

Starting Salary: $24,160

Median Salary: $38,180

Employment: 1,950

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Repair and adjust electrical and mechanical equipment of inboard or inboard-outboard boat engines.

Starting Salary: $35,950

Median Salary: $54,950

Employment: 24,250

Motorcycle Mechanics

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.

Starting Salary: $31,770

Median Salary: $47,200

Employment: 14,010

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.

Starting Salary: $34,130

Median Salary: $46,060

Employment: 129,850

Music Directors and Composers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Conduct, direct, plan, and lead instrumental or vocal performances by musical artists or groups, such as orchestras, bands, choirs, and glee clubs; or create original works of music.

Starting Salary: $34,990

Median Salary: $63,670

Employment: 12,330

Music Therapists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Plan, organize, direct, or assess clinical and evidenced-based music therapy interventions to positively influence individuals' physical, psychological, cognitive, or behavioral status.

Starting Salary: $38,840

Median Salary: $65,010

Employment: 19,320

Musicians and Singers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Play one or more musical instruments or sing. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for sound or video recording.

Starting Salary: $38,854

Median Salary: $88,296

Employment: 38,350

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.

Starting Salary: $22,900

Median Salary: $32,050

Employment: 520,180

Nanosystems Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design, develop, or supervise the production of materials, devices, or systems of unique molecular or macromolecular composition, applying principles of nanoscale physics and electrical, chemical, or biological engineering.

Starting Salary: $62,840

Median Salary: $117,750

Employment: 150,750

Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Implement production processes and operate commercial-scale production equipment to produce, test, or modify materials, devices, or systems of unique molecular or macromolecular composition. Operate advanced microscopy equipment to manipulate nanoscale objects. Work under the supervision of nanoengineering staff.

Starting Salary: $46,370

Median Salary: $64,790

Employment: 73,410

Natural Sciences Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, and research and development in these fields.

Starting Salary: $79,830

Median Salary: $161,180

Employment: 100,870

Neurodiagnostic Technologists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Conduct electroneurodiagnostic (END) tests such as electroencephalograms, evoked potentials, polysomnograms, or electronystagmograms. May perform nerve conduction studies.

Starting Salary: $37,290

Median Salary: $48,790

Employment: 174,060

Neuropsychologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Apply theories and principles of neuropsychology to evaluate and diagnose disorders of higher cerebral functioning, often in research and medical settings. Study the human brain and the effect of physiological states on human cognition and behavior. May formulate and administer programs of treatment.

Starting Salary: $51,410

Median Salary: $117,580

Employment: 17,790

New Accounts Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Interview persons desiring to open accounts in financial institutions. Explain account services available to prospective customers and assist them in preparing applications.

Starting Salary: $36,980

Median Salary: $46,610

Employment: 38,030

News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Narrate or write news stories, reviews, or commentary for print, broadcast, or other communications media such as newspapers, magazines, radio, or television. May collect and analyze information through interview, investigation, or observation.

Starting Salary: $34,590

Median Salary: $60,280

Employment: 41,550

Non-Destructive Testing Specialists

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Test the safety of structures, vehicles, or vessels using x-ray, ultrasound, fiber optic or related equipment.

Starting Salary: $47,010

Median Salary: $77,390

Employment: 64,410

Nuclear Medicine Technologists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies using a variety of radioisotope equipment. Prepare stock solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. Subject patients to radiation. Execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies following standard laboratory techniques.

Starting Salary: $75,570

Median Salary: $97,020

Employment: 16,960

Nurse Anesthetists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Administer anesthesia, monitor patient's vital signs, and oversee patient recovery from anesthesia. May assist anesthesiologists, surgeons, other physicians, or dentists. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.

Starting Salary: $137,230

Median Salary: $223,210

Employment: 50,350

Nurse Midwives

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Diagnose and coordinate all aspects of the birthing process, either independently or as part of a healthcare team. May provide well-woman gynecological care. Must have specialized, graduate nursing education.

Starting Salary: $74,670

Median Salary: $128,790

Employment: 8,280

Nurse Practitioners

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses who have specialized graduate education.

Starting Salary: $97,960

Median Salary: $129,210

Employment: 307,390

Nursing Assistants

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.

Starting Salary: $31,390

Median Salary: $39,530

Employment: 1,388,430

Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $47,950

Median Salary: $79,940

Employment: 74,250

Occupational Therapists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assess, plan, and organize rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays. Use therapeutic techniques, adapt the individual's environment, teach skills, and modify specific tasks that present barriers to the individual.

Starting Salary: $67,090

Median Salary: $98,340

Employment: 152,280

Occupational Therapy Aides

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Under close supervision of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing patient and treatment room.

Starting Salary: $27,970

Median Salary: $37,370

Employment: 5,000

Occupational Therapy Assistants

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Assist occupational therapists in providing occupational therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, direct activity programs, and document the progress of treatments. Generally requires formal training.

Starting Salary: $49,070

Median Salary: $68,340

Employment: 47,910

Office Clerks, General

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring knowledge of office systems and procedures. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual establishments and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, office machine operation, and filing.

Starting Salary: $29,120

Median Salary: $43,630

Employment: 2,510,550

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines.

Starting Salary: $29,850

Median Salary: $39,020

Employment: 24,740

Online Merchants

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Conduct retail activities of businesses operating exclusively online. May perform duties such as preparing business strategies, buying merchandise, managing inventory, implementing marketing activities, fulfilling and shipping online orders, and balancing financial records.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $81,270

Employment: 1,128,200

Operations Research Analysts

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Formulate and apply mathematical modeling and other optimizing methods to develop and interpret information that assists management with decisionmaking, policy formulation, or other managerial functions. May collect and analyze data and develop decision support software, services, or products. May develop and supply optimal time, cost, or logistics networks for program evaluation, review, or implementation.

Starting Salary: $53,910

Median Salary: $91,290

Employment: 107,760

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians

Industries: Production Occupations

Cut, grind, and polish eyeglasses, contact lenses, or other precision optical elements. Assemble and mount lenses into frames or process other optical elements. Includes precision lens polishers or grinders, centerer-edgers, and lens mounters.

Starting Salary: $31,250

Median Salary: $38,420

Employment: 18,740

Ophthalmic Medical Technologists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assist ophthalmologists by performing ophthalmic clinical functions and ophthalmic photography. Provide instruction and supervision to other ophthalmic personnel. Assist with minor surgical procedures, applying aseptic techniques and preparing instruments. May perform eye exams, administer eye medications, and instruct patients in care and use of corrective lenses.

Starting Salary: $37,290

Median Salary: $48,790

Employment: 174,060

Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, recreational sporting equipment, and related equipment.

Starting Salary: $33,600

Median Salary: $46,560

Employment: 34,240

Paralegals and Legal Assistants

Industries: Legal Occupations

Assist lawyers by investigating facts, preparing legal documents, or researching legal precedent. Conduct research to support a legal proceeding, to formulate a defense, or to initiate legal action.

Starting Salary: $39,710

Median Salary: $61,010

Employment: 367,220

Paramedics

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Administer basic or advanced emergency medical care and assess injuries and illnesses. May administer medication intravenously, use equipment such as EKGs, or administer advanced life support to sick or injured individuals.

Starting Salary: $40,130

Median Salary: $58,410

Employment: 99,530

Park Naturalists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Plan, develop, and conduct programs to inform public of historical, natural, and scientific features of national, state, or local park.

Starting Salary: $45,260

Median Salary: $67,950

Employment: 25,590

Patient Representatives

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assist patients in obtaining services, understanding policies and making health care decisions.

Starting Salary: $37,290

Median Salary: $48,790

Employment: 174,060

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.

Starting Salary: $39,150

Median Salary: $54,540

Employment: 1,570

Patternmakers, Wood

Industries: Production Occupations

Plan, lay out, and construct wooden unit or sectional patterns used in forming sand molds for castings.

Starting Salary: $40,730

Median Salary: $52,520

Employment: 180

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks.

Starting Salary: $36,670

Median Salary: $55,290

Employment: 156,950

Penetration Testers

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Evaluate network system security by conducting simulated internal and external cyberattacks using adversary tools and techniques. Attempt to breach and exploit critical systems and gain access to sensitive information to assess system security.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

Personal Financial Advisors

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Advise clients on financial plans using knowledge of tax and investment strategies, securities, insurance, pension plans, and real estate. Duties include assessing clients' assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status, and financial objectives. May also buy and sell financial assets for clients.

Starting Salary: $49,990

Median Salary: $102,140

Employment: 270,480

Personal Service Managers, All Other

Industries: Management Occupations

All personal service managers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $36,880

Median Salary: $61,340

Employment: 10,490

Pest Control Workers

Industries: Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

Apply or release chemical solutions or toxic gases and set traps to kill or remove pests and vermin that infest buildings and surrounding areas.

Starting Salary: $32,460

Median Salary: $44,730

Employment: 96,110

Petroleum Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Devise methods to improve oil and gas extraction and production and determine the need for new or modified tool designs. Oversee drilling and offer technical advice.

Starting Salary: $78,840

Median Salary: $141,280

Employment: 18,970

Pharmacists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Dispense drugs prescribed by physicians and other health practitioners and provide information to patients about medications and their use. May advise physicians and other health practitioners on the selection, dosage, interactions, and side effects of medications.

Starting Salary: $86,930

Median Salary: $137,480

Employment: 328,870

Pharmacy Technicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Prepare medications under the direction of a pharmacist. May measure, mix, count out, label, and record amounts and dosages of medications according to prescription orders.

Starting Salary: $35,100

Median Salary: $43,460

Employment: 487,920

Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in philosophy, religion, and theology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $47,550

Median Salary: $78,050

Employment: 20,840

Photographers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Photograph people, landscapes, merchandise, or other subjects. May use lighting equipment to enhance a subject's appearance. May use editing software to produce finished images and prints. Includes commercial and industrial photographers, scientific photographers, and photojournalists.

Starting Salary: $29,610

Median Salary: $42,520

Employment: 51,230

Photonics Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design technologies specializing in light information or light energy, such as laser or fiber optics technology.

Starting Salary: $62,840

Median Salary: $117,750

Employment: 150,750

Photonics Technicians

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Build, install, test, or maintain optical or fiber optic equipment, such as lasers, lenses, or mirrors, using spectrometers, interferometers, or related equipment.

Starting Salary: $47,010

Median Salary: $77,390

Employment: 64,410

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Diagnose and treat disorders requiring physiotherapy to provide physical, mental, and occupational rehabilitation.

Starting Salary: $66,860

Median Salary: $95,080

Employment: 315,360

Physical Scientists, All Other

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

All physical scientists not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $61,990

Median Salary: $117,960

Employment: 22,580

Physical Therapist Aides

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Under close supervision of a physical therapist or physical therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing the patient and the treatment area.

Starting Salary: $24,960

Median Salary: $34,520

Employment: 44,010

Physical Therapist Assistants

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with state laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. Generally requires formal training.

Starting Salary: $46,020

Median Salary: $65,510

Employment: 108,010

Physical Therapists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that improve mobility, relieve pain, increase strength, and improve or correct disabling conditions resulting from disease or injury.

Starting Salary: $74,420

Median Salary: $101,020

Employment: 248,630

Physicians, All Other

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

All physicians not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $66,860

Median Salary: $95,080

Employment: 315,360

Physicists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct research into physical phenomena, develop theories on the basis of observation and experiments, and devise methods to apply physical laws and theories.

Starting Salary: $80,020

Median Salary: $166,290

Employment: 21,340

Physics Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses pertaining to the laws of matter and energy. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $54,880

Median Salary: $97,360

Employment: 13,590

Pipelayers

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Lay pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. Perform any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints.

Starting Salary: $36,840

Median Salary: $48,710

Employment: 33,580

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend plating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Typically, the product being coated is immersed in molten metal or an electrolytic solution.

Starting Salary: $31,940

Median Salary: $41,600

Employment: 31,510

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipelines or pipe systems that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases. May install heating and cooling equipment and mechanical control systems. Includes sprinkler fitters.

Starting Salary: $40,670

Median Salary: $62,970

Employment: 455,940

Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Create original written works, such as scripts, essays, prose, poetry or song lyrics, for publication or performance.

Starting Salary: $41,080

Median Salary: $72,270

Employment: 47,800

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Maintain order and protect life and property by enforcing local, tribal, state, or federal laws and ordinances. Perform a combination of the following duties: patrol a specific area; direct traffic; issue traffic summonses; investigate accidents; apprehend and arrest suspects, or serve legal processes of courts. Includes police officers working at educational institutions.

Starting Salary: $47,640

Median Salary: $76,290

Employment: 666,990

Police Identification and Records Officers

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Collect evidence at crime scene, classify and identify fingerprints, and photograph evidence for use in criminal and civil cases.

Starting Salary: $54,160

Median Salary: $93,580

Employment: 110,790

Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in political science, international affairs, and international relations. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $50,490

Median Salary: $94,680

Employment: 17,170

Political Scientists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Study the origin, development, and operation of political systems. May study topics, such as public opinion, political decisionmaking, and ideology. May analyze the structure and operation of governments, as well as various political entities. May conduct public opinion surveys, analyze election results, or analyze public documents.

Starting Salary: $74,750

Median Salary: $139,380

Employment: 5,950

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate operational, administrative, management, and support services of a U.S. post office; or coordinate activities of workers engaged in postal and related work in assigned post office.

Starting Salary: $81,430

Median Salary: $92,730

Employment: 13,810

Postsecondary Teachers, All Other

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

All postsecondary teachers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $39,720

Median Salary: $78,490

Employment: 151,530

Potters, Manufacturing

Industries: Production Occupations

Operate production machines such as pug mill, jigger machine, or potter's wheel to process clay in manufacture of ceramic, pottery and stoneware products.

Starting Salary: $34,950

Median Salary: $45,690

Employment: 34,750

Pourers and Casters, Metal

Industries: Production Occupations

Operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.

Starting Salary: $37,250

Median Salary: $48,940

Employment: 5,830

Power Distributors and Dispatchers

Industries: Production Occupations

Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.

Starting Salary: $70,760

Median Salary: $107,240

Employment: 9,180

Power Plant Operators

Industries: Production Occupations

Control, operate, or maintain machinery to generate electric power. Includes auxiliary equipment operators.

Starting Salary: $59,930

Median Salary: $99,670

Employment: 30,720

Precision Agriculture Technicians

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Apply geospatial technologies, including geographic information systems (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS), to agricultural production or management activities, such as pest scouting, site-specific pesticide application, yield mapping, or variable-rate irrigation. May use computers to develop or analyze maps or remote sensing images to compare physical topography with data on soils, fertilizer, pests, or weather.

Starting Salary: $32,860

Median Salary: $46,790

Employment: 14,340

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Instruct preschool-aged students, following curricula or lesson plans, in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth.

Starting Salary: $28,300

Median Salary: $37,120

Employment: 445,080

Preventive Medicine Physicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Apply knowledge of general preventive medicine and public health issues to promote health care to groups or individuals, and aid in the prevention or reduction of risk of disease, injury, disability, or death. May practice population-based medicine or diagnose and treat patients in the context of clinical health promotion and disease prevention.

Starting Salary: $66,860

Median Salary: $95,080

Employment: 315,360

Printing Press Operators

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.

Starting Salary: $31,450

Median Salary: $45,160

Employment: 145,110

Private Detectives and Investigators

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Gather, analyze, compile, and report information regarding individuals or organizations to clients, or detect occurrences of unlawful acts or infractions of rules in private establishment.

Starting Salary: $37,250

Median Salary: $52,370

Employment: 38,700

Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

Starting Salary: $45,390

Median Salary: $64,520

Employment: 86,820

Producers and Directors

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.

Starting Salary: $43,060

Median Salary: $83,480

Employment: 145,270

Project Management Specialists

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Analyze and coordinate the schedule, timeline, procurement, staffing, and budget of a product or service on a per project basis. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. May serve as a point of contact for the client or customer.

Starting Salary: $59,830

Median Salary: $100,750

Employment: 1,006,160

Proofreaders and Copy Markers

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark for correction any grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors. Excludes workers whose primary duty is editing copy. Includes proofreaders of braille.

Starting Salary: $33,530

Median Salary: $49,210

Employment: 5,160

Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate the selling, buying, leasing, or governance activities of commercial, industrial, or residential real estate properties. Includes managers of homeowner and condominium associations, rented or leased housing units, buildings, or land (including rights-of-way).

Starting Salary: $39,360

Median Salary: $66,700

Employment: 296,640

Protective Service Workers, All Other

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

All protective service workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $30,620

Median Salary: $41,600

Employment: 83,110

Psychiatric Technicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Care for individuals with mental or emotional conditions or disabilities, following the instructions of physicians or other health practitioners. Monitor patients' physical and emotional well-being and report to medical staff. May participate in rehabilitation and treatment programs, help with personal hygiene, and administer oral or injectable medications.

Starting Salary: $32,980

Median Salary: $42,590

Employment: 136,300

Psychiatrists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent mental disorders.

Starting Salary: $77,360

Median Salary: $141,290

Employment: 24,800

Psychologists, All Other

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

All psychologists not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $51,410

Median Salary: $117,580

Employment: 17,790

Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in psychology, such as child, clinical, and developmental psychology, and psychological counseling. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $47,870

Median Salary: $80,330

Employment: 41,610

Public Relations Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities designed to create or maintain a favorable public image or raise issue awareness for their organization or client.

Starting Salary: $78,880

Median Salary: $138,520

Employment: 76,060

Public Relations Specialists

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Promote or create an intended public image for individuals, groups, or organizations. May write or select material for release to various communications media. May specialize in using social media.

Starting Salary: $40,750

Median Salary: $69,780

Employment: 280,590

Quality Control Analysts

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct tests to determine quality of raw materials, bulk intermediate and finished products. May conduct stability sample tests.

Starting Salary: $37,310

Median Salary: $60,130

Employment: 71,400

Quality Control Systems Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate quality assurance programs. Formulate quality control policies and control quality of laboratory and production efforts.

Starting Salary: $74,900

Median Salary: $121,440

Employment: 234,380

Radiation Therapists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Provide radiation therapy to patients as prescribed by a radiation oncologist according to established practices and standards. Duties may include reviewing prescription and diagnosis; acting as liaison with physician and supportive care personnel; preparing equipment, such as immobilization, treatment, and protection devices; and maintaining records, reports, and files. May assist in dosimetry procedures and tumor localization.

Starting Salary: $77,860

Median Salary: $101,990

Employment: 18,700

Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design and implement radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems used to track shipments or goods.

Starting Salary: $79,390

Median Salary: $127,590

Employment: 93,940

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Take x-rays and CAT scans or administer nonradioactive materials into patient's bloodstream for diagnostic or research purposes. Includes radiologic technologists and technicians who specialize in other scanning modalities.

Starting Salary: $52,360

Median Salary: $77,660

Employment: 223,460

Rail Car Repairers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul railroad rolling stock, mine cars, or mass transit rail cars.

Starting Salary: $45,670

Median Salary: $65,680

Employment: 18,300

Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers

Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

Drive switching or other locomotive or dinkey engines within railroad yard, industrial plant, quarry, construction project, or similar location.

Starting Salary: $44,510

Median Salary: $58,030

Employment: 3,300

Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers

Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

Operate or monitor railroad track switches or locomotive instruments. May couple or uncouple rolling stock to make up or break up trains. Watch for and relay traffic signals. May inspect couplings, air hoses, journal boxes, and hand brakes. May watch for dragging equipment or obstacles on rights-of-way.

Starting Salary: $43,750

Median Salary: $65,480

Employment: 12,460

Range Managers

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.

Starting Salary: $45,260

Median Salary: $67,950

Employment: 25,590

Real Estate Brokers

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Operate real estate office, or work for commercial real estate firm, overseeing real estate transactions. Other duties usually include selling real estate or renting properties and arranging loans.

Starting Salary: $36,920

Median Salary: $72,280

Employment: 49,590

Real Estate Sales Agents

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Rent, buy, or sell property for clients. Perform duties such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts. Includes agents who represent buyer.

Starting Salary: $31,940

Median Salary: $56,320

Employment: 190,600

Receptionists and Information Clerks

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Answer inquiries and provide information to the general public, customers, visitors, and other interested parties regarding activities conducted at establishment and location of departments, offices, and employees within the organization.

Starting Salary: $28,280

Median Salary: $37,230

Employment: 964,530

Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses pertaining to recreation, leisure, and fitness studies, including exercise physiology and facilities management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $44,150

Median Salary: $75,890

Employment: 12,680

Recreation Workers

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Conduct recreation activities with groups in public, private, or volunteer agencies or recreation facilities. Organize and promote activities, such as arts and crafts, sports, games, music, dramatics, social recreation, camping, and hobbies, taking into account the needs and interests of individual members.

Starting Salary: $25,640

Median Salary: $35,380

Employment: 309,640

Recreational Therapists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate medically-approved recreation programs for patients in hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions. Activities include sports, trips, dramatics, social activities, and crafts. May assess a patient condition and recommend appropriate recreational activity.

Starting Salary: $39,520

Median Salary: $60,280

Employment: 15,060

Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.

Starting Salary: $35,480

Median Salary: $50,540

Employment: 18,710

Registered Nurses

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Starting Salary: $66,030

Median Salary: $93,600

Employment: 3,282,010

Regulatory Affairs Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate production activities of an organization to ensure compliance with regulations and standard operating procedures.

Starting Salary: $68,860

Median Salary: $136,550

Employment: 630,980

Regulatory Affairs Specialists

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Coordinate and document internal regulatory processes, such as internal audits, inspections, license renewals, or registrations. May compile and prepare materials for submission to regulatory agencies.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $78,420

Employment: 397,770

Rehabilitation Counselors

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Counsel individuals to maximize the independence and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, aging, or the stress of daily life. Coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities. Assess client needs and design and implement rehabilitation programs that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement.

Starting Salary: $34,480

Median Salary: $46,110

Employment: 88,930

Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Apply remote sensing principles and methods to analyze data and solve problems in areas such as natural resource management, urban planning, or homeland security. May develop new sensor systems, analytical techniques, or new applications for existing systems.

Starting Salary: $61,990

Median Salary: $117,960

Employment: 22,580

Remote Sensing Technicians

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Apply remote sensing technologies to assist scientists in areas such as natural resources, urban planning, or homeland security. May prepare flight plans or sensor configurations for flight trips.

Starting Salary: $37,310

Median Salary: $60,130

Employment: 71,400

Residential Advisors

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Coordinate activities in resident facilities in secondary school and college dormitories, group homes, or similar establishments. Order supplies and determine need for maintenance, repairs, and furnishings. May maintain household records and assign rooms. May assist residents with problem solving or refer them to counseling resources.

Starting Salary: $28,490

Median Salary: $39,180

Employment: 82,810

Respiratory Therapists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assess, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders. Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory care modalities, including the supervision of respiratory therapy technicians. Initiate and conduct therapeutic procedures; maintain patient records; and select, assemble, check, and operate equipment.

Starting Salary: $61,900

Median Salary: $80,450

Employment: 136,420

Retail Loss Prevention Specialists

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Implement procedures and systems to prevent merchandise loss. Conduct audits and investigations of employee activity. May assist in developing policies, procedures, and systems for safeguarding assets.

Starting Salary: $30,620

Median Salary: $41,600

Employment: 83,110

Robotics Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Research, design, develop, or test robotic applications.

Starting Salary: $62,840

Median Salary: $117,750

Employment: 150,750

Robotics Technicians

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.

Starting Salary: $47,770

Median Salary: $70,760

Employment: 14,680

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.

Starting Salary: $37,090

Median Salary: $48,630

Employment: 22,350

Sales Engineers

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.

Starting Salary: $70,580

Median Salary: $121,520

Employment: 56,690

Sales Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate the actual distribution or movement of a product or service to the customer. Coordinate sales distribution by establishing sales territories, quotas, and goals and establish training programs for sales representatives. Analyze sales statistics gathered by staff to determine sales potential and inventory requirements and monitor the preferences of customers.

Starting Salary: $66,910

Median Salary: $138,060

Employment: 603,710

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Sell services to individuals or businesses. May describe options or resolve client problems.

Starting Salary: $36,930

Median Salary: $66,260

Employment: 1,189,330

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Sell goods for wholesalers or manufacturers where technical or scientific knowledge is required in such areas as biology, engineering, chemistry, and electronics, normally obtained from at least 2 years of postsecondary education.

Starting Salary: $48,840

Median Salary: $100,070

Employment: 293,930

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers.

Starting Salary: $29,670

Median Salary: $39,950

Employment: 43,140

School Psychologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Diagnose and implement individual or schoolwide interventions or strategies to address educational, behavioral, or developmental issues that adversely impact educational functioning in a school. May address student learning and behavioral problems and counsel students or families. May design and implement performance plans, and evaluate performance. May consult with other school-based personnel.

Starting Salary: $60,880

Median Salary: $86,930

Employment: 63,830

Search Marketing Strategists

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Employ search marketing tactics to increase visibility and engagement with content, products, or services in Internet-enabled devices or interfaces. Examine search query behaviors on general or specialty search engines or other Internet-based content. Analyze research, data, or technology to understand user intent and measure outcomes for ongoing optimization.

Starting Salary: $42,070

Median Salary: $76,950

Employment: 861,140

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach one or more subjects to students at the secondary school level.

Starting Salary: $47,330

Median Salary: $64,580

Employment: 1,072,540

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Perform routine administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, or providing information to callers.

Starting Salary: $31,600

Median Salary: $46,290

Employment: 1,737,820

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Install, program, maintain, and repair security and fire alarm wiring and equipment. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes.

Starting Salary: $38,410

Median Salary: $59,300

Employment: 81,510

Security Guards

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Guard, patrol, or monitor premises to prevent theft, violence, or infractions of rules. May operate x-ray and metal detector equipment.

Starting Salary: $29,800

Median Salary: $38,370

Employment: 1,241,770

Security Management Specialists

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Conduct security assessments for organizations, and design security systems and processes. May specialize in areas such as physical security or the safety of employees and facilities.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $81,270

Employment: 1,128,200

Security Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Direct an organization's security functions, including physical security and safety of employees and facilities.

Starting Salary: $62,550

Median Salary: $104,690

Employment: 141,090

Self-Enrichment Teachers

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach or instruct individuals or groups for the primary purpose of self-enrichment or recreation, rather than for an occupational objective, educational attainment, competition, or fitness.

Starting Salary: $28,980

Median Salary: $45,590

Employment: 308,520

Semiconductor Processing Technicians

Industries: Production Occupations

Perform any or all of the following functions in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors: load semiconductor material into furnace; saw formed ingots into segments; load individual segment into crystal growing chamber and monitor controls; locate crystal axis in ingot using x-ray equipment and saw ingots into wafers; and clean, polish, and load wafers into series of special purpose furnaces, chemical baths, and equipment used to form circuitry and change conductive properties.

Starting Salary: $35,980

Median Salary: $51,180

Employment: 32,150

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Clean and repair septic tanks, sewer lines, or drains. May patch walls and partitions of tank, replace damaged drain tile, or repair breaks in underground piping.

Starting Salary: $36,500

Median Salary: $49,140

Employment: 29,050

Set and Exhibit Designers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Design special exhibits and sets for film, video, television, and theater productions. May study scripts, confer with directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.

Starting Salary: $35,990

Median Salary: $66,280

Employment: 10,850

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.

Starting Salary: $38,030

Median Salary: $60,850

Employment: 117,470

Signal and Track Switch Repairers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Install, inspect, test, maintain, or repair electric gate crossings, signals, signal equipment, track switches, section lines, or intercommunications systems within a railroad system.

Starting Salary: $57,410

Median Salary: $83,600

Employment: 8,210

Skincare Specialists

Industries: Personal Care and Service Occupations

Provide skincare treatments to face and body to enhance an individual's appearance. Includes electrologists and laser hair removal specialists.

Starting Salary: $27,160

Median Salary: $41,560

Employment: 70,240

Social and Community Service Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of a social service program or community outreach organization. Oversee the program or organization's budget and policies regarding participant involvement, program requirements, and benefits. Work may involve directing social workers, counselors, or probation officers.

Starting Salary: $50,020

Median Salary: $78,240

Employment: 195,490

Social and Human Service Assistants

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

Assist other social and human service providers in providing client services in a wide variety of fields, such as psychology, rehabilitation, or social work, including support for families. May assist clients in identifying and obtaining available benefits and social and community services. May assist social workers with developing, organizing, and conducting programs to prevent and resolve problems relevant to substance abuse, human relationships, rehabilitation, or dependent care.

Starting Salary: $33,280

Median Salary: $45,120

Employment: 424,220

Social Science Research Assistants

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Assist social scientists in laboratory, survey, and other social science research. May help prepare findings for publication and assist in laboratory analysis, quality control, or data management.

Starting Salary: $36,410

Median Salary: $58,040

Employment: 32,940

Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

All postsecondary social sciences teachers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $45,280

Median Salary: $75,040

Employment: 17,540

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

All social scientists and related workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $62,570

Median Salary: $100,340

Employment: 36,970

Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in social work. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $45,370

Median Salary: $76,210

Employment: 13,350

Social Workers, All Other

Industries: Community and Social Service Occupations

All social workers not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $44,530

Median Salary: $69,480

Employment: 64,940

Sociologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Study human society and social behavior by examining the groups and social institutions that people form, as well as various social, religious, political, and business organizations. May study the behavior and interaction of groups, trace their origin and growth, and analyze the influence of group activities on individual members.

Starting Salary: $60,710

Median Salary: $101,690

Employment: 2,950

Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach courses in sociology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Starting Salary: $49,330

Median Salary: $82,540

Employment: 12,380

Soil and Plant Scientists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Conduct research in breeding, physiology, production, yield, and management of crops and agricultural plants or trees, shrubs, and nursery stock, their growth in soils, and control of pests; or study the chemical, physical, biological, and mineralogical composition of soils as they relate to plant or crop growth. May classify and map soils and investigate effects of alternative practices on soil and crop productivity.

Starting Salary: $45,320

Median Salary: $71,410

Employment: 16,600

Solar Energy Installation Managers

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Direct work crews installing residential or commercial solar photovoltaic or thermal systems.

Starting Salary: $51,290

Median Salary: $78,690

Employment: 806,080

Solar Energy Systems Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Perform site-specific engineering analysis or evaluation of energy efficiency and solar projects involving residential, commercial, or industrial customers. Design solar domestic hot water and space heating systems for new and existing structures, applying knowledge of structural energy requirements, local climates, solar technology, and thermodynamics.

Starting Salary: $62,840

Median Salary: $117,750

Employment: 150,750

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.

Starting Salary: $39,070

Median Salary: $51,860

Employment: 28,280

Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors

Industries: Sales and Related Occupations

Contact new or existing customers to determine their solar equipment needs, suggest systems or equipment, or estimate costs.

Starting Salary: $48,840

Median Salary: $100,070

Employment: 293,930

Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians

Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations

Install or repair solar energy systems designed to collect, store, and circulate solar-heated water for residential, commercial or industrial use.

Starting Salary: $40,670

Median Salary: $62,970

Employment: 455,940

Sound Engineering Technicians

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Assemble and operate equipment to record, synchronize, mix, edit, or reproduce sound, including music, voices, or sound effects, for theater, video, film, television, podcasts, sporting events, and other productions.

Starting Salary: $36,600

Median Salary: $66,430

Employment: 13,050

Spa Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of a spa facility. Coordinate programs, schedule and direct staff, and oversee financial activities.

Starting Salary: $36,880

Median Salary: $61,340

Employment: 10,490

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.

Starting Salary: $57,220

Median Salary: $99,800

Employment: 21,280

Speech-Language Pathologists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.

Starting Salary: $60,480

Median Salary: $95,410

Employment: 178,790

Speech-Language Pathology Assistants

Industries: Healthcare Support Occupations

Assist speech-language pathologists in the assessment and treatment of speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. Implement speech and language programs or activities as planned and directed by speech-language pathologists. Monitor the use of alternative communication devices and systems.

Starting Salary: $32,450

Median Salary: $46,050

Employment: 103,650

Sports Medicine Physicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent injuries that occur during sporting events, athletic training, and physical activities.

Starting Salary: $66,860

Median Salary: $95,080

Employment: 315,360

Statistical Assistants

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Compile and compute data according to statistical formulas for use in statistical studies. May perform actuarial computations and compile charts and graphs for use by actuaries. Includes actuarial clerks.

Starting Salary: $38,050

Median Salary: $51,440

Employment: 5,900

Statisticians

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields such as biostatistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.

Starting Salary: $60,390

Median Salary: $103,300

Employment: 29,800

Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing

Industries: Production Occupations

Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.

Starting Salary: $34,950

Median Salary: $45,690

Employment: 34,750

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters

Industries: Production Occupations

Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.

Starting Salary: $37,370

Median Salary: $49,900

Employment: 53,380

Substitute Teachers, Short-Term

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Teach students on a short-term basis as a temporary replacement for a regular classroom teacher, typically using the regular teacher's lesson plan.

Starting Salary: $26,240

Median Salary: $38,470

Employment: 481,300

Supply Chain Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Direct or coordinate production, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, or financial forecasting services or activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service, or safety. Examine existing procedures or opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs. Direct the movement, storage, or processing of inventory.

Starting Salary: $61,200

Median Salary: $102,010

Employment: 213,000

Surgical Assistants

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site.

Starting Salary: $39,540

Median Salary: $60,290

Employment: 22,860

Surgical Technologists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons, registered nurses, or other surgical personnel. May help set up operating room, prepare and transport patients for surgery, adjust lights and equipment, pass instruments and other supplies to surgeons and surgeons' assistants, hold retractors, cut sutures, and help count sponges, needles, supplies, and instruments.

Starting Salary: $43,290

Median Salary: $62,830

Employment: 113,890

Survey Researchers

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Plan, develop, or conduct surveys. May analyze and interpret the meaning of survey data, determine survey objectives, or suggest or test question wording. Includes social scientists who primarily design questionnaires or supervise survey teams.

Starting Salary: $36,950

Median Salary: $63,380

Employment: 7,720

Sustainability Specialists

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Address organizational sustainability issues, such as waste stream management, green building practices, and green procurement plans.

Starting Salary: $46,230

Median Salary: $81,270

Employment: 1,128,200

Talent Directors

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Audition and interview performers to select most appropriate talent for parts in stage, television, radio, or motion picture productions.

Starting Salary: $43,060

Median Salary: $83,480

Employment: 145,270

Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.

Starting Salary: $40,020

Median Salary: $59,740

Employment: 53,530

Tax Preparers

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Prepare tax returns for individuals or small businesses.

Starting Salary: $30,500

Median Salary: $50,560

Employment: 73,570

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Assist faculty or other instructional staff in postsecondary institutions by performing instructional support activities, such as developing teaching materials, leading discussion groups, preparing and giving examinations, and grading examinations or papers.

Starting Salary: $28,020

Median Salary: $44,930

Employment: 155,010

Technical Writers

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.

Starting Salary: $54,400

Median Salary: $91,670

Employment: 55,530

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

Starting Salary: $42,940

Median Salary: $70,500

Employment: 98,360

Tellers

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.

Starting Salary: $31,270

Median Salary: $39,340

Employment: 339,340

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut textiles.

Starting Salary: $27,230

Median Salary: $37,940

Employment: 8,960

Therapists, All Other

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

All therapists not listed separately.

Starting Salary: $38,840

Median Salary: $65,010

Employment: 19,320

Tire Repairers and Changers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Repair and replace tires.

Starting Salary: $29,880

Median Salary: $37,120

Employment: 106,620

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.

Starting Salary: $44,200

Median Salary: $63,180

Employment: 55,130

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners

Industries: Production Occupations

Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.

Starting Salary: $33,770

Median Salary: $48,970

Employment: 5,730

Training and Development Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization.

Starting Salary: $75,810

Median Salary: $127,090

Employment: 44,960

Training and Development Specialists

Industries: Business and Financial Operations Occupations

Design or conduct work-related training and development programs to improve individual skills or organizational performance. May analyze organizational training needs or evaluate training effectiveness.

Starting Salary: $37,510

Median Salary: $65,850

Employment: 436,610

Transit and Railroad Police

Industries: Protective Service Occupations

Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.

Starting Salary: $58,370

Median Salary: $82,320

Employment: 3,000

Transportation Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Develop plans for surface transportation projects, according to established engineering standards and state or federal construction policy. Prepare designs, specifications, or estimates for transportation facilities. Plan modifications of existing streets, highways, or freeways to improve traffic flow.

Starting Salary: $65,920

Median Salary: $99,590

Employment: 355,410

Transportation Planners

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Prepare studies for proposed transportation projects. Gather, compile, and analyze data. Study the use and operation of transportation systems. Develop transportation models or simulations.

Starting Salary: $62,570

Median Salary: $100,340

Employment: 36,970

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Plan, direct, or coordinate transportation, storage, or distribution activities in accordance with organizational policies and applicable government laws or regulations. Includes logistics managers.

Starting Salary: $61,200

Median Salary: $102,010

Employment: 213,000

Treasurers and Controllers

Industries: Management Occupations

Direct financial activities, such as planning, procurement, and investments for all or part of an organization.

Starting Salary: $86,490

Median Salary: $161,700

Employment: 818,620

Tutors

Industries: Education, Training, and Library Occupations

Instruct individual students or small groups of students in academic subjects to support formal class instruction or to prepare students for standardized or admissions tests.

Starting Salary: $28,430

Median Salary: $40,090

Employment: 174,660

Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Officiate at competitive athletic or sporting events. Detect infractions of rules and decide penalties according to established regulations. Includes all sporting officials, referees, and competition judges.

Starting Salary: $25,070

Median Salary: $38,820

Employment: 15,080

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.

Starting Salary: $55,590

Median Salary: $83,720

Employment: 43,040

Urologists

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Diagnose, treat, and help prevent benign and malignant medical and surgical disorders of the genitourinary system and the renal glands.

Starting Salary: $66,860

Median Salary: $95,080

Employment: 315,360

Validation Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design or plan protocols for equipment or processes to produce products meeting internal and external purity, safety, and quality requirements.

Starting Salary: $70,000

Median Salary: $101,140

Employment: 350,230

Veterinary Technologists and Technicians

Industries: Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations

Perform medical tests in a laboratory environment for use in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases in animals. Prepare vaccines and serums for prevention of diseases. Prepare tissue samples, take blood samples, and execute laboratory tests, such as urinalysis and blood counts. Clean and sterilize instruments and materials and maintain equipment and machines. May assist a veterinarian during surgery.

Starting Salary: $32,120

Median Salary: $45,980

Employment: 131,320

Video Game Designers

Industries: Computer and Mathematical Occupations

Design core features of video games. Specify innovative game and role-play mechanics, story lines, and character biographies. Create and maintain design documentation. Guide and collaborate with production staff to produce games as designed.

Starting Salary: $47,840

Median Salary: $98,090

Employment: 111,400

Watch and Clock Repairers

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Repair, clean, and adjust mechanisms of timing instruments, such as watches and clocks. Includes watchmakers, watch technicians, and mechanical timepiece repairers.

Starting Salary: $39,920

Median Salary: $60,690

Employment: 1,300

Water Resource Specialists

Industries: Management Occupations

Design or implement programs and strategies related to water resource issues such as supply, quality, and regulatory compliance issues.

Starting Salary: $79,830

Median Salary: $161,180

Employment: 100,870

Water/Wastewater Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design or oversee projects involving provision of potable water, disposal of wastewater and sewage, or prevention of flood-related damage. Prepare environmental documentation for water resources, regulatory program compliance, data management and analysis, and field work. Perform hydraulic modeling and pipeline design.

Starting Salary: $65,920

Median Salary: $99,590

Employment: 355,410

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.

Starting Salary: $52,650

Median Salary: $108,970

Employment: 439,380

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.

Starting Salary: $47,840

Median Salary: $98,090

Employment: 111,400

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.

Starting Salary: $38,130

Median Salary: $51,000

Employment: 424,040

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.

Starting Salary: $35,780

Median Salary: $47,060

Employment: 36,290

Wind Energy Development Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Lead or manage the development and evaluation of potential wind energy business opportunities, including environmental studies, permitting, and proposals. May also manage construction of projects.

Starting Salary: $68,860

Median Salary: $136,550

Employment: 630,980

Wind Energy Engineers

Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations

Design underground or overhead wind farm collector systems and prepare and develop site specifications.

Starting Salary: $62,840

Median Salary: $117,750

Employment: 150,750

Wind Energy Operations Managers

Industries: Management Occupations

Manage wind field operations, including personnel, maintenance activities, financial activities, and planning.

Starting Salary: $68,860

Median Salary: $136,550

Employment: 630,980

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

Inspect, diagnose, adjust, or repair wind turbines. Perform maintenance on wind turbine equipment including resolving electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic malfunctions.

Starting Salary: $49,110

Median Salary: $62,580

Employment: 11,220

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing

Industries: Production Occupations

Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment.

Starting Salary: $30,920

Median Salary: $40,440

Employment: 63,350

Word Processors and Typists

Industries: Office and Administrative Support Occupations

Use word processor, computer, or typewriter to type letters, reports, forms, or other material from rough draft, corrected copy, or voice recording. May perform other clerical duties as assigned.

Starting Salary: $35,300

Median Salary: $47,850

Employment: 36,030

Writers and Authors

Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Originate and prepare written material, such as scripts, stories, advertisements, and other material.

Starting Salary: $41,080

Median Salary: $72,270

Employment: 47,800

Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists

Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management. May collect and analyze biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water habitats.

Starting Salary: $48,240

Median Salary: $72,860

Employment: 16,920

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