Browse by Career Cluster

The National Career Clusters® Framework serves as an organizing tool for programs, curriculum design and instruction. Career Clusters contain occupations in the same field of work that require similar skills. They can help focus plans towards obtaining the necessary knowledge, competencies, and training for success in a particular career pathway.

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This Cluster encompasses roles in local, state, and federal government; legal and justice systems; security; and military operations, all aimed at promoting civic responsibility and ensuring the well-being, security, functionality, and resilience of communities, states, and countries.
Sub-ClusterCodeOccupation
Emergency Response33-2011.00Firefighters
Emergency Response33-1021.00First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
Emergency Response43-2021.00Telephone Operators
Emergency Response; Military & National Security11-9161.00Emergency Management Directors
Emergency Response; Public Safety33-3051.04Customs and Border Protection Officers
Emergency Response; Public Safety33-3051.00Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
Judicial Systems23-1021.00Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers
Judicial Systems23-1022.00Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Judicial Systems27-3092.00Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners
Judicial Systems19-4092.00Forensic Science Technicians Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
Judicial Systems27-3091.00Interpreters and Translators
Judicial Systems23-1023.00Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates
Judicial Systems23-1012.00Judicial Law Clerks
Judicial Systems23-1011.00Lawyers
Judicial Systems43-6012.00Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
Judicial Systems23-2099.00Legal Support Workers, All Other
Judicial Systems23-2011.00Paralegals and Legal Assistants
Local, State, & Federal Services19-3091.00Anthropologists and Archeologists
Local, State, & Federal Services25-4011.00Archivists
Local, State, & Federal Services15-2041.01Biostatisticians Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services11-9199.11Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services13-2031.00Budget Analysts
Local, State, & Federal Services17-2051.00Civil Engineers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services19-2041.01Climate Change Policy Analysts
Local, State, & Federal Services21-1099.00Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services21-1094.00Community Health Workers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services19-1031.00Conservation Scientists
Local, State, & Federal Services47-4011.00Construction and Building Inspectors
Local, State, & Federal Services35-2012.00Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
Local, State, & Federal Services13-1041.06Coroners
Local, State, & Federal Services43-4031.00Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
Local, State, & Federal Services19-3011.00Economists
Local, State, & Federal Services11-9039.00Education Administrators, All Other
Local, State, & Federal Services43-4061.00Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
Local, State, & Federal Services47-4011.01Energy Auditors
Local, State, & Federal Services19-3011.01Environmental Economists
Local, State, & Federal Services19-2041.02Environmental Restoration Planners
Local, State, & Federal Services19-4042.00Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
Local, State, & Federal Services19-2041.00Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Local, State, & Federal Services19-1041.00Epidemiologists Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services13-1041.03Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers
Local, State, & Federal Services11-3013.00Facilities Managers
Local, State, & Federal Services43-4071.00File Clerks
Local, State, & Federal Services33-3031.00Fish and Game Wardens
Local, State, & Federal Services19-3092.00Geographers
Local, State, & Federal Services19-4043.00Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians
Local, State, & Federal Services11-3121.00Human Resources Managers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services19-2041.03Industrial Ecologists
Local, State, & Federal Services43-4199.00Information and Record Clerks, All Other
Local, State, & Federal Services11-1031.00Legislators
Local, State, & Federal Services19-1099.00Life Scientists, All Other
Local, State, & Federal Services13-1111.00Management Analysts Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services15-2021.00Mathematicians
Local, State, & Federal Services43-5041.00Meter Readers, Utilities
Local, State, & Federal Services19-1031.03Park Naturalists
Local, State, & Federal Services43-5051.00Postal Service Clerks
Local, State, & Federal Services43-5052.00Postal Service Mail Carriers
Local, State, & Federal Services43-5053.00Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
Local, State, & Federal Services11-9131.00Postmasters and Mail Superintendents
Local, State, & Federal Services19-1031.02Range Managers
Local, State, & Federal Services13-1041.07Regulatory Affairs Specialists
Local, State, & Federal Services11-3013.01Security Managers
Local, State, & Federal Services11-9151.00Social and Community Service Managers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services19-4061.00Social Science Research Assistants
Local, State, & Federal Services19-3099.00Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Local, State, & Federal Services19-3041.00Sociologists
Local, State, & Federal Services15-2041.00Statisticians Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services19-3022.00Survey Researchers
Local, State, & Federal Services13-2081.00Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Local, State, & Federal Services11-3131.00Training and Development Managers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services17-2051.01Transportation Engineers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services19-3099.01Transportation Planners
Local, State, & Federal Services19-3051.00Urban and Regional Planners
Local, State, & Federal Services17-2051.02Water/Wastewater Engineers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services11-9199.10Wind Energy Development Managers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services11-9199.09Wind Energy Operations Managers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security19-2011.00Astronomers
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security19-2021.00Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security11-9199.02Compliance Managers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security11-9199.08Loss Prevention Managers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security11-9199.00Managers, All Other Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security19-2012.00Physicists
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security19-3094.00Political Scientists
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security11-9199.01Regulatory Affairs Managers Bright Outlook
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security; Public Safety33-3021.00Detectives and Criminal Investigators
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security; Public Safety33-1012.00First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security; Public Safety33-1099.00First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security; Public Safety33-3021.06Intelligence Analysts
Local, State, & Federal Services; Military & National Security; Public Safety33-3021.02Police Identification and Records Officers
Local, State, & Federal Services; Public Safety13-1041.00Compliance Officers
Local, State, & Federal Services; Public Safety13-1041.08Customs Brokers
Local, State, & Federal Services; Public Safety13-1041.01Environmental Compliance Inspectors
Local, State, & Federal Services; Public Safety13-1041.04Government Property Inspectors and Investigators
Military & National Security15-1299.07Blockchain Engineers Bright Outlook
Military & National Security17-1021.00Cartographers and Photogrammetrists Bright Outlook
Military & National Security15-1299.00Computer Occupations, All Other Bright Outlook
Military & National Security15-1299.08Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Bright Outlook
Military & National Security15-1299.06Digital Forensics Analysts Bright Outlook
Military & National Security15-1299.03Document Management Specialists Bright Outlook
Military & National Security17-3029.00Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
Military & National Security15-1299.02Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook
Military & National Security15-1299.05Information Security Engineers Bright Outlook
Military & National Security15-1299.09Information Technology Project Managers Bright Outlook
Military & National Security19-4051.00Nuclear Technicians
Military & National Security15-1299.04Penetration Testers Bright Outlook
Military & National Security; Public Safety33-1091.00First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
Public Safety33-3011.00Bailiffs
Public Safety37-2019.00Building Cleaning Workers, All Other
Public Safety33-3012.00Correctional Officers and Jailers
Public Safety33-9091.00Crossing Guards and Flaggers
Public Safety43-5032.00Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
Public Safety33-2021.00Fire Inspectors and Investigators
Public Safety33-1011.00First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
Public Safety33-2022.00Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists Bright Outlook
Public Safety33-9031.00Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators
Public Safety37-3019.00Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other
Public Safety33-9092.00Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers Bright Outlook
Public Safety33-3041.00Parking Enforcement Workers
Public Safety33-9021.00Private Detectives and Investigators Bright Outlook
Public Safety21-1092.00Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Public Safety33-9099.00Protective Service Workers, All Other
Public Safety43-5031.00Public Safety Telecommunicators
Public Safety33-9099.02Retail Loss Prevention Specialists
Public Safety33-9094.00School Bus Monitors
Public Safety33-9032.00Security Guards Bright Outlook
Public Safety33-3052.00Transit and Railroad Police
Public Safety33-9093.00Transportation Security Screeners

Source: National Career Clusters® Framework by Advance CTE (2024 edition).