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.

Management & Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship & Small Business Save Table: XLSX CSV

Careers focused on initiating and managing businesses, including startups, small businesses, gig economy work, and social enterprises.
This field includes identifying opportunities, developing strategies, and securing financing, all with an emphasis on fostering innovation. Entrepreneurship and small businesses significantly affect all industry sectors by supporting employment and fostering innovation.
Example programs of study:
  • Entrepreneurship
CodeOccupation
11-3012.00Administrative Services Managers Bright Outlook Bright Outlook  
11-9199.11Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Bright Outlook
13-1199.04Business Continuity Planners Bright Outlook
13-1199.00Business Operations Specialists, All Other Bright Outlook
35-1011.00Chefs and Head Cooks Bright Outlook
11-1011.00Chief Executives
11-1011.03Chief Sustainability Officers
11-3111.00Compensation and Benefits Managers
11-9199.02Compliance Managers Bright Outlook
11-9021.00Construction Managers Bright Outlook
35-2012.00Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
35-2013.00Cooks, Private Household Bright Outlook
11-3013.00Facilities Managers
43-1011.00First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers Bright Outlook
11-9179.01Fitness and Wellness Coordinators Bright Outlook
11-9171.00Funeral Home Managers
11-1021.00General and Operations Managers Bright Outlook
11-3121.00Human Resources Managers Bright Outlook
13-1071.00Human Resources Specialists Bright Outlook
11-9199.08Loss Prevention Managers Bright Outlook
13-1111.00Management Analysts Bright Outlook
11-9199.00Managers, All Other Bright Outlook
13-1199.06Online Merchants Bright Outlook
43-3051.00Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
11-9179.00Personal Service Managers, All Other Bright Outlook
13-1082.00Project Management Specialists Bright Outlook
11-2032.00Public Relations Managers Bright Outlook
27-3031.00Public Relations Specialists Bright Outlook
11-9199.01Regulatory Affairs Managers Bright Outlook
13-1199.07Security Management Specialists Bright Outlook
11-3013.01Security Managers
11-9179.02Spa Managers Bright Outlook
13-1199.05Sustainability Specialists Bright Outlook
11-3131.00Training and Development Managers Bright Outlook
11-9199.10Wind Energy Development Managers Bright Outlook
11-9199.09Wind Energy Operations Managers Bright Outlook

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