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Code |
Occupation  |
Projected Growth (2019-2029) |
Projected Job Openings (2019-2029) |
92% |
51-9191.00 |
Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders |
Decline  |
1,400 |
48% |
17-3021.00 |
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
Bright Outlook
|
Faster than average  |
1,100 |
47% |
17-2011.00 |
Aerospace Engineers |
Average  |
3,900 |
37% |
|
Agricultural and Food Science Technicians |
Average  |
2,800 |
|
19-4012.00 |
Agricultural Technicians |
|
|
|
19-4012.01 |
Precision Agriculture Technicians |
|
|
|
19-4013.00 |
Food Science Technicians |
|
|
10% |
17-2021.00 |
Agricultural Engineers |
Slower than average  |
100 |
14% |
49-3011.00 |
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
|
Faster than average  |
11,200 |
89% |
51-2011.00 |
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers |
Decline  |
2,600 |
12% |
19-1011.00 |
Animal Scientists
|
Faster than average  |
300 |
35% |
11-9041.00 |
Architectural and Engineering Managers |
Average  |
12,500 |
|
11-9041.01 |
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers |
|
|
44% |
49-2091.00 |
Avionics Technicians |
Average  |
1,700 |
31% |
51-3011.00 |
Bakers
|
Faster than average  |
26,000 |
15% |
19-1021.00 |
Biochemists and Biophysicists |
Average  |
2,900 |
43% |
17-2031.00 |
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
|
Faster than average  |
1,400 |
12% |
47-2011.00 |
Boilermakers |
Slower than average  |
1,400 |
23% |
|
Buyers and Purchasing Agents |
Decline  |
36,000 |
|
13-1021.00 |
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products |
|
|
|
13-1022.00 |
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products |
|
|
|
13-1023.00 |
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products |
|
|
74% |
51-7011.00 |
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters |
Decline  |
9,300 |
29% |
|
Calibration Technologists and Technicians and Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other |
Slower than average  |
7,900 |
|
17-3028.00 |
Calibration Technologists and Technicians |
|
|
|
17-3029.00 |
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other |
|
|
|
17-3029.01 |
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists |
|
|
|
17-3029.08 |
Photonics Technicians |
|
|
52% |
17-2041.00 |
Chemical Engineers |
Average  |
2,000 |
97% |
51-9011.00 |
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders |
Slower than average  |
8,700 |
90% |
51-8091.00 |
Chemical Plant and System Operators |
Decline  |
2,600 |
48% |
19-4031.00 |
Chemical Technicians |
Average  |
6,300 |
42% |
19-2031.00 |
Chemists
|
Faster than average  |
7,300 |
86% |
51-9192.00 |
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders |
Slower than average  |
2,300 |
67% |
51-9124.00 |
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Slower than average  |
14,500 |
89% |
51-2021.00 |
Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers |
Decline  |
900 |
33% |
27-1021.00 |
Commercial and Industrial Designers |
Decline  |
3,400 |
31% |
17-2061.00 |
Computer Hardware Engineers |
Slower than average  |
4,900 |
95% |
51-9161.00 |
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators |
Decline  |
11,800 |
87% |
51-9162.00 |
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
|
Much faster than average  |
3,100 |
33% |
53-7011.00 |
Conveyor Operators and Tenders |
Little or no change  |
2,700 |
76% |
51-9193.00 |
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders |
Average  |
1,000 |
13% |
13-1051.00 |
Cost Estimators |
Decline  |
17,500 |
24% |
53-7021.00 |
Crane and Tower Operators |
Slower than average  |
4,500 |
61% |
51-9021.00 |
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Decline  |
3,300 |
81% |
51-9031.00 |
Cutters and Trimmers, Hand |
Decline  |
600 |
82% |
51-9032.00 |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Decline  |
5,700 |
88% |
51-4031.00 |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
16,000 |
14% |
41-9011.00 |
Demonstrators and Product Promoters |
Average  |
15,300 |
80% |
51-9081.00 |
Dental Laboratory Technicians
|
Much faster than average  |
4,600 |
13% |
43-9031.00 |
Desktop Publishers |
Decline  |
800 |
34% |
17-3019.00 |
Drafters, All Other |
Slower than average  |
1,300 |
80% |
51-4032.00 |
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
700 |
37% |
17-3023.00 |
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
Slower than average  |
10,700 |
25% |
17-3012.00 |
Electrical and Electronics Drafters |
Slower than average  |
2,200 |
10% |
49-2093.00 |
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment |
Slower than average  |
700 |
34% |
49-2094.00 |
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment |
Slower than average  |
4,300 |
34% |
17-2071.00 |
Electrical Engineers
|
Faster than average  |
12,500 |
87% |
|
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers |
Slower than average  |
28,900 |
|
51-2022.00 |
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers |
|
|
|
51-2023.00 |
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers |
|
|
52% |
17-3024.00 |
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians |
Average  |
1,300 |
|
17-3024.01 |
Robotics Technicians |
|
|
34% |
17-2072.00 |
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer |
Slower than average  |
8,200 |
|
17-2072.01 |
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists |
|
|
91% |
51-2031.00 |
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers |
Decline  |
3,200 |
24% |
17-2199.00 |
Engineers, All Other |
Slower than average  |
10,300 |
|
17-2199.03 |
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar |
|
|
|
17-2199.05 |
Mechatronics Engineers |
|
|
|
17-2199.06 |
Microsystems Engineers |
|
|
|
17-2199.07 |
Photonics Engineers |
|
|
|
17-2199.08 |
Robotics Engineers |
|
|
|
17-2199.09 |
Nanosystems Engineers |
|
|
|
17-2199.10 |
Wind Energy Engineers |
|
|
|
17-2199.11 |
Solar Energy Systems Engineers |
|
|
45% |
51-9194.00 |
Etchers and Engravers |
Decline  |
1,300 |
95% |
51-4021.00 |
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
6,800 |
95% |
51-6091.00 |
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers |
Decline  |
2,000 |
94% |
51-9041.00 |
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Decline  |
6,800 |
65% |
51-6092.00 |
Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers |
Decline  |
600 |
91% |
51-2051.00 |
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators |
Decline  |
1,900 |
10% |
49-1011.00 |
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers |
Average  |
42,100 |
72% |
51-1011.00 |
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers |
Little or no change  |
56,900 |
73% |
51-3091.00 |
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders |
Decline  |
2,400 |
81% |
51-3092.00 |
Food Batchmakers |
Slower than average  |
20,100 |
83% |
51-3093.00 |
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders |
Slower than average  |
4,800 |
58% |
51-3099.00 |
Food Processing Workers, All Other |
Little or no change  |
4,000 |
55% |
19-1012.00 |
Food Scientists and Technologists |
Average  |
1,400 |
92% |
51-4022.00 |
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
900 |
97% |
51-4071.00 |
Foundry Mold and Coremakers |
Decline  |
1,400 |
77% |
51-9051.00 |
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders |
Decline  |
1,900 |
64% |
51-7021.00 |
Furniture Finishers |
Decline  |
1,700 |
34% |
45-2041.00 |
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products |
Little or no change  |
5,000 |
15% |
27-1024.00 |
Graphic Designers |
Decline  |
22,700 |
55% |
51-9022.00 |
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand |
Decline  |
2,100 |
95% |
51-4033.00 |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
6,800 |
27% |
17-2111.00 |
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors |
Average  |
1,700 |
|
17-2111.02 |
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers |
|
|
92% |
51-4191.00 |
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
1,500 |
62% |
51-9198.00 |
Helpers--Production Workers
|
Faster than average  |
44,100 |
21% |
53-7041.00 |
Hoist and Winch Operators |
Decline  |
500 |
11% |
11-3121.00 |
Human Resources Managers
|
Faster than average  |
13,300 |
79% |
17-3026.00 |
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
Slower than average  |
5,800 |
|
17-3026.01 |
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
|
|
71% |
17-2112.00 |
Industrial Engineers
|
Much faster than average  |
21,300 |
|
17-2112.01 |
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists
|
|
|
|
17-2112.02 |
Validation Engineers
|
|
|
|
17-2112.03 |
Manufacturing Engineers
|
|
|
54% |
49-9041.00 |
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
|
Much faster than average  |
40,500 |
75% |
11-3051.00 |
Industrial Production Managers |
Slower than average  |
11,700 |
|
11-3051.01 |
Quality Control Systems Managers |
|
|
|
11-3051.02 |
Geothermal Production Managers |
|
|
|
11-3051.03 |
Biofuels Production Managers |
|
|
|
11-3051.04 |
Biomass Power Plant Managers |
|
|
|
11-3051.06 |
Hydroelectric Production Managers |
|
|
26% |
53-7051.00 |
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators |
Average  |
64,300 |
63% |
51-9061.00 |
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers |
Decline  |
48,300 |
18% |
51-9071.00 |
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers |
Decline  |
3,600 |
|
51-9071.06 |
Gem and Diamond Workers |
|
|
12% |
53-7062.00 |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
|
Average  |
380,600 |
|
53-7062.04 |
Recycling and Reclamation Workers
|
|
|
97% |
51-4034.00 |
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
2,000 |
74% |
51-4192.00 |
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
600 |
58% |
45-4023.00 |
Log Graders and Scalers |
Decline  |
600 |
11% |
45-4029.00 |
Logging Workers, All Other |
Decline  |
700 |
24% |
13-1081.00 |
Logisticians |
Average  |
16,800 |
|
13-1081.01 |
Logistics Engineers |
|
|
|
13-1081.02 |
Logistics Analysts |
|
|
71% |
53-7063.00 |
Machine Feeders and Offbearers |
Little or no change  |
7,000 |
82% |
51-4041.00 |
Machinists |
Average  |
38,000 |
13% |
49-9071.00 |
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
|
Average  |
139,400 |
61% |
49-9043.00 |
Maintenance Workers, Machinery
|
Faster than average  |
6,400 |
11% |
49-9095.00 |
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers |
Decline  |
100 |
45% |
17-2121.00 |
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects |
Slower than average  |
600 |
10% |
11-2021.00 |
Marketing Managers
|
Faster than average  |
24,600 |
56% |
17-2131.00 |
Materials Engineers |
Slower than average  |
1,500 |
40% |
19-2032.00 |
Materials Scientists |
Average  |
600 |
78% |
51-3022.00 |
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers |
Slower than average  |
17,500 |
53% |
17-3013.00 |
Mechanical Drafters |
Decline  |
4,300 |
51% |
17-3027.00 |
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
Average  |
3,800 |
|
17-3027.01 |
Automotive Engineering Technicians |
|
|
48% |
17-2141.00 |
Mechanical Engineers |
Average  |
19,200 |
|
17-2141.01 |
Fuel Cell Engineers |
|
|
|
17-2141.02 |
Automotive Engineers |
|
|
63% |
51-9082.00 |
Medical Appliance Technicians
|
Much faster than average  |
1,900 |
54% |
51-4199.00 |
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other |
Decline  |
1,900 |
95% |
51-4051.00 |
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders |
Little or no change  |
1,400 |
17% |
19-1022.00 |
Microbiologists |
Average  |
1,700 |
83% |
51-4035.00 |
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
1,200 |
33% |
49-9044.00 |
Millwrights
|
Faster than average  |
4,300 |
73% |
|
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators |
Decline  |
113,200 |
|
51-2092.00 |
Team Assemblers |
|
|
|
51-2099.00 |
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other |
|
|
83% |
51-9023.00 |
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Slower than average  |
13,300 |
68% |
51-4061.00 |
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
300 |
20% |
51-7031.00 |
Model Makers, Wood |
Little or no change  |
100 |
71% |
51-9195.00 |
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
4,400 |
|
51-9195.03 |
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing |
|
|
|
51-9195.04 |
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers |
|
|
|
51-9195.05 |
Potters, Manufacturing |
|
|
91% |
51-4072.00 |
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
12,600 |
83% |
51-4081.00 |
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Slower than average  |
14,000 |
17% |
11-9121.00 |
Natural Sciences Managers
|
Faster than average  |
4,900 |
|
11-9121.01 |
Clinical Research Coordinators
|
|
|
|
11-9121.02 |
Water Resource Specialists
|
|
|
13% |
19-4051.00 |
Nuclear Technicians |
Decline  |
500 |
|
19-4051.02 |
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians |
|
|
17% |
19-5011.00 |
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists |
Average  |
5,500 |
21% |
19-5012.00 |
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
|
Faster than average  |
1,200 |
40% |
51-9083.00 |
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
|
Much faster than average  |
3,700 |
12% |
43-4151.00 |
Order Clerks |
Decline  |
12,800 |
26% |
29-2091.00 |
Orthotists and Prosthetists
|
Much faster than average  |
900 |
75% |
51-9111.00 |
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders |
Slower than average  |
40,600 |
24% |
53-7064.00 |
Packers and Packagers, Hand |
Decline  |
75,800 |
71% |
51-9123.00 |
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers |
Decline  |
1,200 |
93% |
51-9196.00 |
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Decline  |
9,000 |
95% |
51-4062.00 |
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
200 |
51% |
51-7032.00 |
Patternmakers, Wood |
Decline  |
100 |
10% |
17-2171.00 |
Petroleum Engineers |
Average  |
2,100 |
54% |
51-8093.00 |
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers |
Decline  |
3,800 |
27% |
51-8099.00 |
Plant and System Operators, All Other |
Little or no change  |
1,200 |
|
51-8099.01 |
Biofuels Processing Technicians |
|
|
95% |
51-4193.00 |
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
3,000 |
98% |
51-4052.00 |
Pourers and Casters, Metal |
Decline  |
600 |
10% |
49-9069.00 |
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other |
Average  |
1,200 |
72% |
51-5111.00 |
Prepress Technicians and Workers |
Decline  |
2,500 |
83% |
51-5113.00 |
Print Binding and Finishing Workers |
Decline  |
4,300 |
72% |
51-5112.00 |
Printing Press Operators |
Decline  |
14,100 |
15% |
43-3061.00 |
Procurement Clerks |
Decline  |
5,300 |
39% |
51-9199.00 |
Production Workers, All Other |
Slower than average  |
24,700 |
33% |
43-5061.00 |
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks |
Average  |
37,500 |
26% |
11-3061.00 |
Purchasing Managers |
Average  |
5,600 |
59% |
49-9045.00 |
Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons |
Decline  |
|
17% |
49-9096.00 |
Riggers
|
Faster than average  |
2,100 |
11% |
47-5051.00 |
Rock Splitters, Quarry |
Average  |
600 |
93% |
51-4023.00 |
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic |
Decline  |
2,300 |
20% |
41-9031.00 |
Sales Engineers
|
Faster than average  |
6,700 |
10% |
11-2022.00 |
Sales Managers |
Average  |
35,300 |
17% |
41-4012.00 |
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
|
Slower than average  |
127,500 |
17% |
41-4011.00 |
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products |
Average  |
30,700 |
|
41-4011.07 |
Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors |
|
|
81% |
51-7041.00 |
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood |
Decline  |
5,000 |
89% |
51-9141.00 |
Semiconductor Processing Technicians |
Slower than average  |
3,100 |
83% |
51-9012.00 |
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Average  |
5,400 |
40% |
51-6051.00 |
Sewers, Hand |
Decline  |
800 |
72% |
51-6031.00 |
Sewing Machine Operators |
Decline  |
12,700 |
21% |
47-2211.00 |
Sheet Metal Workers |
Slower than average  |
12,700 |
30% |
43-5071.00 |
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks |
Decline  |
54,300 |
40% |
51-6041.00 |
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers |
Decline  |
1,000 |
91% |
51-6042.00 |
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders |
Decline  |
500 |
92% |
51-3023.00 |
Slaughterers and Meat Packers |
Average  |
8,300 |
11% |
|
Software Developers and Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers |
Much faster than average  |
131,400 |
|
15-1252.00 |
Software Developers
|
|
|
|
15-1253.00 |
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
|
|
|
19% |
51-8021.00 |
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators |
Slower than average  |
3,500 |
80% |
51-2041.00 |
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters |
Decline  |
5,600 |
17% |
53-7121.00 |
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders |
Decline  |
1,300 |
15% |
27-3042.00 |
Technical Writers
|
Faster than average  |
5,700 |
91% |
51-6061.00 |
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders |
Decline  |
900 |
89% |
51-6062.00 |
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Decline  |
900 |
82% |
51-6063.00 |
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Decline  |
2,400 |
96% |
51-6064.00 |
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Decline  |
2,200 |
47% |
51-6099.00 |
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Workers, All Other |
Decline  |
2,000 |
71% |
51-2061.00 |
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters |
Decline  |
100 |
93% |
51-9197.00 |
Tire Builders |
Slower than average  |
1,900 |
93% |
51-4111.00 |
Tool and Die Makers |
Decline  |
6,000 |
69% |
51-4194.00 |
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners |
Decline  |
800 |
11% |
11-3071.00 |
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers |
Average  |
10,000 |
|
11-3071.04 |
Supply Chain Managers |
|
|
53% |
51-6093.00 |
Upholsterers |
Decline  |
2,500 |
19% |
43-5111.00 |
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
|
Faster than average  |
6,400 |
63% |
51-4121.00 |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers |
Average  |
43,400 |
82% |
51-4122.00 |
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
Decline  |
3,100 |
37% |
51-7099.00 |
Woodworkers, All Other |
Decline  |
1,100 |
93% |
51-7042.00 |
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing |
Decline  |
9,300 |