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What Jobs Pay
Finding Out What a Job Actually Pays
- Why Salary Sites Disagree About the Same Job
- What BLS Wage Data Is, and What It Leaves Out
- Self-Reported Salary Data vs Survey Data: Which to Trust
- How to Read a Wage Percentile Table
- Median vs Average Salary: Why the Gap Matters
- Base Pay, Gross Pay and Take-Home Are Three Different Numbers
- How Old Is the Salary Figure You Just Read?
- Job Titles Are Not Job Codes: Matching Your Role to the Data
- How to Check a Salary Claim Against a Primary Source
- When Published Pay Data Simply Does Not Exist for Your Job
Pay by Experience and Level
- What Each Rung of a Career Ladder Typically Pays
- The Years-of-Experience Premium, Measured
- Why Pay Growth Slows Down Mid-Career
- Internal Promotion or External Hire: Which Pays Better
- Manager or Individual Contributor: The Pay Fork
- What a Degree Adds to Lifetime Earnings, and When It Does Not
- Certifications That Change Pay, and Ones That Do Not
- The First Five Years: How Fast Early-Career Pay Moves
- Pay After a Career Break: What the Data Shows
- Late-Career Pay: Plateau, Decline, or Neither
Pay by Location
- Same Job, Different City: How Much Location Actually Moves Pay
- Cost-of-Living Adjusted Salary: How to Do the Math
- The Metro Areas That Pay Most for Your Kind of Work
- Why Rural Pay Is Lower and When It Is Still the Better Deal
- State Income Tax and What It Does to a Salary Comparison
- High Pay, High Rent: Cities Where the Premium Disappears
- How Employers Set Geographic Pay Bands
- Remote Work and Location-Based Pay: Who Sets the Rate
- Cross-Border Commuting and Which Jurisdiction Pays You
- Moving to a Cheaper State Without Taking a Pay Cut
Pay by Occupation
- The Highest-Paying Jobs That Do Not Require a Degree
- What the Top 10% of Earners in Your Occupation Make
- Why Two People With the Same Job Title Earn Very Different Amounts
- Which Occupations Have the Widest Pay Spread
- Hourly or Salaried: Which Occupations Pay Which Way
- Commission, Tips and Piece Rates: Jobs Where Base Pay Misleads
- Licensed Occupations and the Pay Premium They Carry
- Entry-Level Pay by Occupation: What a Starting Salary Really Means
- The Pay Ceiling in Your Occupation, and How People Break It
- Occupations Where Employer Type Moves Pay More Than Skill Does
What Jobs Pay Around the World
- Comparing Salaries Across Countries Without Getting It Wrong
- Exchange Rates or Purchasing Power: The Right Way to Convert
- Gross Pay Means Different Things in Different Countries
- The Countries With the Highest Average Wages
- Where Your Occupation Pays Best Outside the US
- Thirteenth-Month Salaries and Other Structures Americans Miss
- How Employer Social Contributions Change What You Really Cost
- Statutory Benefits That Replace Cash Pay in Other Countries
- Which Countries Publish Occupation-Level Wage Data
- Working Abroad: Where the Take-Home Actually Lands
Getting Paid More
Moving for Money
- What a Relocation Package Actually Covers
- Calculating Whether a Move Pays for Itself
- Negotiating Pay for a Fully Remote Role
- What Happens to Your Pay If You Move While Remote
- Relocating Internationally: The Pay Questions to Settle First
- Tax Equalization and Expat Packages Explained
- Temporary Assignments and Permanent Transfers
- Moving Between States: What Changes on Your Paycheck
- Return-to-Office Mandates and What They Do to Pay
- Turning Down a Relocation: What It Costs You
Negotiating a Salary Offer
- What Actually Happens When You Ask for More
- Naming a Number First: What the Research Says
- How to Build a Pay Case From Published Data
- Negotiating When You Have No Competing Offer
- What Is Negotiable Besides Base Pay
- Answering the Salary Expectations Question
- Negotiating Against a Posted Range
- How Recruiters Are Paid, and Why It Matters to You
- Reopening Pay After You Have Already Accepted
- Negotiating Your First Job Out of School
Raises in the Job You Already Have
- What a Typical Annual Raise Looks Like
- Cost-of-Living Increases and Merit Increases Are Not the Same
- Building the Case for a Raise With Numbers
- Timing a Raise Request to the Budget Cycle
- What to Do When the Answer Is No
- Pay Compression: When New Hires Earn More Than You
- Getting Paid for the Job You Are Already Doing
- Promotion Without a Raise: How Often It Happens
- Retention Offers and Whether to Take One
- When Leaving Is the Only Real Raise
Reading and Comparing an Offer
- How to Value a Job Offer as One Number
- Two Offers, Different Structures: Building a Fair Comparison
- What to Ask Before You Can Evaluate an Offer at All
- Signing Bonuses and the Strings Attached to Them
- The Offer Deadline: How Much Time You Can Actually Take
- Reading an Offer Letter for What It Does Not Say
- Verbal Offers, Written Offers, and What Actually Binds
- Comparing a Startup Offer to an Established Employer’s
- Contract, Contract-to-Hire and W-2: Comparing Across Employment Types
- When to Walk Away From an Offer on Pay Alone
Total Compensation
- What Total Compensation Includes, Line by Line
- Putting a Dollar Value on Employer Health Coverage
- What a 401(k) Match Is Worth Over Ten Years
- RSUs, Options and What Your Equity Is Worth Today
- Vesting Schedules and the Cost of Leaving Early
- Bonus Structures: Guaranteed, Discretionary and Never Paid
- Pricing Paid Time Off as Part of Your Package
- Benefits That Look Valuable and Are Not
- Comparing a Pension Employer to a 401(k) Employer
- The Hidden Costs of a Job That Reduce Your Real Pay
Pay Rules and Your Rights
Getting Paid Correctly
- How to Read Your Pay Stub
- Lawful and Unlawful Paycheck Deductions
- Pay Frequency Rules by State
- When Your Final Paycheck Is Due After You Leave
- Unpaid Wages: The Steps to Recover Them
- Employee or Contractor: Why the Classification Changes Your Pay
- Unpaid Internships and When They Are Lawful
- Wage Garnishment: What Can and Cannot Be Taken
- Getting Paid When Your Employer Shuts Down
- Payroll Errors That Are More Common Than You Think
Minimum Wage
- Federal, State and Local Minimum Wage: Which One Applies
- The Tipped Minimum Wage and How the Credit Works
- Cities With a Higher Minimum Than Their State
- Scheduled Minimum Wage Increases to Watch
- Who Is Exempt From Minimum Wage
- Youth, Training and Learner Wages
- Industry-Specific Minimum Wages
- Minimum Wage Rules for Workers With Disabilities
- Minimum Wage Around the World: How the Systems Differ
- What to Do If You Are Being Paid Below the Minimum
Overtime and Hours
- Exempt or Non-Exempt: How the Test Actually Works
- The Salary Threshold for Overtime Exemption
- Calculating Overtime Pay Correctly
- Salaried and Still Owed Overtime: When That Happens
- Daily and Weekly Overtime Rules by State
- On-Call, Travel and Training: Which Hours Count
- Comp Time Instead of Overtime: Who Can Offer It
- Meal and Rest Breaks: Paid, Unpaid and Required
- Working Time Limits Outside the US
- Off-the-Clock Work and How It Adds Up
Pay Equity
- The Gender Pay Gap: What the Number Measures
- Adjusted and Unadjusted Pay Gaps Are Different Claims
- Equal Pay Laws Beyond the Federal Standard
- Salary History Bans: Where They Apply
- What Counts as Comparable Work
- Pay Gap Reporting Requirements by Country
- Reasons an Employer Can Lawfully Pay Two People Differently
- How Pay Gaps Open Up Over the Course of a Career
- What the Published Data Shows on Pay Gaps by Group
- What to Do If You Believe You Are Underpaid Unlawfully
Pay Transparency Laws
- Which States Require Employers to Post a Salary Range
- What a Posted Range Legally Has to Mean
- Ranges That Are Technically Legal and Practically Useless
- Your Right to Ask for Pay Data About Your Own Role
- Pay Transparency Rules for Remote and Multi-State Jobs
- The EU Pay Transparency Directive and Who It Covers
- What Happens When an Employer Ignores a Posting Law
- Pay Scale Disclosure on Request: Which States Grant It
- How Transparency Laws Have Changed Posted Pay
- Talking About Pay With Coworkers: What Is Protected
Where the Jobs Are Going
Automation and AI Exposure
- What Exposure to Automation Measures, and What It Does Not
- The Tasks Being Automated First
- Occupations Most Exposed to Generative AI
- Jobs Automation Has Reshaped Rather Than Removed
- Exposure and Displacement Are Not the Same Thing
- What Happened to the Jobs Earlier Automation Was Meant to End
- Skills That Have Held Their Value Through Automation
- How to Assess Your Own Role’s Exposure
- Automation and the Pay Spread Inside an Occupation
- Retraining Programs and What the Evidence Says
Growing and Shrinking Occupations
- The Fastest-Growing Occupations Over the Next Decade
- Occupations Projected to Lose the Most Jobs
- Fastest Growth and Most New Jobs Are Two Different Lists
- Why Employment Projections Get Revised, and by How Much
- Growing Fields That Still Pay Poorly
- Replacement Demand: The Openings Nobody Talks About
- Occupations That Grew Against Their Own Forecast
- How an Aging Workforce Creates Openings
- Which Growing Jobs Actually Have a Route Into Them
- Reading an Occupational Outlook Entry Properly
Layoffs and Job Security
- WARN Act Notices and What They Require
- State Mini-WARN Laws That Go Further
- Severance: What Is Standard and What Is Negotiable
- Reading a Severance Agreement Before You Sign
- Notice Periods Around the World
- Signs of Trouble Before a Layoff Is Announced
- Unemployment Insurance: Eligibility and Amounts
- Layoffs, Furloughs and Reductions in Force
- What Happens to Your Equity and Benefits in a Layoff
- Industries With the Steadiest Employment
Reading the Job Market
- Openings, Hires and Quits: What Each Number Tells You
- The Quits Rate as a Signal About Your Own Leverage
- Unemployment Rate and Labor Force Participation Are Not the Same
- What a Tough Job Market Usually Means in the Data
- Seasonal Hiring Patterns by Industry
- How Long Job Searches Actually Take
- Ghost Jobs and Postings That Are Not Real Openings
- Wage Growth Against Inflation: Are You Actually Ahead
- Where Hiring Moves When It Moves Between Sectors
- Indicators Worth Watching Before You Start a Job Hunt
Where the Jobs Are
- The Metro Areas Adding the Most Jobs
- Which Occupations Concentrate in Which Places
- The Remote Share of Postings, by Occupation
- Company Towns: When One Employer Dominates a Local Market
- Where Employers Are Moving Work To
- Regions Where Your Skills Are Scarce
- Job Density and Why It Beats Job Count
- Cross-Border and International Hiring Trends
- Small Metros Punching Above Their Weight
- Choosing Where to Live Around Where the Work Is
Jobs, Salaries & Outlook
- Accountants and Auditors
- Administrative Services Managers
- Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
- Advertising Sales Agents
- Aerospace Engineers
- Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Amusement and Recreation Attendants
- Animal Caretakers
- Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
- Architectural and Civil Drafters
- Architectural and Engineering Managers
- Art Directors
- Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
- Athletic Trainers
- Audio and Video Technicians
- Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
- Baggage Porters and Bellhops
- Bakers
- Bartenders
- Bill and Account Collectors
- Billing and Posting Clerks
- Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Biological Scientists, All Other
- Biological Technicians
- Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
- Brickmasons and Blockmasons
- Budget Analysts
- Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
- Bus Drivers, School
- Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
- Business Operations Specialists, All Other
- Business Teachers, Postsecondary
- Butchers and Meat Cutters
- Buyers and Purchasing Agents
- Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
- Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
- Cargo and Freight Agents
- Carpenters
- Cashiers
- Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
- Chefs and Head Cooks
- Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- Chemical Technicians
- Chemists
- Chief Executives
- Child, Family, and School Social Workers
- Childcare Workers
- Chiropractors
- Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Civil Engineers
- Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators
- Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- Clergy
- Clinical and Counseling Psychologists
- Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
- Coaches and Scouts
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
- Commercial Pilots
- Communications Teachers, Postsecondary
- Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
- Community Health Workers
- Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
- Compliance Officers
- Computer and Information Systems Managers
- Computer Hardware Engineers
- Computer Network Architects
- Computer Network Support Specialists
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
- Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
- Computer Occupations, All Other
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Computer Systems Analysts
- Computer User Support Specialists
- Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
- Concierges
- Conservation Scientists
- Construction and Building Inspectors
- Construction Laborers
- Construction Managers
- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
- Cooks, Fast Food
- Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
- Cooks, Restaurant
- Cooks, Short Order
- Correctional Officers and Jailers
- Cost Estimators
- Counter and Rental Clerks
- Couriers and Messengers
- Court, Municipal, and License Clerks
- Crane and Tower Operators
- Credit Analysts
- Credit Counselors
- Crossing Guards and Flaggers
- Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Customer Service Representatives
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Data Entry Keyers
- Data Scientists
- Database Administrators
- Database Architects
- Demonstrators and Product Promoters
- Dental Assistants
- Dental Hygienists
- Dental Laboratory Technicians
- Dentists, General
- Detectives and Criminal Investigators
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
- Dietetic Technicians
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers
- Dishwashers
- Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
- Driver/Sales Workers
- Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
- Editors
- Education Administrators, All Other
- Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
- Education Administrators, Postsecondary
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
- Education Teachers, Postsecondary
- Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
- Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
- Electrical Engineers
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
- Electricians
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
- Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
- Emergency Medical Technicians
- Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
- Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
- Engineers, All Other
- English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
- Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
- Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
- Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
- Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
- Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Facilities Managers
- Family Medicine Physicians
- Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals
- Fast Food and Counter Workers
- File Clerks
- Financial and Investment Analysts
- Financial Examiners
- Financial Managers
- Financial Risk Specialists
- Financial Specialists, All Other
- Firefighters
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
- First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services
- First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers
- First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
- First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
- Floral Designers
- Food Batchmakers
- Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other
- Food Preparation Workers
- Food Processing Workers, All Other
- Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
- Food Service Managers
- Fundraisers
- Fundraising Managers
- Funeral Attendants
- General and Operations Managers
- General Internal Medicine Physicians
- Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
- Glaziers
- Graphic Designers
- Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists
- Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
- Health Education Specialists
- Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
- Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other
- Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
- Healthcare Social Workers
- Healthcare Support Workers, All Other
- Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
- Helpers–Electricians
- Helpers–Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
- Helpers–Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Helpers–Production Workers
- Highway Maintenance Workers
- Home Appliance Repairers
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
- Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
- Human Resources Managers
- Human Resources Specialists
- Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Industrial Engineers
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- Industrial Production Managers
- Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- Information and Record Clerks, All Other
- Information Security Analysts
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
- Instructional Coordinators
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks
- Insurance Sales Agents
- Insurance Underwriters
- Interior Designers
- Interpreters and Translators
- Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan
- Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
- Labor Relations Specialists
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
- Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
- Lawyers
- Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Legal Support Workers, All Other
- Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
- Library Assistants, Clerical
- Library Technicians
- Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other
- Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers
- Light Truck Drivers
- Loan Interviewers and Clerks
- Loan Officers
- Lodging Managers
- Logisticians
- Machine Feeders and Offbearers
- Machinists
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
- Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery
- Management Analysts
- Managers, All Other
- Manicurists and Pedicurists
- Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
- Marketing Managers
- Marriage and Family Therapists
- Massage Therapists
- Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- Mechanical Drafters
- Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- Mechanical Engineers
- Medical and Health Services Managers
- Medical Assistants
- Medical Equipment Preparers
- Medical Equipment Repairers
- Medical Records Specialists
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
- Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
- Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
- Millwrights
- Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
- Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers
- Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
- Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
- Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
- Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
- Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Natural Sciences Managers
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators
- New Accounts Clerks
- News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Nuclear Medicine Technologists
- Nurse Anesthetists
- Nurse Practitioners
- Nursing Assistants
- Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
- Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- Occupational Health and Safety Technicians
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
- Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
- Office Clerks, General
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
- Operations Research Analysts
- Ophthalmic Medical Technicians
- Opticians, Dispensing
- Optometrists
- Order Clerks
- Orderlies
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- Packers and Packagers, Hand
- Painters, Construction and Maintenance
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Paralegals and Legal Assistants
- Paramedics
- Parking Attendants
- Parts Salespersons
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators
- Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
- Pediatricians, General
- Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other
- Personal Financial Advisors
- Pest Control Workers
- Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation
- Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Aides
- Pharmacy Technicians
- Phlebotomists
- Photographers
- Physical Therapist Aides
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Physical Therapists
- Physician Assistants
- Physicians, All Other
- Pipelayers
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
- Postal Service Clerks
- Postal Service Mail Carriers
- Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators
- Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
- Power Plant Operators
- Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
- Print Binding and Finishing Workers
- Printing Press Operators
- Private Detectives and Investigators
- Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
- Procurement Clerks
- Producers and Directors
- Production Workers, All Other
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
- Project Management Specialists
- Property Appraisers and Assessors
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
- Protective Service Workers, All Other
- Psychiatric Technicians
- Psychiatrists
- Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
- Public Relations Managers
- Public Relations Specialists
- Public Safety Telecommunicators
- Purchasing Managers
- Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
- Real Estate Sales Agents
- Receptionists and Information Clerks
- Recreation Workers
- Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors
- Registered Nurses
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
- Residential Advisors
- Respiratory Therapists
- Retail Salespersons
- Roofers
- Sales and Related Workers, All Other
- Sales Engineers
- Sales Managers
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
- Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
- School Bus Monitors
- School Psychologists
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
- Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
- Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
- Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
- Security Guards
- Self-Enrichment Teachers
- Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
- Sewing Machine Operators
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
- Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
- Skincare Specialists
- Slaughterers and Meat Packers
- Social and Community Service Managers
- Social and Human Service Assistants
- Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
- Social Workers, All Other
- Software Developers
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
- Special Education Teachers, Middle School
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
- Speech-Language Pathologists
- Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
- Stockers and Order Fillers
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
- Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
- Substitute Teachers, Short-Term
- Surgical Technologists
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians
- Surveyors
- Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
- Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
- Tax Preparers
- Teachers and Instructors, All Other
- Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary
- Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
- Technical Writers
- Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
- Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
- Tellers
- Tile and Stone Setters
- Tire Repairers and Changers
- Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers
- Tool and Die Makers
- Tour and Travel Guides
- Training and Development Managers
- Training and Development Specialists
- Transportation Security Screeners
- Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
- Travel Agents
- Tree Trimmers and Pruners
- Tutors
- Urban and Regional Planners
- Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
- Veterinarians
- Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
- Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
- Waiters and Waitresses
- Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- Web and Digital Interface Designers
- Web Developers
- Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
- Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
- Writers and Authors
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