Demand Occupations

Title	SOC Code	Category	Typical Education	Work Experience	On-the-Job Training	Total Jobs	Average Hourly Wage	10-Year Total New Demand
Transportation Security Screeners	33-9093	Protective Services Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Short-term on-the-job training	1,686	$22	1,771
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	49-9052	Installation, Maintenenace, and Repair Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Long-term on-the-job training	1,942	$27	1,994
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 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. Click on title to learn more	49-9071	Installation, Maintenenace, and Repair Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	27,349	$24	29,883
Machinists 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. Click on title to learn more	51-4041	Production Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Long-term on-the-job training	3,336	$25	3,719
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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. Click on title to learn more	51-4121	Production Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	6,953	$24	7,644
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products. Click on title to learn more	51-9111	Production Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	6,377	$20	6,909
Light Truck Drivers Drive a light vehicle, such as a truck or van, with a capacity of less than 26,001 pounds Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW), primarily to pick up merchandise or packages from a distribution center and deliver. Click on title to learn more	53-3033	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Short-term on-the-job training	20,849	$23	23,114
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	53-3052	Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	2,923	$23	3,124
Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers	33-3051	Protective Services Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	14,282	$30	15,185
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	49-9051	Installation, Maintenenace, and Repair Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Long-term on-the-job training	1,856	$37	1,956
Billing and Posting Clerks	43-3021	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	8,730	$23	9,364
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	43-9041	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	7,845	$23	8,410
Construction and Building Inspectors	47-4011	Construction and Extraction Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	5 years or more	Moderate-term on-the-job training	2,695	$34	2,831
Electrical and Electronic Assemblers	51-2022	Production Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	3,234	$21	3,660
Electromechanical Assemblers	51-2023	Production Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	3,234	$21	3,660
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	51-4021	Production Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	1,858	$24	1,998
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	51-4031	Production Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	2,712	$20	2,729
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters install and repair piping fixtures and systems. Click on title to learn more	47-2152	Construction and Extraction Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Apprenticeship	6,353	$29	6,893
Insurance Sales Agents Insurance sales agents contact potential customers and sell one or more types of insurance. Click on title to learn more	41-3021	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	23,277	$50	29,552
Cargo and Freight Agents Expedite and route movement of incoming and outgoing cargo and freight shipments in airline, train, and trucking terminals and shipping docks. Take orders from customers and arrange pickup of freight and cargo for delivery to loading platform. Prepare and examine bills of lading to determine shipping charges and tariffs. Click on title to learn more	43-5011	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Short-term on-the-job training	2,814	$27	3,434
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks Coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. Duties include reviewing and distributing production, work, and shipment schedules; conferring with department supervisors to determine progress of work and completion dates; and compiling reports on progress of work, inventory levels, costs, and production problems. Click on title to learn more	43-5061	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	10,536	$27	11,378
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	43-5071	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Short-term on-the-job training	17,533	$21	17,457
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 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. Click on title to learn more	43-6013	Office and Administrative Support Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	6,982	$20	8,732
Carpenters Carpenters construct, repair, and install building frameworks and structures made from wood and other materials. Click on title to learn more	47-2031	Construction and Extraction Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Apprenticeship	14,087	$24	14,843
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. Click on title to learn more	47-2073	Construction and Extraction Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	7,438	$24	8,240
Electricians Electricians install, maintain, and repair electrical power, communications, lighting, and control systems. Click on title to learn more	47-2111	Construction and Extraction Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Apprenticeship	15,121	$29	16,580
Pharmacy Technicians	29-2052	Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	8,233	$21	9,089
Sheet Metal Workers Sheet metal workers fabricate or install products that are made from thin metal sheets. Click on title to learn more	47-2211	Construction and Extraction Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Apprenticeship	1,802	$26	1,919
Highway Maintenance Workers	47-4051	Construction and Extraction Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	1,373	$20	1,577
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	49-2098	Installation, Maintenenace, and Repair Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training	1,783	$23	1,856
Automotive Body and Related Repairers Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames. Click on title to learn more	49-3021	Installation, Maintenenace, and Repair Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Long-term on-the-job training	3,483	$28	3,758
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 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. Click on title to learn more	49-3031	Installation, Maintenenace, and Repair Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Long-term on-the-job training	5,830	$30	6,306
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining. Click on title to learn more	49-3042	Installation, Maintenenace, and Repair Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Long-term on-the-job training	3,577	$29	3,944
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 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. Click on title to learn more	49-9041	Installation, Maintenenace, and Repair Occupations	High school diploma or equivalent	None	Long-term on-the-job training	6,219	$31	7,334

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