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Occupations in this group mostly require at least a bachelor’s degree marking it as one of the most educated employment areas per capita. A wide variety of researchers, scientists, and engineers comprise most positions within this grouping. Social, physical and life sciences find themselves represented here. If you love to study these disciplines but aren’t quite sure where you can go with it be sure to reference this area.
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Trains have captured the imagination of many, young and old, and while we may have outgrown some of this ourselves railways remain a pillar of the American economy.
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As we are all aware by now, the temperature of our planet is rising due to climate change. The main contributor to these exponential changes is theGreenhouse Gas (GHG) Effect. Now, the GHG Effect is a natural phenomenon; carbon …
Explore occupations by career categories and pathways and use real time labor market data to power your decision making.
First, choose an industry of interest, then filter for occupation. (If you'd like to see data for a specific location only, filter by state.)
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Top Employers
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Education Levels
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Annual Earnings
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Technical Skills
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Core Competencies
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Job Titles
Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.
