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| Career | Median yearly payAll workers · May 2025 | Projected growth2025–35 | Openings per yearprojected, 2025–35 | Typical education to start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand No bachelor's needed | $40,240 | +1.8% | 340,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners No bachelor's needed | $36,840 | +2.2% | 321,800 | No formal educational credential |
| Cooks, restaurant No bachelor's needed | $37,390 | +12.1% | 218,600 | No formal educational credential |
| Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $58,640 | +3.8% | 214,500 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Maids and housekeeping cleaners No bachelor's needed | $35,510 | +0.6% | 175,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Security guards No bachelor's needed | $38,020 | +0.9% | 156,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Landscaping and groundskeeping workers No bachelor's needed | $39,150 | +4.7% | 149,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Maintenance and repair workers, general No bachelor's needed | $49,590 | +4.2% | 148,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Food preparation workers No bachelor's needed | $35,320 | -3.0% | 135,700 | No formal educational credential |
| Bartenders No bachelor's needed | $34,340 | +5.0% | 121,200 | No formal educational credential |
| Construction laborers No bachelor's needed | $47,120 | +7.3% | 120,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Light truck drivers No bachelor's needed | $44,860 | +6.3% | 107,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers No bachelor's needed | $33,980 | +5.3% | 95,300 | No formal educational credential |
| Cooks, fast food No bachelor's needed | $30,890 | +0.6% | 86,400 | No formal educational credential |
| Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists No bachelor's needed | $35,790 | +7.7% | 73,400 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Electricians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $63,190 | +9.2% | 72,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse No bachelor's needed | $35,660 | -2.4% | 72,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Dishwashers No bachelor's needed | $34,810 | -1.0% | 68,900 | No formal educational credential |
| Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers No bachelor's needed | $48,570 | +2.5% | 66,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Automotive service technicians and mechanics No bachelor's needed | $50,620 | +5.0% | 66,200 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Industrial truck and tractor operators No bachelor's needed | $46,420 | +1.5% | 64,700 | No formal educational credential |
| Cooks, institution and cafeteria No bachelor's needed | $37,450 | +2.8% | 62,900 | No formal educational credential |
| Animal caretakers No bachelor's needed | $35,360 | +12.1% | 62,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Carpenters Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $60,580 | +3.9% | 62,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Packers and packagers, hand No bachelor's needed | $36,280 | -5.0% | 61,800 | No formal educational credential |
| Bus drivers, school No bachelor's needed | $47,920 | +0.7% | 56,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Cleaners of vehicles and equipment No bachelor's needed | $35,830 | +3.9% | 51,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Police and sheriff's patrol officers No bachelor's needed | $76,210 | +3.5% | 51,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Food servers, nonrestaurant No bachelor's needed | $35,360 | +4.5% | 48,800 | No formal educational credential |
| Driver/sales workers No bachelor's needed | $38,770 | +7.9% | 45,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers No bachelor's needed | $33,580 | +5.5% | 45,400 | No formal educational credential |
| Industrial machinery mechanics Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $64,520 | +17.8% | 44,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $63,800 | +6.8% | 42,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $43,220 | +4.1% | 41,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $61,010 | +10.9% | 40,600 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers No bachelor's needed | $53,750 | +2.4% | 40,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $59,850 | +4.6% | 39,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Bakers No bachelor's needed | $37,160 | +5.5% | 36,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Shuttle drivers and chauffeurs No bachelor's needed | $37,290 | +7.1% | 35,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Parts salespersons No bachelor's needed | $38,630 | +3.0% | 30,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Correctional officers and jailers No bachelor's needed | $58,940 | -7.4% | 28,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Laundry and dry-cleaning workers No bachelor's needed | $34,890 | +4.3% | 28,200 | No formal educational credential |
| Firefighters Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $59,280 | +3.7% | 26,800 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals No bachelor's needed | $36,670 | -3.2% | 26,600 | No formal educational credential |
| Machinists No bachelor's needed | $58,750 | +1.0% | 26,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Painters, construction and maintenance No bachelor's needed | $49,400 | +3.0% | 24,900 | No formal educational credential |
| Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $61,770 | +3.6% | 24,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers No bachelor's needed | $38,150 | +9.1% | 23,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Food batchmakers No bachelor's needed | $42,290 | +6.5% | 23,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Civil engineers Strong outlook | $100,840 | +6.4% | 22,700 | Bachelor's degree |
| Manicurists and pedicurists No bachelor's needed | $35,760 | +9.2% | 21,900 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Bus drivers, transit and intercity Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $59,050 | +4.1% | 21,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers--production workers No bachelor's needed | $39,070 | -8.2% | 20,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Taxi drivers No bachelor's needed | $42,100 | +11.5% | 20,400 | No formal educational credential |
| Phlebotomists No bachelor's needed | $45,230 | +6.8% | 18,000 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Mechanical engineers Strong outlook | $104,110 | +11.2% | 17,800 | Bachelor's degree |
| Cooks, short order No bachelor's needed | $35,880 | -5.2% | 17,400 | No formal educational credential |
| Crossing guards and flaggers No bachelor's needed | $38,100 | +3.5% | 17,300 | No formal educational credential |
| Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers No bachelor's needed | $38,300 | +5.7% | 17,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Parking attendants No bachelor's needed | $35,150 | +2.0% | 16,400 | No formal educational credential |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors No bachelor's needed | $49,690 | +2.1% | 15,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $48,250 | +2.5% | 15,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Butchers and meat cutters No bachelor's needed | $40,140 | +2.4% | 15,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $65,510 | +6.7% | 15,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Construction and building inspectors No bachelor's needed | $74,690 | +0.0% | 14,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Skincare specialists No bachelor's needed | $45,330 | +8.8% | 14,200 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Chemical equipment operators and tenders Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $58,040 | +3.6% | 13,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $44,350 | -3.4% | 13,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Pest control workers No bachelor's needed | $45,250 | +5.5% | 13,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Cement masons and concrete finishers No bachelor's needed | $57,020 | +1.6% | 13,600 | No formal educational credential |
| Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers No bachelor's needed | $39,630 | +5.3% | 13,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Veterinary technologists and technicians No bachelor's needed | $47,380 | +9.4% | 13,400 | Associate's degree |
| Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $46,330 | -10.5% | 13,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Radiologic technologists and technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $80,110 | +5.0% | 13,000 | Associate's degree |
| Automotive and watercraft service attendants No bachelor's needed | $35,670 | +3.8% | 12,900 | No formal educational credential |
| Tire repairers and changers No bachelor's needed | $37,710 | +3.4% | 12,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Automotive body and related repairers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $54,890 | +3.7% | 12,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Computer numerically controlled tool operators No bachelor's needed | $50,690 | -9.4% | 12,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Roofers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $55,440 | +5.3% | 12,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Highway maintenance workers No bachelor's needed | $50,260 | +3.4% | 11,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Ophthalmic medical technicians No bachelor's needed | $45,570 | +21.4% | 11,800 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $47,180 | +0.6% | 11,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Aircraft mechanics and service technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $79,870 | +5.4% | 11,400 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Electrical engineers Strong outlook | $120,630 | +9.9% | 11,400 | Bachelor's degree |
| Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers No bachelor's needed | $63,890 | -3.3% | 11,300 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers Strong outlook | $232,140 | +8.3% | 11,200 | Bachelor's degree |
| Electrical power-line installers and repairers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $95,320 | +10.3% | 10,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Medical equipment preparers No bachelor's needed | $47,700 | +10.8% | 10,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Photographers No bachelor's needed | $44,660 | -0.7% | 10,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Agricultural equipment operators No bachelor's needed | $41,730 | +8.6% | 10,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators No bachelor's needed | $60,020 | -5.7% | 10,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Sewing machine operators No bachelor's needed | $36,670 | -15.1% | 9,800 | No formal educational credential |
| Sheet metal workers No bachelor's needed | $61,800 | +2.5% | 9,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Architectural and civil drafters Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $66,150 | +5.2% | 9,100 | Associate's degree |
| Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $50,270 | -3.6% | 9,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Respiratory therapists Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $82,280 | +8.5% | 8,600 | Associate's degree |
| Security and fire alarm systems installers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $60,070 | +6.8% | 8,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Medical equipment repairers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $61,660 | +12.6% | 8,200 | Associate's degree |
| Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians No bachelor's needed | $78,190 | +2.4% | 8,100 | Associate's degree |
| Telecommunications line installers and repairers No bachelor's needed | $74,330 | -3.4% | 8,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $48,990 | -6.1% | 7,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Tree trimmers and pruners No bachelor's needed | $50,960 | +4.2% | 7,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Slaughterers and meat packers No bachelor's needed | $40,130 | +2.0% | 7,700 | No formal educational credential |
| Orderlies No bachelor's needed | $38,290 | +4.0% | 7,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Surgical technologists Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $64,650 | +5.0% | 7,100 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Architects, except landscape and naval Strong outlook | $99,280 | +4.3% | 6,900 | Bachelor's degree |
| Barbers No bachelor's needed | $38,210 | +3.3% | 6,900 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters No bachelor's needed | $46,680 | -2.9% | 6,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Surveying and mapping technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $54,240 | +5.8% | 6,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Audio and video technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $58,100 | +3.9% | 6,600 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Drywall and ceiling tile installers No bachelor's needed | $58,930 | +2.5% | 6,600 | No formal educational credential |
| Industrial engineering technologists and technicians No bachelor's needed | $66,120 | +3.1% | 6,600 | Associate's degree |
| Animal trainers No bachelor's needed | $39,990 | +4.2% | 6,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Civil engineering technologists and technicians No bachelor's needed | $64,950 | +3.2% | 6,100 | Associate's degree |
| Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers No bachelor's needed | $47,810 | -3.0% | 6,100 | Some college, no degree |
| Helpers--electricians No bachelor's needed | $42,670 | +0.6% | 6,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Diagnostic medical sonographers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $96,590 | +13.9% | 6,000 | Associate's degree |
| Structural iron and steel workers No bachelor's needed | $62,780 | +3.1% | 5,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Graders and sorters, agricultural products No bachelor's needed | $35,730 | -3.4% | 5,800 | No formal educational credential |
| Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $46,570 | -0.9% | 5,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $47,720 | +0.7% | 5,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Funeral attendants No bachelor's needed | $35,680 | +2.6% | 5,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Environmental science and protection technicians, including health Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $55,090 | +6.9% | 5,300 | Associate's degree |
| Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing No bachelor's needed | $43,380 | -2.5% | 5,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $45,760 | +1.5% | 5,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Floral designers No bachelor's needed | $37,360 | -5.6% | 5,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $51,610 | -5.7% | 5,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $46,170 | +5.8% | 5,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Cooks, private household No bachelor's needed | $47,940 | +5.1% | 5,000 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Electronics engineers, except computer Strong outlook | $130,220 | +3.7% | 4,900 | Bachelor's degree |
| Structural metal fabricators and fitters No bachelor's needed | $51,330 | -6.2% | 4,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment No bachelor's needed | $74,090 | +0.3% | 4,700 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $46,550 | -10.8% | 4,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood No bachelor's needed | $42,770 | -1.0% | 4,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters No bachelor's needed | $42,360 | +2.4% | 4,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Maintenance workers, machinery No bachelor's needed | $60,850 | -1.9% | 4,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Hazardous materials removal workers No bachelor's needed | $49,450 | +1.5% | 4,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Tool and die makers No bachelor's needed | $64,050 | -9.2% | 4,300 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Solar photovoltaic installers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $53,140 | +36.5% | 4,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Brickmasons and blockmasons No bachelor's needed | $62,120 | +1.1% | 4,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Computer hardware engineers Strong outlook | $161,740 | +9.1% | 4,100 | Bachelor's degree |
| Roustabouts, oil and gas No bachelor's needed | $46,960 | +3.6% | 4,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Aircraft service attendants No bachelor's needed | $40,450 | +5.6% | 4,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Machine feeders and offbearers No bachelor's needed | $41,220 | -13.1% | 4,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Glaziers No bachelor's needed | $57,080 | +1.9% | 3,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Baggage porters and bellhops No bachelor's needed | $37,080 | -3.0% | 3,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $92,460 | +4.0% | 3,800 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers No bachelor's needed | $47,450 | -3.4% | 3,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Forest and conservation technicians No bachelor's needed | $54,560 | -2.1% | 3,800 | Associate's degree |
| Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics No bachelor's needed | $47,880 | +2.3% | 3,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Service unit operators, oil and gas No bachelor's needed | $58,160 | +1.1% | 3,800 | No formal educational credential |
| Farm equipment mechanics and service technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $56,550 | +10.7% | 3,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Food cooking machine operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $41,590 | -0.3% | 3,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers No bachelor's needed | $52,540 | -3.2% | 3,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Logging equipment operators No bachelor's needed | $49,740 | -3.8% | 3,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers No bachelor's needed | $41,640 | -8.8% | 3,700 | No formal educational credential |
| Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $74,340 | +4.3% | 3,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Dental laboratory technicians No bachelor's needed | $49,610 | -5.9% | 3,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Sailors and marine oilers No bachelor's needed | $51,520 | +3.2% | 3,600 | No formal educational credential |
| Crane and tower operators Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $68,080 | +3.8% | 3,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Cardiovascular technologists and technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $74,310 | +3.7% | 3,400 | Associate's degree |
| Semiconductor processing technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $51,430 | +8.2% | 3,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Fishing and hunting workers No bachelor's needed | — | -4.2% | 3,300 | No formal educational credential |
| Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation No bachelor's needed | $46,340 | +3.9% | 3,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Tile and stone setters Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $55,690 | +9.8% | 3,300 | No formal educational credential |
| Millwrights No bachelor's needed | $65,700 | +0.9% | 3,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Stationary engineers and boiler operators No bachelor's needed | $78,620 | +3.1% | 3,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers No bachelor's needed | $65,380 | -5.6% | 3,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Mechanical engineering technologists and technicians No bachelor's needed | $74,510 | +1.3% | 3,100 | Associate's degree |
| Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators No bachelor's needed | $53,340 | -0.9% | 3,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Veterinarians Strong outlook | $130,100 | +9.4% | 3,100 | Doctoral or professional degree |
| Food science technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $52,130 | +4.8% | 3,000 | Associate's degree |
| Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall No bachelor's needed | $49,120 | +2.4% | 3,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Railroad conductors and yardmasters No bachelor's needed | $78,000 | +0.9% | 3,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Mechanical drafters No bachelor's needed | $71,550 | -6.0% | 2,900 | Associate's degree |
| Agricultural technicians No bachelor's needed | $49,630 | +5.4% | 2,800 | Associate's degree |
| Home appliance repairers No bachelor's needed | $50,990 | +1.9% | 2,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners No bachelor's needed | $49,880 | +7.8% | 2,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers No bachelor's needed | $96,710 | -1.9% | 2,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Motorboat mechanics and service technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $57,550 | +4.9% | 2,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Agricultural inspectors | $49,940 | +2.3% | 2,500 | Bachelor's degree |
| Fence erectors No bachelor's needed | $47,980 | +5.6% | 2,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $44,810 | +0.4% | 2,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Plating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $43,960 | -9.7% | 2,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $47,920 | -8.9% | 2,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining No bachelor's needed | $57,430 | +1.0% | 2,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $38,670 | -10.3% | 2,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $48,540 | -1.7% | 2,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Magnetic resonance imaging technologists Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $95,480 | +7.7% | 2,300 | Associate's degree |
| Power plant operators No bachelor's needed | $102,040 | -5.1% | 2,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Athletes and sports competitors Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $66,710 | +5.5% | 2,200 | No formal educational credential |
| Audiovisual equipment installers and repairers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $52,600 | +4.8% | 2,200 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Conveyor operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $42,420 | -2.6% | 2,200 | No formal educational credential |
| Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $56,460 | +9.0% | 2,200 | No formal educational credential |
| Forest and conservation workers No bachelor's needed | $43,680 | -1.5% | 2,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Ophthalmic laboratory technicians No bachelor's needed | $39,460 | +2.2% | 2,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials No bachelor's needed | $35,060 | -15.7% | 2,200 | No formal educational credential |
| Recreational vehicle service technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $52,000 | +9.7% | 2,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Shampooers No bachelor's needed | $32,600 | +5.6% | 2,200 | No formal educational credential |
| Engine and other machine assemblers No bachelor's needed | $53,710 | -17.0% | 2,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Mechanical door repairers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $55,720 | +6.4% | 2,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Pipelayers No bachelor's needed | $49,000 | -3.1% | 2,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Helpers--carpenters No bachelor's needed | $43,780 | -1.7% | 2,000 | No formal educational credential |
| Locomotive engineers No bachelor's needed | $81,410 | +0.5% | 2,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Elevator and escalator installers and repairers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $109,910 | +5.7% | 1,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $50,140 | -8.3% | 1,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Tire builders No bachelor's needed | $57,390 | +0.8% | 1,900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $103,020 | +9.7% | 1,800 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $48,040 | +2.6% | 1,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Insulation workers, mechanical Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $58,340 | +5.1% | 1,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Avionics technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $82,280 | +9.4% | 1,700 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $43,530 | +3.4% | 1,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Fiberglass laminators and fabricators No bachelor's needed | $46,880 | +4.6% | 1,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Landscape architects Strong outlook | $79,870 | +4.4% | 1,700 | Bachelor's degree |
| Riggers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $62,640 | +3.9% | 1,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Upholsterers No bachelor's needed | $46,340 | -2.3% | 1,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Wellhead pumpers No bachelor's needed | $69,960 | -2.0% | 1,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Bailiffs No bachelor's needed | $56,600 | -1.9% | 1,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Fire inspectors and investigators Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $75,920 | +4.2% | 1,600 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Museum technicians and conservators Strong outlook | $51,440 | +3.6% | 1,600 | Bachelor's degree |
| Rail car repairers No bachelor's needed | $67,530 | +2.6% | 1,600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Animal control workers No bachelor's needed | $45,660 | +4.0% | 1,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Calibration technologists and technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $67,820 | +4.8% | 1,500 | Associate's degree |
| Furniture finishers No bachelor's needed | $44,540 | -3.5% | 1,500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Plasterers and stucco masons No bachelor's needed | $57,660 | +2.8% | 1,500 | No formal educational credential |
| Wind turbine service technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $64,120 | +29.5% | 1,500 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians No bachelor's needed | $35,450 | -1.3% | 1,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Continuous mining machine operators No bachelor's needed | $61,810 | +3.2% | 1,400 | No formal educational credential |
| Earth drillers, except oil and gas Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $60,190 | +3.6% | 1,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $56,210 | +4.4% | 1,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Electrical and electronics drafters No bachelor's needed | $76,870 | -3.4% | 1,400 | Associate's degree |
| Electro-mechanical and mechatronics technologists and technicians No bachelor's needed | $73,900 | +2.6% | 1,400 | Associate's degree |
| Exercise physiologists Strong outlook | $59,460 | +12.8% | 1,400 | Bachelor's degree |
| Gas plant operators No bachelor's needed | $87,820 | -6.0% | 1,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $50,620 | -11.3% | 1,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $54,430 | -2.9% | 1,400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Motorcycle mechanics No bachelor's needed | $48,580 | +2.1% | 1,400 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Surgical assistants Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $66,800 | +6.1% | 1,400 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Adhesive bonding machine operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $46,460 | +1.3% | 1,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Automotive glass installers and repairers No bachelor's needed | $47,630 | +5.7% | 1,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Chemical plant and system operators No bachelor's needed | $78,120 | -5.2% | 1,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Materials engineers Strong outlook | $112,860 | +7.5% | 1,300 | Bachelor's degree |
| Medical appliance technicians No bachelor's needed | $48,030 | +3.5% | 1,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Tank car, truck, and ship loaders No bachelor's needed | $58,870 | +2.8% | 1,300 | No formal educational credential |
| Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $39,530 | -13.7% | 1,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Bicycle repairers No bachelor's needed | $42,780 | -5.7% | 1,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Coil winders, tapers, and finishers No bachelor's needed | $48,220 | -4.0% | 1,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Locksmiths and safe repairers No bachelor's needed | $51,320 | -11.7% | 1,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators No bachelor's needed | $70,070 | +1.5% | 1,200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $82,890 | +11.9% | 1,100 | Associate's degree |
| Chemical engineers Strong outlook | $125,040 | +4.7% | 1,100 | Bachelor's degree |
| Environmental engineering technologists and technicians No bachelor's needed | $59,920 | +3.1% | 1,100 | Associate's degree |
| Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers No bachelor's needed | $46,350 | -3.3% | 1,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $48,750 | -9.5% | 1,100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters No bachelor's needed | $47,550 | -11.7% | 1,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Rotary drill operators, oil and gas No bachelor's needed | $67,890 | +0.8% | 1,100 | No formal educational credential |
| Animal breeders No bachelor's needed | $51,130 | +3.0% | 1,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Geological technicians, except hydrologic technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $53,350 | +3.6% | 1,000 | Associate's degree |
| Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $52,800 | -13.2% | 1,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Petroleum engineers | $144,910 | +2.0% | 1,000 | Bachelor's degree |
| Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $61,770 | +4.3% | 1,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Radio, cellular, and tower equipment installers and repairers No bachelor's needed | $63,520 | +1.2% | 1,000 | Associate's degree |
| Reinforcing iron and rebar workers No bachelor's needed | $58,970 | -5.3% | 1,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Shoe and leather workers and repairers No bachelor's needed | $37,800 | -6.5% | 1,000 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Sound engineering technicians No bachelor's needed | $73,130 | -3.1% | 1,000 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Derrick operators, oil and gas No bachelor's needed | $58,620 | +1.6% | 900 | No formal educational credential |
| Foresters | $76,400 | +2.2% | 900 | Bachelor's degree |
| Nuclear technicians No bachelor's needed | $110,240 | +1.1% | 900 | Associate's degree |
| Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators and locomotive firers No bachelor's needed | $68,840 | +0.8% | 900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Ship engineers No bachelor's needed | $109,530 | +2.7% | 900 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Subway and streetcar operators Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $86,380 | +3.7% | 900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Tapers No bachelor's needed | $68,270 | -1.6% | 900 | No formal educational credential |
| Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders No bachelor's needed | $38,760 | -13.6% | 900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Traffic technicians Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $59,090 | +4.0% | 900 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $41,330 | +5.9% | 800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Etchers and engravers No bachelor's needed | $43,310 | -0.7% | 800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Foundry mold and coremakers No bachelor's needed | $48,110 | -23.0% | 800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Nuclear medicine technologists Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $101,370 | +4.4% | 800 | Associate's degree |
| Parking enforcement workers No bachelor's needed | $46,730 | -1.1% | 800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Signal and track switch repairers No bachelor's needed | $92,460 | +1.8% | 800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Boilermakers No bachelor's needed | $76,410 | -1.8% | 700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Carpet installers No bachelor's needed | $50,340 | -16.4% | 700 | No formal educational credential |
| Embalmers No bachelor's needed | $58,780 | +0.7% | 700 | Associate's degree |
| Grinding and polishing workers, hand No bachelor's needed | $42,660 | -19.2% | 700 | No formal educational credential |
| Helpers--extraction workers No bachelor's needed | $47,730 | +1.7% | 700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons No bachelor's needed | $40,470 | +1.5% | 700 | No formal educational credential |
| Orthotists and prosthetists Strong outlook | $81,110 | +12.9% | 700 | Master's degree |
| Painting, coating, and decorating workers No bachelor's needed | $41,600 | +1.3% | 700 | No formal educational credential |
| Power distributors and dispatchers No bachelor's needed | $106,730 | +1.2% | 700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Radiation therapists No bachelor's needed | $105,310 | +2.8% | 700 | Associate's degree |
| Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $49,030 | -17.2% | 600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Helpers--roofers No bachelor's needed | $44,160 | -0.1% | 600 | No formal educational credential |
| Lighting technicians No bachelor's needed | $68,060 | -4.8% | 600 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Musical instrument repairers and tuners No bachelor's needed | $46,420 | +1.9% | 600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Photographic process workers and processing machine operators No bachelor's needed | $40,610 | -5.6% | 600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Sewers, hand No bachelor's needed | $36,480 | -12.0% | 600 | No formal educational credential |
| Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $38,180 | -12.5% | 600 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Crematory operators No bachelor's needed | $43,650 | +3.1% | 500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Cutters and trimmers, hand No bachelor's needed | $38,020 | -18.9% | 500 | No formal educational credential |
| Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $84,890 | +5.4% | 500 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Fallers No bachelor's needed | $52,100 | -9.9% | 500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Fish and game wardens | $74,060 | -5.7% | 500 | Bachelor's degree |
| Layout workers, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $63,870 | -3.4% | 500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Marine engineers and naval architects Strong outlook | $112,230 | +6.7% | 500 | Bachelor's degree |
| Stonemasons No bachelor's needed | $57,390 | -5.4% | 500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners No bachelor's needed | $50,060 | -6.8% | 500 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Commercial divers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $72,990 | +4.8% | 400 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $49,080 | -9.5% | 400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles No bachelor's needed | $48,420 | -14.5% | 400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters No bachelor's needed | $61,390 | +0.0% | 400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $56,870 | +13.1% | 400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Hydrologic technicians No bachelor's needed | $64,790 | -1.3% | 400 | Associate's degree |
| Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining No bachelor's needed | $74,500 | -15.8% | 400 | No formal educational credential |
| Nuclear power reactor operators No bachelor's needed | $122,890 | -5.9% | 400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Pourers and casters, metal No bachelor's needed | $51,810 | -5.0% | 400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Rock splitters, quarry No bachelor's needed | $48,740 | +5.8% | 400 | No formal educational credential |
| Shoe machine operators and tenders No bachelor's needed | $35,650 | -6.9% | 400 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Bridge and lock tenders No bachelor's needed | $57,700 | -2.3% | 300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Floor sanders and finishers No bachelor's needed | $50,440 | +1.4% | 300 | No formal educational credential |
| Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators No bachelor's needed | $77,320 | +2.1% | 300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Hoist and winch operators No bachelor's needed | $56,450 | +0.2% | 300 | No formal educational credential |
| Manufactured building and mobile home installers No bachelor's needed | $45,990 | +5.8% | 300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers Strong outlook | $106,220 | +3.8% | 300 | Bachelor's degree |
| Motion picture projectionists No bachelor's needed | $38,270 | -6.2% | 300 | No formal educational credential |
| Motorboat operators No bachelor's needed | $47,520 | +4.9% | 300 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| Rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers No bachelor's needed | $60,600 | +0.8% | 300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Transit and railroad police No bachelor's needed | $90,230 | +3.2% | 300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Fabric and apparel patternmakers No bachelor's needed | $62,750 | -15.0% | 200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Model makers, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $63,340 | -17.3% | 200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Paperhangers Strong outlook No bachelor's needed | $52,140 | +4.3% | 200 | No formal educational credential |
| Pile driver operators No bachelor's needed | $73,300 | -5.7% | 200 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Agricultural engineers Strong outlook | $98,590 | +6.9% | 100 | Bachelor's degree |
| Camera and photographic equipment repairers No bachelor's needed | $52,720 | -15.5% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Dredge operators No bachelor's needed | $49,640 | +0.7% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Model makers, wood No bachelor's needed | $56,550 | -3.3% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Patternmakers, metal and plastic No bachelor's needed | $58,000 | -22.8% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Patternmakers, wood No bachelor's needed | $49,630 | -2.0% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons No bachelor's needed | $61,290 | -13.7% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Roof bolters, mining No bachelor's needed | $78,540 | -18.9% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Terrazzo workers and finishers No bachelor's needed | $76,170 | -13.0% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Watch and clock repairers No bachelor's needed | $67,230 | -0.3% | 100 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| Prosthodontists Strong outlook | $311,180 | +5.8% | 0 | Doctoral or professional degree |
| Timing device assemblers and adjusters No bachelor's needed | $62,620 | -6.1% | 0 | High school diploma or equivalent |
Median yearly pay is from May 2025, for all workers at every experience level: half earn more, half less. Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025 to 2035; openings include jobs that come open as people retire or change careers.