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Hearing Aid Specialists

Health Science $36.52 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Select and fit hearing aids for customers. Administer and interpret tests of hearing. Assess hearing instrument efficacy. Take ear impressions and prepare, design, and modify ear molds.

Helpers--Electricians

Architecture & Construction $15.20 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 240  annual job openings

Help electricians by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Helpers--Extraction Workers

Architecture & Construction $26.17 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Help extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers, blasters and explosives workers, derrick operators, and mining machine operators, by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying equipment or cleaning work area.

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Architecture & Construction $15.30 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 200  annual job openings

Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Highway Maintenance Workers

Architecture & Construction $15.05 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 410  annual job openings

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.

History Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $34.02 Doctoral or professional degree 8%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Teach courses in human history and historiography. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Hoist and Winch Operators

Architecture & Construction $26.55 No formal educational credential 8%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Operate or tend hoists or winches to lift and pull loads using power-operated cable equipment.

Human Resources Managers

Business Management & Administration $47.88 Bachelor's degree 10%  projected growth 150  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.

Human Resources Specialists

Business Management & Administration $28.01 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 730  annual job openings

Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.

Industrial Engineers

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $41.19 Bachelor's degree 26%  projected growth 600  annual job openings

Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.