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Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Education & Training $26.69 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 880  annual job openings

Teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

Millwrights

Architecture & Construction $25.05 High school diploma or equivalent 13%  projected growth 150  annual job openings

Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.

Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $39.75 Bachelor's degree 7%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Conduct subsurface surveys to identify the characteristics of potential land or mining development sites. May specify the ground support systems, processes, and equipment for safe, economical, and environmentally sound extraction or underground construction activities. May inspect areas for unsafe geological conditions, equipment, and working conditions. May design, implement, and coordinate mine safety programs.

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $21.47 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 210  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $27.23 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 400  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $17.11 High school diploma or equivalent 19%  projected growth 120  annual job openings

Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $17.49 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 400  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

Human Services $22.06 Associate's degree 6%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $20.19 No formal educational credential 10%  projected growth 90  annual job openings

All motor vehicle operators not listed separately.

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $19.88 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Repair and adjust electrical and mechanical equipment of inboard or inboard-outboard boat engines.