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Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service

Business Management & Administration $15.98 High school diploma or equivalent 16%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Prepare incoming and outgoing mail for distribution. Time-stamp, open, read, sort, and route incoming mail; and address, seal, stamp, fold, stuff, and affix postage to outgoing mail or packages. Duties may also include keeping necessary records and completed forms.

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Manufacturing $23.58 High school diploma or equivalent 13%  projected growth 370  annual job openings

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.

Maintenance Workers, Machinery

Manufacturing $29.63 High school diploma or equivalent 15%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

Management Analysts

Business Management & Administration $46.86 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and management consultants.

Managers, All Other

Business Management & Administration $52.02 Bachelor's degree 11%  projected growth 150  annual job openings

All managers not listed separately.

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

Marketing $32.39 Bachelor's degree 17%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Research conditions in local, regional, national, or online markets. Gather information to determine potential sales of a product or service, or plan a marketing or advertising campaign. May gather information on competitors, prices, sales, and methods of marketing and distribution. May employ search marketing tactics, analyze web metrics, and develop recommendations to increase search engine ranking and visibility to target markets.

Marketing Managers

Marketing $45.51 Bachelor's degree 16%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers. Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the firm's profits or share of the market while ensuring the firm's customers are satisfied. Oversee product development or monitor trends that indicate the need for new products and services.

Material Moving Workers, All Other

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $18.11 No formal educational credential 17%  projected growth 190  annual job openings

All material moving workers not listed separately.

Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $47.27 Doctoral or professional degree 8%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Teach courses pertaining to mathematical concepts, statistics, and actuarial science and to the application of original and standardized mathematical techniques in solving specific problems and situations. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers

Manufacturing $16.48 No formal educational credential 12%  projected growth 790  annual job openings

Use hands or hand tools to perform routine cutting and trimming of meat, poultry, and seafood.