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Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders

Manufacturing $21.74 High school diploma or equivalent 21%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Operate or tend furnaces, such as gas, oil, coal, electric-arc or electric induction, open-hearth, or oxygen furnaces, to melt and refine metal before casting or to produce specified types of steel.

Microbiologists

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $29.32 Bachelor's degree 3%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Investigate the growth, structure, development, and other characteristics of microscopic organisms, such as bacteria, algae, or fungi. Includes medical microbiologists who study the relationship between organisms and disease or the effects of antibiotics on microorganisms.

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Education & Training $25.43 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 450  annual job openings

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

Millwrights

Architecture & Construction $23.73 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 90  annual job openings

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

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $18.74 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 180  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 $24.82 High school diploma or equivalent 13%  projected growth 160  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 $18.23 High school diploma or equivalent 16%  projected growth 30  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.

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

Human Services $17.52 Associate's degree 2%  projected growth 50  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.

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $17.69 High school diploma or equivalent 17%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

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

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $18.56 High school diploma or equivalent 12%  projected growth 200  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.