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Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons

Architecture & Construction $19.90 No formal educational credential 15%  projected growth 380  annual job openings

Help painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or stucco masons by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Architecture & Construction $18.59 High school diploma or equivalent 17%  projected growth 430  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.

Helpers--Roofers

Architecture & Construction $21.79 No formal educational credential 10%  projected growth 140  annual job openings

Help roofers 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 $25.19 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 880  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 $58.40 Doctoral or professional degree 8%  projected growth 130  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.

Home Appliance Repairers

Manufacturing $22.42 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 350  annual job openings

Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop

Hospitality & Tourism $15.48 No formal educational credential 47%  projected growth 10,740  annual job openings

Welcome patrons, seat them at tables or in lounge, and help ensure quality of facilities and service.

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks

Hospitality & Tourism $17.07 High school diploma or equivalent 25%  projected growth 4,690  annual job openings

Accommodate hotel, motel, and resort patrons by registering and assigning rooms to guests, issuing room keys or cards, transmitting and receiving messages, keeping records of occupied rooms and guests' accounts, making and confirming reservations, and presenting statements to and collecting payments from departing guests.

Human Resources Managers

Business Management & Administration $74.90 Bachelor's degree 20%  projected growth 2,660  annual job openings

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

Human Resources Specialists

Business Management & Administration $37.24 Bachelor's degree 21%  projected growth 10,610  annual job openings

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