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Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $24.69 High school diploma or equivalent 16%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems.

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $17.14 No formal educational credential 33%  projected growth 1,660  annual job openings

Manually plant, cultivate, and harvest vegetables, fruits, nuts, horticultural specialties, and field crops. Use hand tools, such as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears, and knives. Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning, or pruning crops; applying pesticides; or cleaning, grading, sorting, packing, and loading harvested products. May construct trellises, repair fences and farm buildings, or participate in irrigation activities.

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $16.61 No formal educational credential 17%  projected growth 800  annual job openings

Attend to live farm, ranch, open range or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, rabbits, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep and collect eggs in hatcheries.

Fashion Designers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $38.38 Bachelor's degree 13%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Design clothing and accessories. Create original designs or adapt fashion trends.

Film and Video Editors

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $24.03 Bachelor's degree 48%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

Financial and Investment Analysts

Finance $46.09 Bachelor's degree 15%  projected growth 760  annual job openings

Conduct quantitative analyses of information involving investment programs or financial data of public or private institutions, including valuation of businesses.

Financial Clerks, All Other

Finance $23.38 High school diploma or equivalent 20%  projected growth 230  annual job openings

All financial clerks not listed separately.

Financial Examiners

Government & Public Administration $43.15 Bachelor's degree 18%  projected growth 120  annual job openings

Enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions. May examine, verify, or authenticate records.

Financial Managers

Finance $80.96 Bachelor's degree 30%  projected growth 810  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial activities of a branch, office, or department of an establishment.

Financial Risk Specialists

Finance $43.53 Bachelor's degree 15%  projected growth 760  annual job openings

Analyze and measure exposure to credit and market risk threatening the assets, earning capacity, or economic state of an organization. May make recommendations to limit risk.