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Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists

Business Management & Administration $35.30 Bachelor's degree 12%  projected growth 130  annual job openings

Conduct programs of compensation and benefits and job analysis for employer. May specialize in specific areas, such as position classification and pension programs.

Compliance Officers

Government & Public Administration $39.13 Bachelor's degree 8%  projected growth 280  annual job openings

Examine, evaluate, and investigate eligibility for or conformity with laws and regulations governing contract compliance of licenses and permits, and perform other compliance and enforcement inspection and analysis activities not classified elsewhere.

Computer and Information Systems Managers

Business Management & Administration $71.71 Bachelor's degree 11%  projected growth 870  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.

Computer Hardware Engineers

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $66.76 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Research, design, develop, or test computer or computer-related equipment for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use. May supervise the manufacturing and installation of computer or computer-related equipment and components.

Computer Network Architects

Information Technology $59.45 Bachelor's degree 10%  projected growth 110  annual job openings

Design and implement computer and information networks, such as local area networks (LAN), wide area networks (WAN), intranets, extranets, and other data communications networks. Perform network modeling, analysis, and planning, including analysis of capacity needs for network infrastructures. May also design network and computer security measures. May research and recommend network and data communications hardware and software.

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators

Manufacturing $27.94 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 250  annual job openings

Operate computer-controlled tools, machines, or robots to machine or process parts, tools, or other work pieces made of metal, plastic, wood, stone, or other materials. May also set up and maintain equipment.

Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $61.10 Doctoral or professional degree 5%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Teach courses in computer science. May specialize in a field of computer science, such as the design and function of computers or operations and research analysis. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Computer Systems Analysts

Information Technology $48.74 Bachelor's degree 8%  projected growth 580  annual job openings

Analyze science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to develop and implement solutions to complex applications problems, system administration issues, or network concerns. Perform systems management and integration functions, improve existing computer systems, and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and schedule limitations. May analyze or recommend commercially available software.

Construction and Building Inspectors

Government & Public Administration $40.23 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 140  annual job openings

Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.

Construction Laborers

Architecture & Construction $23.85 No formal educational credential 18%  projected growth 1,560  annual job openings

Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.