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Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $24.14 High school diploma or equivalent 20%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.

Facilities Managers

Business Management & Administration $47.74 Bachelor's degree 11%  projected growth 370  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus.

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $17.22 No formal educational credential 20%  projected growth 510  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.

Film and Video Editors

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $30.29 Bachelor's degree 28%  projected growth 70  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 $48.44 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 650  annual job openings

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

Financial Examiners

Government & Public Administration $47.32 Bachelor's degree 20%  projected growth 20  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 $75.88 Bachelor's degree 18%  projected growth 1,700  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 $48.68 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 650  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.

Financial Specialists, All Other

Finance $45.43 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 650  annual job openings

All financial specialists not listed separately.

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers

Architecture & Construction $38.67 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 690  annual job openings

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.