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Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Education & Training $30.92 Bachelor's degree 11%  projected growth 450  annual job openings

Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

Labor Relations Specialists

Business Management & Administration $37.82 Bachelor's degree 3%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

Resolve disputes between workers and managers, negotiate collective bargaining agreements, or coordinate grievance procedures to handle employee complaints.

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $16.27 No formal educational credential 21%  projected growth 19,930  annual job openings

Manually move freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified.

Landscape Architects

Architecture & Construction $37.11 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Architecture & Construction $16.24 No formal educational credential 11%  projected growth 3,960  annual job openings

Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units.

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $23.31 High school diploma or equivalent 13%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock.

Lawyers

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $60.88 Doctoral or professional degree 16%  projected growth 1,470  annual job openings

Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $19.92 High school diploma or equivalent 4%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Lay out reference points and dimensions on metal or plastic stock or workpieces, such as sheets, plates, tubes, structural shapes, castings, or machine parts, for further processing. Includes shipfitters.

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $27.75 Associate's degree 3%  projected growth 160  annual job openings

All legal support workers not listed separately.

Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

Education & Training $30.15 Master's degree 10%  projected growth 350  annual job openings

Administer and maintain libraries or collections of information, for public or private access through reference or borrowing. Work in a variety of settings, such as educational institutions, museums, and corporations, and with various types of informational materials, such as books, periodicals, recordings, films, and databases. Tasks may include acquiring, cataloging, and circulating library materials, and user services such as locating and organizing information, providing instruction on how to access information, and setting up and operating a library's media equipment.