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Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers

Manufacturing $18.59 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 90  annual job openings

Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems.

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $103.98 Doctoral or professional degree 7%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Arbitrate, advise, adjudicate, or administer justice in a court of law. May sentence defendant in criminal cases according to government statutes or sentencing guidelines. May determine liability of defendant in civil cases. May perform wedding ceremonies.

Judicial Law Clerks

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $45.07 Doctoral or professional degree 7%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Assist judges in court or by conducting research or preparing legal documents.

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Education & Training $32.87 Bachelor's degree 4%  projected growth 420  annual job openings

Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $17.37 No formal educational credential 15%  projected growth 27,520  annual job openings

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

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Architecture & Construction $17.79 No formal educational credential 8%  projected growth 5,390  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.

Law Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $57.49 Doctoral or professional degree 5%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Teach courses in law. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Lawyers

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $64.15 Doctoral or professional degree 11%  projected growth 2,110  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.

Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

Education & Training $29.26 Master's degree 7%  projected growth 640  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.

Life Scientists, All Other

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $59.87 Bachelor's degree 8%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

All life scientists not listed separately.