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Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Education & Training $28.34 Bachelor's degree 11%  projected growth 830  annual job openings

Teach one or more subjects to students at the middle, intermediate, or junior high school level.

Millwrights

Architecture & Construction $28.16 High school diploma or equivalent 24%  projected growth 150  annual job openings

Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $20.39 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 330  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.

Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $27.95 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 270  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.

Model Makers, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $27.81 High school diploma or equivalent 17%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Set up and operate machines, such as lathes, milling and engraving machines, and jig borers to make working models of metal or plastic objects. Includes template makers.

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $19.73 High school diploma or equivalent 28%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $18.05 High school diploma or equivalent 4%  projected growth 270  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $15.76 No formal educational credential 17%  projected growth 200  annual job openings

All motor vehicle operators not listed separately.

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $19.10 High school diploma or equivalent 21%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Repair and adjust electrical and mechanical equipment of inboard or inboard-outboard boat engines.

Motorcycle Mechanics

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $17.89 Postsecondary nondegree award 11%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.