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Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Education & Training $34.11 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 910  annual job openings

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

Millwrights

Architecture & Construction $24.37 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 40  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 $22.26 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 170  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 $29.63 High school diploma or equivalent 12%  projected growth 370  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.

Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $17.99 High school diploma or equivalent 23%  projected growth 70  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 $24.44 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 90  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 $21.32 No formal educational credential 11%  projected growth 480  annual job openings

All motor vehicle operators not listed separately.

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $24.47 High school diploma or equivalent 26%  projected growth 210  annual job openings

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

Motorcycle Mechanics

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $22.88 Postsecondary nondegree award 11%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

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

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $24.45 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.