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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $18.75 No formal educational credential 22%  projected growth 6,490  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 $40.05 Bachelor's degree 19%  projected growth 40  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 $21.43 No formal educational credential 27%  projected growth 4,760  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.

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Human Services $15.70 No formal educational credential 23%  projected growth 690  annual job openings

Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Includes spotters and dyers of these articles.

Law Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $61.87 Doctoral or professional degree 13%  projected growth 100  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 $77.66 Doctoral or professional degree 28%  projected growth 1,830  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.

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $42.89 Associate's degree 10%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

All legal support workers not listed separately.

Legislators

Government & Public Administration $32.35 Bachelor's degree 8%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Develop, introduce, or enact laws and statutes at the local, tribal, state, or federal level. Includes only workers in elected positions.

Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

Education & Training $36.42 Master's degree 12%  projected growth 490  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.

Library Assistants, Clerical

Business Management & Administration $20.13 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 390  annual job openings

Compile records, and sort, shelve, issue, and receive library materials such as books, electronic media, pictures, cards, slides and microfilm. Locate library materials for loan and replace material in shelving area, stacks, or files according to identification number and title. Register patrons to permit them to borrow books, periodicals, and other library materials.