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Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators

Architecture & Construction $30.95 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 190  annual job openings

Operate or maintain stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or industrial processes. Operate equipment such as steam engines, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers.

Statisticians

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $40.18 Master's degree 34%  projected growth 110  annual job openings

Develop or apply mathematical or statistical theory and methods to collect, organize, interpret, and summarize numerical data to provide usable information. May specialize in fields such as biostatistics, agricultural statistics, business statistics, or economic statistics. Includes mathematical and survey statisticians.

Stockers and Order Fillers

Business Management & Administration $16.78 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 6,480  annual job openings

Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.

Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Architecture & Construction $37.67 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 110  annual job openings

Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.

Substitute Teachers, Short-Term

Education & Training $18.37 Bachelor's degree 11%  projected growth 500  annual job openings

Teach students on a short-term basis as a temporary replacement for a regular classroom teacher, typically using the regular teacher's lesson plan.

Surgical Assistants

Health Science $39.56 Postsecondary nondegree award 7%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site.

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Architecture & Construction $25.27 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

Perform surveying and mapping duties, usually under the direction of an engineer, surveyor, cartographer, or photogrammetrist, to obtain data used for construction, mapmaking, boundary location, mining, or other purposes. May calculate mapmaking information and create maps from source data, such as surveying notes, aerial photography, satellite data, or other maps to show topographical features, political boundaries, and other features. May verify accuracy and completeness of maps.

Surveyors

Architecture & Construction $35.35 Bachelor's degree 5%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.

Tax Preparers

Finance $29.42 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 190  annual job openings

Prepare tax returns for individuals or small businesses.

Taxi Drivers

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $19.31 No formal educational credential 25%  projected growth 2,700  annual job openings

Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on an unplanned basis and charge a fare, usually based on a meter.