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Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Education & Training $23.16 Bachelor's degree 8%  projected growth 480  annual job openings

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

Millwrights

Architecture & Construction $23.58 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 50  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 $20.07 High school diploma or equivalent 4%  projected growth 160  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 $23.91 High school diploma or equivalent 1%  projected growth 140  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.

Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $21.04 No formal educational credential 8%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

All motor vehicle operators not listed separately.

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $18.92 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  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 $22.82 Postsecondary nondegree award 8%  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 $17.05 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.

Musicians and Singers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $40.66 No formal educational credential 40%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Play one or more musical instruments or sing. May perform on stage, for broadcasting, or for sound or video recording.

Natural Sciences Managers

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $49.42 Bachelor's degree 7%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics, statistics, and research and development in these fields.