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Stockers and Order Fillers

Business Management & Administration $15.22 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 7,930  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 $27.07 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 130  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.

Surgeons, All Other

Health Science $115.00 Doctoral or professional degree 3%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

All surgeons not listed separately.

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Architecture & Construction $22.00 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 80  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 $27.48 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 90  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.

Tapers

Architecture & Construction $35.98 No formal educational credential 4%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surface for painting or papering.

Teachers and Instructors, All Other

Education & Training $27.31 Bachelor's degree 14%  projected growth 580  annual job openings

All teachers and instructors not listed separately.

Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary

Education & Training $17.52 Bachelor's degree 7%  projected growth 540  annual job openings

Assist faculty or other instructional staff in postsecondary institutions by performing instructional support activities, such as developing teaching materials, leading discussion groups, preparing and giving examinations, and grading examinations or papers.

Technical Writers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $39.25 Bachelor's degree 13%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.

Therapists, All Other

Health Science $24.79 Bachelor's degree 20%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

All therapists not listed separately.