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Postsecondary Teachers, All Other

Education & Training $24.85 Doctoral or professional degree 13%  projected growth 200  annual job openings

All postsecondary teachers not listed separately.

Power Distributors and Dispatchers

Manufacturing $53.33 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Coordinate, regulate, or distribute electricity or steam.

Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other

Manufacturing $30.59 High school diploma or equivalent 17%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

All precision instrument and equipment repairers not listed separately.

Prepress Technicians and Workers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $24.09 Postsecondary nondegree award 5%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.

Print Binding and Finishing Workers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $18.82 High school diploma or equivalent 7%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines.

Printing Press Operators

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $17.78 High school diploma or equivalent 20%  projected growth 210  annual job openings

Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.

Private Detectives and Investigators

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $27.40 High school diploma or equivalent 29%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Gather, analyze, compile, and report information regarding individuals or organizations to clients, or detect occurrences of unlawful acts or infractions of rules in private establishment.

Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $29.94 Bachelor's degree 11%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

Provide social services to assist in rehabilitation of law offenders in custody or on probation or parole. Make recommendations for actions involving formulation of rehabilitation plan and treatment of offender, including conditional release and education and employment stipulations.

Procurement Clerks

Business Management & Administration $25.53 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Compile information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services.

Producers and Directors

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $36.47 Bachelor's degree 27%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.