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Stonemasons

Architecture & Construction $17.82 High school diploma or equivalent 15%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Build stone structures, such as piers, walls, and abutments. Lay walks, curbstones, or special types of masonry for vats, tanks, and floors.

Structural Iron and Steel Workers

Architecture & Construction $23.60 High school diploma or equivalent 22%  projected growth 70  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.

Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Architecture & Construction $23.24 High school diploma or equivalent 15%  projected growth 60  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 $34.43 Bachelor's degree 15%  projected growth 50  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.

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers

Human Services $16.22 No formal educational credential 9%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Design, make, alter, repair, or fit garments.

Tapers

Architecture & Construction $27.48 No formal educational credential 16%  projected growth 90  annual job openings

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

Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents

Government & Public Administration $26.80 Bachelor's degree 3%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.

Tax Preparers

Finance $24.69 High school diploma or equivalent 12%  projected growth 130  annual job openings

Prepare tax returns for individuals or small businesses.

Teachers and Instructors, All Other

Education & Training $28.76 Bachelor's degree 23%  projected growth 370  annual job openings

All teachers and instructors not listed separately.

Technical Writers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $37.56 Bachelor's degree 21%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

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