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Interpreters and Translators

Education & Training $32.84 Bachelor's degree 16%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Interpret oral or sign language, or translate written text from one language into another.

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners

Hospitality & Tourism $17.15 No formal educational credential 11%  projected growth 9,680  annual job openings

Keep buildings in clean and orderly condition. Perform heavy cleaning duties, such as cleaning floors, shampooing rugs, washing walls and glass, and removing rubbish. Duties may include tending furnace and boiler, performing routine maintenance activities, notifying management of need for repairs, and cleaning snow or debris from sidewalk.

Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $88.92 Doctoral or professional degree 2%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Arbitrate, advise, adjudicate, or administer justice in a court of law. May sentence defendant in criminal cases according to government statutes or sentencing guidelines. May determine liability of defendant in civil cases. May perform wedding ceremonies.

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Education & Training $34.95 Bachelor's degree 7%  projected growth 590  annual job openings

Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $17.40 No formal educational credential 20%  projected growth 19,050  annual job openings

Manually move freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified.

Landscape Architects

Architecture & Construction $44.28 Bachelor's degree 12%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Architecture & Construction $18.09 No formal educational credential 18%  projected growth 5,090  annual job openings

Landscape or maintain grounds of property using hand or power tools or equipment. Workers typically perform a variety of tasks, which may include any combination of the following: sod laying, mowing, trimming, planting, watering, fertilizing, digging, raking, sprinkler installation, and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units.

Law Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $66.76 Doctoral or professional degree 9%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Teach courses in law. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Lawyers

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $66.65 Doctoral or professional degree 10%  projected growth 1,490  annual job openings

Represent clients in criminal and civil litigation and other legal proceedings, draw up legal documents, or manage or advise clients on legal transactions. May specialize in a single area or may practice broadly in many areas of law.

Legislators

Government & Public Administration $31.99 Bachelor's degree 5%  projected growth 190  annual job openings

Develop, introduce, or enact laws and statutes at the local, tribal, state, or federal level. Includes only workers in elected positions.