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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $17.99 No formal educational credential 32%  projected growth 23,870  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 $47.15 Bachelor's degree 3%  projected growth 110  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 $18.10 No formal educational credential 26%  projected growth 10,020  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.

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $22.27 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock.

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers

Human Services $15.21 No formal educational credential 70%  projected growth 3,180  annual job openings

Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Includes spotters and dyers of these articles.

Law Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $68.36 Doctoral or professional degree 17%  projected growth 480  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 $83.12 Doctoral or professional degree 18%  projected growth 5,910  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.

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $30.19 High school diploma or equivalent 20%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Lay out reference points and dimensions on metal or plastic stock or workpieces, such as sheets, plates, tubes, structural shapes, castings, or machine parts, for further processing. Includes shipfitters.

Legal Support Workers, All Other

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $33.33 Associate's degree 11%  projected growth 240  annual job openings

All legal support workers not listed separately.

Legislators

Government & Public Administration $52.19 Bachelor's degree 15%  projected growth 590  annual job openings

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