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Orderlies

Health Science $16.42 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 140  annual job openings

Transport patients to areas such as operating rooms or x-ray rooms using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. May maintain stocks of supplies or clean and transport equipment. Psychiatric orderlies are included in Psychiatric Aides.

Orthotists and Prosthetists

Health Science $31.81 Master's degree 26%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Design, measure, fit, and adapt orthopedic braces, appliances or prostheses, such as limbs or facial parts for patients with disabling conditions.

Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics

Manufacturing $18.51 High school diploma or equivalent 15%  projected growth 110  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, recreational sporting equipment, and related equipment.

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders

Manufacturing $17.06 High school diploma or equivalent 12%  projected growth 1,860  annual job openings

Operate or tend machines to prepare industrial or consumer products for storage or shipment. Includes cannery workers who pack food products.

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

Architecture & Construction $17.71 No formal educational credential 10%  projected growth 620  annual job openings

Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers

Manufacturing $17.99 No formal educational credential 15%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Paint, coat, or decorate articles, such as furniture, glass, plateware, pottery, jewelry, toys, books, or leather.

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $20.05 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 520  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend paper goods machines that perform a variety of functions, such as converting, sawing, corrugating, banding, wrapping, boxing, stitching, forming, or sealing paper or paperboard sheets into products.

Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators

Architecture & Construction $18.90 High school diploma or equivalent 13%  projected growth 170  annual job openings

Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways or for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.

Personal Financial Advisors

Finance $49.14 Bachelor's degree 20%  projected growth 1,020  annual job openings

Advise clients on financial plans using knowledge of tax and investment strategies, securities, insurance, pension plans, and real estate. Duties include assessing clients' assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status, and financial objectives. May also buy and sell financial assets for clients.

Personal Service Managers, All Other

Business Management & Administration $33.66 High school diploma or equivalent 9%  projected growth 1,030  annual job openings

All personal service managers not listed separately.