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Interior Designers

Architecture & Construction $30.53 Bachelor's degree 2%  projected growth 170  annual job openings

Plan, design, and furnish the internal space of rooms or buildings. Design interior environments or create physical layouts that are practical, aesthetic, and conducive to the intended purposes. May specialize in a particular field, style, or phase of interior design.

Interpreters and Translators

Education & Training $26.61 Bachelor's degree 23%  projected growth 150  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 $15.15 No formal educational credential 6%  projected growth 12,490  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.

Judicial Law Clerks

Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security $23.98 Doctoral or professional degree 5%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Assist judges in court or by conducting research or preparing legal documents.

Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education

Education & Training $32.77 Bachelor's degree 6%  projected growth 340  annual job openings

Teach academic and social skills to kindergarten students.

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $17.79 No formal educational credential 10%  projected growth 20,300  annual job openings

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

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers

Architecture & Construction $17.04 No formal educational credential 10%  projected growth 5,350  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 $62.17 Doctoral or professional degree 7%  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 $55.92 Doctoral or professional degree 10%  projected growth 1,800  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 $27.29 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 30  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.