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Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Architecture & Construction $16.43 High school diploma or equivalent 13%  projected growth 330  annual job openings

Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Architecture & Construction $17.25 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 110  annual job openings

Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Helpers--Production Workers

Manufacturing $15.50 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 1,160  annual job openings

Help production workers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Highway Maintenance Workers

Architecture & Construction $17.17 High school diploma or equivalent 7%  projected growth 170  annual job openings

Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.

History Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $37.25 Doctoral or professional degree 25%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

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

Home Appliance Repairers

Manufacturing $21.10 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.

Human Resources Managers

Business Management & Administration $50.09 Bachelor's degree 20%  projected growth 450  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.

Human Resources Specialists

Business Management & Administration $27.02 Bachelor's degree 24%  projected growth 1,580  annual job openings

Recruit, screen, interview, or place individuals within an organization. May perform other activities in multiple human resources areas.

Industrial Engineers

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $40.70 Bachelor's degree 29%  projected growth 540  annual job openings

Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

Manufacturing $28.75 High school diploma or equivalent 38%  projected growth 1,320  annual job openings

Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.