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Physicians, Pathologists

Health Science $115.00 Doctoral or professional degree 14%  projected growth 1,000  annual job openings

Diagnose diseases and conduct lab tests using organs, body tissues, and fluids. Includes medical examiners.

Physicists

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $63.05 Doctoral or professional degree 18%  projected growth 90  annual job openings

Conduct research into physical phenomena, develop theories on the basis of observation and experiments, and devise methods to apply physical laws and theories.

Physics Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $46.05 Doctoral or professional degree 14%  projected growth 130  annual job openings

Teach courses pertaining to the laws of matter and energy. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Pile Driver Operators

Architecture & Construction $29.10 High school diploma or equivalent 20%  projected growth 90  annual job openings

Operate pile drivers mounted on skids, barges, crawler treads, or locomotive cranes to drive pilings for retaining walls, bulkheads, and foundations of structures such as buildings, bridges, and piers.

Pipelayers

Architecture & Construction $19.40 No formal educational credential 16%  projected growth 440  annual job openings

Lay pipe for storm or sanitation sewers, drains, and water mains. Perform any combination of the following tasks: grade trenches or culverts, position pipe, or seal joints.

Plant and System Operators, All Other

Manufacturing $21.08 High school diploma or equivalent 16%  projected growth 260  annual job openings

All plant and system operators not listed separately.

Plasterers and Stucco Masons

Architecture & Construction $22.49 No formal educational credential 15%  projected growth 190  annual job openings

Apply interior or exterior plaster, cement, stucco, or similar materials. May also set ornamental plaster.

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $16.93 High school diploma or equivalent 12%  projected growth 340  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend plating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Typically, the product being coated is immersed in molten metal or an electrolytic solution.

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Architecture & Construction $26.83 High school diploma or equivalent 22%  projected growth 5,750  annual job openings

Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipelines or pipe systems that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases. May install heating and cooling equipment and mechanical control systems. Includes sprinkler fitters.

Podiatrists

Health Science $74.69 Doctoral or professional degree 10%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Diagnose and treat diseases and deformities of the human foot.