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Helpers--Electricians

Architecture & Construction $17.58 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 350  annual job openings

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

Helpers--Extraction Workers

Architecture & Construction $18.63 High school diploma or equivalent 22%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Help extraction craft workers, such as earth drillers, blasters and explosives workers, derrick operators, and mining machine operators, by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying equipment or cleaning work area.

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Architecture & Construction $16.12 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 530  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--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons

Architecture & Construction $15.30 No formal educational credential 15%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

Help painters, paperhangers, plasterers, or stucco masons by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

Architecture & Construction $17.12 High school diploma or equivalent 12%  projected growth 350  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 $15.81 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 980  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.

Helpers--Roofers

Architecture & Construction $17.40 No formal educational credential 11%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

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

Highway Maintenance Workers

Architecture & Construction $19.28 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 480  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 $39.98 Doctoral or professional degree 12%  projected growth 110  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 $22.64 High school diploma or equivalent 3%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

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