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Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles

Transportation, Distribution & Logistics $23.45 High school diploma or equivalent 14%  projected growth 40  annual job openings

Install, diagnose, or repair communications, sound, security, or navigation equipment in motor vehicles.

Electronics Engineers, Except Computer

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $59.69 Bachelor's degree 8%  projected growth 270  annual job openings

Research, design, develop, or test electronic components and systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use employing knowledge of electronic theory and materials properties. Design electronic circuits and components for use in fields such as telecommunications, aerospace guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls.

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

Education & Training $41.14 Bachelor's degree 16%  projected growth 3,650  annual job openings

Teach academic and social skills to students at the elementary school level.

Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers

Architecture & Construction $59.80 High school diploma or equivalent 19%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Assemble, install, repair, or maintain electric or hydraulic freight or passenger elevators, escalators, or dumbwaiters.

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs

Government & Public Administration $26.29 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 370  annual job openings

Determine eligibility of persons applying to receive assistance from government programs and agency resources, such as welfare, unemployment benefits, social security, and public housing.

Embalmers

Human Services $23.63 Associate's degree 14%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.

Emergency Management Directors

Government & Public Administration $50.85 Bachelor's degree 13%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Plan and direct disaster response or crisis management activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological (e.g., nuclear power plant emergencies or hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations.

Emergency Medicine Physicians

Health Science $115.00 Doctoral or professional degree 14%  projected growth 520  annual job openings

Make immediate medical decisions and act to prevent death or further disability. Provide immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization, and disposition of patients. May direct emergency medical staff in an emergency department.

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers

Manufacturing $24.86 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 130  annual job openings

Construct, assemble, or rebuild machines, such as engines, turbines, and similar equipment used in such industries as construction, extraction, textiles, and paper manufacturing.

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $55.65 Doctoral or professional degree 16%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Teach courses pertaining to the application of physical laws and principles of engineering for the development of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and services. Includes teachers of subjects such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mineral, and petroleum engineering. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.