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Glaziers

Architecture & Construction $21.10 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Install glass in windows, skylights, store fronts, and display cases, or on surfaces, such as building fronts, interior walls, ceilings, and tabletops.

Graphic Designers

Arts, Audio/Video Technology & Communications $19.95 Bachelor's degree 3%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging, displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic

Manufacturing $19.39 High school diploma or equivalent 6%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.

Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors

Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics $32.15 Bachelor's degree 4%  projected growth 20  annual job openings

Promote worksite or product safety by applying knowledge of industrial processes, mechanics, chemistry, psychology, and industrial health and safety laws. Includes industrial product safety engineers.

Health Education Specialists

Human Services $24.17 Bachelor's degree 14%  projected growth 50  annual job openings

Provide and manage health education programs that help individuals, families, and their communities maximize and maintain healthy lifestyles. Use data to identify community needs prior to planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating programs designed to encourage healthy lifestyles, policies, and environments. May link health systems, health providers, insurers, and patients to address individual and population health needs. May serve as resource to assist individuals, other health professionals, or the community, and may administer fiscal resources for health education programs.

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $55.81 Doctoral or professional degree 24%  projected growth 200  annual job openings

Teach courses in health specialties, in fields such as dentistry, laboratory technology, medicine, pharmacy, public health, therapy, and veterinary medicine.

Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other

Health Science $45.64 Master's degree 2%  projected growth 30  annual job openings

All healthcare diagnosing or treating practitioners not listed separately.

Healthcare Social Workers

Human Services $28.47 Master's degree 14%  projected growth 100  annual job openings

Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. Services include advising family caregivers. Provide patients with information and counseling, and make referrals for other services. May also provide case and care management or interventions designed to promote health, prevent disease, and address barriers to access to healthcare.

Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

Health Science $19.54 High school diploma or equivalent 5%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

All healthcare support workers not listed separately.

Hearing Aid Specialists

Health Science $26.41 High school diploma or equivalent 50%  projected growth 0  annual job openings

Select and fit hearing aids for customers. Administer and interpret tests of hearing. Assess hearing instrument efficacy. Take ear impressions and prepare, design, and modify ear molds.