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Real Estate Sales Agents

Marketing $22.45 High school diploma or equivalent 1%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Rent, buy, or sell property for clients. Perform duties such as study property listings, interview prospective clients, accompany clients to property site, discuss conditions of sale, and draw up real estate contracts. Includes agents who represent buyer.

Registered Nurses

Health Science $35.65 Bachelor's degree 12%  projected growth 1,440  annual job openings

Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients. May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Licensing or registration required.

Rehabilitation Counselors

Human Services $18.66 Master's degree 9%  projected growth 80  annual job openings

Counsel individuals to maximize the independence and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, aging, or the stress of daily life. Coordinate activities for residents of care and treatment facilities. Assess client needs and design and implement rehabilitation programs that may include personal and vocational counseling, training, and job placement.

Riggers

Architecture & Construction $23.26 High school diploma or equivalent 22%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Set up or repair rigging for construction projects, manufacturing plants, logging yards, ships and shipyards, or for the entertainment industry.

Roofers

Architecture & Construction $17.64 No formal educational credential 1%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Cover roofs of structures with shingles, slate, asphalt, aluminum, wood, or related materials. May spray roofs, sidings, and walls with material to bind, seal, insulate, or soundproof sections of structures.

Sales Engineers

Marketing $64.48 Bachelor's degree 13%  projected growth 10  annual job openings

Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.

Sales Managers

Marketing $50.91 Bachelor's degree 4%  projected growth 70  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate the actual distribution or movement of a product or service to the customer. Coordinate sales distribution by establishing sales territories, quotas, and goals and establish training programs for sales representatives. Analyze sales statistics gathered by staff to determine sales potential and inventory requirements and monitor the preferences of customers.

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

Marketing $20.88 High school diploma or equivalent 2%  projected growth 260  annual job openings

Sell services to individuals or businesses. May describe options or resolve client problems.

School Psychologists

Human Services $31.91 Master's degree 18%  projected growth 60  annual job openings

Diagnose and implement individual or schoolwide interventions or strategies to address educational, behavioral, or developmental issues that adversely impact educational functioning in a school. May address student learning and behavioral problems and counsel students or families. May design and implement performance plans, and evaluate performance. May consult with other school-based personnel.

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Education & Training $24.41 Bachelor's degree 8%  projected growth 290  annual job openings

Teach one or more subjects to students at the secondary school level.