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Exercise Physiologists

Health Science $24.69 Bachelor's degree 13%  projected growth 1,500  annual job openings

Assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Human Services $21.82 High school diploma or equivalent 39%  projected growth 69,100  annual job openings

Instruct or coach groups or individuals in exercise activities for the primary purpose of personal fitness. Demonstrate techniques and form, observe participants, and explain to them corrective measures necessary to improve their skills. Develop and implement individualized approaches to exercise.

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

Architecture & Construction $27.24 High school diploma or equivalent 8%  projected growth 3,000  annual job openings

Place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures.

Extraction Workers, All Other

Architecture & Construction $24.81 High school diploma or equivalent 10%  projected growth 1,700  annual job openings

All extraction workers not listed separately.

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Manufacturing $18.98 High school diploma or equivalent 1%  projected growth 6,700  annual job openings

Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.

Facilities Managers

Business Management & Administration $47.61 Bachelor's degree 9%  projected growth 29,200  annual job openings

Plan, direct, or coordinate operations and functionalities of facilities and buildings. May include surrounding grounds or multiple facilities of an organization's campus.

Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Education & Training $43.19 Doctoral or professional degree 8%  projected growth 300  annual job openings

Teach courses in childcare, family relations, finance, nutrition, and related subjects pertaining to home management. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Family Medicine Physicians

Health Science $101.59 Doctoral or professional degree 5%  projected growth 3,500  annual job openings

Diagnose, treat, and provide preventive care to individuals and families across the lifespan. May refer patients to specialists when needed for further diagnosis or treatment.

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $23.08 High school diploma or equivalent 11%  projected growth 5,400  annual job openings

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, dairy equipment, and irrigation systems.

Farm Labor Contractors

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources $23.72 No formal educational credential 50%  projected growth 0  annual job openings

Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.