Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 | All Occupations

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Occupations ranked by employment

2002 employment, total, all industries

Number of workers	Occupation
1,000	Geographers
1,000	Hunters and trappers
2,000	Fabric menders, except garment
2,000	Historians
2,000	Industrial-organizational psychologists
2,000	Makeup artists, theatrical and performance
2,000	Segmental pavers
3,000	Agricultural engineers
3,000	Architects, surveyors, and cartographers, all other
3,000	Dredge operators
3,000	Mathematicians
3,000	Nuclear power reactor operators
3,000	Radio operators
3,000	Rock splitters, quarry
3,000	Shuttle car operators
3,000	Sociologists
4,000	Mining machine operators, all other
4,000	Water transportation workers, all other
4,000	Bridge and lock tenders
4,000	Commercial divers
4,000	Costume attendants
4,000	Epidemiologists
4,000	Loading machine operators, underground mining
4,000	Model makers, wood
4,000	Motorboat operators
4,000	Patternmakers, wood
4,000	Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons
4,000	Roof bolters, mining
5,000	Anthropologists and archeologists
5,000	Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters
5,000	Marine engineers and naval architects
5,000	Mine cutting and channeling machine operators
5,000	Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers
5,000	Models
5,000	Orthotists and prosthetists
5,000	Pile-driver operators
5,000	Watch repairers
6,000	Airfield operations specialists
6,000	Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
6,000	Gaming managers
6,000	Musical instrument repairers and tuners
6,000	Nuclear technicians
6,000	Patternmakers, metal and plastic
6,000	Political scientists
6,000	Terrazzo workers and finishers
6,000	Traffic technicians
6,000	Transit and railroad police
6,000	Travel guides
7,000	Bicycle repairers
7,000	Bookbinders
7,000	Camera and photographic equipment repairers
7,000	Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
7,000	Embalmers
7,000	Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators
7,000	Materials scientists
7,000	Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations
7,000	Radio mechanics
7,000	Shoe machine operators and tenders
7,000	Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators
8,000	Atmospheric scientists
8,000	Biomedical engineers
8,000	Continuous mining machine operators
8,000	Cooks, private household
8,000	Fish and game wardens
8,000	Forensic science technicians
8,000	Hydrologists
8,000	Occupational therapist aides
8,000	Ship engineers
8,000	Signal and track switch repairers
9,000	Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
9,000	Animal breeders
9,000	Cartographers and photogrammetrists
9,000	Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators
9,000	Hoist and winch operators
9,000	Model makers, metal and plastic
9,000	Motion picture projectionists
10,000	Audio-visual collections specialists
10,000	Etchers and engravers
10,000	Log graders and scalers
11,000	Animal control workers
11,000	Audiologists
11,000	Emergency management specialists
11,000	Fabric and apparel patternmakers
11,000	Geological and petroleum technicians
11,000	Mechanical door repairers
11,000	Parking enforcement workers
11,000	Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators
11,000	Wellhead pumpers
12,000	Air transportation workers, all other
12,000	Extraction workers, all other
12,000	Gas plant operators
12,000	Power distributors and dispatchers
12,000	Set and exhibit designers
13,000	Lay-out workers, metal and plastic
13,000	Physicists
13,000	Podiatrists
13,000	Pourers and casters, metal
13,000	Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers
13,000	Recreational vehicle service technicians
13,000	Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining
13,000	Sound engineering technicians
14,000	Athletic trainers
14,000	Fallers
14,000	Fire inspectors
14,000	Forest and conservation workers
14,000	Foresters
14,000	Gaming and sports book writers and runners
14,000	Insurance appraisers, auto damage
14,000	Medical appliance technicians
14,000	Petroleum engineers
14,000	Radiation therapists
14,000	Riggers
14,000	Rotary drill operators, oil and gas
14,000	Tire builders
14,000	Umpires, referees, and other sports officials
15,000	Actuaries
15,000	Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
15,000	Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
15,000	Athletes and sports competitors
15,000	Bailiffs
15,000	Derrick operators, oil and gas
15,000	Fashion designers
15,000	Motorcycle mechanics
15,000	Railcar repairers
15,000	Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators
15,000	Subway, streetcar operators and all other rail transportation workers
15,000	Zoologists and wildlife biologists
16,000	Agricultural inspectors
16,000	Economists
16,000	Farm and home management advisors
16,000	Microbiologists
16,000	Nuclear engineers
16,000	Shoe and leather workers and repairers
17,000	Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
17,000	Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
17,000	Biochemists and biophysicists
17,000	Choreographers
17,000	Concierges
17,000	Floor sanders and finishers
17,000	Nuclear medicine technologists
17,000	Stonemasons
17,000	Tank car, truck, and ship loaders
18,000	Agricultural and food scientists
18,000	Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
18,000	Court reporters
18,000	Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
18,000	Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
18,000	Gaming cage workers
18,000	Manufactured building and mobile home installers
18,000	Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders
18,000	Occupational therapist assistants
18,000	Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
18,000	Vocational education teachers, middle school
19,000	Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
19,000	Communications equipment operators, all other
19,000	Conservation scientists
19,000	Environmental engineering technicians
19,000	Film and video editors
19,000	Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders
19,000	Forest and conservation technicians
19,000	Numerical tool and process control programmers
19,000	Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products
20,000	Agricultural and food science technicians
20,000	Dancers
20,000	Paperhangers
20,000	Statisticians
20,000	Survey researchers
21,000	Printing workers, all other
21,000	Commercial pilots
21,000	Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay
21,000	Elevator installers and repairers
21,000	Helpers — roofers
21,000	Slot key persons
22,000	Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
22,000	Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
22,000	Automotive glass installers and repairers
22,000	Motorboat mechanics
23,000	Avionics technicians
23,000	Computer and information scientists, research
23,000	Earth drillers, except oil and gas
23,000	Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
23,000	Foundry mold and coremakers
23,000	Landscape architects
23,000	Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
23,000	Locksmiths and safe repairers
23,000	Marriage and family therapists
23,000	Statistical assistants
24,000	Media and communication equipment workers, all other
24,000	Funeral directors
24,000	Interpreters and translators
24,000	Materials engineers
25,000	Boilermakers
25,000	Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
25,000	Financial examiners
25,000	Postmasters and mail superintendents
25,000	Shampooers
25,000	Skin care specialists
26,000	Air traffic controllers
26,000	Life scientists, all other
26,000	Animal trainers
26,000	Funeral attendants
26,000	Respiratory therapy technicians
26,000	Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners
26,000	Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters
27,000	Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers
27,000	Biological scientists, all other
27,000	Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders
27,000	Education administrators, all other
27,000	Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers
27,000	Fence erectors
27,000	Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
27,000	Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
27,000	Proofreaders and copy markers
27,000	Recreational therapists
27,000	Sailors and marine oilers
27,000	Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
28,000	Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
28,000	Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
28,000	Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
28,000	Photographic process workers
29,000	Woodworkers, all other
29,000	Dietetic technicians
29,000	Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
29,000	Helpers — extraction workers
29,000	Medical equipment repairers
29,000	Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
29,000	Transportation inspectors
30,000	Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
31,000	Cutters and trimmers, hand
31,000	Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
31,000	Electro-mechanical technicians
31,000	Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
31,000	Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders
31,000	Helpers — painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
31,000	Loan counselors
31,000	Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
32,000	Plant and system operators, all other
32,000	Optometrists
32,000	Roustabouts, oil and gas
32,000	Urban and regional planners
33,000	Chemical engineers
33,000	Correspondence clerks
33,000	First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers
33,000	Gaming change persons and booth cashiers
33,000	Locomotive engineers and operators
33,000	Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
33,000	Tile and marble setters
34,000	Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers, all other
34,000	Food cooking machine operators and tenders
34,000	Painting, coating, and decorating workers
34,000	Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
35,000	Broadcast technicians
35,000	Desktop publishers
35,000	Farm equipment mechanics
35,000	Power plant operators
36,000	Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
36,000	Coil winders, tapers, and finishers
36,000	Fishers and related fishing workers
36,000	Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
36,000	Medical equipment preparers
36,000	Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators and tenders
36,000	Sewers, hand
36,000	Tour guides and escorts
37,000	Physical scientists, all other
37,000	Diagnostic medical sonographers
37,000	Fiberglass laminators and fabricators
37,000	Meeting and convention planners
37,000	Physical therapist aides
38,000	Control valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
38,000	Electrical and electronics drafters
38,000	Hazardous materials removal workers
38,000	Railroad conductors and yardmasters
39,000	Furniture finishers
39,000	Gaming supervisors
39,000	Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers
40,000	Gaming service workers, all other
40,000	Transportation workers, all other
40,000	Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
41,000	Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
41,000	Tapers
42,000	Food processing workers, all other
42,000	Audio and video equipment technicians
42,000	Home appliance repairers
43,000	Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
43,000	Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
43,000	Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
43,000	Logging equipment operators
44,000	Helpers — construction trades, all other
44,000	Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
44,000	Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
45,000	Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
45,000	Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
45,000	Grinding and polishing workers, hand
45,000	Health educators
45,000	Natural sciences managers
46,000	Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
46,000	Security and fire alarm systems installers
46,000	Semiconductor processors
47,000	Dental laboratory technicians
47,000	Environmental engineers
48,000	Biological technicians
48,000	Law clerks
48,000	Private detectives and investigators
49,000	Chiropractors
49,000	Dietitians and nutritionists
49,000	Glaziers
49,000	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
50,000	Crane and tower operators
50,000	Engine and other machine assemblers
50,000	Painters, transportation equipment
50,000	Physical therapist assistants
50,000	Technical writers
50,000	Telephone operators
51,000	Art directors
51,000	Manicurists and pedicurists
52,000	Commercial and industrial designers
52,000	Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers
53,000	Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
53,000	Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals
53,000	Insulation workers
53,000	Residential advisors
53,000	Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers
53,000	Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders
53,000	Veterinary technologists and technicians
54,000	Meter readers, utilities
54,000	Music directors and composers
54,000	Photographic processing machine operators
55,000	Mechanical engineering technicians
55,000	Stationary engineers and boiler operators
55,000	Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
56,000	Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other
56,000	First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
56,000	Job printers
56,000	Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
56,000	Surveyors
56,000	Upholsterers
58,000	Media and communication workers, all other
58,000	Baggage porters and bellhops
58,000	Chemical equipment operators and tenders
58,000	Chemical plant and system operators
58,000	Conveyor operators and tenders
58,000	Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
58,000	Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
58,000	Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
58,000	Pipelayers
58,000	Veterinarians
59,000	Cargo and freight agents
59,000	Helpers — brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
59,000	Plasterers and stucco masons
59,000	Psychiatric aides
59,000	Tree trimmers and pruners
60,000	Electromechanical equipment assemblers
60,000	Interior designers
60,000	Pharmacy aides
60,000	Psychiatric technicians
60,000	Surveying and mapping technicians
61,000	Agricultural equipment operators
61,000	Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other
61,000	Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
62,000	Budget analysts
62,000	Industrial engineering technicians
62,000	Operations research analysts
62,000	Pest control workers
63,000	Actors
63,000	First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
63,000	Opticians, dispensing
63,000	Physician assistants
63,000	Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
65,000	Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
66,000	Barbers
66,000	Credit analysts
66,000	News analysts, reporters and correspondents
66,000	Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders
67,000	Legislators
67,000	Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
68,000	Social scientists and related workers, all other
69,000	Chemical technicians
69,000	Lodging managers
69,000	Millwrights
69,000	Public relations managers
72,000	Mechanical drafters
72,000	Surgical technologists
73,000	Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders
74,000	Computer hardware engineers
74,000	Crossing guards
74,000	Food batchmakers
75,000	Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
75,000	Multi-media artists and animators
75,000	Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
76,000	Announcers
76,000	Producers and directors
77,000	Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
77,000	Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
77,000	Postal service clerks
77,000	Procurement clerks
78,000	Aerospace engineers
78,000	Brokerage clerks
78,000	Gaming dealers
78,000	Material moving workers, all other
78,000	Structural iron and steel workers
79,000	Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
79,000	Helpers — pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
79,000	Tax preparers
80,000	Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
80,000	Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
80,000	Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
81,000	Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
82,000	Carpet installers
82,000	Occupational therapists
82,000	Sales engineers
83,000	Tire repairers and changers
84,000	Chemists
84,000	Construction and building inspectors
84,000	Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
85,000	Advertising and promotions managers
85,000	Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
85,000	Mental health counselors
86,000	Respiratory therapists
88,000	Appraisers and assessors of real estate
89,000	Structural metal fabricators and fitters
91,000	Bindery workers
91,000	Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
91,000	Prepress technicians and workers
91,000	Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
92,000	Civil engineering technicians
92,000	Maintenance workers, machinery
92,000	Massage therapists
92,000	Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
93,000	Library, museum, training, and other education workers, all other
94,000	Detectives and criminal investigators
94,000	Eligibility interviewers, government programs
94,000	Speech-language pathologists
95,000	Art and design workers, all other
95,000	Mental health and substance abuse social workers
95,000	Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
96,000	Farming, fishing, and forestry workers, all other
96,000	Office machine operators, except computer
97,000	Helpers — carpenters
98,000	Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
98,000	Instructional coordinators
99,000	Helpers — electricians
99,000	Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
99,000	New-accounts clerks
99,000	Real estate brokers
99,000	Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
101,000	Legal and related workers, all other
101,000	Electrical powerline installers and repairers
101,000	Medical transcriptionists
102,000	Insurance underwriters
103,000	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
104,000	Metal workers and plastic workers, all other
104,000	Flight attendants
104,000	Floral designers
104,000	Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
105,000	Directors, religious activities and education
105,000	Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
105,000	Vocational education teachers, secondary school
106,000	Architectural and civil drafters
106,000	Court, municipal, and license clerks
106,000	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
107,000	Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
107,000	Medical and public health social workers
107,000	Parking lot attendants
107,000	Service station attendants
108,000	Purchasing managers
109,000	Tool and die makers
110,000	Construction trades and related workers, all other
110,000	Database administrators
111,000	Motor vehicle operators, all other
111,000	Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
113,000	Architects, except landscape and naval
114,000	First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
117,000	Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
117,000	Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
118,000	Travel agents
119,000	Library technicians
120,000	Library assistants, clerical
122,000	Rehabilitation counselors
125,000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers, all other
125,000	Education administrators, postsecondary
125,000	Nonfarm animal caretakers
126,000	Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
126,000	Personal financial advisors
128,000	Slaughterers and meat packers
129,000	Social and community service managers
130,000	Coaches and scouts
130,000	Editors
130,000	Photographers
131,000	Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
132,000	Butchers and meatcutters
132,000	Chefs and head cooks
132,000	Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
132,000	Couriers and Messengers
132,000	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
134,000	Market research analysts
134,000	Personal care and service workers, all other
134,000	Refuse and recyclable material collectors
135,000	Drywall and ceiling tile installers
136,000	Electronics engineers, except computer
137,000	Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other
137,000	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
137,000	Physical therapists
139,000	Writers and authors
147,000	Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
147,000	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
147,000	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
147,000	Medical records and health information technicians
148,000	Brickmasons and blockmasons
148,000	Dental hygienists
150,000	Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians, all other
150,000	First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
150,000	Helpers — installation, maintenance, and repair workers
150,000	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
151,000	Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
153,000	Dentists
154,000	Highway maintenance workers
154,000	Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
155,000	Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
155,000	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
156,000	Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
156,000	Electrical engineers
157,000	Advertising sales agents
158,000	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
158,000	Industrial engineers
158,000	Public relations specialists
161,000	Musicians and singers
162,000	Financial specialists, all other
164,000	Machine feeders and offbearers
166,000	Roofers
167,000	Librarians
167,000	Telecommunications line installers and repairers
168,000	Kindergarten teachers, except special education
170,000	Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
170,000	Loan interviewers and clerks
170,000	Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
172,000	Financial analysts
173,000	Bakers
174,000	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
174,000	Radiologic technologists and technicians
175,000	Demonstrators and product promoters
175,000	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
177,000	Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
178,000	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
179,000	Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
182,000	Cement masons and concrete finishers
182,000	Computer operators
182,000	Industrial production managers
183,000	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
185,000	Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
186,000	Network systems and data communications analysts
188,000	Cost estimators
190,000	Health practitioners and technical workers, all other
192,000	Computer specialists, all other
193,000	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
195,000	Food servers, nonrestaurant
197,000	Industrial machinery mechanics
198,000	Healthcare support workers, all other
198,000	Automotive body and related repairers
198,000	Payroll and timekeeping clerks
199,000	Printing machine operators
200,000	Paralegals and legal assistants
200,000	Self-enrichment education teachers
202,000	Bus drivers, transit and intercity
202,000	Human resources managers
203,000	Marketing managers
204,000	Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
205,000	Sheet metal workers
207,000	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material moving machine and vehicle operators
209,000	Training and development specialists
211,000	Pharmacy technicians
212,000	Engineering managers
212,000	Graphic designers
215,000	Mechanical engineers
216,000	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
217,000	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
218,000	Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
219,000	Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
223,000	Loan officers
227,000	Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
227,000	Cooks, short order
228,000	Civil engineers
228,000	Educational, vocational, and school counselors
230,000	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
230,000	Pharmacists
231,000	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
234,000	Amusement and recreation attendants
236,000	Switchboard operators, including answering service
237,000	Protective service workers, all other
241,000	Word processors and typists
243,000	Engineers, all other
244,000	Medical and health services managers
245,000	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
248,000	Counselors, social, and religious workers, all other
248,000	Parts salespersons
249,000	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
251,000	Network and computer systems administrators
253,000	Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
264,000	Legal secretaries
265,000	File clerks
266,000	Dental assistants
266,000	Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
267,000	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
274,000	Child, family, and school social workers
281,000	Computer software engineers, systems software
281,000	Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
282,000	Firefighters
283,000	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
284,000	Computer and information systems managers
288,000	Production, planning, and expediting clerks
293,000	Property, real estate, and community association managers
298,000	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
300,000	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
302,000	Recreation workers
304,000	Financial, information, and record clerks, all other
305,000	Social and human service assistants
308,000	Real estate sales agents
315,000	Sewing machine operators
321,000	Administrative services managers
330,000	Order clerks
334,000	Postal service mail carriers
339,000	Medical secretaries
343,000	Sales managers
344,000	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
353,000	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
361,000	Assemblers and fabricators, all other
365,000	Medical assistants
381,000	Insurance sales agents
386,000	Food service managers
387,000	Machinists
387,000	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
389,000	Construction managers
391,000	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
392,000	Data entry keyers
394,000	Computer software engineers, applications
398,000	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
400,000	Clergy
409,000	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
413,000	Bill and account collectors
424,000	Preschool teachers, except special education
427,000	Correctional officers and jailers
428,000	Telemarketers
431,000	Driver/sales workers
433,000	Special education teachers
435,000	Secretaries, administrative assistants, and other office support workers, all other
436,000	Cooks, institution and cafeteria
436,000	Counter and rental clerks
444,000	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
448,000	Painters, construction and maintenance
449,000	Production workers, all other
453,000	Bus drivers, school
463,000	Bartenders
467,000	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
467,000	Helpers — production workers
468,000	Computer systems analysts
492,000	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
499,000	Computer programmers
505,000	Dishwashers
507,000	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
507,000	Computer support specialists
515,000	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
530,000	Tellers
553,000	Chief executives
577,000	Sales and related workers, all other
577,000	Management analysts
580,000	Home health aides
583,000	Physicians and surgeons
585,000	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
585,000	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
588,000	Cooks, fast food
594,000	Industrial truck and tractor operators
597,000	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
599,000	Financial managers
608,000	Personal and home care aides
617,000	Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
619,000	Police and sheriff's patrol officers
633,000	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
659,000	Electricians
679,000	Teachers, primary, secondary, and adult, all other
692,000	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
695,000	Lawyers
702,000	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
727,000	Cooks, restaurant
733,000	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
803,000	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
818,000	Automotive service technicians and mechanics
850,000	Food preparation workers
920,000	Packers and packagers, hand
938,000	Construction laborers
988,000	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
995,000	Security guards
1,022,000	Truck drivers, light or delivery services
1,055,000	Accountants and auditors
1,056,000	Business operations specialists, all other
1,074,000	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
1,100,000	Receptionists and information clerks
1,158,000	Farmers and ranchers
1,174,000	Team assemblers
1,209,000	Carpenters
1,211,000	Childcare workers
1,256,000	Managers, all other
1,266,000	Maintenance and repair workers, general
1,277,000	Teacher assistants
1,375,000	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
1,459,000	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
1,459,000	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
1,467,000	Elementary school teachers, except special education
1,492,000	Maids and housekeeping cleaners
1,526,000	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
1,581,000	Postsecondary teachers
1,628,000	Stock clerks and order fillers
1,767,000	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
1,798,000	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
1,894,000	Customer service representatives
1,975,000	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
1,983,000	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
1,990,000	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
2,049,000	General and operations managers
2,097,000	Waiters and waitresses
2,231,000	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
2,267,000	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
2,284,000	Registered nurses
2,991,000	Office clerks, general
3,432,000	Cashiers, except gaming
4,076,000	Retail salespersons
144,014,000	Total, all occupations

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