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Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 | All Occupations

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Occupations ranked by percentage of workers with only a high-school diploma or less

Percentage of workers aged 25 - 44 by educational attainment (2002): high school or less

Workers with high-school diploma (percent)Occupation
0.0%Social scientists and related workers, all other
0.0%Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
0.0%Industrial-organizational psychologists
0.0%Physicists
0.0%Veterinarians
0.1%Occupational therapists
0.4%Atmospheric scientists
0.5%Biochemists and biophysicists
0.5%Biological scientists, all other
0.5%Microbiologists
0.5%Zoologists and wildlife biologists
0.6%Life scientists, all other
0.6%Epidemiologists
0.6%Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
0.6%Podiatrists
0.7%Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
0.7%Physical scientists, all other
0.7%Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
0.7%Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
0.7%Lawyers
0.7%Legislators
0.8%Physicians and surgeons
1.0%Dentists
1.0%Economists
1.3%Pharmacists
1.5%Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
1.5%Vocational education teachers, secondary school
1.7%Chemical engineers
1.7%Speech-language pathologists
1.8%Radiation therapists
1.8%Registered nurses
2.0%Chiropractors
2.5%Audiologists
2.7%Actuaries
2.7%Civil engineers
2.7%Physical therapists
2.8%Elementary school teachers, except special education
2.8%Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
2.8%Postsecondary teachers
2.8%Vocational education teachers, middle school
2.9%Chemists
3.0%Architects, except landscape and naval
3.0%Landscape architects
3.0%Writers and authors
3.2%Materials scientists
3.3%Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
3.3%Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
3.3%Hydrologists
3.5%Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
3.5%Sociologists
3.8%Special education teachers
3.9%Engineers, all other
4.0%Actors
4.1%Computer software engineers, applications
4.1%Computer software engineers, systems software
4.2%Sales engineers
4.5%Aerospace engineers
4.5%Funeral directors
4.5%Personal financial advisors
4.5%Urban and regional planners
4.8%Producers and directors
4.8%Respiratory therapists
4.9%Electrical engineers
4.9%Electronics engineers, except computer
5.0%Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
5.0%Commercial pilots
5.0%Mechanical engineers
5.1%Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
5.1%Industrial engineers
5.1%Physician assistants
5.3%Dental hygienists
5.3%Technical writers
5.4%Nuclear engineers
5.6%Editors
5.9%Agricultural engineers
5.9%Biomedical engineers
5.9%Computer hardware engineers
5.9%Financial analysts
5.9%Marine engineers and naval architects
5.9%Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers
6.5%Anthropologists and archeologists
6.5%Geographers
6.5%Historians
6.5%Political scientists
6.6%News analysts, reporters and correspondents
6.7%Accountants and auditors
6.7%Statisticians
7.3%Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
7.3%Budget analysts
7.3%Computer and information systems managers
7.3%Environmental engineers
7.4%Market research analysts
7.5%Management analysts
7.5%Mathematicians
7.5%Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations
7.5%Petroleum engineers
7.5%Survey researchers
7.6%Computer programmers
7.6%Engineering managers
7.8%Child, family, and school social workers
7.8%Medical and public health social workers
7.8%Mental health and substance abuse social workers
7.8%Public relations specialists
8.2%Library, museum, training, and other education workers, all other
8.2%Audio-visual collections specialists
8.2%Clergy
8.2%Farm and home management advisors
8.2%Instructional coordinators
8.4%Optometrists
8.5%Advertising and promotions managers
8.5%Librarians
8.6%Education administrators, all other
8.6%Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
8.6%Education administrators, postsecondary
8.6%Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
8.8%Natural sciences managers
9.0%Marriage and family therapists
9.2%Athletic trainers
9.2%Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
9.4%Detectives and criminal investigators
9.4%Medical and health services managers
9.7%Conservation scientists
9.7%Foresters
9.7%Marketing managers
9.7%Public relations managers
9.7%Sales managers
9.7%Social and community service managers
9.8%Database administrators
10.4%Computer specialists, all other
10.4%Computer and information scientists, research
10.4%Computer systems analysts
10.4%Materials engineers
10.6%Counselors, social, and religious workers, all other
10.6%Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
10.6%Diagnostic medical sonographers
10.6%Educational, vocational, and school counselors
10.6%Mental health counselors
10.6%Radiologic technologists and technicians
10.6%Rehabilitation counselors
10.6%Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
11.0%Operations research analysts
11.1%Directors, religious activities and education
11.1%Network and computer systems administrators
11.3%Architects, surveyors, and cartographers, all other
11.3%Cartographers and photogrammetrists
11.3%Financial examiners
11.3%Network systems and data communications analysts
11.3%Surveyors
11.9%Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
11.9%Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
12.1%Nuclear medicine technologists
12.5%Recreational therapists
13.4%Human resources managers
13.7%Art and design workers, all other
13.7%Art directors
13.7%Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
13.7%Multi-media artists and animators
13.8%Media and communication workers, all other
14.4%Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
14.4%Teachers, primary, secondary, and adult, all other
14.4%Financial managers
14.4%Self-enrichment education teachers
14.5%Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
14.6%Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
14.7%Appraisers and assessors of real estate
14.8%Athletes and sports competitors
14.8%Coaches and scouts
14.8%Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
14.8%Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
15.0%Film and video editors
15.0%Purchasing managers
15.2%Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
15.2%Social and human service assistants
15.4%Meeting and convention planners
15.5%Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians, all other
15.5%Architectural and civil drafters
15.5%Computer support specialists
15.5%Electrical and electronics drafters
15.5%Mechanical drafters
15.8%Business operations specialists, all other
15.8%Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
15.8%Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
15.8%Paralegals and legal assistants
15.8%Training and development specialists
16.0%Physical therapist aides
16.0%Physical therapist assistants
16.1%Chief executives
16.3%Umpires, referees, and other sports officials
16.4%Interpreters and translators
16.7%Tax preparers
17.0%Credit analysts
17.2%First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
17.3%Air traffic controllers
17.3%Airfield operations specialists
17.3%Commercial and industrial designers
17.3%Fashion designers
17.3%Floral designers
17.3%Graphic designers
17.3%Interior designers
17.3%Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
17.4%Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
17.7%Massage therapists
17.8%First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
18.4%Health educators
18.4%Private detectives and investigators
18.8%Police and sheriff's patrol officers
19.0%Media and communication equipment workers, all other
19.2%Loan counselors
19.2%Loan officers
19.4%Photographers
19.8%Set and exhibit designers
19.9%Emergency management specialists
19.9%Occupational therapist aides
19.9%Occupational therapist assistants
20.4%Eligibility interviewers, government programs
20.6%Advertising sales agents
20.7%Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other
20.7%Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
20.7%Forensic science technicians
21.0%Music directors and composers
21.0%Musicians and singers
21.0%Transit and railroad police
21.3%General and operations managers
21.3%Insurance underwriters
21.3%Postmasters and mail superintendents
21.7%Kindergarten teachers, except special education
21.7%Preschool teachers, except special education
22.0%Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
22.0%Recreation workers
22.2%Opticians, dispensing
22.2%Real estate brokers
22.2%Real estate sales agents
22.4%Sales and related workers, all other
22.6%Administrative services managers
22.6%Insurance sales agents
22.7%Audio and video equipment technicians
22.7%Broadcast technicians
22.7%Radio operators
23.0%Library technicians
23.2%Forest and conservation technicians
23.2%Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
24.1%Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
24.1%Insurance appraisers, auto damage
24.4%Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
24.5%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
24.5%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
24.6%Biological technicians
24.7%Managers, all other
25.0%Sound engineering technicians
25.2%Financial specialists, all other
25.2%Legal and related workers, all other
25.2%Court reporters
25.2%Law clerks
25.2%Library assistants, clerical
25.2%Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
25.3%Flight attendants
25.3%Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters
25.7%Agricultural and food scientists
25.9%Firefighters
26.5%Demonstrators and product promoters
26.5%Models
26.8%Financial, information, and record clerks, all other
26.8%Nuclear technicians
27.6%Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
27.7%First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers
27.9%Travel agents
28.7%Fish and game wardens
28.7%Parking enforcement workers
28.8%Civil engineering technicians
28.8%Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
28.8%Electro-mechanical technicians
28.8%Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
28.8%Industrial engineering technicians
28.8%Mechanical engineering technicians
28.9%Dietitians and nutritionists
29.1%Property, real estate, and community association managers
29.2%Geological and petroleum technicians
29.4%Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
29.5%Secretaries, administrative assistants, and other office support workers, all other
29.8%Industrial production managers
29.9%Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
29.9%Environmental engineering technicians
30.1%Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
30.4%Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
30.6%Lodging managers
31.0%Health practitioners and technical workers, all other
31.0%Orthotists and prosthetists
31.1%First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
31.5%Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
31.5%Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay
31.6%Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
31.7%Brokerage clerks
31.7%Chemical technicians
31.8%Residential advisors
32.3%Proofreaders and copy markers
32.8%Cost estimators
33.0%Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
33.1%First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
33.3%Loan interviewers and clerks
33.7%Dietetic technicians
33.7%Pharmacy technicians
33.7%Psychiatric technicians
33.7%Respiratory therapy technicians
33.7%Surgical technologists
33.7%Veterinary technologists and technicians
34.2%Dental assistants
34.4%Agricultural and food science technicians
34.4%Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other
34.9%First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
35.4%Gaming supervisors
35.4%Slot key persons
35.5%Medical records and health information technicians
35.6%Construction and building inspectors
35.6%Statistical assistants
36.0%Camera and photographic equipment repairers
36.0%Medical equipment repairers
36.0%Musical instrument repairers and tuners
36.0%Watch repairers
36.1%Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
36.6%Agricultural inspectors
36.6%Healthcare support workers, all other
36.6%Medical assistants
36.6%Medical equipment preparers
36.6%Medical transcriptionists
36.6%Pharmacy aides
36.6%Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
36.7%Traffic technicians
37.0%Production, planning, and expediting clerks
37.1%Embalmers
37.1%Funeral attendants
37.2%Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
37.2%Legal secretaries
37.2%Medical secretaries
37.2%Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
37.6%Word processors and typists
37.9%Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
37.9%Payroll and timekeeping clerks
38.0%Gaming managers
38.3%Customer service representatives
38.6%Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
39.1%Computer operators
39.3%Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
39.4%Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
39.7%Transportation inspectors
39.9%Protective service workers, all other
39.9%Court, municipal, and license clerks
40.1%Personal care and service workers, all other
40.4%Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
40.8%Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
40.8%Radio mechanics
40.8%Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
40.9%Office clerks, general
41.0%New-accounts clerks
41.1%First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
41.4%Construction managers
41.6%Photographic process workers
41.6%Photographic processing machine operators
41.7%Tour guides and escorts
41.7%Travel guides
42.0%Retail salespersons
42.3%Telephone operators
42.6%Desktop publishers
42.9%Food service managers
43.1%Correctional officers and jailers
43.6%Gaming cage workers
43.7%Teacher assistants
43.8%Postal service clerks
44.1%Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
44.1%Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
44.3%Correspondence clerks
44.3%Tellers
44.5%Transportation workers, all other
44.5%Baggage porters and bellhops
44.5%Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
44.7%File clerks
44.7%Fire inspectors
44.8%Bailiffs
45.1%Data entry keyers
45.3%Announcers
45.3%Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
45.6%Bill and account collectors
45.6%First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
45.8%Amusement and recreation attendants
45.8%Costume attendants
46.1%Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
46.2%Chemical equipment operators and tenders
46.2%Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators and tenders
46.8%Locomotive engineers and operators
46.8%Railroad conductors and yardmasters
47.1%Power distributors and dispatchers
47.5%Animal trainers
47.5%Surveying and mapping technicians
47.5%Tool and die makers
47.7%Chefs and head cooks
47.7%First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
48.0%Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
48.1%Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
48.1%Telecommunications line installers and repairers
48.7%Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
49.0%Security and fire alarm systems installers
49.0%Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
49.1%Counter and rental clerks
49.2%Bartenders
49.4%Avionics technicians
49.4%Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
49.4%Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
49.7%Receptionists and information clerks
49.8%Electricians
49.8%Nuclear power reactor operators
49.8%Power plant operators
49.8%Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
49.9%Tire builders
50.0%Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
50.0%Air transportation workers, all other
50.0%Water transportation workers, all other
50.0%First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
50.0%First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material moving machine and vehicle operators
50.1%Cargo and freight agents
50.4%Medical appliance technicians
50.7%First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
50.9%Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators
50.9%Subway, streetcar operators and all other rail transportation workers
51.4%Gaming service workers, all other
51.4%Gaming and sports book writers and runners
51.4%Gaming dealers
51.6%Order clerks
51.8%Dental laboratory technicians
51.8%Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
51.9%Concierges
52.0%Postal service mail carriers
52.2%Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators
52.2%Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers
52.2%Wellhead pumpers
52.5%Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators
52.5%Security guards
52.9%Childcare workers
52.9%Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
53.2%Couriers and Messengers
53.5%Communications equipment operators, all other
53.7%Animal control workers
53.7%Stationary engineers and boiler operators
54.6%Chemical plant and system operators
54.6%Gas plant operators
54.6%Switchboard operators, including answering service
54.7%Farmers and ranchers
54.8%Telemarketers
55.2%Waiters and waitresses
55.3%Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products
55.6%Nonfarm animal caretakers
55.7%Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
55.7%Procurement clerks
55.9%Control valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
56.2%First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
56.4%Motion picture projectionists
56.4%Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
56.7%Maintenance and repair workers, general
56.9%Woodworkers, all other
56.9%Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
56.9%Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
57.1%Prepress technicians and workers
57.2%Meter readers, utilities
57.5%Choreographers
57.5%Dancers
57.6%Plant and system operators, all other
57.6%Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers
57.9%Paperhangers
58.3%Office machine operators, except computer
58.5%Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
58.5%Numerical tool and process control programmers
58.6%Makeup artists, theatrical and performance
58.6%Manicurists and pedicurists
58.6%Shampooers
58.6%Skin care specialists
58.7%First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
59.0%Model makers, metal and plastic
59.0%Patternmakers, metal and plastic
59.2%Mechanical door repairers
59.4%Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
59.5%Ship engineers
59.6%Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
59.6%Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
59.6%Personal and home care aides
59.7%Barbers
60.2%Millwrights
60.2%Pest control workers
60.4%Industrial machinery mechanics
60.4%Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons
60.9%Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
60.9%Truck drivers, light or delivery services
61.1%Electrical powerline installers and repairers
61.3%Glaziers
61.5%Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
61.5%Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators
61.7%First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
62.3%Fabric menders, except garment
62.3%Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
62.6%Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
62.7%Home health aides
62.7%Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
62.7%Psychiatric aides
62.8%Bridge and lock tenders
62.9%Motorboat mechanics
63.0%First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
63.1%Etchers and engravers
63.1%Sewers, hand
63.1%Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers
63.2%Commercial divers
63.2%Farm equipment mechanics
63.2%Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
63.2%Riggers
63.2%Signal and track switch repairers
63.9%Bus drivers, school
63.9%Bus drivers, transit and intercity
63.9%Machinists
63.9%Motorcycle mechanics
64.5%Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
64.6%Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
65.4%Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers, all other
65.4%Stock clerks and order fillers
65.8%Railcar repairers
66.0%Boilermakers
66.0%Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
66.1%Cashiers, except gaming
66.1%Insulation workers
66.2%Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
66.5%Job printers
66.5%Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
66.7%Gaming change persons and booth cashiers
66.8%Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
66.8%Automotive service technicians and mechanics
67.0%Pipelayers
67.0%Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
67.3%Parts salespersons
67.8%Service station attendants
67.9%Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
67.9%Grinding and polishing workers, hand
67.9%Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
68.4%Elevator installers and repairers
68.4%Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners
68.7%Semiconductor processors
68.7%Sheet metal workers
69.0%Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
69.5%Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
69.5%Derrick operators, oil and gas
69.5%Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders
69.5%Rotary drill operators, oil and gas
69.5%Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining
69.8%Sailors and marine oilers
69.9%Home appliance repairers
70.2%Food servers, nonrestaurant
70.2%Model makers, wood
70.2%Patternmakers, wood
70.2%Shoe and leather workers and repairers
70.3%Parking lot attendants
70.4%Bindery workers
70.4%Bookbinders
70.5%Engine and other machine assemblers
70.6%Printing workers, all other
70.6%Printing machine operators
70.7%Continuous mining machine operators
70.7%Locksmiths and safe repairers
70.9%Driver/sales workers
70.9%Structural iron and steel workers
70.9%Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
71.0%Mining machine operators, all other
71.2%Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders
71.4%Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
72.0%Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
72.3%Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
72.4%Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
72.4%Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
72.4%Mine cutting and channeling machine operators
72.4%Motorboat operators
72.6%Coil winders, tapers, and finishers
72.6%Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
72.6%Electromechanical equipment assemblers
72.6%Maintenance workers, machinery
72.7%Carpenters
72.9%Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
73.0%Motor vehicle operators, all other
73.2%Forest and conservation workers
73.5%Bakers
73.7%Automotive body and related repairers
73.7%Manufactured building and mobile home installers
73.7%Material moving workers, all other
73.8%Assemblers and fabricators, all other
73.8%Fiberglass laminators and fabricators
73.8%Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
73.8%Team assemblers
73.8%Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators
74.0%Hunters and trappers
74.3%Production workers, all other
74.3%Hazardous materials removal workers
74.6%Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
74.6%Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
74.7%Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers
74.9%Foundry mold and coremakers
74.9%Highway maintenance workers
75.0%Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
75.3%Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
75.4%Fishers and related fishing workers
75.5%Fence erectors
75.7%Metal workers and plastic workers, all other
75.7%Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
76.0%Crossing guards
76.3%Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
76.3%Furniture finishers
76.3%Lay-out workers, metal and plastic
76.5%Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
76.5%Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
76.5%Tree trimmers and pruners
76.6%Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters
76.6%Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
76.6%Helpers — extraction workers
76.6%Roof bolters, mining
76.6%Roustabouts, oil and gas
76.7%Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
76.7%Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
76.7%Painters, transportation equipment
76.7%Painting, coating, and decorating workers
76.9%Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders
76.9%Food preparation workers
77.0%Conveyor operators and tenders
77.0%Shuttle car operators
77.0%Tank car, truck, and ship loaders
77.1%Food batchmakers
77.2%Painters, construction and maintenance
77.3%Helpers — production workers
77.4%Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
77.6%Automotive glass installers and repairers
77.6%Carpet installers
77.6%Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
77.6%Floor sanders and finishers
77.6%Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers
77.6%Tile and marble setters
77.9%Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders
78.1%Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
78.1%Hoist and winch operators
78.3%Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
78.3%Cooks, fast food
78.3%Cooks, institution and cafeteria
78.3%Cooks, private household
78.3%Cooks, restaurant
78.3%Cooks, short order
78.4%Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
78.4%Earth drillers, except oil and gas
78.4%Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
78.5%Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
78.5%Pourers and casters, metal
78.6%Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
78.8%Industrial truck and tractor operators
79.0%Refuse and recyclable material collectors
79.2%Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers, all other
79.2%Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
79.3%Structural metal fabricators and fitters
79.5%Construction laborers
80.1%Upholsterers
80.3%Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers
80.3%Fabric and apparel patternmakers
80.5%Pile-driver operators
80.8%Helpers — pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
80.9%Graders and sorters, agricultural products
81.0%Construction trades and related workers, all other
81.0%Machine feeders and offbearers
81.0%Segmental pavers
81.1%Cutters and trimmers, hand
81.1%Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
81.2%Food processing workers, all other
81.2%Butchers and meatcutters
81.2%Helpers — carpenters
81.2%Helpers — electricians
81.2%Helpers — painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
81.2%Helpers — roofers
81.2%Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
81.2%Slaughterers and meat packers
81.5%Maids and housekeeping cleaners
81.7%Food cooking machine operators and tenders
81.7%Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
81.8%Animal breeders
82.3%Helpers — construction trades, all other
82.3%Helpers — brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
82.4%Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
82.5%Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
82.7%Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders
83.2%Brickmasons and blockmasons
83.2%Extraction workers, all other
83.2%Stonemasons
83.3%Logging equipment operators
83.3%Packers and packagers, hand
83.6%Agricultural equipment operators
83.6%Farming, fishing, and forestry workers, all other
83.6%Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
83.6%Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals
83.6%Helpers — installation, maintenance, and repair workers
83.7%Shoe machine operators and tenders
83.8%Drywall and ceiling tile installers
83.8%Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
83.8%Tapers
83.9%Dredge operators
83.9%Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
83.9%Loading machine operators, underground mining
84.0%Rock splitters, quarry
84.6%Roofers
85.1%Fallers
85.1%Log graders and scalers
85.4%Cement masons and concrete finishers
85.4%Terrazzo workers and finishers
86.1%Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
86.2%Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other
86.4%Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
86.7%Plasterers and stucco masons
86.7%Sewing machine operators
87.4%Crane and tower operators
87.9%Bicycle repairers
87.9%Recreational vehicle service technicians
87.9%Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders
87.9%Tire repairers and changers
88.0%Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
88.4%Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
88.5%Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
89.3%Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders
89.6%Dishwashers
89.8%Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
90.7%Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

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