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Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 | All Occupations

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Occupations ranked by percentage of workers with only some college

Percentage of workers aged 25 - 44 by educational attainment (2002): some college

Workers with some college (percent)Occupation
0.0%Urban and regional planners
0.2%Chiropractors
0.3%Audiologists
0.6%Social scientists and related workers, all other
0.6%Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
0.6%Industrial-organizational psychologists
0.7%Podiatrists
1.2%Veterinarians
1.3%Physical scientists, all other
1.4%Speech-language pathologists
1.5%Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
1.5%Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
1.5%Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
1.5%Lawyers
1.5%Legislators
1.8%Life scientists, all other
1.8%Epidemiologists
1.8%Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
2.3%Physicians and surgeons
3.2%Chemists
3.5%Dentists
3.6%Biochemists and biophysicists
3.6%Biological scientists, all other
3.6%Microbiologists
3.6%Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
3.6%Vocational education teachers, secondary school
3.6%Zoologists and wildlife biologists
3.8%Pharmacists
4.2%Natural sciences managers
4.4%Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
4.4%Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
4.4%Hydrologists
5.3%Elementary school teachers, except special education
5.3%Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
5.3%Vocational education teachers, middle school
5.4%Chemical engineers
5.5%Nuclear engineers
5.6%Materials scientists
5.8%Physical therapists
5.9%Special education teachers
6.5%News analysts, reporters and correspondents
6.5%Physicists
6.9%Environmental engineers
7.1%Library, museum, training, and other education workers, all other
7.1%Audio-visual collections specialists
7.1%Farm and home management advisors
7.1%Instructional coordinators
7.1%Sociologists
7.4%Dishwashers
7.4%Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
7.4%Postsecondary teachers
7.9%Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders
8.0%Optometrists
8.4%Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
8.5%Economists
8.5%Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
8.9%Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
8.9%Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
9.0%Actuaries
9.2%Atmospheric scientists
9.2%Civil engineers
9.4%Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
9.6%Petroleum engineers
9.8%Architects, except landscape and naval
9.8%Bicycle repairers
9.8%Landscape architects
9.8%Recreational vehicle service technicians
9.8%Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
9.8%Tire repairers and changers
10.2%Sewing machine operators
10.4%Shoe machine operators and tenders
10.4%Statisticians
10.5%Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other
10.6%Plasterers and stucco masons
10.7%Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
10.8%Fallers
10.8%Log graders and scalers
10.9%Crane and tower operators
11.4%Construction trades and related workers, all other
11.4%Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
11.4%Segmental pavers
11.5%Anthropologists and archeologists
11.5%Geographers
11.5%Historians
11.5%Political scientists
11.5%Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
11.7%Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders
11.8%Agricultural equipment operators
11.8%Farming, fishing, and forestry workers, all other
11.8%Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
11.8%Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals
12.0%Agricultural and food scientists
12.0%Graders and sorters, agricultural products
12.1%Roofers
12.1%Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers
12.5%Logging equipment operators
12.6%Packers and packagers, hand
12.7%Automotive glass installers and repairers
12.7%Cement masons and concrete finishers
12.7%Terrazzo workers and finishers
12.8%Helpers — carpenters
12.8%Helpers — electricians
12.8%Helpers — painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
12.8%Helpers — roofers
12.8%Rock splitters, quarry
12.9%Animal breeders
13.1%Editors
13.1%Writers and authors
13.3%Brickmasons and blockmasons
13.3%Stonemasons
13.5%Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
13.6%Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
13.6%Dietitians and nutritionists
13.6%Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
13.6%Market research analysts
13.6%Motorboat operators
13.7%Personal financial advisors
13.8%Aerospace engineers
13.8%Drywall and ceiling tile installers
13.8%Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
13.8%Helpers — pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
13.8%Occupational therapists
13.8%Tapers
13.9%Clergy
13.9%Maids and housekeeping cleaners
14.0%Helpers — construction trades, all other
14.0%Food cooking machine operators and tenders
14.0%Helpers — brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
14.1%Architects, surveyors, and cartographers, all other
14.1%Cartographers and photogrammetrists
14.1%Surveyors
14.3%Public relations specialists
14.4%Extraction workers, all other
14.5%Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers
14.5%Fabric and apparel patternmakers
14.6%Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
14.6%Refuse and recyclable material collectors
14.7%Electrical engineers
14.7%Electronics engineers, except computer
14.8%Survey researchers
15.0%Librarians
15.2%Computer software engineers, applications
15.2%Computer software engineers, systems software
15.5%Dredge operators
15.5%Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
15.5%Helpers — installation, maintenance, and repair workers
15.5%Loading machine operators, underground mining
15.5%Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
15.5%Pourers and casters, metal
15.6%Construction laborers
15.7%Machine feeders and offbearers
15.7%Management analysts
15.9%Financial analysts
15.9%Sales engineers
16.2%Food processing workers, all other
16.2%Butchers and meatcutters
16.2%Fishers and related fishing workers
16.2%Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
16.2%Slaughterers and meat packers
16.3%Forest and conservation workers
16.3%Marriage and family therapists
16.4%Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
16.4%Biological technicians
16.4%Cooks, fast food
16.4%Cooks, institution and cafeteria
16.4%Cooks, private household
16.4%Cooks, restaurant
16.4%Cooks, short order
16.8%Motor vehicle operators, all other
16.9%Engineering managers
16.9%Painters, construction and maintenance
17.0%Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
17.0%Cutters and trimmers, hand
17.0%Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
17.1%Pile-driver operators
17.2%Furniture finishers
17.3%Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers, all other
17.3%Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders
17.3%Helpers — production workers
17.3%Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
17.3%Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
17.4%Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
17.5%Athletic trainers
17.5%Fence erectors
17.5%Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
17.6%Budget analysts
17.7%Food preparation workers
17.7%Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
17.7%Mechanical engineers
17.7%Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
17.7%Tree trimmers and pruners
17.9%Education administrators, all other
17.9%Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
17.9%Education administrators, postsecondary
17.9%Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
17.9%Industrial truck and tractor operators
18.0%Hazardous materials removal workers
18.0%Hunters and trappers
18.1%Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
18.1%Derrick operators, oil and gas
18.1%Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
18.1%Rotary drill operators, oil and gas
18.1%Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining
18.2%Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders
18.4%Carpet installers
18.4%Child, family, and school social workers
18.4%Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
18.4%Floor sanders and finishers
18.4%Food batchmakers
18.4%Medical and public health social workers
18.4%Mental health and substance abuse social workers
18.4%Tile and marble setters
18.5%Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
18.5%Manufactured building and mobile home installers
18.9%Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
18.9%Commercial pilots
18.9%Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders
19.0%Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
19.1%Engineers, all other
19.1%Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
19.2%Agricultural engineers
19.2%Biomedical engineers
19.2%Marine engineers and naval architects
19.2%Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers
19.2%Social and community service managers
19.4%Hoist and winch operators
19.4%Model makers, wood
19.4%Parking lot attendants
19.4%Patternmakers, wood
19.5%Conveyor operators and tenders
19.5%Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters
19.5%Helpers — extraction workers
19.5%Roof bolters, mining
19.5%Roustabouts, oil and gas
19.5%Shuttle car operators
19.5%Tank car, truck, and ship loaders
19.6%Counselors, social, and religious workers, all other
19.6%Educational, vocational, and school counselors
19.6%Mental health counselors
19.6%Rehabilitation counselors
19.6%Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
19.7%Accountants and auditors
19.8%Public relations managers
19.9%Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
19.9%Upholsterers
20.0%Lay-out workers, metal and plastic
20.0%Materials engineers
20.1%Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
20.1%Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products
20.3%Shoe and leather workers and repairers
20.4%Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers
20.5%Bakers
20.5%Earth drillers, except oil and gas
20.7%Structural metal fabricators and fitters
20.8%Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
20.8%Painters, transportation equipment
20.8%Painting, coating, and decorating workers
20.9%Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
21.0%Production workers, all other
21.0%Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
21.1%Chief executives
21.2%Assemblers and fabricators, all other
21.2%Fiberglass laminators and fabricators
21.2%Team assemblers
21.2%Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators
21.5%Metal workers and plastic workers, all other
21.5%Bindery workers
21.5%Bookbinders
21.5%Foundry mold and coremakers
21.6%Coil winders, tapers, and finishers
21.6%Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
21.6%Electromechanical equipment assemblers
21.7%Advertising and promotions managers
21.7%Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
21.8%Automotive body and related repairers
21.9%Lodging managers
21.9%Producers and directors
22.2%Carpenters
22.3%Material moving workers, all other
22.3%Recreational therapists
22.4%Computer and information systems managers
22.4%Computer programmers
22.5%Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners
22.7%Woodworkers, all other
22.8%Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
22.9%Umpires, referees, and other sports officials
23.0%Database administrators
23.0%Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders
23.1%Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
23.2%Conservation scientists
23.2%Foresters
23.2%Highway maintenance workers
23.2%Marketing managers
23.2%Sales managers
23.2%Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
23.2%Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
23.3%Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
23.3%Crossing guards
23.4%Financial examiners
23.4%Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
23.6%Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
23.7%Health educators
23.7%Tour guides and escorts
23.7%Travel guides
23.9%Semiconductor processors
24.0%Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
24.0%Social and human service assistants
24.1%Food servers, nonrestaurant
24.2%Driver/sales workers
24.2%Mathematicians
24.2%Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations
24.2%Sewers, hand
24.2%Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers
24.2%Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
24.3%Financial managers
24.3%Mine cutting and channeling machine operators
24.3%Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
24.7%Gaming change persons and booth cashiers
24.8%Mining machine operators, all other
24.8%Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
24.8%Sailors and marine oilers
24.9%Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
25.2%Locksmiths and safe repairers
25.3%Printing workers, all other
25.3%Etchers and engravers
25.3%Maintenance workers, machinery
25.3%Printing machine operators
25.3%Technical writers
25.4%Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other
25.4%Home appliance repairers
25.5%Athletes and sports competitors
25.5%Coaches and scouts
25.5%Computer hardware engineers
25.6%Cashiers, except gaming
25.6%Fabric menders, except garment
25.6%Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
25.7%Continuous mining machine operators
25.7%Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
25.8%Human resources managers
25.8%Insurance underwriters
25.9%Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
25.9%Truck drivers, light or delivery services
26.0%Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers, all other
26.0%Engine and other machine assemblers
26.0%Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders
26.0%Stock clerks and order fillers
26.1%Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
26.1%Music directors and composers
26.1%Musicians and singers
26.4%Agricultural and food science technicians
26.4%Service station attendants
26.5%Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
26.5%Industrial engineers
26.6%Ship engineers
26.7%Credit analysts
26.7%Meeting and convention planners
26.9%First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
27.0%Job printers
27.0%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
27.0%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
27.2%Computer specialists, all other
27.2%Computer and information scientists, research
27.2%Computer systems analysts
27.3%Managers, all other
27.4%Photographers
27.5%Physician assistants
27.8%Art and design workers, all other
27.8%Art directors
27.8%Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
27.8%Multi-media artists and animators
27.8%Parts salespersons
27.8%Structural iron and steel workers
28.1%Counter and rental clerks
28.2%Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
28.2%Commercial divers
28.2%Riggers
28.2%Signal and track switch repairers
28.3%Animal trainers
28.5%Business operations specialists, all other
28.5%Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
28.5%Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
28.5%Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
28.5%Training and development specialists
28.6%Advertising sales agents
28.6%Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
28.6%Grinding and polishing workers, hand
28.6%Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
28.6%Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
28.7%Farmers and ranchers
28.7%First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
28.8%First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
28.8%Pipelayers
28.8%Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
28.8%Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
28.9%Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators
29.2%Bus drivers, school
29.2%Bus drivers, transit and intercity
29.2%Tax preparers
29.5%First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
29.5%Railcar repairers
29.5%Sheet metal workers
29.6%Actors
29.6%Financial specialists, all other
29.6%First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
29.6%Medical and health services managers
29.7%Commercial and industrial designers
29.7%Fashion designers
29.7%Floral designers
29.7%Graphic designers
29.7%Industrial production managers
29.7%Interior designers
29.7%Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
29.9%Appraisers and assessors of real estate
30.0%Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
30.0%Automotive service technicians and mechanics
30.0%Mechanical door repairers
30.0%Prepress technicians and workers
30.3%Bridge and lock tenders
30.3%First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
30.4%Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
30.4%Teachers, primary, secondary, and adult, all other
30.4%General and operations managers
30.4%Postmasters and mail superintendents
30.4%Self-enrichment education teachers
30.5%Sales and related workers, all other
30.5%Loan counselors
30.5%Loan officers
30.6%Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
30.6%Construction managers
30.6%Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
30.6%Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
30.6%Insulation workers
30.6%Recreation workers
30.6%Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
30.7%Operations research analysts
30.8%Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
30.8%Emergency management specialists
30.9%Interpreters and translators
30.9%Procurement clerks
30.9%Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
31.0%Kindergarten teachers, except special education
31.0%Preschool teachers, except special education
31.0%Purchasing managers
31.1%Farm equipment mechanics
31.1%Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
31.2%Boilermakers
31.2%Network systems and data communications analysts
31.3%Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
31.3%Elevator installers and repairers
31.4%Agricultural inspectors
31.4%Home health aides
31.4%Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
31.4%Psychiatric aides
31.5%Gaming supervisors
31.5%Slot key persons
31.6%Announcers
31.7%Nonfarm animal caretakers
31.8%Set and exhibit designers
31.9%Media and communication equipment workers, all other
31.9%Directors, religious activities and education
31.9%Office machine operators, except computer
32.1%Personal and home care aides
32.1%Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
32.2%Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
32.2%Insurance appraisers, auto damage
32.3%Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
32.3%Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
32.3%Waiters and waitresses
32.4%Machinists
32.5%Media and communication workers, all other
32.6%Animal control workers
32.6%Food service managers
32.8%Makeup artists, theatrical and performance
32.8%Manicurists and pedicurists
32.8%Photographic process workers
32.8%Photographic processing machine operators
32.8%Shampooers
32.8%Skin care specialists
32.9%Retail salespersons
33.3%Property, real estate, and community association managers
33.4%Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
33.4%Motion picture projectionists
33.5%Choreographers
33.5%Dancers
33.6%Air traffic controllers
33.6%Airfield operations specialists
33.6%Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other
33.6%Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
33.6%Forensic science technicians
33.6%Telemarketers
33.7%Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
33.7%Proofreaders and copy markers
33.7%Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
33.9%Glaziers
34.0%Insurance sales agents
34.0%Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
34.0%Motorcycle mechanics
34.0%Switchboard operators, including answering service
34.2%Control valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
34.2%Medical appliance technicians
34.3%Industrial machinery mechanics
34.3%Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons
34.4%Childcare workers
34.4%First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
34.4%Pest control workers
34.6%Dental laboratory technicians
34.6%Electrical powerline installers and repairers
34.6%Library technicians
34.6%Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
34.6%Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
34.7%Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators
34.7%Motorboat mechanics
34.7%Security guards
34.8%Maintenance and repair workers, general
34.9%Film and video editors
34.9%Paperhangers
35.0%Detectives and criminal investigators
35.2%Production, planning, and expediting clerks
35.3%Gaming service workers, all other
35.3%Gaming and sports book writers and runners
35.3%Gaming dealers
35.4%Stationary engineers and boiler operators
35.5%Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
35.5%Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
35.7%Bill and account collectors
35.8%Statistical assistants
35.9%Private detectives and investigators
36.0%Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
36.1%Concierges
36.4%Chemical equipment operators and tenders
36.4%Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators and tenders
36.5%Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
36.5%Air transportation workers, all other
36.5%Water transportation workers, all other
36.5%Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
36.5%First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
36.5%First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material moving machine and vehicle operators
36.5%Numerical tool and process control programmers
36.5%Order clerks
36.6%Couriers and Messengers
36.7%Cargo and freight agents
36.7%Forest and conservation technicians
36.8%Administrative services managers
36.8%Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
37.0%Protective service workers, all other
37.0%Real estate brokers
37.0%Real estate sales agents
37.5%Plant and system operators, all other
37.5%Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers
37.6%Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators
37.6%Subway, streetcar operators and all other rail transportation workers
37.8%Secretaries, administrative assistants, and other office support workers, all other
37.9%Bartenders
37.9%Flight attendants
37.9%Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters
38.0%Chefs and head cooks
38.0%Nuclear power reactor operators
38.0%Power plant operators
38.3%Demonstrators and product promoters
38.3%Models
38.4%Cost estimators
38.5%Communications equipment operators, all other
38.5%Model makers, metal and plastic
38.5%Patternmakers, metal and plastic
38.6%Barbers
38.6%Receptionists and information clerks
38.8%Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators
38.8%Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
38.8%Meter readers, utilities
38.8%Network and computer systems administrators
38.8%Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers
38.8%Wellhead pumpers
38.9%Fire inspectors
38.9%Personal care and service workers, all other
39.0%Chemical plant and system operators
39.0%Gas plant operators
39.0%Nuclear technicians
39.3%Millwrights
39.5%First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
39.6%Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
39.7%Chemical technicians
39.7%First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
40.0%Teacher assistants
40.1%Registered nurses
40.2%First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
40.2%Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
40.2%Postal service mail carriers
40.3%Customer service representatives
40.4%Brokerage clerks
40.5%Amusement and recreation attendants
40.5%Computer operators
40.5%Costume attendants
40.5%File clerks
40.5%Power distributors and dispatchers
40.7%Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
40.9%Audio and video equipment technicians
40.9%Broadcast technicians
40.9%Radio operators
41.0%Correspondence clerks
41.0%Data entry keyers
41.1%Legal and related workers, all other
41.1%Court reporters
41.1%Desktop publishers
41.1%Law clerks
41.1%Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
41.5%Postal service clerks
41.7%Sound engineering technicians
41.9%Construction and building inspectors
41.9%Paralegals and legal assistants
42.3%Embalmers
42.3%Funeral attendants
42.4%Office clerks, general
42.4%Railroad conductors and yardmasters
42.5%Gaming cage workers
42.7%Computer support specialists
42.8%Loan interviewers and clerks
42.9%Tellers
43.0%New-accounts clerks
43.2%Residential advisors
43.4%Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
43.5%Geological and petroleum technicians
43.7%Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
43.7%Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
43.7%Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
43.8%Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
43.8%Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
43.9%Bailiffs
43.9%Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
44.1%Avionics technicians
44.1%Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
44.1%Electricians
44.1%Travel agents
44.2%Tire builders
44.4%Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
44.7%Library assistants, clerical
44.8%Security and fire alarm systems installers
45.3%Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
45.4%Surveying and mapping technicians
45.8%Baggage porters and bellhops
45.8%Gaming managers
45.9%Transportation inspectors
46.1%Court, municipal, and license clerks
46.2%First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
46.5%Telecommunications line installers and repairers
46.6%First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers
46.8%Payroll and timekeeping clerks
46.9%Correctional officers and jailers
47.0%Health practitioners and technical workers, all other
47.0%Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
47.0%Legal secretaries
47.0%Massage therapists
47.0%Medical secretaries
47.0%Orthotists and prosthetists
47.0%Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
47.3%Fish and game wardens
47.3%Locomotive engineers and operators
47.3%Parking enforcement workers
47.3%Tool and die makers
48.0%Telephone operators
48.1%Medical records and health information technicians
48.2%Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
48.2%Radio mechanics
48.2%Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
48.2%Word processors and typists
48.8%Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
48.9%Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
49.0%Camera and photographic equipment repairers
49.0%Medical equipment repairers
49.0%Musical instrument repairers and tuners
49.0%Watch repairers
49.2%Transportation workers, all other
49.8%Healthcare support workers, all other
49.8%Medical assistants
49.8%Medical equipment preparers
49.8%Medical transcriptionists
49.8%Pharmacy aides
49.8%Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
50.3%Financial, information, and record clerks, all other
50.3%Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
50.3%Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
50.8%Eligibility interviewers, government programs
52.1%Transit and railroad police
52.7%Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
53.4%Police and sheriff's patrol officers
53.8%Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
53.8%Environmental engineering technicians
54.0%Dietetic technicians
54.0%Pharmacy technicians
54.0%Psychiatric technicians
54.0%Respiratory therapy technicians
54.0%Surgical technologists
54.0%Veterinary technologists and technicians
54.3%First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
54.5%Civil engineering technicians
54.5%Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
54.5%Electro-mechanical technicians
54.5%Industrial engineering technicians
54.5%Mechanical engineering technicians
54.9%Traffic technicians
56.2%Funeral directors
57.2%First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
57.3%Radiation therapists
57.4%Dental assistants
57.8%Firefighters
59.6%Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
60.1%Opticians, dispensing
61.0%Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians, all other
61.0%Architectural and civil drafters
61.0%Electrical and electronics drafters
61.0%Mechanical drafters
61.5%Physical therapist aides
61.5%Physical therapist assistants
62.6%Dental hygienists
62.9%Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
63.0%Occupational therapist aides
63.0%Occupational therapist assistants
63.4%Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
63.4%Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay
65.8%Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
65.8%Diagnostic medical sonographers
65.8%Radiologic technologists and technicians
66.6%Nuclear medicine technologists
67.6%Respiratory therapists
71.7%Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

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