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Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 | All Occupations

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Occupations ranked by percentage of workers with at least a bachelor's degree

Percentage of workers aged 25 - 44 by educational attainment (2002): bachelor's degree or higher

Workers with bachelor's degree (percent)Occupation
0.0%Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders
0.0%Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
0.0%Structural metal fabricators and fitters
0.0%Upholsterers
0.1%Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
0.2%Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
0.3%Elevator installers and repairers
0.4%Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
0.4%Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders
0.5%Millwrights
0.6%Crossing guards
0.7%Dredge operators
0.7%Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
0.7%Loading machine operators, underground mining
0.7%Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
0.8%Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
0.9%Helpers — installation, maintenance, and repair workers
1.2%Earth drillers, except oil and gas
1.3%Structural iron and steel workers
1.5%Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
1.7%Barbers
1.7%Crane and tower operators
1.7%Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
1.7%Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
1.8%Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
1.8%Sheet metal workers
1.9%Cutters and trimmers, hand
1.9%Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
1.9%Highway maintenance workers
2.0%Cement masons and concrete finishers
2.0%Terrazzo workers and finishers
2.1%Motorcycle mechanics
2.2%Maintenance workers, machinery
2.2%Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
2.2%Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
2.2%Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
2.3%Bicycle repairers
2.3%Drywall and ceiling tile installers
2.3%Recreational vehicle service technicians
2.3%Tapers
2.3%Tire repairers and changers
2.4%Extraction workers, all other
2.4%Model makers, metal and plastic
2.4%Motorboat mechanics
2.4%Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
2.4%Patternmakers, metal and plastic
2.4%Pile-driver operators
2.5%Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
2.5%Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
2.5%Hoist and winch operators
2.5%Painters, transportation equipment
2.5%Painting, coating, and decorating workers
2.6%Food processing workers, all other
2.6%Butchers and meatcutters
2.6%Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
2.6%Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
2.6%Slaughterers and meat packers
2.7%Metal workers and plastic workers, all other
2.7%Plasterers and stucco masons
2.8%Boilermakers
2.8%Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
2.8%Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders
2.9%Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
2.9%Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
3.0%Dishwashers
3.1%Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
3.1%Sewing machine operators
3.2%Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
3.2%Automotive service technicians and mechanics
3.2%Roofers
3.3%Industrial truck and tractor operators
3.3%Machine feeders and offbearers
3.3%Mine cutting and channeling machine operators
3.3%Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
3.3%Rock splitters, quarry
3.4%Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other
3.4%Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
3.4%Insulation workers
3.5%Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers, all other
3.5%Brickmasons and blockmasons
3.5%Continuous mining machine operators
3.5%Conveyor operators and tenders
3.5%Engine and other machine assemblers
3.5%Foundry mold and coremakers
3.5%Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
3.5%Shuttle car operators
3.5%Stonemasons
3.5%Tank car, truck, and ship loaders
3.6%Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
3.6%Grinding and polishing workers, hand
3.6%Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
3.6%Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
3.6%Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
3.7%Helpers — construction trades, all other
3.7%Helpers — brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
3.7%Lay-out workers, metal and plastic
3.7%Machinists
3.8%Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters
3.8%Helpers — extraction workers
3.8%Roof bolters, mining
3.8%Roustabouts, oil and gas
3.9%Carpet installers
3.9%Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
3.9%Floor sanders and finishers
3.9%Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders
3.9%Tile and marble setters
4.0%Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
4.0%Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
4.1%Printing workers, all other
4.1%Fallers
4.1%Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
4.1%Locksmiths and safe repairers
4.1%Log graders and scalers
4.1%Material moving workers, all other
4.1%Meter readers, utilities
4.1%Packers and packagers, hand
4.1%Printing machine operators
4.2%Mining machine operators, all other
4.2%Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders
4.2%Logging equipment operators
4.2%Pipelayers
4.2%Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
4.3%Electrical powerline installers and repairers
4.4%Food cooking machine operators and tenders
4.5%Automotive body and related repairers
4.5%Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
4.5%Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders
4.5%Food batchmakers
4.5%Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
4.6%Agricultural equipment operators
4.6%Farming, fishing, and forestry workers, all other
4.6%Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
4.6%Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals
4.6%Maids and housekeeping cleaners
4.7%Production workers, all other
4.7%Home appliance repairers
4.7%Railcar repairers
4.8%Construction laborers
4.8%Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
4.8%Glaziers
4.9%Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers
4.9%Plant and system operators, all other
4.9%Driver/sales workers
4.9%Parts salespersons
4.9%Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers
4.9%Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
5.0%Assemblers and fabricators, all other
5.0%Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
5.0%Fiberglass laminators and fabricators
5.0%Numerical tool and process control programmers
5.0%Team assemblers
5.0%Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators
5.1%Carpenters
5.1%Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
5.1%Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
5.1%Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay
5.1%Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
5.2%Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers
5.2%Fabric and apparel patternmakers
5.2%Tool and die makers
5.3%Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
5.3%Animal breeders
5.3%Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
5.3%Cooks, fast food
5.3%Cooks, institution and cafeteria
5.3%Cooks, private household
5.3%Cooks, restaurant
5.3%Cooks, short order
5.3%Industrial machinery mechanics
5.3%Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons
5.3%Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
5.3%Telecommunications line installers and repairers
5.4%Food preparation workers
5.4%Helpers — pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
5.4%Helpers — production workers
5.4%Pest control workers
5.4%Sailors and marine oilers
5.6%Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
5.6%Food servers, nonrestaurant
5.6%Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
5.7%Farm equipment mechanics
5.7%Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders
5.7%Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
5.8%Coil winders, tapers, and finishers
5.8%Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
5.8%Electromechanical equipment assemblers
5.8%Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
5.8%Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
5.8%Tree trimmers and pruners
5.9%Home health aides
5.9%Locomotive engineers and operators
5.9%Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
5.9%Painters, construction and maintenance
5.9%Psychiatric aides
5.9%Service station attendants
6.0%Bakers
6.0%Pourers and casters, metal
6.0%Shoe machine operators and tenders
6.0%Tire builders
6.1%Electricians
6.1%Helpers — carpenters
6.1%Helpers — electricians
6.1%Helpers — painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
6.1%Helpers — roofers
6.2%Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
6.2%Security and fire alarm systems installers
6.3%Transportation workers, all other
6.3%Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
6.4%Chemical plant and system operators
6.4%Gas plant operators
6.4%Refuse and recyclable material collectors
6.5%Avionics technicians
6.5%Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
6.5%Furniture finishers
6.5%Job printers
6.9%Bridge and lock tenders
6.9%Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
6.9%Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
7.0%Bus drivers, school
7.0%Bus drivers, transit and intercity
7.0%Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
7.0%Fence erectors
7.1%Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
7.1%Graders and sorters, agricultural products
7.1%Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
7.2%Paperhangers
7.2%Surveying and mapping technicians
7.5%Semiconductor processors
7.5%Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
7.6%Construction trades and related workers, all other
7.6%Segmental pavers
7.7%Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
7.7%Hazardous materials removal workers
7.8%Manufactured building and mobile home installers
7.8%Postal service mail carriers
7.9%Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
8.0%Communications equipment operators, all other
8.0%Hunters and trappers
8.1%Bindery workers
8.1%Bookbinders
8.2%Personal and home care aides
8.3%Cashiers, except gaming
8.4%Dental assistants
8.4%Fishers and related fishing workers
8.4%Traffic technicians
8.5%Maintenance and repair workers, general
8.6%Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers, all other
8.6%Commercial divers
8.6%First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
8.6%Gaming change persons and booth cashiers
8.6%Riggers
8.6%Signal and track switch repairers
8.6%Stock clerks and order fillers
8.7%Makeup artists, theatrical and performance
8.7%Manicurists and pedicurists
8.7%Shampooers
8.7%Skin care specialists
9.0%Choreographers
9.0%Dancers
9.0%Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators
9.0%Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers
9.0%Wellhead pumpers
9.1%Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
9.1%Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners
9.5%Shoe and leather workers and repairers
9.6%Baggage porters and bellhops
9.6%Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators
9.7%Automotive glass installers and repairers
9.7%Telephone operators
9.9%Control valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
9.9%Office machine operators, except computer
10.0%Correctional officers and jailers
10.1%First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
10.2%Motor vehicle operators, all other
10.2%Couriers and Messengers
10.2%Motion picture projectionists
10.3%Parking lot attendants
10.4%Model makers, wood
10.4%Patternmakers, wood
10.4%Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers
10.6%Forest and conservation workers
10.8%Mechanical door repairers
10.9%Railroad conductors and yardmasters
11.0%Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
11.0%Radio mechanics
11.0%Stationary engineers and boiler operators
11.0%Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
11.2%Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
11.3%Bailiffs
11.4%Switchboard operators, including answering service
11.6%Etchers and engravers
11.6%Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators
11.6%Subway, streetcar operators and all other rail transportation workers
11.6%Telemarketers
11.8%Order clerks
11.8%Receptionists and information clerks
12.0%Concierges
12.1%Fabric menders, except garment
12.1%First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
12.1%Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
12.2%Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
12.2%Nuclear power reactor operators
12.2%Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
12.2%Power plant operators
12.3%Dietetic technicians
12.3%Pharmacy technicians
12.3%Psychiatric technicians
12.3%Respiratory therapy technicians
12.3%Surgical technologists
12.3%Veterinary technologists and technicians
12.4%Derrick operators, oil and gas
12.4%Power distributors and dispatchers
12.4%Rotary drill operators, oil and gas
12.4%Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining
12.5%First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
12.5%Waiters and waitresses
12.7%Childcare workers
12.7%Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
12.7%Nonfarm animal caretakers
12.7%Sewers, hand
12.7%Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers
12.7%Tellers
12.8%Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators
12.8%Security guards
12.9%Bartenders
12.9%Prepress technicians and workers
13.0%Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
13.2%Cargo and freight agents
13.2%Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
13.2%Truck drivers, light or delivery services
13.3%Gaming service workers, all other
13.3%Gaming and sports book writers and runners
13.3%Gaming dealers
13.4%Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
13.4%Procurement clerks
13.5%Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
13.5%Air transportation workers, all other
13.5%Healthcare support workers, all other
13.5%Water transportation workers, all other
13.5%First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
13.5%First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
13.5%First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material moving machine and vehicle operators
13.5%Medical assistants
13.5%Medical equipment preparers
13.5%Medical transcriptionists
13.5%Pharmacy aides
13.5%Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
13.6%Animal control workers
13.6%Dental laboratory technicians
13.6%Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
13.7%Amusement and recreation attendants
13.7%Costume attendants
13.7%Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
13.9%Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
13.9%Data entry keyers
13.9%Gaming cage workers
13.9%Motorboat operators
13.9%Ship engineers
14.0%Court, municipal, and license clerks
14.2%Word processors and typists
14.3%Chefs and head cooks
14.4%Transportation inspectors
14.7%Correspondence clerks
14.7%Postal service clerks
14.7%Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
14.8%File clerks
14.8%First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
15.0%Camera and photographic equipment repairers
15.0%Medical equipment repairers
15.0%Musical instrument repairers and tuners
15.0%Watch repairers
15.2%Payroll and timekeeping clerks
15.4%Medical appliance technicians
15.8%Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
15.9%Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
15.9%Legal secretaries
15.9%Medical secretaries
15.9%Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
16.0%Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
16.0%New-accounts clerks
16.2%Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
16.2%Environmental engineering technicians
16.2%Gaming managers
16.2%Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
16.3%Desktop publishers
16.3%Firefighters
16.3%Teacher assistants
16.4%Fire inspectors
16.4%Medical records and health information technicians
16.6%Farmers and ranchers
16.7%Civil engineering technicians
16.7%Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
16.7%Electro-mechanical technicians
16.7%Industrial engineering technicians
16.7%Mechanical engineering technicians
16.7%Office clerks, general
16.8%Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
17.1%Occupational therapist aides
17.1%Occupational therapist assistants
17.5%Chemical equipment operators and tenders
17.5%Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators and tenders
17.7%Opticians, dispensing
18.0%Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
18.1%Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
18.1%Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
18.7%Bill and account collectors
19.3%Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
19.6%Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
19.6%Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
19.8%First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
20.4%Woodworkers, all other
20.4%Computer operators
20.6%Embalmers
20.6%Funeral attendants
21.0%Personal care and service workers, all other
21.3%Nuclear medicine technologists
21.4%Customer service representatives
21.4%Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
22.0%Health practitioners and technical workers, all other
22.0%Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
22.0%Orthotists and prosthetists
22.0%Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
22.2%Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
22.4%Construction and building inspectors
22.4%Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
22.5%Physical therapist aides
22.5%Physical therapist assistants
22.6%Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
22.8%First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
22.8%Counter and rental clerks
22.9%Financial, information, and record clerks, all other
23.0%Announcers
23.1%Protective service workers, all other
23.1%Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
23.5%Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians, all other
23.5%Architectural and civil drafters
23.5%Electrical and electronics drafters
23.5%Mechanical drafters
23.6%Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
23.6%Diagnostic medical sonographers
23.6%Radiologic technologists and technicians
23.9%Loan interviewers and clerks
24.0%Fish and game wardens
24.0%Parking enforcement workers
24.2%Animal trainers
24.4%Food service managers
24.5%First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
24.6%Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products
24.9%Residential advisors
25.0%First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
25.1%Retail salespersons
25.5%Photographic process workers
25.5%Photographic processing machine operators
25.8%First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers
26.9%Transit and railroad police
27.3%First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
27.3%Geological and petroleum technicians
27.6%Respiratory therapists
27.8%Police and sheriff's patrol officers
27.8%Production, planning, and expediting clerks
27.9%Brokerage clerks
28.0%Construction managers
28.0%Travel agents
28.4%First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
28.6%Statistical assistants
28.7%Chemical technicians
28.8%Cost estimators
28.8%Eligibility interviewers, government programs
30.0%Library assistants, clerical
32.0%Agricultural inspectors
32.1%Dental hygienists
32.6%Secretaries, administrative assistants, and other office support workers, all other
33.1%Gaming supervisors
33.1%Slot key persons
33.3%Sound engineering technicians
33.6%Legal and related workers, all other
33.6%Court reporters
33.6%Law clerks
33.6%Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
34.0%Proofreaders and copy markers
34.2%Nuclear technicians
34.7%Tour guides and escorts
34.7%Travel guides
35.0%Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
35.2%Demonstrators and product promoters
35.2%Models
35.3%Massage therapists
36.4%Audio and video equipment technicians
36.4%Broadcast technicians
36.4%First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
36.4%Radio operators
36.7%Flight attendants
36.7%Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters
36.9%Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
37.7%Property, real estate, and community association managers
39.2%Funeral directors
39.3%Agricultural and food science technicians
40.1%Forest and conservation technicians
40.2%Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other
40.5%Industrial production managers
40.6%Administrative services managers
40.7%Real estate brokers
40.7%Real estate sales agents
41.0%Radiation therapists
41.8%Computer support specialists
42.2%Paralegals and legal assistants
42.3%Library technicians
43.4%Insurance sales agents
43.7%Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
43.7%Insurance appraisers, auto damage
45.2%Financial specialists, all other
45.7%Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other
45.7%Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
45.7%Forensic science technicians
45.8%Private detectives and investigators
47.1%Sales and related workers, all other
47.2%Kindergarten teachers, except special education
47.2%Preschool teachers, except special education
47.4%Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
47.4%Recreation workers
47.5%Lodging managers
48.0%Managers, all other
48.4%General and operations managers
48.4%Postmasters and mail superintendents
48.4%Set and exhibit designers
48.5%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
48.5%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
49.1%Air traffic controllers
49.1%Airfield operations specialists
49.1%Media and communication equipment workers, all other
49.3%Emergency management specialists
49.7%Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
49.7%Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
50.1%Film and video editors
50.2%Network and computer systems administrators
50.3%Loan counselors
50.3%Loan officers
50.8%Advertising sales agents
52.8%Interpreters and translators
52.9%Music directors and composers
52.9%Musicians and singers
53.0%Insurance underwriters
53.1%Commercial and industrial designers
53.1%Fashion designers
53.1%Floral designers
53.1%Graphic designers
53.1%Interior designers
53.1%Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
53.1%Photographers
53.3%Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
53.7%Media and communication workers, all other
54.0%Purchasing managers
54.0%Tax preparers
55.2%Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
55.2%Teachers, primary, secondary, and adult, all other
55.2%Self-enrichment education teachers
55.4%Appraisers and assessors of real estate
55.6%Detectives and criminal investigators
55.7%Business operations specialists, all other
55.7%Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
55.7%Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
55.7%Training and development specialists
56.3%Credit analysts
57.0%Directors, religious activities and education
57.3%Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
57.3%Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
57.5%Dietitians and nutritionists
57.5%Network systems and data communications analysts
57.9%Health educators
57.9%Meeting and convention planners
58.1%Registered nurses
58.3%Operations research analysts
58.5%Art and design workers, all other
58.5%Art directors
58.5%Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
58.5%Multi-media artists and animators
59.0%Biological technicians
59.7%Athletes and sports competitors
59.7%Coaches and scouts
60.8%Human resources managers
60.8%Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
60.8%Social and human service assistants
60.8%Umpires, referees, and other sports officials
61.0%Medical and health services managers
61.3%Financial managers
62.3%Agricultural and food scientists
62.4%Computer specialists, all other
62.4%Computer and information scientists, research
62.4%Computer systems analysts
62.8%Chief executives
65.2%Recreational therapists
65.3%Financial examiners
65.6%Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
66.4%Actors
67.1%Conservation scientists
67.1%Database administrators
67.1%Foresters
67.1%Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
67.2%Marketing managers
67.2%Sales managers
67.4%Physician assistants
68.3%Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
68.3%Industrial engineers
68.3%Mathematicians
68.3%Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations
68.6%Computer hardware engineers
69.4%Technical writers
69.6%Materials engineers
69.8%Counselors, social, and religious workers, all other
69.8%Educational, vocational, and school counselors
69.8%Mental health counselors
69.8%Rehabilitation counselors
69.8%Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
69.9%Advertising and promotions managers
70.1%Computer programmers
70.4%Computer and information systems managers
70.6%Public relations managers
71.1%Social and community service managers
73.3%Athletic trainers
73.3%Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
73.3%Producers and directors
73.5%Education administrators, all other
73.5%Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
73.5%Education administrators, postsecondary
73.5%Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
73.6%Accountants and auditors
73.8%Child, family, and school social workers
73.8%Medical and public health social workers
73.8%Mental health and substance abuse social workers
74.6%Architects, surveyors, and cartographers, all other
74.6%Cartographers and photogrammetrists
74.6%Marriage and family therapists
74.6%Surveyors
74.9%Agricultural engineers
74.9%Biomedical engineers
74.9%Marine engineers and naval architects
74.9%Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers
75.1%Budget analysts
75.5%Engineering managers
76.1%Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
76.1%Commercial pilots
76.5%Librarians
76.8%Management analysts
77.0%Engineers, all other
77.3%Mechanical engineers
77.6%Survey researchers
77.8%Clergy
77.8%Public relations specialists
78.2%Financial analysts
79.0%Market research analysts
79.9%Sales engineers
80.4%Electrical engineers
80.4%Electronics engineers, except computer
80.7%Computer software engineers, applications
80.7%Computer software engineers, systems software
81.3%Editors
81.8%Aerospace engineers
81.8%Personal financial advisors
81.9%Anthropologists and archeologists
81.9%Geographers
81.9%Historians
81.9%Political scientists
82.9%Petroleum engineers
82.9%Statisticians
83.3%Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
83.6%Optometrists
83.8%Writers and authors
84.6%Library, museum, training, and other education workers, all other
84.6%Audio-visual collections specialists
84.6%Farm and home management advisors
84.6%Instructional coordinators
85.9%Environmental engineers
86.1%Occupational therapists
86.9%News analysts, reporters and correspondents
87.0%Natural sciences managers
87.2%Architects, except landscape and naval
87.2%Landscape architects
87.6%Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
88.1%Civil engineers
88.4%Actuaries
89.1%Nuclear engineers
89.5%Sociologists
89.8%Postsecondary teachers
90.2%Special education teachers
90.4%Atmospheric scientists
90.4%Economists
91.2%Materials scientists
91.4%Physical therapists
91.8%Elementary school teachers, except special education
91.8%Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
91.8%Vocational education teachers, middle school
92.3%Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
92.3%Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
92.3%Hydrologists
92.9%Chemical engineers
93.5%Physicists
94.0%Chemists
94.8%Pharmacists
94.9%Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
94.9%Vocational education teachers, secondary school
95.5%Dentists
95.5%Urban and regional planners
95.9%Biochemists and biophysicists
95.9%Biological scientists, all other
95.9%Microbiologists
95.9%Zoologists and wildlife biologists
96.9%Physicians and surgeons
97.0%Speech-language pathologists
97.1%Audiologists
97.7%Life scientists, all other
97.7%Epidemiologists
97.7%Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
97.8%Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
97.8%Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
97.8%Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
97.8%Lawyers
97.8%Legislators
97.9%Chiropractors
98.0%Physical scientists, all other
98.7%Podiatrists
98.8%Veterinarians
99.4%Social scientists and related workers, all other
99.4%Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
99.4%Industrial-organizational psychologists

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