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Occupations ranked by Percentage of workers with only Some College

Percentage of workers aged 25 - 44 by educational attainment (2004): some college

Workers with some college (percent)Occupation
0.3%Speech-language pathologists
0.4%Chiropractors
0.6%Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
0.6%Psychologists, all other
0.6%Industrial-organizational psychologists
1.1%Veterinarians
1.2%Dentists, general
1.2%Orthodontists
1.2%Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
1.2%Dentists, all other specialists
1.2%Prosthodontists
1.4%Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
1.4%Life scientists, all other
1.4%Epidemiologists
1.5%Lawyers
1.5%Legislators
1.5%Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
1.5%Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
1.5%Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
1.9%Physicians and surgeons
1.9%Physical scientists, all other
2.2%Pharmacists
2.2%Atmospheric and space scientists
2.3%Audiologists
2.6%Chemists
2.6%Materials scientists
3.1%Optometrists
3.1%Urban and regional planners
3.1%Museum Technicians and Conservators
3.1%Curators
3.1%Archivists
3.2%Biological scientists, all other
3.2%Biochemists and biophysicists
3.2%Zoologists and wildlife biologists
3.2%Microbiologists
3.3%Podiatrists
3.4%Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
3.4%Vocational education teachers, secondary school
3.5%Statisticians
3.7%Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders
3.8%Natural sciences managers
3.9%Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
3.9%Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
3.9%Hydrologists
4.2%Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
4.9%Elementary school teachers, except special education
4.9%Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
4.9%Vocational education teachers, middle school
4.9%Physicists
5.1%Actuaries
5.2%Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
5.2%Special education teachers, secondary school
5.2%Special education teachers, middle school
5.4%Postsecondary teachers
5.4%Environmental engineers
5.6%Dishwashers
5.6%Economists
6.0%Chemical engineers
6.7%Reporters and correspondents
6.7%Broadcast news analysts
7.0%Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders
7.5%Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
7.6%Physical therapists
7.6%Nuclear engineers
7.8%Engineering managers
7.9%Emergency management specialists
8.2%Sociologists
8.4%Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
9.1%Conservation scientists
9.1%Foresters
9.2%Civil engineers
9.2%Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
9.4%Fence erectors
9.5%Biological technicians
9.6%Librarians
9.6%Sales engineers
9.8%Roofers
9.8%Tire repairers and changers
9.8%Recreational vehicle service technicians
9.8%Bicycle repairers
9.9%Graders and sorters, agricultural products
10.1%Financial analysts
10.1%Refuse and recyclable material collectors
10.4%Therapists, all other
10.4%Financial examiners
10.5%Aerospace engineers
10.7%Editors
10.7%Shoe machine operators and tenders
10.8%Architects, except landscape and naval
10.8%Landscape architects
10.9%Sewing machine operators
11.0%Helpers—Carpenters
11.0%Helpers—Electricians
11.0%Helpers—Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
11.0%Helpers—Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
11.0%Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood
11.0%Helpers, construction trades, all other
11.0%Helpers—Painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
11.0%Helpers—Roofers
11.1%Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
11.1%Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals
11.1%Agricultural equipment operators
11.1%Agricultural workers, all other
11.3%Instructional coordinators
11.3%Education, training, and library workers, all other
11.3%Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
11.3%Farm and home management advisors
11.3%Audio-visual collections specialists
11.4%Machine feeders and offbearers
11.4%Animal breeders
11.5%Dietitians and nutritionists
12.0%Extraction workers, all other
12.0%Rock splitters, quarry
12.2%Surveyors
12.2%Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
12.2%Cartographers and photogrammetrists
12.3%Petroleum engineers
12.4%Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
12.4%Writers and authors
12.4%Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
12.5%Maids and housekeeping cleaners
12.5%Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other
12.7%Food cooking machine operators and tenders
12.8%Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
12.8%Personal financial advisors
13.0%Computer software engineers, applications
13.0%Computer software engineers, systems software
13.1%Social scientists and related workers, all other
13.1%Political scientists
13.1%Anthropologists and archeologists
13.1%Historians
13.1%Geographers
13.2%Packers and packagers, hand
13.2%Drywall and ceiling tile installers
13.2%Tapers
13.3%Electrical engineers
13.3%Electronics engineers, except computer
13.3%Forest and conservation workers
13.7%Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
13.9%Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
14.0%Clergy
14.0%Logging equipment operators
14.0%Fallers
14.0%Log graders and scalers
14.0%Logging workers, all other
14.2%Hunters and trappers
14.3%Cement masons and concrete finishers
14.3%Terrazzo workers and finishers
14.4%Construction laborers
14.5%Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers
14.5%Agricultural engineers
14.6%Food preparation workers
14.6%Public relations specialists
14.7%Market research analysts
14.7%Survey researchers
14.8%Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other
14.8%Conveyor operators and tenders
14.8%Occupational health and safety specialists
14.8%Athletic trainers
14.8%Occupational health and safety technicians
14.9%Occupational therapists
14.9%Plasterers and stucco masons
15.0%Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders
15.1%Helpers--Production workers
15.2%Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders
15.3%Advertising and promotions managers
15.3%Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
15.4%Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
15.4%Slaughterers and meat packers
15.4%Butchers and meat cutters
15.5%Engineers, all other
15.6%Mechanical engineers
15.9%Actors
16.0%Cooks, restaurant
16.0%Cooks, fast food
16.0%Cooks, institution and cafeteria
16.0%Cooks, short order
16.0%Cooks, all other
16.0%Cooks, private household
16.1%Management analysts
16.2%Industrial truck and tractor operators
16.2%Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
16.2%Loading machine operators, underground mining
16.2%Dredge operators
16.3%Educational, vocational, and school counselors
16.3%Rehabilitation counselors
16.3%Mental health counselors
16.3%Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
16.3%Counselors, all other
16.3%Marriage and family therapists
16.4%Child, family, and school social workers
16.4%Mental health and substance abuse social workers
16.4%Medical and public health social workers
16.4%Social workers, all other
16.5%Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
16.5%Motorboat operators
16.6%Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers
16.6%Fabric and apparel patternmakers
16.6%Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters
16.8%Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
16.8%Food batchmakers
16.8%Tree trimmers and pruners
16.8%Fishers and related fishing workers
16.8%Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
16.8%Grounds maintenance workers, all other
16.9%Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
16.9%Motor vehicle operators, all other
17.0%Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
17.0%Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
17.0%Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
17.0%Education administrators, postsecondary
17.0%Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
17.0%Education administrators, all other
17.0%Building cleaning workers, all other
17.3%Brickmasons and blockmasons
17.3%Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
17.3%Painters, transportation equipment
17.3%Painting, coating, and decorating workers
17.3%Stonemasons
17.7%Accountants and auditors
17.9%Social and community service managers
18.0%Earth drillers, except oil and gas
18.1%Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
18.1%Mathematical scientists, all other
18.1%Mathematicians
18.1%Mathematical technicians
18.2%Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
18.3%Painters, construction and maintenance
18.4%Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
18.4%Roustabouts, oil and gas
18.4%Helpers—Extraction workers
18.4%Roof bolters, mining
18.6%Bakers
18.6%Database administrators
18.6%Patternmakers, wood
18.6%Model makers, wood
18.8%Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers
18.9%Public relations managers
19.1%Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
19.1%Carpet installers
19.1%Tile and marble setters
19.1%Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
19.1%Commercial pilots
19.1%Floor sanders and finishers
19.4%Food servers, nonrestaurant
19.5%Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
19.5%Hoist and winch operators
19.6%Crane and tower operators
19.6%Choreographers
19.6%Dancers
19.6%Tank car, truck, and ship loaders
19.6%Shuttle car operators
19.8%Pile-driver operators
20.0%Construction and related workers, all other
20.0%Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers
20.0%Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
20.0%Sewers, hand
20.0%Segmental pavers
20.1%Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
20.1%Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
20.1%Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
20.1%Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
20.1%Producers and directors
20.1%Electromechanical equipment assemblers
20.1%Coil winders, tapers, and finishers
20.2%Chief executives
20.2%Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
20.2%Budget analysts
20.2%Cutters and trimmers, hand
20.4%Soil and plant Scientists
20.4%Food scientists and technologists
20.4%Animal scientists
20.5%Metal workers and plastic workers, all other
20.5%Upholsterers
20.6%Shoe and leather workers and repairers
20.7%Carpenters
20.8%Service station attendants
20.9%Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall
20.9%Insulation workers, mechanical
21.0%Automotive body and related repairers
21.0%Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
21.2%Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders
21.2%Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
21.4%Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
21.5%Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
21.5%Recreational therapists
21.6%Computer programmers
21.6%Production workers, all other
21.6%First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
21.6%Highway maintenance workers
21.7%Continuous mining machine operators
21.7%Mine cutting and channeling machine operators
21.7%Mining machine operators, all other
21.8%Industrial engineers
21.8%Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
21.9%Bindery workers
21.9%Animal trainers
21.9%Bookbinders
22.2%Helpers--Installation, maintenance, and repair workers
22.2%Woodworkers, all other
22.3%Sales managers
22.3%Marketing managers
22.3%Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
22.3%Technical writers
22.3%Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders
22.4%Crossing guards
22.5%Team assemblers
22.5%Assemblers and fabricators, all other
22.5%Fiberglass laminators and fabricators
22.5%Timing device assemblers, adjusters, and calibrators
22.8%Elevator installers and repairers
22.9%Service unit operators, oil, gas, and mining
22.9%Derrick operators, oil and gas
22.9%Rotary drill operators, oil and gas
23.0%Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
23.0%Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
23.0%Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
23.2%Sailors and marine oilers
23.3%Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
23.3%Computer and information systems managers
23.3%Credit analysts
23.3%Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
23.4%Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
23.4%Truck drivers, light or delivery services
23.4%Driver/sales workers
23.4%Printing machine operators
23.4%Materials engineers
23.7%Human resources managers, all other
23.7%Compensation and benefits managers
23.7%Training and development managers
23.8%Ship engineers
23.9%Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
24.2%Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
24.3%Maintenance workers, machinery
24.3%Semiconductor processors
24.4%Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
24.5%Insurance underwriters
24.6%First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
24.6%Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
24.8%Computer systems analysts
24.8%Computer specialists, all other
24.8%Parking lot attendants
24.8%Computer and information scientists, research
25.0%Structural metal fabricators and fitters
25.0%Railroad brake, signal, and switch operators
25.1%Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
25.1%Computer hardware engineers
25.1%Automotive glass installers and repairers
25.2%Engine and other machine assemblers
25.3%Furniture finishers
25.5%Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
25.5%Boilermakers
25.5%Foundry mold and coremakers
25.6%Physician assistants
25.6%Hazardous materials removal workers
25.6%Manufactured building and mobile home installers
25.7%Job printers
25.7%Marine engineers and naval architects
25.8%Cashiers, except gaming
25.8%Gaming change persons and booth cashiers
25.8%Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
26.0%Office machine operators, except computer
26.0%Directors, religious activities and education
26.1%Managers, all other
26.2%Sales and related workers, all other
26.4%Financial managers
26.6%Training and development specialists
26.6%Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
26.6%Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
26.6%Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
26.6%Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products
26.8%Bridge and lock tenders
26.9%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
26.9%Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
26.9%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
26.9%Operations research analysts
27.0%Industrial production managers
27.0%Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
27.0%Glaziers
27.0%Grinding and polishing workers, hand
27.0%Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
27.1%Coaches and scouts
27.1%Photographers
27.1%Multi-media artists and animators
27.1%Art directors
27.1%Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
27.1%Athletes and sports competitors
27.1%Umpires, referees, and other sports officials
27.1%Artists and related workers, all other
27.1%Craft artists
27.3%Lay-out workers, metal and plastic
27.4%Medical and health services managers
27.5%Tax preparers
27.7%Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
27.7%Pipelayers
27.7%Desktop publishers
27.9%Social and human service assistants
27.9%Community and social service specialists, all other
27.9%Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
27.9%Health educators
27.9%Signal and track switch repairers
27.9%Commercial divers
28.1%First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
28.2%Lodging managers
28.3%First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
28.3%Musicians and singers
28.3%Music directors and composers
28.3%Religious workers, all other
28.5%Manicurists and pedicurists
28.5%Meeting and convention planners
28.5%Skin care specialists
28.5%Shampooers
28.5%Makeup artists, theatrical and performance
28.7%Stock clerks and order fillers
28.7%Purchasing managers
28.7%Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
28.8%Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
28.9%Farmers and ranchers
29.0%Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
29.0%Fabric menders, except garment
29.1%Tool grinders, filers, and sharpeners
29.4%Recreation workers
29.4%Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
29.5%Construction managers
29.5%Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
29.6%Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
29.6%Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
29.7%Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
29.7%Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
29.7%Financial specialists, all other
29.7%Tour guides and escorts
29.7%Insurance appraisers, auto damage
29.7%Travel guides
29.9%Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
29.9%Proofreaders and copy markers
30.0%Machinists
30.0%Graphic designers
30.0%Floral designers
30.0%Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
30.0%Interior designers
30.0%Commercial and industrial designers
30.0%Agricultural and food science technicians
30.0%Fashion designers
30.0%Designers, all other
30.0%Set and exhibit designers
30.1%Personal and home care aides
30.1%First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
30.1%First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
30.1%Photographic processing machine operators
30.1%Photographic process workers
30.1%Agricultural inspectors
30.1%Subway and streetcar operators
30.1%Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
30.1%Rail transportation workers, all other
30.2%Advertising sales agents
30.2%Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
30.2%Material moving workers, all other
30.3%Counter and rental clerks
30.4%Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
30.4%Structural iron and steel workers
30.5%Sales representatives, services, all other
30.6%Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
30.6%Barbers
30.6%Farm equipment mechanics
30.6%Rail car repairers
30.7%Sheet metal workers
30.8%Personal care and service workers, all other
30.9%Network systems and data communications analysts
30.9%Procurement clerks
30.9%Home appliance repairers
30.9%Etchers and engravers
31.0%General and operations managers
31.0%Automotive service technicians and mechanics
31.0%Preschool teachers, except special education
31.0%Kindergarten teachers, except special education
31.0%Postmasters and mail superintendents
31.2%First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
31.3%Geological and petroleum technicians
31.4%Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders
31.4%Pourers and casters, metal
31.5%Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
31.7%Waiters and waitresses
31.7%Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
32.0%Loan officers
32.0%Loan counselors
32.2%Parts salespersons
32.2%Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
32.2%Mechanical door repairers
32.3%Nonfarm animal caretakers
32.4%Media and communication equipment workers, all other
32.4%Animal control workers
32.5%Telemarketers
32.5%Door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers
32.5%Demonstrators and product promoters
32.5%Models
32.7%Bus drivers, school
32.7%Insurance sales agents
32.7%Bus drivers, transit and intercity
32.7%First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
32.8%Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
32.8%Home health aides
32.8%Psychiatric aides
32.8%Biomedical engineers
32.9%Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other
32.9%Forest and conservation technicians
32.9%Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
32.9%Social science research assistants
32.9%Paperhangers
32.9%Forensic science technicians
33.0%Teachers and instructors, all other
33.0%Self-enrichment education teachers
33.0%Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
33.1%Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
33.1%Logisticians
33.2%Retail salespersons
33.2%Gaming supervisors
33.2%Slot key persons
33.5%Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
33.5%Motorboat mechanics
33.5%Motorcycle mechanics
33.5%Nuclear technicians
33.7%Property, real estate, and community association managers
33.7%Locksmiths and safe repairers
33.8%Maintenance and repair workers, general
33.8%Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators
33.9%Food service managers
34.0%Child care workers
34.0%Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
34.3%First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
34.3%Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
34.3%Film and video editors
34.4%Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
34.4%Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
34.5%Baggage porters and bellhops
34.5%Statistical assistants
34.5%Concierges
34.8%Gaming dealers
34.8%Gaming and sports book writers and runners
34.8%Gaming service workers, all other
35.1%Real estate sales agents
35.1%Industrial machinery mechanics
35.1%Real estate brokers
35.1%Detectives and criminal investigators
35.1%Refractory materials repairers, except brickmasons
35.2%Network and computer systems administrators
35.2%Radio and television announcers
35.2%Tire builders
35.2%Public address system and other announcers
35.4%Pest control workers
35.7%Construction and building inspectors
35.8%Stationary engineers and boiler operators
36.0%Riggers
36.1%Production, planning, and expediting clerks
36.1%Couriers and messengers
36.1%Transportation inspectors
36.2%Residential advisors
36.3%Meter readers, utilities
36.4%Security guards
36.4%Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators
36.5%Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
36.7%Transportation workers, all other
36.7%Traffic technicians
36.8%First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
37.0%Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other
37.2%Private detectives and investigators
37.3%Chemical equipment operators and tenders
37.3%Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders
37.6%Postal service mail carriers
37.6%Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
37.6%Audio and video equipment technicians
37.6%Broadcast technicians
37.6%Sound engineering technicians
37.6%Radio operators
37.7%First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
37.8%Order clerks
37.8%Model makers, metal and plastic
37.8%Patternmakers, metal and plastic
37.9%Business operation specialists, all other
38.2%Office and administrative support workers, all other
38.2%Cargo and freight agents
38.2%Chemical plant and system operators
38.2%Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers
38.2%Plant and system operators, all other
38.2%Gas plant operators
38.3%Protective service workers, all other
38.3%Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers
38.5%Chefs and head cooks
38.7%Gaming cage workers
38.8%Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers
38.9%Bartenders
39.0%Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
39.1%Administrative services managers
39.1%Electrical power-line installers and repairers
39.1%Appraisers and assessors of real estate
39.1%Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
39.1%Millwrights
39.4%Receptionists and information clerks
39.4%Bill and account collectors
39.5%Prepress technicians and workers
39.7%Cost estimators
40.0%Amusement and recreation attendants
40.0%Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other
40.0%Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
40.0%Costume attendants
40.1%Registered nurses
40.5%First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
40.5%Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
40.6%Tool and die makers
40.6%Motion picture projectionists
40.7%Tellers
40.7%Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
40.8%Customer service representatives
40.8%Data entry keyers
40.8%Legal support workers, all other
40.8%Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
40.8%Law clerks
40.8%Court reporters
40.9%Postal service clerks
41.0%Court, municipal, and license clerks
41.1%Telephone operators
41.2%Dental laboratory technicians
41.2%Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
41.2%Medical appliance technicians
41.3%Funeral attendants
41.3%Embalmers
41.5%Media and communication workers, all other
41.5%Interpreters and translators
41.6%Office clerks, general
41.6%First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
42.0%Healthcare technologists and technicians, all other
42.0%Locomotive engineers and operators
42.0%Orthotists and prosthetists
42.2%File clerks
42.3%Paralegals and legal assistants
42.3%Railroad conductors and yardmasters
42.3%Gaming managers
42.4%Computer support specialists
42.4%Brokerage clerks
42.5%Computer operators
42.7%Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
42.7%Chemical technicians
42.8%Teacher assistants
42.8%Electricians
42.8%Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
42.8%Wellhead pumpers
42.8%Pump operators, except wellhead pumpers
42.8%Gas compressor and gas pumping station operators
43.0%Surveying and mapping technicians
43.0%Correspondence clerks
43.2%Eligibility interviewers, government programs
43.9%Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
43.9%Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
44.7%Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
44.8%Medical records and health information technicians
44.9%Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
45.4%Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
45.5%Telecommunications line installers and repairers
45.6%Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
45.7%Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
45.7%Power plant operators
45.7%Power distributors and dispatchers
45.7%Nuclear power reactor operators
45.8%Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
45.8%Radio mechanics
45.9%Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
46.2%Switchboard operators, including answering service
46.3%Word processors and typists
46.4%Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive
46.4%Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
46.4%Medical secretaries
46.4%Legal secretaries
46.4%Library technicians
46.8%Loan interviewers and clerks
46.8%Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
46.8%Library assistants, clerical
46.8%Flight attendants
46.8%Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters
46.8%Numerical tool and process control programmers
47.3%Payroll and timekeeping clerks
47.3%Travel agents
47.6%Information and record clerks, all other
47.6%Air traffic controllers
47.6%Parking enforcement workers
47.6%Fish and game wardens
47.6%Airfield operations specialists
47.7%Correctional officers and jailers
47.7%Bailiffs
47.8%Security and fire alarm systems installers
48.4%Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
49.1%First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers
49.6%Transit and railroad police
49.8%Police and sheriff's patrol officers
50.0%Communications equipment operators, all other
50.2%Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
50.6%Massage therapists
51.9%Credit authorizers, checkers, and clerks
52.0%Physical therapist assistants
52.0%Physical therapist aides
52.8%First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
53.0%Radiation therapists
53.1%Medical equipment repairers
53.1%Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
53.1%Musical instrument repairers and tuners
53.1%Camera and photographic equipment repairers
53.1%Watch repairers
53.3%Pharmacy technicians
53.3%Surgical technologists
53.3%Psychiatric technicians
53.3%Veterinary technologists and technicians
53.3%Respiratory therapy technicians
53.3%Dietetic technicians
53.4%Medical assistants
53.4%Healthcare support workers, all other
53.4%Medical transcriptionists
53.4%Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
53.4%Pharmacy aides
53.4%Medical equipment preparers
53.5%Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
53.6%Opticians, dispensing
53.9%Fire inspectors and investigators
53.9%Forest fire inspectors and prevention specialists
54.0%Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
54.0%Civil engineering technicians
54.0%Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other
54.0%Industrial engineering technicians
54.0%Mechanical engineering technicians
54.0%Environmental engineering technicians
54.0%Electro-mechanical technicians
54.0%Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
55.8%Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
55.8%New accounts clerks
56.7%Dental assistants
57.9%Fire fighters
57.9%Funeral directors
60.6%First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
61.6%Avionics technicians
61.8%Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
62.1%Architectural and civil drafters
62.1%Mechanical drafters
62.1%Electrical and electronics drafters
62.1%Drafters, all other
62.8%Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
62.8%Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay
64.7%Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
65.9%Dental hygienists
68.0%Respiratory therapists
68.3%Radiologic technologists and technicians
68.3%Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
68.3%Diagnostic medical sonographers
68.3%Nuclear medicine technologists
70.9%Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
79.4%Occupational therapist assistants
79.4%Occupational therapist aides

source: Employment Matrix; about this section

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