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Labor Market Information Center

Learn More about a Hot Career

Learn more about any of the Hot Careers in the virtual labor market data system, including such things as what workers do on the job, projected employment outlook, wages, and related occupations.

Accountants and Auditors

Agricultural Equipment Operators

Automotive Body and Related Repairers

Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics

Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists

Business Operations Specialists, All Other

Buyers and Purchasing Agents - see options below

Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products

Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products

Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

Carpenters

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers

Child, Family and School Social Workers

Civil Engineers

Clergy

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians - see options below

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders

Compliance Officers

Computer Systems Analysts

Construction Managers

Dental Assistants

Electricians

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians

Financial Managers

Firefighters

First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Worker

First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers and Repairers

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation & Material Moving Workers, except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors

Food Service Managers

General and Operations Managers

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists

Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Human Resources Specialists

Industrial Machinery Mechanics

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Insurance Sales Agents

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Loan Officers

Maintenance and Repair Workers, General

Management Analysts

Managers, All Other

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

Medical and Health Services Managers

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Nurse Practitioners

Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators

Painters, Construction and Maintenance

Plumbers, Pipefitters and Steamfitters

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers

Project Management Specialists

Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers

Registered Nurses

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, except Technical and Scientific Products

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education

Software Developers

Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder and Mental Health Counselor - see the following options

Mental Health Counselors

Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors

Welders, Cutters, Solderers and Brazers

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