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Labor Market Information Center

Occupational Profiles of Hot Careers

For each occupation designated as a Hot Career, there is an Occupational Profile (in Adobe PDF format) available below. Occupations designated as Top 30 Hot Careers (the 30 with the very greatest projected demand) are denoted with a 😎 symbol.

See a list of what each Occupational Profile includes.

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

Carpenters 😎

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 😎

Child, Family, and School Social Workers 😎

Civil Engineers

Clergy 😎

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

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 Workers 😎

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 Supervisor 😎

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 (No occupational profile is available for this occupation since the occupation is not included in O*Net Online.)

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 Counselors

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 😎

Each Occupational Profile includes such information as:

• What They Do - a description of what workers do on the job
• Is This For You? - work interest areas compatible with Holland's Model
• Work Styles - personality tendencies of people who perform well in the occupation
• Abilities - reflecting a person’s aptitude to acquire the skills and knowledge important in the occupation
• Work Activities - the generalized types of job tasks and actions associated with the occupation
• Education and Training - the level of education recommended for the occupation in South Dakota, including apprenticeship opportunities when applicable
• Preferred levels for the National Career Readiness Certificate
• Where They Work - industries where workers in the occupation are employed in South Dakota (based on 2024 data)
• South Dakota Employment & Wages - employment projections for 2024 to 2034 and demand (number of annual openings projected each year, on average between 2024 and 2034). Please see our projections technical notes page for more information. Annual median wage and average annual wage for 2025. Please see our occupational wages technical notes page for more information.

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