Architecture and Engineering Occupations

• Civil engineers
• Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
• Electronics engineers, except computer
• Industrial engineers
• Mechanical drafters
• Mechanical engineers

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

• Commercial and industrial designers
• Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
• Musicians and singers
• Public relations specialists
• Technical writers

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

• First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers

Business and Financial Operations Occupations

• Accountants and auditors
• Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
• Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
• Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
• Loan officers
• Management analysts
• Personal financial advisors
• Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
• Training and development specialists

Community and Social Services Occupations

• Child, family, and school social workers
• Medical and public health social workers
• Mental health and substance abuse social workers
• Social and human service assistants

Computer and Mathematical Occupations

• Computer programmers
• Computer software engineers, applications
• Computer software engineers, systems software
• Computer support specialists
• Computer systems analysts
• Database administrators
• Network and computer systems administrators
• Network systems and data communications analysts

Construction and Extraction Occupations

• Brickmasons and blockmasons
• Carpenters
• Construction and building inspectors
• Construction laborers
• Electricians
• First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
• Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
• Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
• Painters, construction and maintenance
• Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
• Roofers

Education, Training, and Library Occupations

• Elementary school teachers, except special education
• Health specialties teachers, postsecondary
• Instructional coordinators
• Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
• Preschool teachers, except special education
• Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
• Self-enrichment education teachers
• Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
• Special education teachers, secondary school
• Vocational education teachers, secondary school

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

• Chefs and head cooks
• Cooks, institution and cafeteria
• Cooks, restaurant
• First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers

Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations

• Dental hygienists
• Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
• Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
• Medical records and health information technicians
• Occupational therapists
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacy technicians
• Physical therapists
• Physicians and surgeons, all other
• Radiologic technologists and technicians
• Registered nurses
• Respiratory therapists

Healthcare Support Occupations

• Dental assistants
• Medical assistants
• Medical transcriptionists
• Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
• Physical therapist assistants

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

• Automotive service technicians and mechanics
• Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
• First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
• Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
• Maintenance and repair workers, general
• Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers
• Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Legal Occupations

• Lawyers
• Paralegals and legal assistants

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

• Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
• Market research analysts

Management Occupations

• Chief executives
• Computer and information systems managers
• Engineering managers
• Financial managers
• General and operations managers
• Marketing managers
• Medical and health services managers
• Property, real estate, and community association managers
• Sales managers
• Social and community service managers

Office and Administrative Support Occupations

• Bill and account collectors
• Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
• Customer service representatives
• Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
• First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
• Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
• Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
• Legal secretaries
• Medical secretaries
• Office clerks, general
• Production, planning, and expediting clerks
• Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

Personal Care and Service Occupations

• First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
• Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors

Production Occupations

• Machinists
• Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
• Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Protective Service Occupations

• Fire fighters
• Police and sheriff's patrol officers

Sales and Related Occupations

• Demonstrators and product promoters
• First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
• First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
• Insurance sales agents
• Real estate sales agents
• Sales engineers
• Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
• Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

• Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
• Bus drivers, school
• Driver/sales workers
• First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
• Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
• Refuse and recyclable material collectors

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