Architecture and Engineering Occupations

• Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
• Electrical engineers
• Mechanical drafters
• Mechanical engineers

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

• Graphic designers
• Public relations specialists

Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations

• First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
• First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
• Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

Business and Financial Operations Occupations

• Accountants and auditors
• Appraisers and assessors of real estate
• Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
• Cost estimators
• Credit analysts
• Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
• Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
• Loan officers
• Personal financial advisors
• Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
• Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products

Community and Social Services Occupations

• Child, family, and school social workers
• Educational, vocational, and school counselors
• Medical and public health social workers
• Social and human service assistants

Computer and Mathematical Occupations

• Computer software engineers, applications
• 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 laborers
• Electricians
• First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
• Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
• Painters, construction and maintenance
• Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Education, Training, and Library Occupations

• Elementary school teachers, except special education
• Kindergarten teachers, except special education
• Librarians
• Library technicians
• Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
• Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary
• Preschool teachers, except special education
• Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
• Special education teachers, middle school
• Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
• Special education teachers, secondary school
• Teacher assistants

Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

• Chefs and head cooks
• Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
• Cooks, fast food
• Cooks, institution and cafeteria
• Cooks, restaurant
• Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
• Dishwashers
• First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
• Food preparation workers
• Food servers, nonrestaurant
• Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
• Waiters and waitresses

Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations

• Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Dietitians and nutritionists
• Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
• Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
• Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
• Medical records and health information technicians
• Nuclear medicine technologists
• Occupational therapists
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacy technicians
• Physical therapists
• Physicians and surgeons, all other
• Radiologic technologists and technicians
• Registered nurses
• Surgical technologists

Healthcare Support Occupations

• Medical assistants
• Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
• Pharmacy aides
• Physical therapist aides
• Physical therapist assistants

Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

• Automotive body and related repairers
• Automotive service technicians and mechanics
• Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
• Electrical power-line installers and repairers
• First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
• Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
• Industrial machinery mechanics
• Maintenance and repair workers, general
• Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Legal Occupations

• Lawyers
• Paralegals and legal assistants

Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations

• Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists

Management Occupations

• Administrative services managers
• Chief executives
• Computer and information systems managers
• Construction managers
• Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
• Education administrators, postsecondary
• Financial managers
• Food service managers
• General and operations managers
• Industrial production 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

Personal Care and Service Occupations

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

Production Occupations

• Bakers
• Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
• First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
• Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
• Machinists
• Printing machine operators
• Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
• Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Protective Service Occupations

• Fire fighters
• Police and sheriff's patrol officers
• Private detectives and investigators

Sales and Related Occupations

• Cashiers
• Counter and rental clerks
• First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
• Insurance sales agents
• Retail salespersons
• Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
• Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
• Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents

Transportation and Material Moving Occupations

• Bus drivers, school
• Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
• Driver/sales workers
• Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
• First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
• First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
• Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
• Packers and packagers, hand
• Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
• Truck drivers, light or delivery services

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