Job & Career Outlook
By Michael T. Robinson
The CareerPlanner.com "Job Outlook Tool" shows you the future demand for each type of job.
It also describes the nature of the work, the work environment, the education requirements, and salary ranges.
1) Accountants and Auditors
2) Actors, Producers, and Directors
3) Actuaries
4) Administrative Services Managers
5) Adult Literacy and High School Equivalency Diploma Teachers
6) Advertising Sales Agents
7) Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sales Managers
8) Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians
9) Aerospace Engineers
10) Agricultural and Food Science Technicians
11) Agricultural and Food Scientists
12) Agricultural Engineers
13) Agricultural Workers
14) Air Traffic Controllers
15) Aircraft and Avionics Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
16) Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers
17) Animal Care and Service Workers
18) Announcers
19) Anthropologists and Archeologists
20) Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
21) Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
22) Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
23) Architectural and Engineering Managers
24) Archivists, Curators, and Museum Technicians
25) Art Directors
26) Artists and Related Workers
27) Assemblers and Fabricators
28) Athletes, Coaches, Umpires, and Related Workers
29) Athletic Trainers
30) Atmospheric Scientists
31) Audiologists
32) Automotive Body and Related Repairers
33) Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
34) Bakers
35) Barbers, Cosmetologists, and Other Personal Appearance Workers
36) Bartenders
37) Bill and Account Collectors
38) Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators
39) Biological Scientists
40) Biological Technicians
41) Biomedical Engineers
42) Boilermakers
43) Bookbinders and Bindery Workers
44) Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
45) Brickmasons, Blockmasons, and Stonemasons
46) Broadcast and Sound Engineering Technicians and Radio Operators
47) Brokerage Clerks
48) Budget Analysts
49) Building Cleaning Workers
50) Bus Drivers
51) Butchers
52) Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
53) Career and Technical Education Teachers
54) Cargo and Freight Agents
55) Carpenters
56) Carpet, Floor, and Tile Installers and Finishers
57) Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
58) Cashiers
59) Cement Masons, Concrete Finishers, Segmental Pavers, and Terrazzo Workers
60) Chefs and Head Cooks
61) Chefs, Cooks, and Food Preparation Workers
62) Chemical Engineers
63) Chemical Technicians
64) Chemists and Materials Scientists
65) Child Care Workers
66) Chiropractors
67) Civil Engineering Technicians
68) Civil Engineers
69) Claims Adjusters, Appraisers, Examiners, and Investigators
70) Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
71) Coaches and Scouts
72) Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
73) Commercial and Industrial Designers
74) Communications Equipment Operators
75) Compensation and Benefits Managers
76) Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
77) Computer and Information Research Scientists
78) Computer and Information Systems Managers
79) Computer Control Programmers and Operators
80) Computer Hardware Engineers
81) Computer Network Architects
82) Computer Operators
83) Computer Programmers
84) Computer Scientists and Database Administrators
85) Computer Software Engineers
86) Computer Support Specialists
87) Computer Support Specialists and Systems Administrators
88) Computer Systems Analysts
89) Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
90) Conservation Scientists and Foresters
91) Construction and Building Inspectors
92) Construction Equipment Operators
93) Construction Laborers
94) Construction Laborers and Helpers
95) Construction Managers
96) Cooks
97) Correctional Officers
98) Correctional Officers and Bailiffs
99) Cost Estimators
100) Counselors
101) Counter and Rental Clerks
102) Couriers and Messengers
103) Court Reporters
104) Craft and Fine Artists
105) Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
106) Customer Service Representatives
107) Dancers and Choreographers
108) Data Entry and Information Processing Workers
109) Database Administrators
110) Delivery Truck Drivers and Driver/Sales Workers
111) Demonstrators, Product Promoters, and Models
112) Dental and Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians and Medical Appliance Technicians
113) Dental Assistants
114) Dental Hygienists
115) Dentists
116) Desktop Publishers
117) Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
118) Diesel Service Technicians and Mechanics
119) Dietitians and Nutritionists
120) Dispatchers
121) Drafters
122) Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers
123) Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers
124) Economists
125) Editors
126) Education Administrators
127) Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians
128) Electrical and Electronics Engineers
129) Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers
130) Electricians
131) Electro-mechanical Technicians
132) Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers
133) Elementary, Middle, and High School Principals
134) Elevator Installers and Repairers
135) Emergency Management Directors
136) Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
137) EMTs and Paramedics
138) Engineering and Natural Sciences Managers
139) Engineering Technicians
140) Environmental Engineering Technicians
141) Environmental Engineers
142) Environmental Science and Protection Technicians
143) Environmental Scientists and Hydrologists
144) Environmental Scientists and Specialists
145) Epidemiologists
146) Exercise Physiologists
147) Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers
148) Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
149) Fashion Designers
150) File Clerks
151) Film and Video Editors and Camera Operators
152) Financial Analysts
153) Financial Analysts and Personal Financial Advisors
154) Financial Clerks
155) Financial Examiners
156) Financial Managers
157) Fire Fighting Occupations
158) Fire Inspectors
159) Firefighters
160) Fishers and Fishing Vessel Operators
161) Fishing and Hunting Workers
162) Fitness Trainers and Instructors
163) Fitness Workers
164) Flight Attendants
165) Flooring Installers and Tile and Marble Setters
166) Floral Designers
167) Food and Beverage Serving and Related Workers
168) Food and Tobacco Processing Workers
169) Food Processing Occupations
170) Food Service Managers
171) Forensic Science Technicians
172) Forest and Conservation Workers
173) Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers
174) Fundraisers
175) Funeral Directors
176) Funeral Service Workers
177) Gaming Cage Workers
178) Gaming Services Occupations
179) Gaming Services Workers
180) General Maintenance and Repair Workers
181) General Office Clerks
182) Genetic Counselors
183) Geographers
184) Geological and Petroleum Technicians
185) Geoscientists
186) Glaziers
187) Graphic Designers
188) Grounds Maintenance Workers
189) Hand Laborers and Material Movers
190) Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
191) Health and Safety Engineers
192) Health Educators
193) Health Educators and Community Health Workers
194) Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
195) Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
196) Heavy and Tractor-trailer Truck Drivers
197) Heavy Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Service Technicians
198) Heavy Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Service Technicians and Mechanics
199) High School Teachers
200) Historians
201) Home Appliance Repairers
202) Home Health Aides and Personal Care Aides
203) Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
204) Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
205) Human Resources Managers
206) Human Resources Specialists
207) Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Managers and Specialists
208) Hydrologists
209) Industrial Designers
210) Industrial Engineering Technicians
211) Industrial Engineers
212) Industrial Machinery Mechanics and Maintenance Workers
213) Industrial Production Managers
214) Information Clerks
215) Information Security Analysts
216) Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
217) Instructional Coordinators
218) Insulation Workers
219) Insurance Sales Agents
220) Insurance Underwriters
221) Interior Designers
222) Interpreters and Translators
223) Ironworkers
224) Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
225) Job Opportunities in the Armed Forces
226) Judges and Hearing Officers
227) Judges, Magistrates, and Other Judicial Workers
228) Kindergarten and Elementary School Teachers
229) Labor Relations Specialists
230) Landscape Architects
231) Lawyers
232) Librarians
233) Library Technicians and Assistants
234) Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
235) Line Installers and Repairers
236) Loan Officers
237) Lodging Managers
238) Logging Workers
239) Logisticians
240) Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders-Metal and Plastic
241) Machinists
242) Machinists and Tool and Die Makers
243) Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
244) Management Analysts
245) Manicurists and Pedicurists
246) Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
247) Market and Survey Researchers
248) Market Research Analysts
249) Marriage and Family Therapists
250) Massage Therapists
251) Material Moving Machine Operators
252) Material Moving Occupations
253) Material Recording Clerks
254) Materials Engineers
255) Mathematicians
256) Mathematicians and Statisticians
257) Mechanical Engineering Technicians
258) Mechanical Engineers
259) Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
260) Medical and Health Services Managers
261) Medical Assistants
262) Medical Equipment Repairers
263) Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
264) Medical Scientists
265) Medical Transcriptionists
266) Medical, Dental, and Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
267) Meeting and Convention Planners
268) Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
269) Metal and Plastic Machine Workers
270) Microbiologists
271) Middle School Teachers
272) Military Careers
273) Millwrights
274) Mining and Geological Engineers
275) Models
276) Meter Readers, Utilities
277) Multimedia Artists and Animators
278) Music Directors and Composers
279) Musicians and Singers
280) Musicians, Singers, and Related Workers
281) Natural Sciences Managers
282) Network and Computer Systems Administrators
283) News Analysts, Reporters, and Correspondents
284) Nuclear Engineers
285) Nuclear Medicine Technologists
286) Nuclear Technicians
287) Nurse Anesthetists, Nurse Midwives, and Nurse Practitioners
288) Nursing Assistants and Orderlies
289) Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides
290) Occupational Health and Safety Specialists and Technicians
291) Occupational Therapist Assistants and Aides
292) Occupational Therapists
293) Occupational Therapy Assistants and Aides
294) Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors and Managers
295) Office Clerks, General
296) Operations Research Analysts
297) Opticians
298) Opticians, Dispensing
299) Optometrists
300) Order Clerks
301) Orthotists and Prosthetists
302) Painters and Paperhangers
303) Painters, Construction and Maintenance
304) Painting and Coating Workers
305) Painting and Coating Workers, Except Construction and Maintenance
306) Paralegals and Legal Assistants
307) Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
308) Personal and Home Care Aides
309) Personal Financial Advisors
310) Pest Control Workers
311) Petroleum Engineers
312) Pharmacists
313) Pharmacy Aides
314) Pharmacy Technicians
315) Phlebotomists
316) Photographers
317) Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides
318) Physical Therapists
319) Physician Assistants
320) Physicians and Surgeons
321) Physicists and Astronomers
322) Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
323) Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
324) Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
325) Podiatrists
326) Police and Detectives
327) Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers
328) Political Scientists
329) Postal Service Workers
330) Postsecondary Education Administrators
331) Postsecondary Teachers
332) Plasterers and Stucco Masons
333) Power Plant Operators, Distributors, and Dispatchers
334) Preschool and Childcare Center Directors
335) Preschool Teachers
336) Private Detectives and Investigators
337) Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
338) Procurement Clerks
339) Producers and Directors
340) Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
341) Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
342) Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers
343) Psychiatric Technicians and Aides
344) Prepress Technicians and Workers
345) Psychologists
346) Public Relations and Fundraising Managers
347) Public Relations Specialists
348) Purchasing Managers, Buyers, and Purchasing Agents
349) Printing Machine Operators
350) Quality Control Inspectors
351) Radiation Therapists
352) Radio and Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers
353) Radiologic and MRI Technologists
354) Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
355) Rail Transportation Occupations
356) Railroad Workers
357) Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents
358) Receptionists
359) Receptionists and Information Clerks
360) Recreation Workers
361) Recreational Therapists
362) Registered Nurses
363) Rehabilitation Counselors
364) Reporters, Correspondents, and Broadcast News Analysts
365) Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
366) Respiratory Therapists
367) Retail Sales Workers
368) Retail Salespersons
369) Roofers
370) Sales Engineers
371) Sales Managers
372) Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
373) School and Career Counselors
374) Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
375) Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
376) Security Guards and Gaming Surveillance Officers
377) Sheet Metal Workers
378) Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
379) Skincare Specialists
380) Small Engine Mechanics
381) Social and Community Service Managers
382) Social and Human Service Assistants
383) Social Scientists, Other
384) Social Workers
385) Sales Worker Supervisors
386) Sociologists
387) Software Developers
388) Science Technicians
389) Solar Photovoltaic Installers
390) Special Education Teachers
391) Speech-Language Pathologists
392) Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
393) Semiconductor Processors
394) Statisticians
395) Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
396) Structural and Reinforcing Iron and Metal Workers
397) Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors
398) Surgical Technologists
399) Survey Researchers
400) Surveying and Mapping Technicians
401) Surveyors
402) Surveyors, Cartographers, Photogrammetrists, and Surveying and Mapping Technicians
403) Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
404) Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents
405) Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs
406) Taxi Drivers, Ride-Hailing Drivers, and Chauffeurs
407) Teacher Assistants
408) Teachers-Adult Literacy and Remedial Education
409) Teachers-Postsecondary
410) Teachers-Preschool, Kindergarten, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary
411) Teachers-Special Education
412) Technical Writers
413) Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers
414) Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators and Editors
415) Tellers
416) Tool and Die Makers
417) Top Executives
418) Training and Development Managers
419) Training and Development Specialists
420) Travel Agents
421) Truck Drivers and Driver/Sales Workers
422) Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials
423) Urban and Regional Planners
424) Veterinarians
425) Teachers-Self-Enrichment Education
426) Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers
427) Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
428) Waiters and Waitresses
429) Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators
430) Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
431) Water Transportation Occupations
432) Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Occupations
433) Water Transportation Workers
434) Web Developers
435) Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
436) Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
437) Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Workers
438) Wholesale and Manufacturing Sales Representatives
439) Wind Turbine Technicians
440) Woodworkers
441) Writers and Authors
442) Writers and Editors
443) Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists