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Exploration by Career Cluster
Explore credential attainment and employer demand within a career cluster—including occupation employment and wage data. Optional: Select a state to display state-specific employment and wage information for the selected career cluster.
How many credentials earned in each career cluster are valued by employers in each state?
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What are the top occupations aligned to each career cluster?
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Total High School Students Enrolled
45,100
Total High School CTE Concentrators
550
Occupation | Employment (2016) |
Median Pay (2017) |
Projected Growth (2016-26) |
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Mechanical Drafters | 60 | $52,990 | 16.7% |
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians | 730 | $69,850 | 11% |
Industrial Engineering Technicians | 100 | $60,320 | 10% |
Mechanical Engineering Technicians | 60 | $57,080 | 16.7% |
Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other | 160 | $71,320 | 6.3% |
Chemical Technicians | 140 | $45,880 | 7.1% |
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks | 660 | $55,550 | 7.6% |
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping | 520 | $0 | -3.8% |
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers | 1,710 | $73,280 | 8.8% |
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers | 610 | $47,890 | -1.6% |
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers | 300 | $43,290 | 10% |
Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 600 | $53,850 | 10% |
Maintenance Workers, Machinery | 150 | $30,490 | 0% |
Medical Equipment Repairers | 70 | $58,890 | 0% |
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other | 100 | $48,000 | 0% |
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | 4,140 | $43,890 | 8.7% |
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers | 110 | $39,810 | 0% |
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other | 200 | $40,870 | 10% |
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | 2,630 | $69,230 | 8% |
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators | 100 | $36,620 | 30% |
Butchers and Meat Cutters | 430 | $39,570 | 9.3% |
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | 290 | $29,120 | 10.3% |
Food Batchmakers | 400 | $27,970 | 2.5% |
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic | 420 | $40,670 | 4.8% |
Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic | 70 | $53,890 | 14.3% |
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 30 | $38,880 | 0% |
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 620 | $29,840 | -8.1% |
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 500 | $34,040 | -10% |
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 30 | $43,210 | 0% |
Machinists | 1,500 | $47,970 | 18.7% |
Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders | 120 | $38,400 | 0% |
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 520 | $26,750 | -7.7% |
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 600 | $45,900 | 0% |
Tool and Die Makers | 280 | $51,090 | -3.6% |
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | 1,620 | $48,830 | 31.5% |
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 80 | $37,740 | -12.5% |
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 50 | $39,530 | -20% |
Plating and Coating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 230 | $31,300 | -8.7% |
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 130 | $24,350 | 0% |
Upholsterers | 110 | $34,880 | -9.1% |
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters | 540 | $46,150 | 7.4% |
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing | 200 | $28,950 | 0% |
Power Plant Operators | 50 | $0 | 0% |
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders | 90 | $39,140 | 11.1% |
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand | 150 | $36,350 | -26.7% |
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 390 | $40,420 | 7.7% |
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 210 | $43,840 | 0% |
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 120 | $34,470 | 41.7% |
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 1,280 | $42,610 | 0.8% |
Dental Laboratory Technicians | 110 | $45,410 | 9.1% |
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians | 170 | $33,790 | 11.8% |
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 710 | $27,850 | 8.5% |
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 210 | $31,010 | 4.8% |
Painters, Transportation Equipment | 390 | $47,440 | 25.6% |
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic | 70 | $41,730 | 0% |
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 170 | $30,040 | -11.8% |
Helpers--Production Workers | 2,690 | $24,480 | 26.8% |
Production Workers, All Other | 390 | $33,350 | 17.9% |
Machine Feeders and Offbearers | 280 | $24,330 | -3.6% |
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other | 100 | $35,930 | -10% |
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Sources: Burning Glass Technologies and state education agencies
Credential Explorer
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Credential (Rhode Island) | Credential Type | Supply/Demand Category | Credentials | ||
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Demanded | Earned | ||||
NIMS Machining | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 45 |