What are the top occupations aligned to each career cluster?

Total High School Students Enrolled

27,400

Total High School CTE Concentrators

447

Occupation Employment
(2016)
Median Pay
(2017)
Projected Growth
(2016-26)
Electrical and Electronics Drafters 10 $57,430 0%
Mechanical Drafters 70 $53,630 28.6%
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians 90 $75,510 11.1%
Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other 300 $67,340 13.3%
Chemical Technicians 330 $42,930 12.1%
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 240 $56,680 16.7%
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 130 $39,190 0%
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 1,700 $75,110 10.6%
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 110 $44,210 -9.1%
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 50 $43,630 20%
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 150 $68,750 13.3%
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 80 $90,350 0%
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 60 $41,210 16.7%
Home Appliance Repairers 80 $36,960 12.5%
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 2,140 $67,220 26.6%
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 400 $77,940 15%
Medical Equipment Repairers 70 $43,890 14.3%
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other 30 $62,620 0%
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 3,650 $37,170 9.6%
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other 180 $44,300 11.1%
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 1,120 $82,350 12.5%
Butchers and Meat Cutters 270 $35,270 7.4%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 80 $26,500 0%
Food Batchmakers 100 $27,830 10%
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 30 $43,630 0%
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 30 $36,310 0%
Machinists 550 $52,300 27.3%
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 60 $37,200 0%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 1,990 $57,120 19.6%
Sewing Machine Operators 140 $28,420 14.3%
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 190 $40,150 10.5%
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 90 $29,780 0%
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 50 $38,570 0%
Power Distributors and Dispatchers 70 $96,670 -14.3%
Power Plant Operators 350 $81,160 0%
Chemical Plant and System Operators 300 $79,130 10%
Gas Plant Operators 560 $72,830 14.3%
Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 860 $75,340 16.3%
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 80 $73,980 12.5%
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 300 $87,130 3.3%
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 130 $69,050 -7.7%
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 200 $40,960 20%
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders 40 $46,240 0%
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 790 $49,530 10.1%
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 240 $38,060 12.5%
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 100 $36,690 20%
Painters, Transportation Equipment 100 $51,900 20%
Helpers--Production Workers 530 $33,800 18.9%
Production Workers, All Other 80 $53,920 0%
Plant and System Operators, All Other 240 $0 8.3%
Wind Turbine Service Technicians 110 $46,170 154.5%
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Sources: Burning Glass Technologies and state education agencies

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