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Exploration by Career Cluster
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Total High School Students Enrolled
27,400
Total High School CTE Concentrators
447
Occupation | Employment (2016) |
Median Pay (2017) |
Projected Growth (2016-26) |
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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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Credential () | Credential Type | Supply/Demand Category | Credentials | ||
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