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Exploration by Career Cluster
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Total High School Students Enrolled
15,222,100
Total High School CTE Concentrators
375,450
| Occupation | Employment (2016) |
Median Pay (2017) |
Projected Growth (2016-26) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Office clerks, general | 3,117,700 | $31,500 | -1% |
| Customer service representatives | 2,784,500 | $32,890 | 4.9% |
| Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive | 2,536,200 | $35,590 | -6.5% |
| General and operations managers | 2,263,100 | $100,410 | 9.1% |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 2,008,600 | $24,470 | 5% |
| Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks | 1,730,500 | $39,240 | -1.5% |
| First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers | 1,506,300 | $55,060 | 3.4% |
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,053,700 | $28,390 | 9.1% |
| Business operations specialists, all other | 1,023,900 | $70,010 | 8.8% |
| Managers, all other | 992,100 | $105,610 | 8% |
| Management analysts | 806,400 | $82,450 | 14.3% |
| Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants | 685,300 | $57,410 | -17.4% |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 681,400 | $31,810 | 0% |
| Human resources specialists | 547,800 | $60,350 | 7.1% |
| Computer and information systems managers | 367,600 | $139,220 | 12% |
| Postal service mail carriers | 316,700 | $57,000 | -12.1% |
| Chief executives | 308,900 | $183,270 | -3.9% |
| Training and development specialists | 282,800 | $60,360 | 11.5% |
| Administrative services managers | 281,700 | $94,020 | 10.1% |
| Office and administrative support workers, all other | 243,200 | $35,590 | 9.1% |
| Data entry keyers | 203,800 | $30,930 | -21.2% |
| Interviewers, except eligibility and loan | 194,700 | $33,110 | 5.7% |
| Order clerks | 179,000 | $33,510 | -2.1% |
| Information and record clerks, all other | 178,100 | $39,860 | 7.6% |
| Industrial production managers | 170,600 | $100,580 | -0.5% |
| Payroll and timekeeping clerks | 166,300 | $43,890 | -0.9% |
| Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping | 141,500 | $39,480 | -1.8% |
| Human resources managers | 136,100 | $110,120 | 9.1% |
| File clerks | 135,000 | $30,120 | -10.4% |
| Meeting, convention, and event planners | 116,700 | $48,290 | 10.9% |
| Operations research analysts | 114,000 | $81,390 | 27.4% |
| Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators | 106,700 | $57,260 | -16.5% |
| Library assistants, clerical | 104,300 | $25,810 | 9.4% |
| Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service | 95,500 | $29,620 | -7.4% |
| Switchboard operators, including answering service | 93,200 | $28,700 | -19.9% |
| Fundraisers | 90,400 | $55,640 | 14.8% |
| Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists | 84,200 | $62,680 | 8.5% |
| Labor relations specialists | 81,100 | $63,200 | -7.7% |
| Postal service clerks | 79,000 | $58,550 | -12.1% |
| Procurement clerks | 74,900 | $41,910 | -4.3% |
| Word processors and typists | 74,900 | $39,740 | -33.1% |
| Purchasing managers | 73,900 | $115,760 | 5.5% |
| Office machine operators, except computer | 59,900 | $31,360 | -15.6% |
| Computer operators | 51,500 | $44,270 | -22.8% |
| New accounts clerks | 42,000 | $35,260 | -6.2% |
| Meter readers, utilities | 34,800 | $39,240 | -4.4% |
| Training and development managers | 34,500 | $108,250 | 10.3% |
| Compensation and benefits managers | 15,800 | $119,120 | 5% |
| Telephone operators | 9,100 | $36,320 | -22.6% |
| Correspondence clerks | 7,200 | $36,620 | 2.1% |
| Communications equipment operators, all other | 2,400 | $41,480 | 10.4% |
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Sources: Burning Glass Technologies and state education agencies
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| Credential (National) | Credential Type | Supply/Demand Category | Credentials | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demanded | Earned | ||||
| Louisiana Micro-Enterprise Credential | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 4,808 | |
| Certified Medical Administrative Assistant | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 3 | 3,111 | |
| NOCTI Pathway Assessment - General Management | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 2,013 | |
| EVERFI - Venture Entrepreneurial Expedition | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 1,651 | |
| Brainbench Office Procedures | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 544 | |
| Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship and Small Business | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 58 | 437 | |
| ASK Fundamental Business Concepts | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 335 | |
| NOCTI Pathway Assessment - Business Financial Management | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 243 | |
| ASK Assessment of Skills and Knowledge for Business | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 237 | |
| NOCTI Pathway Assessment - Human Resource Management | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 219 | |
| Brainbench Office Management | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 164 | |
| Brainbench Business Concepts | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 154 | |
| Precision Exams - Business Concepts | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 154 | |
| Brainbench Business Ethics Awareness | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 151 | |
| Brainbench Managing People | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 133 | |
| Brainbench Business Communication | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 98 | |
| Oklahoma CareerTech - Entrepreneur | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 82 | |
| Brainbench Payroll Fundamentals | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 79 | |
| Colorado Administrative Assistant | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 5 | 78 | |
| IASSC - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate | Certification | Very Undersupplied | 6,394 | 67 | |
| Wisconsin Cooperative Education Skill Standards - Business Management & Administration | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 66 | |
| Brainbench QuickBooks | Software | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 65 | |
| Oklahoma CareerTech - Administrative Professional | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 59 | |
| Knowledge Matters - Virtual Business Management | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 55 | |
| Professional Communications Certification | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 50 | |
| Brainbench Retail Management | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 36 | |
| NOCTI Job Ready Assessment - Administrative Assisting | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 29 | |
| NOCTI Partner Assessment - Virtual Enterprise Certification Assessment | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 29 | |
| Certified Billing and Coding Specialist | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 5 | 24 | |
| ManageFirst Professional Credential | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 22 | |
| Oklahoma CareerTech - Manager Trainee | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 22 | |
| Brainbench Human Resource Concepts | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 17 | |
| Wisconsin Cooperative Education Skill Standards - Retail Management | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 15 | |
| Brainbench Operations Concepts | CTE Assessment | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 12 | |
| Brainbench Project Management | CTE Assessment | Moderately Oversupplied | 0 | 9 | |
| FEMA Retail Security Awareness | Certification | Moderately Oversupplied | 0 | 9 | |
| Wisconsin Cooperative Education Skill Standards - Business & Information Technology | Certification | Moderately Oversupplied | 0 | 6 | |
| S/P2 - Human Resources | Certification | Supply meets demand | 0 | 5 | |
| Brainbench Quicken | Software | Supply meets demand | 0 | 2 | |
| Colorado CTE Fashion Design and Merchandising | CTE Assessment | Supply meets demand | 0 | 2 | |
| Precision Exams - Business Communication I | CTE Assessment | Supply meets demand | 0 | 2 | |
| Wisconsin Cooperative Education Skill Standards - Entrepreneurship | Certification | Supply meets demand | 0 | 2 | |
| Brainbench Change Management | CTE Assessment | Supply meets demand | 0 | 1 | |
| Brainbench HRIS Concepts | CTE Assessment | Supply meets demand | 0 | 1 | |