What are the top occupations aligned to each career cluster?

Total High School Students Enrolled

1,960,300

Total High School CTE Concentrators

19,763

Occupation Employment
(2016)
Median Pay
(2017)
Projected Growth
(2016-26)
Chief Executives 42,600 $208,000 -2.3%
General and Operations Managers 267,900 $114,110 11.5%
Administrative Services Managers 41,600 $106,230 12.5%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 53,000 $167,150 17.7%
Industrial Production Managers 19,500 $110,990 4.1%
Purchasing Managers 8,600 $134,110 9.3%
Compensation and Benefits Managers 1,600 $139,770 12.5%
Human Resources Managers 16,700 $132,280 13.2%
Training and Development Managers 3,500 $125,030 11.4%
Managers, All Other 105,400 $129,300 10.9%
Human Resources Specialists 58,100 $68,500 11%
Labor Relations Specialists 8,400 $75,790 -7.1%
Management Analysts 127,500 $82,550 13.2%
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 14,900 $53,100 14.1%
Fundraisers 7,800 $61,720 15.4%
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 10,700 $71,140 10.3%
Training and Development Specialists 27,400 $68,760 17.2%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 143,500 $75,060 11.9%
Operations Research Analysts 14,800 $92,130 29.7%
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 176,100 $59,250 6.1%
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service 11,800 $33,150 -18.6%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 203,100 $46,340 0.4%
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 26,700 $50,900 1.1%
Procurement Clerks 7,900 $44,820 -1.3%
Customer Service Representatives 215,400 $38,100 6.2%
File Clerks 18,800 $33,940 -8%
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 19,000 $40,370 7.9%
Library Assistants, Clerical 9,600 $32,970 9.4%
New Accounts Clerks 4,000 $40,370 -10%
Order Clerks 34,900 $35,970 5.2%
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 16,500 $42,110 1.2%
Receptionists and Information Clerks 109,600 $31,470 9.4%
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 22,800 $46,290 9.6%
Meter Readers, Utilities 3,600 $58,200 -5.6%
Postal Service Clerks 7,300 $60,100 4.1%
Postal Service Mail Carriers 33,400 $62,490 4.2%
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators 13,100 $58,770 -1.5%
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks 98,300 $33,780 6.8%
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 237,200 $27,650 8.6%
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 91,700 $70,660 -15.2%
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 236,100 $42,250 -4.5%
Computer Operators 4,400 $51,060 -18.2%
Data Entry Keyers 24,600 $33,840 -19.1%
Word Processors and Typists 16,200 $42,900 -32.7%
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 6,500 $31,340 -3.1%
Office Clerks, General 334,400 $35,320 0%
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer 6,400 $36,050 -15.6%
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 49,900 $34,240 10.6%
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Sources: Burning Glass Technologies and state education agencies

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Certified Medical Administrative Assistant Certification No Data 1 No Data
IASSC - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate Certification No Data 540 No Data
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Certification No Data 2 No Data