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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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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) |
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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
Credential Explorer
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Credential (California) | Credential Type | Supply/Demand Category | Credentials | ||
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Demanded | Earned | ||||
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 |