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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
297,900
Total High School CTE Concentrators
679
Occupation | Employment (2016) |
Median Pay (2017) |
Projected Growth (2016-26) |
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General and Operations Managers | 80,010 | $110,760 | 7.9% |
Administrative Services Managers | 13,290 | $101,250 | 9.2% |
Computer and Information Systems Managers | 16,360 | $147,030 | 10.5% |
Industrial Production Managers | 5,900 | $118,020 | 1.9% |
Purchasing Managers | 3,050 | $121,980 | 5.9% |
Compensation and Benefits Managers | 840 | $117,930 | 3.6% |
Human Resources Managers | 5,730 | $123,750 | 8.6% |
Training and Development Managers | 1,680 | $117,330 | 10.1% |
Managers, All Other | 17,220 | $120,100 | 6.9% |
Human Resources Specialists | 16,040 | $68,110 | 6.9% |
Labor Relations Specialists | 2,760 | $70,110 | -6.5% |
Management Analysts | 27,930 | $95,080 | 15.3% |
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners | 3,220 | $52,480 | 9% |
Fundraisers | 3,980 | $59,950 | 13.1% |
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | 1,830 | $70,940 | 7.7% |
Training and Development Specialists | 7,390 | $68,470 | 9.9% |
Business Operations Specialists, All Other | 13,640 | $81,060 | 8.5% |
Operations Research Analysts | 4,030 | $79,150 | 24.3% |
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 37,070 | $61,510 | 1.5% |
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 1,870 | $33,760 | -20.9% |
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 46,070 | $46,180 | -2.6% |
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 3,880 | $51,030 | -1.5% |
Procurement Clerks | 1,330 | $47,600 | -4.5% |
Correspondence Clerks | 510 | $44,890 | -2% |
Customer Service Representatives | 60,910 | $40,230 | 1.7% |
File Clerks | 1,590 | $35,760 | -13.2% |
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 2,750 | $40,040 | 4.4% |
Library Assistants, Clerical | 2,420 | $31,290 | 6.2% |
New Accounts Clerks | 500 | $39,600 | -8% |
Order Clerks | 2,320 | $37,660 | -5.2% |
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 2,380 | $46,250 | -2.5% |
Receptionists and Information Clerks | 21,450 | $30,890 | 2.4% |
Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 1,580 | $46,410 | 7% |
Meter Readers, Utilities | 660 | $61,120 | -4.5% |
Postal Service Clerks | 2,440 | $60,090 | -10.2% |
Postal Service Mail Carriers | 8,420 | $62,480 | -10.2% |
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 3,450 | $58,770 | -14.8% |
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks | 13,840 | $38,150 | -0.7% |
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 41,200 | $27,590 | 4.7% |
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 22,370 | $60,450 | -18.5% |
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 43,360 | $46,440 | -7.2% |
Computer Operators | 1,550 | $51,700 | -23.9% |
Data Entry Keyers | 2,560 | $37,050 | -22.3% |
Word Processors and Typists | 880 | $44,450 | -33% |
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 2,080 | $35,470 | -8.2% |
Office Clerks, General | 60,280 | $37,190 | -2.6% |
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 1,340 | $40,820 | -15.7% |
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 2,630 | $43,770 | 9.5% |
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Sources: Burning Glass Technologies and state education agencies
Credential Explorer
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Credential (Massachusetts) | Credential Type | Supply/Demand Category | Credentials | ||
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Demanded | Earned | ||||
IASSC - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate | Certification | Very Undersupplied | 171 | 0 | |
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship and Small Business | Certification | Supply meets demand | 0 | 0 |