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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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What are the top occupations aligned to each career cluster?
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Total High School Students Enrolled
1,557,100
Total High School CTE Concentrators
136,175
Occupation | Employment (2016) |
Median Pay (2017) |
Projected Growth (2016-26) |
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Chief Executives | 7,790 | $208,000 | 4.4% |
General and Operations Managers | 168,200 | $101,580 | 18.9% |
Administrative Services Managers | 20,800 | $93,510 | 18.2% |
Computer and Information Systems Managers | 18,910 | $145,880 | 19.1% |
Industrial Production Managers | 9,980 | $109,690 | 11.6% |
Purchasing Managers | 4,920 | $123,470 | 16.9% |
Compensation and Benefits Managers | 650 | $111,910 | 15.4% |
Human Resources Managers | 6,600 | $117,330 | 19.2% |
Training and Development Managers | 1,520 | $117,660 | 18.4% |
Managers, All Other | 35,960 | $113,510 | 14.7% |
Human Resources Specialists | 48,890 | $61,140 | 15.7% |
Labor Relations Specialists | 2,730 | $69,610 | 7% |
Management Analysts | 41,010 | $85,770 | 21.2% |
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners | 9,870 | $49,080 | 19.7% |
Fundraisers | 7,920 | $56,140 | 20.6% |
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | 5,650 | $63,300 | 15.6% |
Training and Development Specialists | 23,560 | $61,820 | 20.3% |
Business Operations Specialists, All Other | 69,490 | $72,730 | 15.2% |
Operations Research Analysts | 10,150 | $77,970 | 36.2% |
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 117,610 | $55,960 | 10.5% |
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service | 7,300 | $25,630 | -12.1% |
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 131,300 | $39,870 | 7% |
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks | 13,680 | $43,220 | 7.7% |
Procurement Clerks | 7,830 | $42,290 | 5.4% |
Correspondence Clerks | 620 | $38,870 | 11.3% |
Customer Service Representatives | 251,970 | $31,730 | 14.2% |
File Clerks | 13,410 | $29,950 | -5.1% |
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan | 11,070 | $31,100 | 10.1% |
Library Assistants, Clerical | 5,840 | $26,110 | 16.8% |
New Accounts Clerks | 4,240 | $31,220 | 7.1% |
Order Clerks | 21,250 | $34,850 | 5.6% |
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping | 11,620 | $39,330 | 6.1% |
Receptionists and Information Clerks | 56,720 | $26,420 | 11.7% |
Information and Record Clerks, All Other | 13,320 | $35,200 | 14.2% |
Meter Readers, Utilities | 2,590 | $30,110 | 4.2% |
Postal Service Clerks | 4,530 | $60,090 | 8.4% |
Postal Service Mail Carriers | 23,230 | $52,620 | 8.3% |
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators | 6,660 | $58,780 | 2.9% |
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks | 62,980 | $31,400 | 10.2% |
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 163,070 | $26,280 | 16% |
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants | 43,630 | $57,280 | -12.6% |
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 186,750 | $34,250 | 0.4% |
Computer Operators | 3,840 | $46,130 | -16.4% |
Data Entry Keyers | 19,940 | $30,200 | -16% |
Word Processors and Typists | 1,580 | $37,840 | -27.8% |
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service | 7,200 | $29,850 | 0.3% |
Office Clerks, General | 369,950 | $33,850 | 6.7% |
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 5,760 | $30,600 | -7.5% |
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other | 8,420 | $35,960 | 13.1% |
Telephone Operators | 350 | $27,950 | -17.1% |
Communications Equipment Operators, All Other | 70 | $38,770 | 28.6% |
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Sources: Burning Glass Technologies and state education agencies
Credential Explorer
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Credential (Texas) | Credential Type | Supply/Demand Category | Credentials | ||
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Demanded | Earned | ||||
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship - Entrepreneurship and Small Business | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 3 | 164 | |
ManageFirst Professional Credential | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 22 | |
IASSC - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate | Certification | Very Undersupplied | 543 | 0 |