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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
15,222,100
Total High School CTE Concentrators
46,403
| Occupation | Employment (2016) |
Median Pay (2017) |
Projected Growth (2016-26) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compliance officers | 288,300 | $67,870 | 8.2% |
| Eligibility interviewers, government programs | 143,100 | $44,400 | 6% |
| Court, municipal, and license clerks | 135,500 | $37,300 | 6.5% |
| Construction and building inspectors | 105,100 | $59,090 | 10% |
| Occupational health and safety specialists | 83,700 | $71,780 | 8.1% |
| Appraisers and assessors of real estate | 80,800 | $54,010 | 14.4% |
| Tax examiners and collectors, and revenue agents | 62,100 | $53,130 | -0.6% |
| Legislators | 55,500 | $25,630 | 7.1% |
| Financial examiners | 52,500 | $81,690 | 9.8% |
| Transportation security screeners | 46,100 | $40,580 | 2.6% |
| Urban and regional planners | 36,000 | $71,490 | 12.8% |
| Transportation inspectors | 28,200 | $72,140 | 5.9% |
| Occupational health and safety technicians | 18,100 | $49,960 | 10.1% |
| Agricultural inspectors | 15,600 | $43,390 | 4.6% |
| Postmasters and mail superintendents | 14,200 | $74,840 | -20.9% |
| Statistical assistants | 11,800 | $47,400 | 9.2% |
| Emergency management directors | 10,100 | $72,760 | 7.7% |
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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 | ||||
| FEMA National Incident Management System | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 3,290 | 21,348 | |
| ICS 100 Certified (Incident Command System) | Certification | Very Undersupplied | 436 | 101 | |
| FEMA Active Shooter | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 41 | 93 | |
| FEMA - IS 362 (Multi-Hazard Emergency Planning for Schools) | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 1 | 75 | |
| FEMA - IS 3 (Radiological Emergency Management) | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 30 | 68 | |
| FEMA Emergency Planning | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 12 | 24 | |
| FEMA Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams | General Career Readiness | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 21 | |
| FEMA Protecting Critical Infrastructure Against Insider Threats | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 21 | |
| FEMA Surveillance Awareness | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 20 | |
| FEMA Decision Making and Problem Solving | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 19 | |
| FEMA - IS 242 | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 1 | 17 | |
| FEMA Effective Communication | General Career Readiness | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 14 | |
| FEMA Telecommunicators Emergency Response Taskforce (TERT) Basic Course | Certification | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 14 | |
| FEMA Fundamentals of Risk Management | General Career Readiness | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 11 | |
| FEMA Leadership and Influence | General Career Readiness | Very Oversupplied | 0 | 11 | |
| FEMA Fundamentals of Emergency Management | General Career Readiness | Moderately Oversupplied | 0 | 10 | |
| FEMA Diversity Awareness Course | General Career Readiness | Moderately Oversupplied | 0 | 9 | |
| FEMA - ICS for Law Enforcement (IS-100 LE) | Certification | Supply meets demand | 0 | 5 | |