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Program Directors
direct and coordinate activities of personnel engaged in preparation of radio or television station program schedules and programs, such as sports or news.
Salary: $96690
Education: Bachelor's degree
Prop Masters
Prop Masters manage the props department on a film or television production. They find, create, or hire props based on the needs of the project.
Salary: $64000
Education: No degree required
Metal Pourers And Casters
Metal Pourers and Casters operate hand-controlled mechanisms to pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds to produce castings or ingots.
Salary: $42440
Education: No degree required
Video Game Designers
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design core features of video games. Specify innovative game and role-play mechanics, story lines, and character biographies. Create and maintain design documentation. Guide and collaborate with production staff to produce games as designed.
Salary: $114270
Education: Bachelor's degree
High job satisfaction
Venture Capitalists
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Venture Capitalists invest in small companies that require capital to expand in exchange for equity in the companies that they invest in. Venture Capitalists are often the ones responsible for funding startups.
Salary: $191400
Education: Master's degree
Film Directors
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A film director is responsible for managing the creative side of a film. They must interpret the film script to create a compelling film that will appeal, and doing so is a very involved process.
Salary: $69500
Education: Bachelor's degree
Farmworkers
attend to live farm, ranch, or aquacultural animals that may include cattle, sheep, swine, goats, horses and other equines, poultry, finfish, shellfish, and bees. Attend to animals produced for animal products, such as meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk, and honey. Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals; examine animals to detect diseases and injuries; assist in birth deliveries; and administer medications, vaccinations, or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas. Includes workers who shear wool from sheep, and collect eggs in hatcheries.
Salary: $31060
Education: Associate's degree
Nanosystems Engineers
design, develop, or supervise the production of materials, devices, or systems of unique molecular or macromolecular composition, applying principles of nanoscale physics and electrical, chemical, or biological engineering.
Salary: $107060
Education: Master's degree
High job satisfaction
Biomedical Engineers
apply knowledge of engineering, biology, and biomechanical principles to the design, development, and evaluation of biological and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses, instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.
Salary: $98340
Education: Bachelor's degree
Strong job growth
Customs Brokers
prepare customs documentation and ensure that shipments meet all applicable laws to facilitate the import and export of goods. Determine and track duties and taxes payable and process payments on behalf of client. Sign documents under a power of attorney. Represent clients in meetings with customs officials and apply for duty refunds and tariff reclassifications. Coordinate transportation and storage of imported goods.
Salary: $84290
Education: No degree required
High job satisfaction
Control and Valve Technicians
install, repair, and maintain mechanical regulating and controlling devices, such as electric meters, gas regulators, thermostats, safety and flow valves, and other mechanical governors.
Salary: $62400
Education: No degree required
Account Managers
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Account Managers are responsible for managing customer accounts and ensuring that the needs of customers are met. An Account Manager often acts as a combination of a Salesperson and a Customer Service Representative.
Salary: $56900
Education: Bachelor's degree
Intelligence Analysts
gather, analyze, or evaluate information from a variety of sources, such as law enforcement databases, surveillance, intelligence networks or geographic information systems. Use intelligence data to anticipate and prevent organized crime activities, such as terrorism.
Salary: $89300
Education: Bachelor's degree
High job satisfaction
Explosives Workers
place and detonate explosives to demolish structures or to loosen, remove, or displace earth, rock, or other materials. May perform specialized handling, storage, and accounting procedures. Includes seismograph shooters.
Salary: $51040
Education: No degree required
Rough Carpenters
build rough wooden structures, such as concrete forms, scaffolds, tunnel, bridge, or sewer supports, billboard signs, and temporary frame shelters, according to sketches, blueprints, or oral instructions.
Salary: $54200
Education: No degree required
Strong job growth
Photonics Engineers
design technologies specializing in light information or light energy, such as laser or fiber optics technology.
Salary: $107060
Education: Bachelor's degree
High job satisfaction
Environmental Engineers
research, design, plan, or perform engineering duties in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental hazards using various engineering disciplines. Work may include waste treatment, site remediation, or pollution control technology.
Salary: $96890
Education: Master's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Plating Machine Operators
Plating Machine Operators set up, operate, or tend plating or coating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Includes electrolytic processes.
Salary: $36950
Education: No degree required
Financial Examiners
enforce or ensure compliance with laws and regulations governing financial and securities institutions and financial and real estate transactions. May examine, verify, or authenticate records.
Salary: $92730
Education: Bachelor's degree
High job satisfaction
Dog Groomers
Dog Groomers wash and cut dog hair, trim nails, and occasionally brush dogs’ teeth. They often give dogs specific hairstyles based on the instructions of the dog owner.
Salary: $30000
Education: No degree required
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fire-proofing, or acoustical material.
Salary: $51930
Education: No degree required
Strong job growth
City and Regional Planning Aides
compile data from various sources, such as maps, reports, and field and file investigations, for use by city planner in making planning studies.
Salary: $53560
Education: Master's degree
Strong job growth
Software Developers
research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business, scientific, and general computing applications. Set operational specifications and formulate and analyze software requirements. May design embedded systems software. Apply principles and techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
Salary: $114270
Education: Bachelor's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Short Order Cooks
prepare and cook to order a variety of foods that require only a short preparation time. May take orders from customers and serve patrons at counters or tables.
Salary: $27030
Education: No degree required
Agricultural Inspectors
inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety.
Salary: $48620
Education: No degree required
Religious Activities Directors
plan, direct, or coordinate programs designed to promote the religious education or activities of a denominational group. May provide counseling and guidance relative to marital, health, financial, and religious problems.
Salary: $52660
Education: Bachelor's degree
High job satisfaction
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
prepare, administer, and measure radioactive isotopes in therapeutic, diagnostic, and tracer studies using a variety of radioisotope equipment. Prepare stock solutions of radioactive materials and calculate doses to be administered by radiologists. Subject patients to radiation. Execute blood volume, red cell survival, and fat absorption studies following standard laboratory techniques.
Salary: $82080
Education: Associate's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Motorboat Mechanics
repair and adjust electrical and mechanical equipment of inboard or inboard-outboard boat engines.
Salary: $45490
Education: Post-secondary certificate
Purchasing Agents
purchase machinery, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, or services necessary for the operation of an establishment. Purchase raw or semi-finished materials for manufacturing.
Salary: $72370
Education: Bachelor's degree
Chemists
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conduct qualitative and quantitative chemical analyses or experiments in laboratories for quality or process control or to develop new products or knowledge.
Salary: $86410
Education: Bachelor's degree
UI Designers
UI Designers are responsible for creating the overall look and feel of the user interface for computer programs, websites, mobile applications, and other forms of software. They help ensure that the software is easy to use and provides quality user experience.
Salary: $76200
Education: Bachelor's degree
Molding And Casting Workers
Molding and Casting Workers perform a variety of duties such as mixing materials, assembling mold parts, filling molds, and stacking molds to mold and cast a wide range of products.
Salary: $37370
Education: No degree required
Electronics Engineers
research, design, develop, or test electronic components and systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use employing knowledge of electronic theory and materials properties. Design electronic circuits and components for use in fields such as telecommunications, aerospace guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls.
Salary: $112320
Education: Bachelor's degree
Extruding And Forming Machine Setters, Operators And Tenders, Synthetic And Glass Fibers
Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers set up, operate, or tend machines that extrude and form continuous filaments from synthetic materials, such as liquid polymer, rayon, and fiberglass.
Salary: $39170
Education: No degree required
Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs
enforce law and order in rural or unincorporated districts or serve legal processes of courts. May patrol courthouse, guard court or grand jury, or escort defendants.
Salary: $70000
Education: No degree required
High job satisfaction
Dental Hygienists
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clean teeth and examine oral areas, head, and neck for signs of oral disease. May educate patients on oral hygiene, take and develop x rays, or apply fluoride or sealants.
Salary: $78050
Education: Associate's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Assistant Directors
The Assistant Director oversees the daily progress of the pre-production and production stages of a film or television production. The role of the Assistant Director is to manage day-to-day operations to allow the Director to focus on creative output.
Salary: $56800
Education: Bachelor's degree
Nursing Professors
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demonstrate and teach patient care in classroom and clinical units to nursing students. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
Salary: $84060
Education: Master's degree
Strong job growth
High job satisfaction
Patternmakers, Metal And Plastic
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic lay out, machine, fit, and assemble castings and parts to metal or plastic foundry patterns, core boxes, or match plates.
Salary: $49570
Education: Associate's degree
Deli Workers
serve food to diners at counter or from a steam table.
Salary: $24540
Education: No degree required
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