Best jobs for the 21st century
(Book)

Part 1: Best Jobs Lists -- Some details on the lists -- Best jobs overall: lists of jobs with the highest pay, fastest growth, and most openings -- 500 best jobs overall -- 100 best-paying jobs -- 100 fastest-growing jobs -- 100 jobs with the most openings -- Best jobs lists by demographic -- Best jobs lists with high percentages of workers age 16-24 -- Best jobs overall with a high percentage of workers age 16-24 -- Best-paying jobs with a high percentage of workers age 16-24 -- Fastest growing jobs with a high percentage of workers age 16-24 -- Jobs with the most openings with a high percentage of workers 16-24 -- Best jobs with the highest percentage of workers age 55 and over -- Best jobs overall with a high percentage of workers age 55 and over -- Best-paying jobs with a high percentage of workers age 55 and over -- Fastest-growing jobs with a high percentage of workers age 55 and over -- Jobs with the most openings with a high percentage of workers 55 and over -- Jobs with the highest percentage of part-time workers -- Best jobs overall with a high percentage of part-time workers -- Best-paying jobs with a high percentage of part-time workers -- Fastest-growing jobs with a high percentage of part-time workers -- Jobs with the most openings with a high percentage of part-time workers -- Jobs with the highest percentage of self-employed workers -- Best jobs overall with high percentage of self-employed workers -- Best-paying jobs with a high percentage of self-employed workers -- Fastest growing jobs with a high percentage of self-employed workers -- Jobs with the most openings with a high percentage self-employed workers -- Best jobs employing the highest percentage of women -- Best jobs overall employing a high percentage of women -- Best-paying jobs employing a high percentage of women -- Fastest-growing jobs employing a high percentage of women -- Jobs with the most openings employing a high percentage of women -- Best jobs employing the highest percentage of men -- Best jobs overall employing a high percentage of men -- Best-paying jobs employing a high percentage of men -- Fastest-growing jobs employing a high percentage of men -- Jobs with the most openings employing a high percentage of men -- Best jobs lists on levels of education and experience -- Education levels -- Another warning about the data -- Best jobs requiring short-term on-the-job training -- Best jobs requiring moderate-term on-the-job training -- Best jobs requiring long-term on-the-job training -- Best jobs requiring work experience in a related job -- Best jobs requiring postsecondary vocational training -- Best jobs requiring an associate degree -- Best jobs requiring a bachelor's degree -- Best jobs requiring work experience plus degree -- Best jobs requiring a master's degree -- Best jobs requiring a doctoral degree -- Best jobs requiring a first professional degree -- Best jobs lists based on interests -- Descriptions for the 16 interest areas -- Best jobs for people interested in agriculture and natural resources -- Best jobs for people interested in architecture and construction -- Best jobs for people interested in arts and communication -- Best jobs for people interested in business and administration -- Best jobs for people interested in education and training -- Best jobs for people interested in finance and insurance -- Best jobs for people interested in government and public administration -- Best jobs for people interested in health science -- Best jobs for people interested in hospitality, tourism and recreation -- Best jobs for people interested in human service -- Best jobs for people interested in information technology -- Best jobs for people interested in law and public safety -- Best jobs for people interested in manufacturing -- Best jobs for people interested in retail and wholesale sales and service -- Best jobs for people interested in scientific research, engineering, and mathematics -- Best jobs for people interested in transportation, distribution, and logistics -- Best jobs lists based on personality types -- Descriptions of the six personality types - Best jobs for people with a realistic personality type -- Best jobs for people with an investigative personality type -- Best jobs for people with an artistic personality type -- Best jobs for people with a social personality type -- Best jobs for people with an enterprising personality type -- Best jobs for people with a conventional personality type -- Bonus lists: Jobs with the greatest changes in outlook since the previous edition -- Jobs with the greatest increase in job-growth projection -- Jobs with the greatest decrease in job-growth projection --

Part 2: Job Descriptions -- Accountants -- Acturaires -- Administrative service managers -- Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors -- Advertising and promotions managers -- Advertising sales agents -- Aerospace engineering and operations technicians -- Aerospace engineers -- Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes -- Agricultural engineers -- Agricultural sciences teachers, postsecondary -- Air traffic controllers -- Aircraft cargo handling supervisors -- Aircraft mechanics and service technicians -- Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers -- Airline pilots, copilots and flight engineers -- Ambulance drivers, and attendants, except emergency medical technicians -- Anesthesiologists -- Animal trainers -- Anthropologists -- Anthropology and archeology teachers, postsecondary -- Appraisers, real estate -- Aquacultural managers -- Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators -- Archeologists -- Architects, except landscape and naval -- Architectural drafters -- Architecture teachers, postsecondary -- Archivists -- Area, ethnic, and cultural studies teachers, postsecondary -- Art directors -- Art, drama, and music teachers, postsecondary -- Assessors -- Astronomers -- Athletes and sports competitors -- Athletic trainers -- Atmospheric and space scientists -- Atmospheric, earth, marine, and space sciences teachers, postsecondary -- Audio and video equipment technicians -- Audiologists -- Auditors -- Automotive body and related repairers -- Automotive glass installers and repairers -- Automotive master mechanics -- Automotive specialty technicians -- Aviation inspectors -- Bailiffs -- Bakers -- Bill and account collectors -- Billing, cost, and rate clerks -- Billing, posting, and calculating machine operators -- Biochemists and biophysicists -- Biological science teachers, postsecondary -- Biological technicians -- Biomedical engineers -- Boilermakers -- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks -- Brickmasons and blockmasons -- Broadcast technicians -- Brokerage clerks -- Budget analysts -- Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists -- Bus driver, school -- Bus drivers, transit and intercity -- Business teachers, postsecondary -- Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture -- Cardiovascular technologists and technicians -- Cargo and freight agents -- Cartographers and photogrammetrists -- Cement masons and concrete finishers -- Chefs and head cooks -- Chemical engineers -- Chemical technicians -- Chemistry teachers, postsecondary -- Chemists -- Chief executives -- Child, family, and school social workers -- Chiropractors -- City and regional planning aides -- Civil drafters -- Civil engineering technicians -- Civil engineers -- Claims examiners, property and casualty insurance -- Clergy -- Clinical psychologists -- Coaches and scouts -- Commercial and industrial designers -- Commercial divers -- Commercial pilots -- Communication teachers, postsecondary -- Compensation and benefits managers -- Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists -- Computer and information scientists, research -- Computer and information systems managers -- Computer hardware engineers -- Computer programmers -- Computer science teachers, postsecondary -- Computer security specialists -- Computer software engineers, applications -- Computer software engineers, systems software -- Computer support specialists -- Computer systems analysts -- Computer systems engineers/architects -- Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers -- Concierges -- Construction and building inspectors -- Construction carpenters -- Construction laborers -- Construction managers -- Cooks, institution and cafeteria -- Cooks, restaurant -- Copy writers -- Coroners -- Correctional officers and jailers -- Correspondence clerks -- Cost estimators -- Counseling psychologists -- Court clerks -- Court reporters -- Credit analysts -- Criminal investigators and special agents -- Criminal justice and law enforcement teachers, postsecondary -- Crop and livestock managers -- Curators -- Customer service representatives -- Database administrators -- Demonstrators and product promoters -- Dental assistants -- Dental hygienists -- Dentists, general -- Diagnostic medical sonographers -- Dietitians and nutritionists -- Directors, religious activities and education -- Directors-stage, motion pictures, television, and radio -- Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance -- Drywall and ceiling tile installers -- Economics teachers, postsecondary -- Economists -- Editors -- Education administrators, elementary and secondary school -- Education administrators, postsecondary -- Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program -- Education teachers, postsecondary -- Educational, vocational, and school counselors -- Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment -- Electrical drafters -- Electrical engineering technicians -- Electrical engineers -- Electrical power-line installers and repairers -- Electricians -- Electronic drafters -- Electronic engineering technicians -- Electronics engineers, except computer -- Elementary school teachers, except special education -- Elevator installers and repairers -- Eligibility interviewers, government programs -- Embalmers -- Emergency management specialists -- Emergency medical technicians and paramedics -- Employment interviewers -- Engineering managers -- Engineering teachers, postsecondary -- English language and literature teachers, postsecondary -- Environmental compliance inspectors -- Environmental engineering technicians -- Environmental engineers -- Environmental science and protection technicians, including health -- Environmental science teachers, postsecondary -- Environmental scientists and specialist, including health -- Epidemiologists -- Equal opportunity representatives and officers -- Excavating and loading machine dragline operators --

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants -- Family and general practitioners -- Farmers and ranchers -- Fashion designers -- Film and video editors -- Financial analysts -- Financial examiners -- Financial managers, branch or department -- Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators -- Fire inspectors -- Fire investigators -- Fire-prevention and protection engineers -- First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers -- First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers -- First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers -- First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand -- First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers -- First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers -- First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers -- First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers -- First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers -- First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers -- First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives -- First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers -- First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers -- First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators -- Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors -- Flight attendants -- Food batchmakers -- Food scientists and technologists -- Food service managers -- Foreign language and literature teachers, postsecondary -- Forensic science technicians -- Forest fire fighters -- Forest fire fighting and prevention supervisors -- Forestry and conservation science teachers, postsecondary -- Freight and cargo inspectors -- Funeral directors -- Gaming managers -- Gaming supervisors -- Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators -- General and operations managers -- Geography teachers, postsecondary -- Geological sample test technicians -- Geophysical data technicians -- Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers -- Glaziers -- Government property inspectors and investigators -- Graduate teaching assistants -- Graphic designers -- Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists -- Hazardous materials removal workers -- Health educators -- Health specialists teachers, postsecondary -- Heating and air conditioning mechanics and installers -- Helpers-brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters -- Helpers-Carpenters -- Helpers-electricians -- Helpers-installation, maintenance, and repair workers -- Helpers-pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters -- Highway maintenance workers -- History teachers, postsecondary -- Home economics teachers, postsecondary -- Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping -- Hydrologists -- Immigration and custom inspectors -- Industrial engineering technicians -- Industrial engineers -- Industrial machinery mechanics -- Industrial production mangers -- Industrial safety and health engineers -- Industrial truck and tractor operators -- Industrial-organizational psychologists -- Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers -- Instructional coordinators -- Insulation workers, mechanical -- Insurance adjusters, examiners, and investigators -- Insurance appraisers, auto damage -- Insurance claims clerks -- Insurance policy processing clerks -- Insurance sales agents -- Insurance underwriters -- Interior designers -- Internists, general -- Interpreters and translators -- Interviews, except eligibility and loan -- Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates -- Kindergarten teachers, except special education -- Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand -- Landscape architects -- Landscaping and groundskeeping workers -- Law teachers, postsecondary -- Lawyers -- Legal secretaries -- Librarians -- Library science teachers, postsecondary -- Library technicians -- License clerks -- Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses -- Licensing examiners and inspectors -- Loan interviewers and clerks -- Loan officers -- Locksmiths and safe repairers -- Lodging managers -- Logisticians -- Machinists -- Maintenance and repair workers, general -- Maintenance workers, machinery -- Makeup artists, theatrical and performance -- Management analysts -- Mapping technicians -- Marine architects -- Marine engineers -- Market research analysts -- Marketing managers -- Marriage and family therapists -- Massage therapists -- Materials engineers -- Materials scientists -- Mates-ship, boat, and barge -- Mathematical science teachers, postsecondary -- Mathematicians -- Meat, poultry, and fish cutters, and trimmers -- Mechanical drafters -- Mechanical engineering technicians -- Mechanical engineers -- Medical and clinical laboratory technicians -- Medical and clinical laboratory technologists -- Medical and health services managers -- Medical and public health social workers -- Medical assistants -- Medical equipment preparers -- Medical equipment repairers -- Medical records and health information technicians -- Medical scientists, except epidemiologists -- Medical secretaries -- Medical transcriptionists -- Meeting and convention planners -- Medical health and substance abuse social workers -- Mental health counselors -- Merchandise displayers and window trimmers -- Microbiologists -- Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education -- Millwrights -- Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers -- Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines -- Motorboat mechanics -- Motorcycle mechanics -- Multi-media artists and animators -- Municipal clerks -- Municipal fire fighters -- Municipal fire fighting and prevention supervisors -- Museum technicians and conservators -- Music composers and arrangers -- Music directors -- Natural sciences managers -- Network and computer systems administrators -- Network designers -- Network systems and data communications analysts -- Nuclear engineers -- Nuclear equipment operation technicians -- Nuclear medicine technologists -- Nuclear monitoring technicians -- Nuclear power reactor operators -- Nursery and greenhouse managers -- Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants -- Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary -- Obstetricians and gynecologists -- Occupational health and safety specialists -- Occupational health and safety technicians -- Occupational therapist assistants -- Occupational therapists -- Office clerks, general -- Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators -- Operations research analysts -- Optometrists -- Oral and maxillofacial surgeons -- Orthodontists -- Orthotists and prosthetists -- Painters, construction and maintenance -- Paralegals and legal assistants -- Parts salespersons -- Payroll and timekeeping clerks -- Pediatricians, general -- Personal financial advisors -- Personnel recruiters -- Pest control workers -- Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation -- Petroleum engineers -- Pharmacists -- Pharmacy technicians -- Philosophy and religion teachers, postsecondary -- Photographers -- Physical therapist aides -- Physical therapist assistants -- Physical therapists -- Physician assistants -- Physicists -- Physics teachers, postsecondary -- Pilots, ship -- Pipe fitters and steamfitters -- Pipelayers -- Plasterers and stucco masons -- Plumbers -- Podiatrists -- Poets, lyricists, and creative writers -- Police detectives -- Police identification and records officers -- Police patrol officers -- Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers -- Political science teachers, postsecondary -- Political scientists -- Postal service mail carriers -- Preschool teachers, except special education -- Private detectives and investigators -- Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists -- Producers -- Product safety engineers -- Producion, planning, and expediting clerks -- Program directors -- Property, real estate, and community association managers --

Prosthodontists

Psychiatrists

Psychology teachers, postsecondary

Public relations managers

Public relations specialists

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products

Purchasing managers

Radiation therapists

Radiologic technicians

Radiologic technologists

Railroad conductors and yardmasters

Real estate brokers

Real estate sales agents

Receptionists and information clerks

Recreation and fitness studies teachers, postsecondary

Recreation workers

Recreational vehicle service technicians

Refrigeration mechanics and installers

Refuse and recyclable material collectors

Registered nurses

Rehabilitation counselors

Reinforcing iron and rebar workers

Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks

Residential advisors

Respiratory therapists

Roofers

Rough carpenters

Sailors and marine oilers

Sales agents, financial services

Sales agents, securities and commodities

Sales engineers

Sales managers

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products

School psychologists

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education

Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive

Security and fire alarm systems installers

Security guards

Self-enrichment education teachers

Set and exhibit designers

Sheet metal workers

Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs

Ship and boat captains

Ship engineers

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

Skin care specialists

Slaughterers and meat packers

Social and community service managers

Social and human service assistants

Social science research assistants

Social work teachers, postsecondary

Sociologists

Sociology teachers, postsecondary

Software quality assurance engineers and testers

Soil and plant scientists

Solderers and brazers

Special education teachers, middle school

Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school

Special education teachers, secondary school

Speech-language pathologists

Statement clerks

Statisticians

Storage and distribution managers

Structural iron and steel workers

Structural metal fabricators and fitters

Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors

Subway and streetcar operators

Surgeons

Surgical technologists

Survey researchers

Surveying technicians

Surveyors

Talent directors

Tapers

Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents

Teacher assistants

Team assemblers

Technical directors/managers

Technical writers

Telecommunications equipment installers and repairers, except line installers

Telecommunications line installers and repairers

Tellers

Tile and marble setters

Tire repairers and changers

Tour guides and escorts

Training and development managers

Training and development specialists

Transportation managers

Transportation security screeners

Transportation vehicle, equipment, and systems inspectors, except aviation

Treasurers and controllers

Tree trimmers and pruners

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer

Truck drivers, light or delivery services

Umpires, referees, and other sports officials

Urban and regional planners

Veterinarians

Veterinary technologists and technicians

Vocational education teachers, postsecondary

Vocational education teachers, secondary school

Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators

Web administrators

Web developers

Welders, cutters, and welder fitters

Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products

Zoologists and wildlife biologists

Index