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Tables of Contents for America's Top Jobs for People Without College Degrees
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INTRODUCTION
8
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Section One: The Job Descriptions
218
9
Air traffic controllers
9
2
Aircraft mechanics, including engine specialists
11
2
Aircraft pilots
13
4
Animal caretakers, except farm
17
1
Automotive body repairers
18
2
Automotive mechanics
20
3
Barbers and cosmetologists
23
2
Bindery workers
25
2
Blue-collar worker supervisors
27
2
Boilermakers
29
1
Bricklayers and stonemasons
30
2
Broadcast technicians
32
2
Butchers and meat, poultry, and fish cutters
34
1
Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
35
2
Carpenters
37
2
Carpet installers
39
1
Chefs, cooks, and other kitchen Workers
40
3
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
43
3
Commercial and industrial electronic equipment repairers
46
1
Communications equipment mechanics
47
2
Computer and office machine repairers
49
2
Computer and peripheral equipment operators
51
1
Computer programmers
52
3
Concrete masons and terrazzo workers
55
2
Construction and building inspectors
57
2
Construction managers
59
3
Correctional officers
62
2
Cost estimators
64
3
Dental assistants
67
1
Dental hygienists
68
1
Dental laboratory technicians
69
2
Diesel mechanics
71
2
Dispensing opticians
73
2
Drafters
75
1
Drywall Workers and lathers
76
2
Electric power generating plant operators and power distributors and dispatchers
78
2
Electricians
80
2
Electroneurodiagnostic technologists
82
2
Electronic equipment repairers
84
2
Electronic home entertainment equipment repairers
86
1
Elevator installers and repairers
87
2
Emergency medical technicians
89
2
Engineering technicians
91
2
Farm equipment mechanics
93
2
Firefighting occupations
95
2
Flight attendants
97
2
Gardeners and groundskeepers
99
2
General maintenance mechanics
101
1
Glaziers
102
2
Guards
104
2
Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration technicians
106
3
Home appliance and power tool repairers
109
2
Homemaker-home health aides
111
1
Industrial machinery repairers
112
2
Industrial production managers
114
1
Inspectors and compliance officers, except construction
115
4
Inspectors, testers, and graders
119
2
Insulation workers
121
1
Janitors and cleaners and cleaning supervisors
122
2
Jewelers
124
2
Library technicians
126
2
Licensed practical nurses
128
1
Line installers and cable splicers
129
2
Machinists and tool programmers
131
2
Material moving equipment operators
133
2
Medical assistants
135
2
Medical record technicians
137
1
Metalworking and plastics-working machine operators
138
4
MillWrights
142
1
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics
143
2
Motorcycle, boat, and small-engine mechanics
145
2
Musical instrument repairers and tuners
147
2
Nuclear medicine technologists
149
1
Nursing aides and psychiatric aides
150
2
Occupational therapy assistants and aides
152
1
Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
153
1
Painters and paperhangers
154
2
Painting and coating machine
156
2
Paralegals
158
3
Photographers and camera operators
161
2
Photographic process workers
163
2
Physical therapy assistants and aides
166
2
Plasterers
166
2
Plumbers and pipefitters
168
2
Police, detectives, and special agents
170
4
Precision assemblers
174
2
Prepress workers
176
3
Printing press operators
179
2
Private detectives and investigators
181
3
Rodiologic technologists
184
2
Rail transportation workers
186
3
Roofers
189
2
Science technicians
191
1
Sheetmetal workers
192
2
Shoe and leather workers and repairers
194
2
Stationary engineers
196
2
Structural and reinforcing ironworkers
198
1
Surgical technologists
199
2
Surveyors
201
2
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
203
2
Telephone installers and repairers
205
2
Textile machinery operators
207
2
Tilesetters
209
1
Tool and die makers
210
1
Truck drivers
211
4
Upholsterers
215
1
Vending machine servicers and repairers
216
2
Water and wastewater treatment plant operators
218
2
Water transportation occupations
220
2
Welders, cutters, and welding machine operators
222
2
Woodworking occupations
224
3
Section Two: A Review of Important Labor Market Trends Likely to Affect Your Future
227
26
An Overview of Major Trends
227
5
More Information on Important Labor Market Trends--and What They Mean to Your Career Planning
232
21
Section Three: Career Planning and Job Search Advice
253
38
The Job Matching Chart
255
6
The Quick Job Search
261
30
Section Four: Articles of Interest
291
20
What Is a Technician?
291
6
Douglas Braddock
High-Earning Workers Who Don't Have a Bachelor's Degree
297
5
Theresa Cosca
Manufacturing: It's Still the Industrial Age
302
5
Mark Mittelhauser
College, No; Training, Yes: A Guide for High School Graduates
307
4
Rachel Moskowitz
Appendix A. Jobs Grouped by Education and Training Required
311
8
Appendix B. Employment Trends Within Major Industries
319
16
Appendix C. Employment Projections, Earnings, and Education Required for the 500 Largest Occupations
335