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Tables of Contents for America's Top Jobs for People Without a Four-Year Degree
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The 190 Jobs Described in Section One
Actors, Producers, and Directors
10
2
Administrative Services Managers
12
3
Agricultural Workers
15
2
Aircraft and Avionics Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
17
2
Aircraft Pilots and Flight Engineers
19
3
Air Traffic Controllers
22
3
Animal Care and Service Workers
25
2
Announcers
27
2
Artists and Related Workers
29
2
Assemblers and Fabricators
31
2
Athletes, Coaches, Umpires, and Related Workers
33
3
Automotive Body and Related Repairers
36
3
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
39
3
Barbers, Cosmetologists, and Other Personal Appearance Workers
42
2
Bill and Account Collectors
44
2
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators
46
1
Boilermakers
47
1
Bookbinders and Bindery Workers
48
2
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
50
2
Brickmasons, Blockmasons, and Stonemasons
52
2
Broadcast and Sound Engineering Technicians and Radio Operators
54
2
Brokerage Clerks
56
2
Building Cleaning Workers
58
2
Busdrivers
60
3
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
63
2
Cargo and Freight Agents
65
1
Carpenters
66
2
Carpet, Floor, and Tile Installers and Finishers
68
3
Cashiers
71
1
Cement Masons, Concrete Finishers, Segmental Pavers, and Terrazzo Workers
72
3
Chefs, Cooks, and Food Preparation Workers
75
3
Childcare Workers
78
2
Claims Adjusters, Appraisers, Examiners, and Investigators
80
4
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
84
2
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
86
2
Communications Equipment Operators
88
2
Computer and Information Systems Managers
90
2
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
92
2
Computer-Control Programmers and Operators
94
2
Computer Operators
96
2
Computer Programmers
98
3
Computer Support Specialists and Systems Administrators
101
3
Construction and Building Inspectors
104
3
Construction Equipment Operators
107
1
Construction Laborers
108
2
Construction Managers
110
3
Correctional Officers
113
2
Cost Estimators
115
3
Counter and Rental Clerks
118
1
Couriers and Messengers
119
1
Court Reporters
120
2
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
122
2
Customer Service Representatives
124
1
Dancers and Choreographers
125
2
Data Entry and Information Processing Workers
127
2
Demonstrators, Product Promoters, and Models
129
3
Dental Assistants
132
2
Dental Hygienists
134
1
Dental Laboratory Technicians
135
2
Desktop Publishers
137
2
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
139
2
Diesel Service Technicians and Mechanics
141
2
Dispatchers
143
2
Drafters
145
2
Drywall Installers, Ceiling Tile Installers, and Tapers
147
2
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers
149
3
Electricians
152
2
Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers and Repairers
154
1
Elevator Installers and Repairers
155
2
Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
157
2
Engineering Technicians
159
3
Farmers, Ranchers, and Agricultural Managers
162
3
File Clerks
165
1
Financial Analysts and Personal Financial Advisors
166
3
Financial Clerks
169
2
Firefighting Occupations
171
3
Fishers and Fishing Vessel Operators
174
2
Flight Attendants
176
2
Food and Beverage Serving and Related Workers
178
3
Food Processing Occupations
181
3
Food Service Managers
184
3
Forest, Conservation, and Logging Workers
187
3
Funeral Directors
190
2
Gaming Cage Workers
192
1
Gaming Services Occupations
193
2
Glaziers
195
2
Grounds Maintenance Workers
197
2
Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
199
3
Heating, Air-Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
202
3
Heavy Vehicle and Mobile Equipment Service Technicians and Mechanics
205
3
Home Appliance Repairers
208
2
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks
210
1
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
211
2
Industrial Machinery Installation, Repair, and Maintenance Workers
213
3
Information and Record Clerks
216
3
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
219
2
Insulation Workers
221
2
Insurance Sales Agents
223
3
Interviewers
226
2
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
228
2
Job Opportunities in the Armed Forces
230
7
Library Assistants, Clerical
237
1
Library Technicians
238
2
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
240
2
Line Installers and Repairers
242
2
Lodging Managers
244
2
Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders-Metal and Plastic
246
3
Machinists
249
2
Material Moving Occupations
251
2
Material Recording, Scheduling, Dispatching, and Distributing Occupations, Except Postal Workers
253
4
Medical Assistants
257
1
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians
258
2
Medical Transcriptionists
260
2
Meter Readers, Utilities
262
1
Musicians, Singers, and Related Workers
262
3
Nuclear Medicine Technologists
265
1
Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides
266
3
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists and Technicians
269
2
Occupational Therapist Assistants and Aides
271
1
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors and Managers
272
2
Office Clerks, General
274
1
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
275
2
Opticians, Dispensing
277
1
Order Clerks
278
2
Painters and Paperhangers
280
2
Painting and Coating Workers, Except Construction and Maintenance
282
2
Paralegals and Legal Assistants
284
3
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
287
1
Personal and Home Care Aides
288
2
Pest Control Workers
290
2
Pharmacy Aides
292
1
Pharmacy Technicians
293
2
Photographers
295
2
Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
297
1
Physical Therapist Assistants and Aides
298
2
Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
300
2
Plasterers and Stucco Masons
302
2
Police and Detectives
304
4
Postal Service Workers
308
2
Power Plant Operators, Distributors, and Dispatchers
310
2
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers
312
3
Prepress Technicians and Workers
315
3
Printing Machine Operators
318
2
Private Detectives and Investigators
320
2
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
322
2
Procurement Clerks
324
2
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
326
1
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
327
3
Purchasing Managers, Buyers, and Purchasing Agents
330
3
Radio and Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers
333
2
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
335
2
Rail Transportation Occupations
337
3
Real Estate Brokers and Sales Agents
340
3
Receptionists and Information Clerks
343
1
Recreation and Fitness Workers
344
3
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
347
2
Respiratory Therapists
349
1
Retail Salespersons
350
2
Roofers
352
2
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing
354
2
Sales Worker Supervisors
356
3
Science Technicians
359
3
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
362
2
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
364
3
Security Guards and Gaming Surveillance Officers
367
3
Semiconductor Processors
370
1
Sheet Metal Workers
371
3
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks
374
1
Small Engine Mechanics
375
2
Social and Human Service Assistants
377
2
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
379
2
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
381
1
Structural and Reinforcing Iron and Metal Workers
382
2
Surgical Technologists
384
2
Surveyors, Cartographers, Photogrammetrists, and Surveying Technicians
386
2
Systems Analysts, Computer Scientists, and Database Administrators
388
4
Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs
392
3
Teacher Assistants
395
2
Television, Video, and Motion Picture Camera Operators and Editors
397
1
Tellers
398
2
Textile, Apparel, and Furnishings Occupations
400
4
Tool and Die Makers
404
1
Travel Agents
405
2
Truckdrivers and Driver/Sales Workers
407
4
Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators
411
2
Water Transportation Occupations
413
3
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
416
1
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Workers
417
2
Woodworkers
419
2
Writers and Editors
421