Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition
U.S. Department of Labor | Bureau of Labor Statistics | Bulletin 2700
Occupational Outlook Handbook Index: A-B
A
- A & P mechanics see: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
- ABE teachers see: Teachers—adult literacy and remedial education
- Able seamen see: Water transportation occupations
- Abstractors see: Medical records and health information technicians
- Academic deans see: Education administrators
- Account clerks see: Payroll and timekeeping clerks
- Account collectors see: Bill and account collectors
- Account executives see: Advertising sales agents
- Account executives see: Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers
- Account executives, securities and investments see: Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
- Accountants and auditors
- Accounting clerks see: Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
- Accounts payable clerks see: Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
- Accounts receivable clerks see: Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
- Acoustical carpenters see: Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers
- Activity specialists see: Recreation workers
- Actors, producers, and directors
- Actuaries
- Addictions nurses see: Registered nurses
- Adjudicators see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
- Adjusters see: Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators
- Administrative assistants see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Administrative assistants for human resources see: Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
- Administrative clerks see: Office clerks, general
- Administrative directors see: Administrative services managers
- Administrative law judges see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
- Administrative leaders see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrative leads see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Administrative managers see: Administrative services managers
- Administrative managers see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrative office assistants see: Administrative services managers
- Administrative office assistants see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Administrative office managers see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrative office specialists see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Administrative officers see: Administrative services managers
- Administrative officers see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrative professionals see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Administrative project coordinators see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrative services managers
- Administrative services managers see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrative specialists see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Administrative supervisors see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrative support managers see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrative support specialists see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Administrative technicians see: Office clerks, general
- Administrative technicians see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Administrative worker supervisors see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrators see: Administrative services managers
- Administrators see: Education administrators
- Administrators see: Medical and health services managers
- Administrators see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
- Administrators see: Top executives
- Admissions officers see: Education administrators
- Admitting interviewers see: Interviewers
- Adult basic education teachers see: Teachers—adult literacy and remedial education
- Adult literacy teachers see: Teachers—adult literacy and remedial education
- Adult secondary education teachers see: Teachers—adult literacy and remedial education
- Advertising sales agents
- Advertising sales agents see: Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers
- Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers
- Aerobics instructors see: Fitness workers
- Aeronautical drafters see: Drafters
- Aeronautical engineers see: Engineers
- Aerospace engineering and operations technicians see: Engineering technicians
- Aerospace engineers see: Engineers
- Affirmative action coordinators see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
- Agent-contract clerks see: Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
- Agents, advertising sales see: Advertising sales agents
- Agents, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) see: Police and detectives
- Agents, customs see: Police and detectives
- Agents, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) see: Police and detectives
- Agents, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) see: Police and detectives
- Agents, Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) see: Police and detectives
- Agents, independent see: Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
- Agents, loss prevention see: Private detectives and investigators
- Agents, manufacturers see: Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
- Agents, U.S. Border Patrol see: Police and detectives
- Agents, U.S. Secret Service see: Police and detectives
- Agents, cargo and freight see: Cargo and freight agents
- Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
- Agricultural and food science technicians see: Science technicians
- Agricultural and food scientists
- Agricultural engineers see: Engineers
- Agricultural inspectors see: Agricultural workers
- Agricultural managers see: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
- Agricultural workers
- Agronomists see: Agricultural and food scientists
- Aides, geriatric see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Aides, home care see: Personal and home care aides
- Aides, home health see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Aides, nurse see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Aides, nursing see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Aides, occupational therapist see: Occupational therapist assistants and aides
- Aides, personal care see: Personal and home care aides
- Aides, pharmacy see: Pharmacy aides
- Aides, physical therapist see: Physical therapist assistants and aides
- Aides, psychiatric see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Aides, teacher see: Teacher assistants
- Air Force see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
- Air traffic controllers
- Airbrush artists see: Photographic process workers and processing machine operators
- Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
- Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
- Aircraft electricians see: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
- Aircraft electronic systems specialists see: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
- Aircraft electronics specialists see: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
- Aircraft electronics technicians see: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
- Aircraft engineers see: Engineers
- Aircraft pilots see: Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
- Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
- Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers see: Assemblers and fabricators
- Airfield operations specialists
- Airframe mechanics see: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
- Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers see: Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
- Airline stewardesses and stewards see: Flight attendants
- Airmen see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
- Airport service agents see: Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
- Airport terminal controllers see: Air traffic controllers
- Airport tower controllers see: Air traffic controllers
- Air-conditioning mechanics see: Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
- Allergists see: Physicians and surgeons
- Allopathic physicians and surgeons see: Physicians and surgeons
- Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
- Ambulatory care nurses see: Registered nurses
- Amusement and recreation attendants
- Amusement machine servicers and repairers see: Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
- Analysts, budget see: Budget analysts
- Analysts, management see: Management analysts
- Analysts, market researcher see: Market and survey researchers
- Analytical chemists see: Chemists and materials scientists
- Anchors see: News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
- Anesthesiologists see: Physicians and surgeons
- Anesthetists, certified registered nurse see: Registered nurses
- Animal breeders see: Agricultural workers
- Animal care and service workers
- Animal control officers see: Animal care and service workers
- Animal control workers
- Animal scientists see: Agricultural and food scientists
- Animal trainers see: Animal care and service workers
- Animators see: Artists and related workers
- Announcers
- Anthropologists see: Social scientists, other
- Apartment house managers see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Apartment leasing agents see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
- Apartment managers see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Apartment rental agents see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
- Apparel workers see: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations
- Appellate court judges see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
- Appliance repairers see: Home appliance repairers
- Applications engineers see: Computer software engineers
- Applications programmers see: Computer programmers
- Applicators see: Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers
- Applied mathematicians see: Mathematicians
- Appraisers see: Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators
- Appraisers and assessors of real estate
- Appraisers, jewelry see: Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
- Aquaculture farmers see: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
- Aquatic biologists see: Biological scientists
- Arbitrators see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
- Arbitrators see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
- Arborists see: Grounds maintenance workers
- Arc cutters see: Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
- Archaeologists see: Social scientists, other
- Architects, except landscape and naval
- Architects, landscape see: Landscape architects
- Architectural drafters see: Drafters
- Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
- Armed Forces see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
- Armored car guards see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
- Army see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
- Arrangers, music see: Musicians, singers, and related workers
- Art directors see: Artists and related workers
- Artificial inseminators see: Agricultural workers
- Artists and related workers
- Artists, graphic see: Graphic designers
- Asbestos abatement workers see: Hazardous materials removal workers
- ASE teachers see: Teachers—adult literacy and remedial education
- Asphalt paving machine operators see: Construction equipment operators
- Assemblers see: Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
- Assemblers and fabricators
- Assemblers, semiconductor see: Semiconductor processors
- Assessors, real estate see: Appraisers and assessors of real estate
- Asset property managers see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Assignment clerks see: Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
- Assignment editors see: Writers and editors
- Assistant cooks see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
- Assistant editors see: Writers and editors
- Assistant managers see: Food service managers
- Assistant managers see: Lodging managers
- Assistant principals see: Education administrators
- Assistant property managers see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Assistants, control room see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
- Assistants, dental see: Dental assistants
- Assistants, legal see: Paralegals and legal assistants
- Assistants, medical see: Medical assistants
- Assistants, mental health see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Assistants, nursing see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Assistants, occupational therapist see: Occupational therapist assistants and aides
- Assistants, ophthalmic medical see: Medical assistants
- Assistants, physical therapist see: Physical therapist assistants and aides
- Assistants, physician see: Physician assistants
- Assistants, podiatric medical see: Medical assistants
- Assistants, surgeons’ see: Physician assistants
- Assistants, teacher see: Teacher assistants
- Astronautical engineers see: Engineers
- Astronomers see: Physicists and astronomers
- Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
- Athletic directors see: Education administrators
- Athletic trainers
- Athletic training instructors see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
- Atmospheric scientists
- Attendance clerks see: Payroll and timekeeping clerks
- Attendants, hospital see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Attendants, personal see: Personal and home care aides
- Attorneys see: Lawyers
- Audio and video equipment operators see: Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
- Audio control engineers see: Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
- Audiologists
- Audio-visual collections specialists
- Auditing clerks see: Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
- Auditors see: Accountants and auditors
- Authors see: Writers and editors
- Auto damage appraisers see: Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and investigators
- Automated systems librarians see: Librarians
- Automated teller machine technicians see: Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
- Automation and control technicians see: Precision instrument and equipment repairers
- Automotive air-conditioning repairers see: Automotive service technicians and mechanics
- Automotive body and related repairers
- Automotive engineers see: Engineers
- Automotive glass installers and repairers see: Automotive body and related repairers
- Automotive mechanics see: Automotive service technicians and mechanics
- Automotive painters see: Painting and coating workers, except construction and maintenance
- Automotive service technicians and mechanics
- Auxiliary equipment operators see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
- Avionics technicians see: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
B
- Babysitters see: Childcare workers
- Baggage porters and bellhops
- Bailiffs see: Correctional officers
- Bakers see: Food processing occupations
- Ballet masters see: Dancers and choreographers
- Ballet mistresses see: Dancers and choreographers
- Bank tellers see: Tellers
- Banquet managers see: Food service managers
- Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers
- Bartenders see: Food and beverage serving and related workers
- Beauticians see: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers
- Beauty care specialists see: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers
- Behavioral disorder counselors see: Counselors
- Bench carpenters see: Woodworkers
- Bench jewelers see: Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
- Bench technicians see: Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
- Bench technicians see: Electrical and electronics installers and repairers
- Bench technicians see: Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
- Benefits administrators see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
- Benefits clerks see: Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
- Benefits directors see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
- Benefits managers see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
- Bibliographers see: Librarians
- Bicycle repairers
- Bill and account collectors
- Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
- Billing clerks see: Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
- Billing machine operators see: Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
- Bindery machine setters, operators, and tenders see: Bookbinders and bindery workers
- Bindery workers see: Bookbinders and bindery workers
- Biochemists see: Biological scientists
- Biographers see: Social scientists, other
- Biological scientists
- Biological technicians see: Science technicians
- Biological-physical anthropologists see: Social scientists, other
- Biomedical engineers see: Engineers
- Biomedical equipment technicians see: Precision instrument and equipment repairers
- Biometricians see: Statisticians
- Biophysicists see: Biological scientists
- Biostatisticians see: Statisticians
- Blankbook binding workers see: Bookbinders and bindery workers
- Bleaching and dyeing machine operators, textile see: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations
- Blockmasons see: Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons
- Bloggers see: Writers and editors
- Blood bank technologists see: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
- Boat operators see: Water transportation occupations
- Boatswains see: Fishers and fishing vessel operators
- Boatswains see: Water transportation occupations
- Body repairers, automotive see: Automotive body and related repairers
- Bodyguards see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
- Boiler mechanics see: Boilermakers
- Boiler operators see: Stationary engineers and boiler operators
- Boilermakers
- Bonus clerks see: Payroll and timekeeping clerks
- Bookbinders and bindery workers
- Bookkeepers see: Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
- Bookkeepers see: Payroll and timekeeping clerks
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
- Bookmobile drivers see: Library technicians
- Booth cashiers see: Cashiers
- Border Patrol agents see: Police and detectives
- Botanists see: Biological scientists
- Brace makers see: Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
- Braille clerks see: Library assistants, clerical
- Brake operators, railroad see: Rail transportation occupations
- Brake repairers see: Automotive service technicians and mechanics
- Brattice builders see: Carpenters
- Brazing workers see: Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
- Bricklayers see: Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons
- Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons
- Bridge and lock tenders
- Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
- Broadcast captioners see: Court reporters
- Broadcast field supervisors see: Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
- Broker associates see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
- Brokerage clerks
- Brokers see: Insurance sales agents
- Brokers see: Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
- Brokers see: Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
- Broker’s assistants see: Brokerage clerks
- Buckers see: Forest, conservation, and logging workers
- Budget analysts
- Budget managers see: Budget analysts
- Budget officers see: Budget analysts
- Building cleaning workers
- Building construction estimators see: Cost estimators
- Building consultants see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
- Building inspectors see: Construction and building inspectors
- Building managers see: Administrative services managers
- Building managers see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Building superintendents see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
- Bulldozer operators see: Construction equipment operators
- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) agents see: Police and detectives
- Bureau of Diplomatic Security special agents see: Police and detectives
- Bus dispatchers see: Dispatchers
- Bus drivers
- Bus mechanics see: Diesel service technicians and mechanics
- Business administrators see: Administrative services managers
- Business management analysts see: Management analysts
- Business management consultants see: Management analysts
- Business office assistants see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Business office managers see: Administrative services managers
- Business support assistants see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Butchers and meatcutters see: Food processing occupations
- Buyers see: Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents
- Buyers' agents see: Real estate brokers and sales agents
Last Modified Date: January 31, 2008
