Occupational employment

Occupations that have the most job openings and have a master's, doctoral, or professional degree as the typical level of education needed to enter the occupation, projected 2010-20, in thousands of openings
Occupation	From growth	From replacement needs	Total job openings	Median annual wages, May 2010	Experience	On-the-job training
Postsecondary teachers	306	281	586	62,050	None	None
Physicians and surgeons	168	137	305	≥166,400	None	Internship/ residency
Lawyers	74	139	212	112,760	None	None
Pharmacists	70	70	140	111,570	None	None
Educational, guidance, school, and vocational counselors	53	60	114	53,380	None	None
Physical therapists	77	23	101	76,310	None	None
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	23	67	90	86,970	1 to 5 years	None
Healthcare social workers	51	36	87	47,230	None	None
Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists	34	49	82	66,810	None	Internship/ residency
Mental health counselors	44	26	69	38,150	None	Internship/ residency
Education administrators, postsecondary	28	41	69	83,710	1 to 5 years	None
Dentists, general	28	39	66	141,040	None	Internship/ residency
Rehabilitation counselors	37	28	64	32,350	None	None
Instructional coordinators	27	31	58	58,830	More than 5 years	None
Occupational therapists	36	21	57	72,320	None	None
Speech-language pathologists	29	24	52	66,920	None	None
Librarians	11	41	51	54,500	None	None
Medical scientists, except epidemiologists	36	6	43	76,700	None	None
Physician assistants	25	16	41	86,410	None	None
Veterinarians	22	12	34	82,040	None	None

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