Occupational employment

Occupations that have the most job openings and have a bachelor's 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
Elementary school teachers, except special education	249	325	573	51,660	None	Internship/residency
Accountants and auditors	191	261	452	61,690	None	None
Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education	72	284	356	53,230	None	Internship/residency
Management analysts	157	117	274	78,160	1 to 5 years	None
Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education	108	141	249	51,960	None	Internship/residency
Computer systems analysts	120	102	223	77,740	None	None
Software developers, applications	144	54	198	87,790	None	None
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	117	75	192	60,570	None	None
Software developers, systems software	127	41	168	94,180	None	None
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	66	94	160	73,710	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training
Network and computer systems administrators	97	59	155	69,160	None	None
Financial managers	46	97	143	103,910	More than 5 years	None
Medical and health services managers	68	74	142	84,270	None	None
Sales managers	40	100	140	98,530	1 to 5 years	None
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	48	86	134	70,190	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training
Child, family, and school social workers	58	70	128	40,210	None	None
Computer programmers	44	84	128	71,380	None	None
Public relations specialists	58	69	127	52,090	None	Moderate-term on-the-job training
Graphic designers	37	87	124	43,500	None	None
Recreation workers	64	54	119	22,260	None	None

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