Occupational employment

Occupations that have the most job openings and have less than a high school diploma 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
Retail salespersons	707	1,252	1,959	20,670	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Cashiers	250	1,526	1,776	18,500	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Waiters and waitresses	196	1,129	1,324	18,330	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	398	749	1,147	17,950	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	319	661	980	23,460	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Home health aides	706	131	838	20,560	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	247	436	682	22,210	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Personal care aides	607	68	675	19,640	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Stock clerks and order fillers	21	444	465	21,290	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	241	204	444	23,400	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Food preparation workers	84	293	377	19,100	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	112	240	352	19,300	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	27	323	350	18,370	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Cooks, restaurant	118	195	313	22,140	Less than 1 year	Moderate-term on-the-job training
Construction laborers	212	80	292	29,280	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Dishwashers	36	233	269	18,150	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Packers and packagers, hand	58	194	252	19,630	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	14	232	246	18,450	None	None
Miscellaneous agricultural workers	0	227	227	18,960	None	Short-term on-the-job training
Bartenders	46	175	221	18,680	None	Short-term on-the-job training

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