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Associate Degree Entry Level Careers and Jobs

Explore Careers and Jobs Predominantly Filled by Those with an Associate's Degree or Less, having 1 year or less of work experience - All On One Page

Sorted by median annual U.S. salary, including % with Associate's Degree (or less), and % with 1 year experience (or less).

These entry-level roles are open to associate's degree graduates and offer a practical starting point for building experience and advancing. For recent graduates or career changers seeking their first role with a two-year degree. Compare starting salaries and degree-holder percentages, then access preparation resources built for new graduates.

4 Steps to Use This Page: 1-Explore Careers of Intrerest 2-See Job Listings Matched to Career 3-Prepare for the Career 4-See External Career Resources

Here is a short Helper Video .

This page will take you through 4 steps, relative to an Associate's Degree, to (1) Select an entry-level career, (2) Find active job listings, (3) Prepare for the career you chose, and (4) Provide web resources specific to the career you chose.

Step 1: Select a Career: You will be presented with a listing of Associate's Degree entry-level careers. The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of careers below
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply browse the list of careers. There may be many that you might never have considered. This may help you to discover entry-level careers that might be of interest.

Once you have identified a career of interest, simply click on it.

Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.

Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the career you selected. Information includes core and supplemental duties, general and specific work activities, knowledge required, essential and transferable skills required, day-in-the-life summaries, knowledge required, software skills required, preparation required, educational requirements, training and work experience required, local salary information, certifications, professional associations, current job listings for the job selected along with multiple similar job titles, and related careers (related to what they do, what they know, and what they're called).

Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that will provide detailed (updated) links to occupational information specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.

Step 1 of 4: Select a Career

Leading Books About Associate Degree Jobs
What entry level jobs can you get with just an Associate's Degree? Scroll through the picklist (below). These are entry level careers (1 year or less work experience) related to the Associate's Degree level, with at least 30% of job holders having an Associate's Degree. - 426 specific careers are listed. Select those careers that may be of interest - you will then get links to matching active job listings, and detailed resources to help you prepare.
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Select a Job Title - Sorted by Annual Salary -(scroll and Select) :
Legend: Career Title Link / (% having Associate's Degree or less) / (% having less than 1 year experience) / (Median Annual U.S. Salary)

Air Traffic Controllers / 78.05% / 54.55% / ($137,380)

Anesthesiologist Assistants / 42.69% / 91.42% / ($130,020)

Solar Energy Systems Engineers / 40.74% / 32.13% / ($111,970)

Computer Systems Analysts / 56.64% / 31.42% / ($103,800)

Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers / 99.66% / 38.99% / ($102,420)

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers / 47.05% / 41.17% / ($101,800)

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives / 80.58% / 72.47% / ($101,750)

Nuclear Monitoring Technicians / 84.15% / 36.76% / ($101,740)

Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors / 67.01% / 62.53% / ($99,710)

Video Game Designers / 45.00% / 40.00% / ($98,540)

Radiation Therapists / 62.46% / 42.76% / ($98,300)

Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers / 100.00% / 44.44% / ($94,580)

Nuclear Medicine Technologists / 68.68% / 42.91% / ($92,500)

Detectives and Criminal Investigators / 90.01% / 47.80% / ($91,100)

Police Identification and Records Officers / 75.14% / 39.28% / ($91,100)

Postmasters and Mail Superintendents / 86.55% / 44.63% / ($88,670)

Dental Hygienists / 75.18% / 69.49% / ($87,530)

Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation / 100.00% / 32.59% / ($87,290)

First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers / 86.62% / 40.47% / ($86,220)

Registered Nurses / 42.65% / 37.83% / ($86,070)

Critical Care Nurses / 35.71% / 60.71% / ($86,070)

Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers / 97.19% / 71.33% / ($85,420)

Web Developers / 50.01% / 33.33% / ($84,960)

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers / 42.07% / 30.56% / ($84,570)

Subway and Streetcar Operators / 100.00% / 63.96% / ($84,270)

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists / 86.96% / 47.82% / ($83,740)

Signal and Track Switch Repairers / 100.00% / 62.23% / ($82,710)

Chemical Plant and System Operators / 63.22% / 34.85% / ($80,030)

Online Merchants / 58.72% / 37.80% / ($79,590)

Respiratory Therapists / 87.90% / 70.85% / ($77,960)

Solar Energy Installation Managers / 93.70% / 75.35% / ($76,760)

Commercial and Industrial Designers / 32.08% / 32.87% / ($76,250)

Cartographers and Photogrammetrists / 57.51% / 56.99% / ($76,210)

Government Property Inspectors and Investigators / 60.66% / 49.63% / ($75,670)

Coroners / 40.00% / 40.00% / ($75,670)

Funeral Home Managers / 93.51% / 44.25% / ($75,660)

Locomotive Engineers / 100.00% / 43.70% / ($74,770)

Fire Inspectors and Investigators / 95.76% / 36.53% / ($74,160)

Writers and Authors / 53.05% / 31.03% / ($73,690)

Non-Destructive Testing Specialists / 90.91% / 72.73% / ($73,500)

Photonics Technicians / 81.82% / 40.92% / ($73,500)

Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling / 40.54% / 30.60% / ($73,460)

Radiologic Technologists and Technicians / 89.37% / 54.21% / ($73,410)

Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers / 93.45% / 84.29% / ($72,280)

Customs and Border Protection Officers / 70.66% / 53.52% / ($72,280)

Transit and Railroad Police / 65.67% / 55.34% / ($72,250)

Wellhead Pumpers / 100.00% / 46.56% / ($71,830)

Boilermakers / 100.01% / 55.45% / ($71,140)

Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters / 100.00% / 80.65% / ($71,130)

First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers / 89.30% / 37.26% / ($70,530)

Electrical and Electronics Drafters / 57.47% / 46.57% / ($69,260)

Park Naturalists / 40.02% / 56.05% / ($68,750)

Surveyors / 52.63% / 30.00% / ($68,540)

Flight Attendants / 87.65% / 58.72% / ($68,370)

Energy Auditors / 75.86% / 31.04% / ($67,700)

Occupational Therapy Assistants / 96.81% / 82.25% / ($67,010)

Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators / 100.00% / 73.61% / ($67,000)

Roof Bolters, Mining / 100.00% / 97.75% / ($66,660)

Film and Video Editors / 34.31% / 32.92% / ($66,600)

Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians / 93.42% / 43.17% / ($66,170)

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products / 66.12% / 36.34% / ($65,630)

Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School / 32.71% / 31.47% / ($65,130)

Rail Car Repairers / 99.99% / 75.83% / ($65,030)

Forensic Science Technicians / 65.60% / 32.02% / ($64,940)

Crane and Tower Operators / 100.00% / 53.05% / ($64,690)

Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers / 100.00% / 50.27% / ($64,640)

Physical Therapist Assistants / 84.16% / 80.80% / ($64,080)

Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining / 100.00% / 74.51% / ($64,070)

Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners / 97.15% / 72.23% / ($63,940)

Tapers / 100.00% / 36.42% / ($63,350)

Food Service Managers / 90.26% / 44.19% / ($63,060)

Real Estate Brokers / 46.07% / 36.44% / ($63,060)

Millwrights / 100.00% / 45.47% / ($62,980)

Structural Iron and Steel Workers / 94.98% / 58.18% / ($62,760)

Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators / 100.00% / 46.65% / ($61,870)

Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film / 93.10% / 69.17% / ($61,800)

Wind Turbine Service Technicians / 100.01% / 62.56% / ($61,770)

Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas / 91.08% / 43.40% / ($61,770)

Electricians / 98.70% / 50.15% / ($61,590)

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters / 100.01% / 31.51% / ($61,550)

Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians / 77.54% / 54.49% / ($61,550)

Tool and Die Makers / 100.00% / 33.04% / ($61,490)

Continuous Mining Machine Operators / 100.00% / 48.55% / ($61,420)

Commercial Divers / 94.97% / 57.15% / ($61,300)

Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers / 82.57% / 36.28% / ($61,270)

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers / 84.35% / 40.06% / ($61,240)

First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers / 93.54% / 46.15% / ($61,210)

Paralegals and Legal Assistants / 43.47% / 34.43% / ($60,970)

Surgical Technologists / 100.00% / 57.33% / ($60,610)

Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity / 99.99% / 67.21% / ($60,170)

Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses / 88.91% / 58.54% / ($59,730)

Brickmasons and Blockmasons / 99.99% / 37.22% / ($59,640)

Postal Service Clerks / 100.00% / 56.00% / ($59,570)

Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators / 64.62% / 42.16% / ($59,300)

Computer User Support Specialists / 48.31% / 32.44% / ($59,240)

Insurance Sales Agents / 53.10% / 72.73% / ($59,080)

Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors / 81.54% / 30.91% / ($58,920)

Sheet Metal Workers / 100.01% / 62.55% / ($58,780)

Hearing Aid Specialists / 43.26% / 42.87% / ($58,670)

Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders / 98.23% / 50.55% / ($58,620)

Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents / 62.46% / 38.40% / ($58,530)

Quality Control Analysts / 72.10% / 71.31% / ($58,350)

Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas / 99.99% / 53.72% / ($58,210)

Firefighters / 96.50% / 63.76% / ($57,120)

Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers / 100.00% / 81.33% / ($57,070)

Biofuels Processing Technicians / 100.00% / 71.47% / ($56,940)

Chemical Technicians / 56.26% / 47.59% / ($56,750)

Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas / 99.99% / 54.34% / ($56,660)

Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers / 100.00% / 41.35% / ($56,430)

Postal Service Mail Carriers / 100.00% / 98.83% / ($56,330)

Riggers / 100.00% / 64.67% / ($56,220)

Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas / 100.00% / 53.07% / ($55,750)

Massage Therapists / 96.16% / 92.30% / ($55,310)

Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators / 100.00% / 54.17% / ($54,890)

Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers / 100.00% / 52.98% / ($54,850)

Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers / 82.35% / 45.13% / ($54,690)

First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers / 88.58% / 46.75% / ($54,580)

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers / 99.99% / 38.91% / ($54,320)

Real Estate Sales Agents / 90.47% / 80.95% / ($54,300)

Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare / 83.48% / 33.51% / ($54,290)

Tire Builders / 99.47% / 76.18% / ($54,080)

Insulation Workers, Mechanical / 100.01% / 89.76% / ($53,920)

Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks / 100.01% / 46.62% / ($53,900)

Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers / 86.60% / 52.66% / ($53,550)

Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators / 100.01% / 94.65% / ($53,440)

Correctional Officers and Jailers / 100.00% / 77.83% / ($53,300)

Fallers / 100.00% / 44.59% / ($53,170)

Bailiffs / 99.99% / 61.67% / ($53,040)

Plasterers and Stucco Masons / 100.00% / 58.97% / ($52,640)

Costume Attendants / 68.86% / 51.62% / ($52,370)

Forest and Conservation Technicians / 85.19% / 50.94% / ($51,880)

Desktop Publishers / 61.30% / 45.93% / ($51,290)

Airfield Operations Specialists / 49.14% / 50.32% / ($51,140)

Glaziers / 100.01% / 55.76% / ($51,100)

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers / 88.76% / 81.80% / ($51,030)

Machinists / 100.00% / 38.18% / ($50,840)

Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers / 99.99% / 76.91% / ($50,720)

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health / 31.83% / 68.18% / ($50,660)

Dredge Operators / 100.00% / 46.67% / ($50,440)

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers / 92.80% / 59.42% / ($50,270)

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs / 68.62% / 43.38% / ($50,270)

Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders / 100.00% / 81.40% / ($50,250)

Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining / 100.00% / 51.60% / ($50,050)

Roofers / 93.40% / 50.59% / ($50,030)

Transportation Security Screeners / 100.00% / 96.29% / ($50,020)

Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians / 100.00% / 40.17% / ($49,990)

Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic / 99.88% / 51.19% / ($49,670)

Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers / 100.01% / 39.94% / ($49,230)

Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians / 100.00% / 46.96% / ($49,210)

Bridge and Lock Tenders / 100.00% / 65.00% / ($49,120)

Food Science Technicians / 52.50% / 67.10% / ($49,090)

Tree Trimmers and Pruners / 100.00% / 39.55% / ($49,070)

Tax Preparers / 76.20% / 47.61% / ($49,010)

Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers / 99.05% / 39.51% / ($48,940)

Tile and Stone Setters / 100.00% / 50.34% / ($48,910)

Terrazzo Workers and Finishers / 100.01% / 63.18% / ($48,900)

Public Safety Telecommunicators / 95.26% / 68.18% / ($48,890)

Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles / 99.99% / 52.68% / ($48,840)

Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters / 95.84% / 52.32% / ($48,840)

Proofreaders and Copy Markers / 52.69% / 47.90% / ($48,790)

Automotive Body and Related Repairers / 99.99% / 70.29% / ($48,740)

Pourers and Casters, Metal / 100.00% / 83.26% / ($48,690)

Mechanical Door Repairers / 100.00% / 69.74% / ($48,650)

Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators / 96.78% / 49.34% / ($48,550)

Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters / 100.00% / 65.72% / ($48,480)

Paperhangers / 100.00% / 49.80% / ($48,460)

Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons / 100.00% / 88.40% / ($48,410)

Sailors and Marine Oilers / 99.22% / 77.61% / ($48,400)

Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers / 94.78% / 45.81% / ($48,380)

Locksmiths and Safe Repairers / 92.30% / 50.00% / ($48,380)

Cargo and Freight Agents / 69.25% / 74.53% / ($48,330)

Logging Equipment Operators / 100.00% / 75.24% / ($48,240)

Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 98.92% / 65.45% / ($48,120)

Agricultural Inspectors / 87.88% / 45.67% / ($48,010)

Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians / 100.00% / 48.27% / ($47,950)

Floor Sanders and Finishers / 100.00% / 30.71% / ($47,760)

Meter Readers, Utilities / 97.61% / 65.98% / ($47,720)

Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping / 65.40% / 30.88% / ($47,710)

Painters, Construction and Maintenance / 98.15% / 48.09% / ($47,700)

Dental Laboratory Technicians / 92.45% / 35.15% / ($47,690)

Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall / 100.00% / 81.05% / ($47,540)

Animal Breeders / 95.94% / 47.64% / ($47,540)

Carpet Installers / 100.00% / 31.43% / ($47,520)

Neurodiagnostic Technologists / 83.87% / 48.40% / ($47,470)

Patient Representatives / 61.52% / 43.37% / ($47,470)

Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers / 84.34% / 32.98% / ($47,450)

Gem and Diamond Workers / 80.99% / 47.06% / ($47,450)

Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks / 81.29% / 32.20% / ($47,440)

Models / 96.06% / 96.07% / ($47,430)

Travel Agents / 85.65% / 31.99% / ($47,410)

Makeup Artists, Theatrical and Performance / 85.70% / 45.00% / ($47,390)

Loan Interviewers and Clerks / 61.75% / 36.81% / ($47,380)

Highway Maintenance Workers / 100.00% / 58.12% / ($47,360)

Pipelayers / 100.00% / 43.07% / ($47,330)

Hazardous Materials Removal Workers / 86.23% / 50.66% / ($47,280)

Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 100.01% / 82.14% / ($47,250)

Home Appliance Repairers / 100.01% / 55.34% / ($47,170)

Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 90.27% / 50.57% / ($47,110)

Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 100.00% / 62.67% / ($47,040)

Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 100.00% / 69.40% / ($46,990)

Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners / 99.99% / 69.64% / ($46,910)

Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks / 93.41% / 36.31% / ($46,900)

Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance / 92.98% / 44.53% / ($46,860)

Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers / 92.91% / 31.80% / ($46,850)

Parking Enforcement Workers / 98.56% / 96.81% / ($46,840)

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers / 99.58% / 37.01% / ($46,730)

First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers / 87.75% / 44.39% / ($46,650)

Dental Assistants / 100.00% / 61.45% / ($46,540)

Rock Splitters, Quarry / 81.02% / 87.71% / ($46,530)

Geothermal Technicians / 100.00% / 47.90% / ($46,500)

Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors / 61.91% / 52.38% / ($46,480)

Word Processors and Typists / 100.00% / 52.51% / ($46,450)

Motorboat Operators / 85.14% / 45.12% / ($46,420)

Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners / 100.01% / 61.51% / ($46,410)

Roustabouts, Oil and Gas / 100.00% / 43.99% / ($46,340)

Court, Municipal, and License Clerks / 85.74% / 37.43% / ($46,110)

Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 100.00% / 92.48% / ($46,100)

Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers / 100.00% / 58.28% / ($45,850)

Semiconductor Processing Technicians / 99.68% / 76.98% / ($45,850)

Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors / 100.00% / 40.92% / ($45,760)

Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers / 99.63% / 30.05% / ($45,760)

Farm Labor Contractors / 99.87% / 47.64% / ($45,730)

Bus Drivers, School / 100.00% / 90.59% / ($45,660)

Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders / 98.16% / 65.88% / ($45,640)

Log Graders and Scalers / 100.00% / 49.41% / ($45,600)

Billing and Posting Clerks / 98.04% / 34.59% / ($45,590)

Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 100.00% / 67.28% / ($45,560)

Helpers--Extraction Workers / 100.01% / 89.58% / ($45,520)

Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 100.00% / 70.42% / ($45,350)

Self-Enrichment Teachers / 45.76% / 33.67% / ($45,330)

Construction Laborers / 100.00% / 83.68% / ($45,300)

Medical Equipment Preparers / 82.92% / 43.14% / ($45,280)

Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers / 100.00% / 72.61% / ($44,980)

Medical Appliance Technicians / 72.03% / 43.86% / ($44,960)

Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers / 99.99% / 93.70% / ($44,890)

Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys / 59.63% / 40.27% / ($44,890)

New Accounts Clerks / 100.00% / 58.40% / ($44,630)

Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 92.88% / 48.80% / ($44,620)

Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 100.00% / 62.22% / ($44,510)

Endoscopy Technicians / 100.01% / 73.08% / ($44,490)

Speech-Language Pathology Assistants / 57.73% / 85.80% / ($44,490)

Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators / 100.00% / 51.68% / ($44,470)

Fence Erectors / 99.99% / 88.21% / ($44,410)

Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 99.55% / 92.73% / ($44,390)

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 99.70% / 84.76% / ($44,310)

Foundry Mold and Coremakers / 100.00% / 83.14% / ($44,300)

Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive / 89.01% / 43.85% / ($44,280)

Bill and Account Collectors / 78.88% / 52.69% / ($44,250)

Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 100.00% / 99.79% / ($44,240)

Opticians, Dispensing / 100.00% / 50.00% / ($44,170)

Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics / 100.00% / 33.69% / ($44,140)

Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation / 87.18% / 80.53% / ($44,070)

Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers / 100.00% / 67.03% / ($44,030)

Veterinary Technologists and Technicians / 89.60% / 70.52% / ($43,740)

Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders / 99.99% / 80.47% / ($43,540)

Pest Control Workers / 100.00% / 92.46% / ($43,470)

Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers / 100.01% / 40.93% / ($43,310)

Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing / 99.03% / 48.34% / ($43,310)

Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping / 99.49% / 87.75% / ($43,270)

Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters / 100.00% / 35.91% / ($43,260)

Skincare Specialists / 78.15% / 70.98% / ($43,200)

Agricultural Technicians / 63.19% / 40.58% / ($43,180)

Precision Agriculture Technicians / 60.87% / 43.48% / ($43,180)

Animal Control Workers / 96.15% / 42.31% / ($43,170)

Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners / 90.92% / 36.37% / ($42,800)

Upholsterers / 100.00% / 31.96% / ($42,730)

Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 96.10% / 50.94% / ($42,670)

Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 100.01% / 61.62% / ($42,610)

Cooks, Private Household / 100.00% / 42.31% / ($42,590)

Light Truck Drivers / 100.00% / 99.31% / ($42,470)

Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters / 93.77% / 65.96% / ($42,470)

Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders / 100.00% / 51.07% / ($42,420)

Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 100.00% / 36.13% / ($42,400)

Medical Assistants / 82.53% / 81.37% / ($42,000)

Printing Press Operators / 100.00% / 40.17% / ($41,860)

Phlebotomists / 95.46% / 54.55% / ($41,810)

Ophthalmic Medical Technicians / 100.00% / 45.45% / ($41,780)

Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 100.00% / 63.96% / ($41,600)

Social and Human Service Assistants / 44.61% / 60.58% / ($41,410)

Photographers / 81.82% / 36.37% / ($40,760)

Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks / 99.42% / 76.21% / ($40,610)

Office Clerks, General / 99.76% / 47.07% / ($40,480)

Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan / 98.84% / 34.25% / ($40,300)

Pharmacy Technicians / 96.16% / 80.98% / ($40,300)

Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers / 100.00% / 97.14% / ($40,230)

Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators / 99.36% / 83.68% / ($40,200)

Etchers and Engravers / 99.99% / 41.69% / ($40,040)

Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders / 100.00% / 65.83% / ($39,850)

Furniture Finishers / 100.00% / 45.95% / ($39,790)

Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks / 89.25% / 85.10% / ($39,780)

Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 96.57% / 85.26% / ($39,740)

Psychiatric Technicians / 68.09% / 75.29% / ($39,700)

Agricultural Equipment Operators / 99.99% / 61.03% / ($39,690)

Customer Service Representatives / 85.79% / 48.94% / ($39,680)

Tutors / 54.54% / 72.73% / ($39,580)

Helpers--Carpenters / 100.00% / 94.63% / ($39,380)

Retail Loss Prevention Specialists / 89.50% / 61.98% / ($39,360)

Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders / 100.01% / 70.21% / ($39,340)

Library Technicians / 68.58% / 66.51% / ($39,310)

Conveyor Operators and Tenders / 100.00% / 94.70% / ($39,260)

Machine Feeders and Offbearers / 100.00% / 73.86% / ($39,250)

Gambling Surveillance Officers and Gambling Investigators / 100.00% / 80.06% / ($39,210)

Psychiatric Aides / 95.92% / 72.31% / ($39,160)

Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers / 100.00% / 77.97% / ($38,980)

Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand / 100.00% / 64.30% / ($38,940)

Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic / 100.00% / 57.82% / ($38,870)

Animal Trainers / 98.25% / 44.20% / ($38,810)

Helpers--Roofers / 83.98% / 61.91% / ($38,620)

Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders / 100.00% / 72.87% / ($38,550)

First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers / 100.00% / 65.46% / ($38,520)

Food Batchmakers / 99.99% / 83.20% / ($38,460)

Helpers--Electricians / 98.70% / 58.74% / ($38,340)

Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders / 100.00% / 78.21% / ($38,330)

Bicycle Repairers / 100.00% / 49.78% / ($38,320)

Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing / 98.28% / 68.80% / ($38,260)

Nursing Assistants / 87.36% / 81.52% / ($38,200)

Slaughterers and Meat Packers / 100.00% / 60.24% / ($38,160)

File Clerks / 91.72% / 39.40% / ($38,130)

Print Binding and Finishing Workers / 100.01% / 42.89% / ($38,100)

Telephone Operators / 100.00% / 45.37% / ($38,080)

Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood / 100.00% / 70.09% / ($38,000)

Residential Advisors / 59.02% / 65.91% / ($37,950)

Data Entry Keyers / 100.00% / 48.23% / ($37,790)

Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians / 91.17% / 67.45% / ($37,720)

Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand / 100.00% / 68.49% / ($37,660)

Recycling and Reclamation Workers / 91.99% / 97.72% / ($37,660)

Butchers and Meat Cutters / 100.00% / 32.98% / ($37,650)

Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters / 90.30% / 60.09% / ($37,650)

Tellers / 91.68% / 92.13% / ($37,640)

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer / 82.57% / 57.68% / ($37,450)

Counter and Rental Clerks / 79.75% / 74.93% / ($37,400)

Substitute Teachers, Short-Term / 55.21% / 66.44% / ($37,380)

Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers / 81.67% / 52.64% / ($37,360)

Concierges / 90.91% / 63.65% / ($37,150)

Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 100.00% / 76.39% / ($37,130)

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education / 62.81% / 50.90% / ($37,130)

Security Guards / 98.04% / 80.52% / ($37,070)

Medical Transcriptionists / 100.00% / 66.02% / ($37,060)

Cutters and Trimmers, Hand / 100.00% / 58.19% / ($37,040)

Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons / 100.00% / 60.78% / ($37,010)

Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders / 100.00% / 80.85% / ($36,970)

Demonstrators and Product Promoters / 99.34% / 99.34% / ($36,970)

Occupational Therapy Aides / 98.20% / 75.70% / ($36,970)

Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service / 100.00% / 96.52% / ($36,880)

Parts Salespersons / 86.38% / 35.11% / ($36,860)

Orderlies / 100.00% / 84.96% / ($36,830)

Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service / 96.96% / 60.95% / ($36,750)

Couriers and Messengers / 100.00% / 83.57% / ($36,710)

Helpers--Production Workers / 100.00% / 85.58% / ($36,700)

Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers / 90.54% / 56.27% / ($36,650)

Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 100.00% / 74.10% / ($36,620)

Craft Artists / 86.96% / 34.79% / ($36,600)

Dietetic Technicians / 93.29% / 45.65% / ($36,520)

Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers / 99.54% / 78.62% / ($36,440)

Stockers and Order Fillers / 99.71% / 85.41% / ($36,390)

Crossing Guards and Flaggers / 100.00% / 90.24% / ($36,370)

Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers / 98.70% / 95.45% / ($36,300)

Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers / 82.36% / 65.27% / ($36,230)

Pharmacy Aides / 100.00% / 79.83% / ($36,200)

Barbers / 97.06% / 74.52% / ($36,150)

Gambling Cage Workers / 100.00% / 57.48% / ($36,110)

Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers / 100.00% / 98.78% / ($36,020)

Receptionists and Information Clerks / 100.00% / 47.01% / ($35,840)

Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials / 80.95% / 57.14% / ($35,820)

Tire Repairers and Changers / 97.60% / 80.02% / ($35,790)

Cooks, Restaurant / 99.99% / 83.35% / ($35,780)

Passenger Attendants / 100.01% / 76.63% / ($35,620)

Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators / 94.81% / 66.47% / ($35,620)

Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders / 100.00% / 99.60% / ($35,530)

Driver/Sales Workers / 100.00% / 91.91% / ($35,420)

Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders / 100.01% / 93.56% / ($35,340)

Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria / 93.22% / 64.36% / ($35,320)

Motion Picture Projectionists / 89.90% / 90.17% / ($35,160)

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals / 99.77% / 54.31% / ($35,120)

Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners / 75.92% / 78.11% / ($35,020)

Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists / 100.00% / 60.71% / ($34,970)

Bakers / 100.00% / 78.42% / ($34,950)

Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers / 100.00% / 95.83% / ($34,910)

Baggage Porters and Bellhops / 100.01% / 80.60% / ($34,840)

Packers and Packagers, Hand / 100.00% / 99.39% / ($34,830)

Floral Designers / 92.09% / 49.74% / ($34,690)

Telemarketers / 100.00% / 78.19% / ($34,480)

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse / 75.14% / 71.76% / ($34,470)

Sewing Machine Operators / 99.99% / 58.36% / ($34,440)

Recreation Workers / 37.90% / 40.14% / ($34,410)

Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products / 100.00% / 87.28% / ($34,360)

Manicurists and Pedicurists / 100.00% / 83.60% / ($34,250)

Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment / 99.99% / 82.18% / ($34,150)

Cooks, Short Order / 100.01% / 81.36% / ($34,130)

Library Assistants, Clerical / 95.43% / 72.18% / ($34,020)

Forest and Conservation Workers / 57.20% / 41.32% / ($33,940)

Funeral Attendants / 88.97% / 69.50% / ($33,850)

Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants / 100.00% / 62.92% / ($33,820)

Retail Salespersons / 96.00% / 75.39% / ($33,680)

Physical Therapist Aides / 81.30% / 72.78% / ($33,520)

Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants / 100.01% / 94.39% / ($33,450)

Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners / 89.15% / 79.59% / ($33,450)

Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers / 100.00% / 84.76% / ($33,230)

Food Servers, Nonrestaurant / 87.18% / 78.54% / ($33,110)

Parking Attendants / 99.04% / 97.27% / ($32,840)

Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians / 99.99% / 95.80% / ($32,580)

Food Preparation Workers / 95.85% / 88.15% / ($32,420)

Gambling Dealers / 100.00% / 62.42% / ($32,240)

Sewers, Hand / 99.48% / 60.39% / ($32,240)

Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials / 85.85% / 36.62% / ($32,240)

Waiters and Waitresses / 100.00% / 98.56% / ($31,940)

Bartenders / 98.88% / 57.35% / ($31,510)

Dishwashers / 100.00% / 100.00% / ($31,200)

Animal Caretakers / 86.63% / 65.83% / ($31,200)

Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers / 100.00% / 93.53% / ($31,180)

Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers / 100.00% / 95.07% / ($31,050)

Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks / 95.41% / 84.96% / ($30,790)

Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers / 98.78% / 76.80% / ($30,380)

Childcare Workers / 91.29% / 49.53% / ($30,370)

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers / 98.34% / 88.28% / ($29,780)

Cashiers / 100.00% / 72.87% / ($29,720)

Fast Food and Counter Workers / 99.96% / 80.65% / ($29,540)

Baristas / 94.53% / 100.00% / ($29,540)

Shampooers / 100.00% / 93.40% / ($29,530)

Amusement and Recreation Attendants / 98.57% / 94.63% / ($29,390)

Cooks, Fast Food / 100.00% / 95.58% / ($29,260)

Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop / 86.88% / 85.05% / ($29,220)

Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners / 100.01% / 72.38% / ($29,170)

Dancers / 100.01% / 62.06% / (Salary Not Available)

Actors / 65.47% / 62.11% / (Salary Not Available)

Musicians and Singers / 40.26% / 34.04% / (Salary Not Available)

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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Description: Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.

U.S. Total Employment (2023): 557,900	U.S. Total Employment (2033 est.): 489,800
Employment Change (2023-2033 est.): -68,100 (-12.2%)	Average Annual Job Openings (2023-2033 est.): 54,900

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Core Duties

Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance) For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%)	Description
Importance: 93 (%)	Description: Inspect, test, or measure materials, products, installations, or work for conformance to specifications.
Importance: 92 (%)	Description: Notify supervisors or other personnel of production problems.
Importance: 90 (%)	Description: Discard or reject products, materials, or equipment not meeting specifications.
Importance: 90 (%)	Description: Measure dimensions of products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as rulers, calipers, gauges, or micrometers.
Importance: 87 (%)	Description: Read blueprints, data, manuals, or other materials to determine specifications, inspection and testing procedures, adjustment methods, certification processes, formulas, or measuring instruments required.
Importance: 87 (%)	Description: Read dials or meters to verify that equipment is functioning at specified levels.
Importance: 86 (%)	Description: Mark items with details, such as grade or acceptance-rejection status.
Importance: 84 (%)	Description: Monitor production operations or equipment to ensure conformance to specifications, making necessary process or assembly adjustments.
Importance: 82 (%)	Description: Recommend necessary corrective actions, based on inspection results.
Importance: 78 (%)	Description: Position products, components, or parts for testing.
Importance: 76 (%)	Description: Write test or inspection reports describing results, recommendations, or needed repairs.
Importance: 75 (%)	Description: Record inspection or test data, such as weights, temperatures, grades, or moisture content, and quantities inspected or graded.
Importance: 73 (%)	Description: Make minor adjustments to equipment, such as turning setscrews to calibrate instruments to required tolerances.
Importance: 72 (%)	Description: Remove defects, such as chips, burrs, or lap corroded or pitted surfaces.
Importance: 67 (%)	Description: Stack or arrange tested products for further processing, shipping, or packaging.
Importance: 67 (%)	Description: Collect or select samples for testing or for use as models.

Supplemental Duties

Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance) For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%)	Description
Importance: 67 (%)	Description: Clean, maintain, calibrate, or repair measuring instruments or test equipment, such as dial indicators, fixed gauges, or height gauges.
Importance: 65 (%)	Description: Disassemble defective parts or components, such as inaccurate or worn gauges or measuring instruments.
Importance: 63 (%)	Description: Check arriving materials to ensure that they match purchase orders, submitting discrepancy reports as necessary.
Importance: 57 (%)	Description: Adjust, clean, or repair products or processing equipment to correct defects found during inspections.
Importance: 57 (%)	Description: Compare colors, shapes, textures, or grades of products or materials with color charts, templates, or samples to verify conformance to standards.
Importance: 52 (%)	Description: Analyze test data, making computations as necessary, to determine test results.
Importance: 51 (%)	Description: Weigh materials, products, containers, or samples to verify packaging weights or ingredient quantities.
Importance: 49 (%)	Description: Fabricate, install, position, or connect components, parts, finished products, or instruments for testing or operational purposes.
Importance: 46 (%)	Description: Monitor machines that automatically measure, sort, or inspect products.
Importance: 45 (%)	Description: Grade, classify, or sort products according to sizes, weights, colors, or other specifications.
Importance: 38 (%)	Description: Compute defect percentages or averages, using formulas and calculators.
Importance: 36 (%)	Description: Inspect or test raw materials, parts, or products to determine compliance with environmental standards.
Importance: 32 (%)	Description: Compute usable amounts of items in shipments.
Importance: 31 (%)	Description: Administer tests to assess whether engineers or operators are qualified to use equipment.
Importance: 29 (%)	Description: Interpret legal requirements, provide safety information, or recommend compliance procedures to contractors, craft workers, engineers, or property owners.

Work Activities

Important General Work Activities (in order of importance) For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%)	Description
Importance: 87 (%)	Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Importance: 87 (%)	Description: Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials: Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
Importance: 86 (%)	Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Importance: 85 (%)	Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Importance: 85 (%)	Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Importance: 82 (%)	Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Importance: 80 (%)	Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Importance: 78 (%)	Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Importance: 75 (%)	Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Importance: 74 (%)	Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Importance: 74 (%)	Description: Handling and Moving Objects: Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
Importance: 72 (%)	Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Importance: 71 (%)	Description: Performing General Physical Activities: Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
Importance: 68 (%)	Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Importance: 68 (%)	Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Importance: 66 (%)	Description: Controlling Machines and Processes: Using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes (not including computers or vehicles).
Importance: 66 (%)	Description: Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information: Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Importance: 66 (%)	Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Importance: 64 (%)	Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.

Specific Work Activities

Important Specific Work Activities How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below:
Advise others on ways to improve processes or products.
Analyze test results.
Calibrate equipment to specifications.
Clean production equipment.
Collect samples of materials or products for testing.
Compare physical characteristics of materials or products to specifications or standards.
Connect electrical components or equipment.
Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair.
Evaluate capabilities or training needs.
Evaluate quality of materials or products.
Fabricate parts or components.
Inspect items for damage or defects.
Instruct workers to use equipment or perform technical procedures.
Maintain production or processing equipment.
Mark products, workpieces, or equipment with identifying information.
Measure dimensions of completed products or workpieces to verify conformance to specifications.
Measure ingredients or substances to be used in production processes.
Monitor equipment operation to ensure proper functioning.
Monitor equipment operation to ensure that products are not flawed.
Mount materials or workpieces onto production equipment.
Notify others of equipment repair or maintenance needs.
Read work orders or other instructions to determine product specifications or materials requirements.
Record operational or production data.
Repair production equipment or tools.
Review blueprints or other instructions to determine operational methods or sequences.
Smooth metal surfaces or edges.
Sort materials or products for processing, storing, shipping, or grading.
Stack finished items for further processing or shipment.
Test chemical or physical characteristics of materials or products.
Test products for functionality or quality.
Weigh finished products.

Knowledge Required

Knowledge Required (in order of importance) For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%)	Description
Importance: 84 (%)	Description: Production and Processing: Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Importance: 70 (%)	Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Importance: 66 (%)	Description: Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Importance: 63 (%)	Description: Mechanical: Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Importance: 62 (%)	Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Essential Skills

Essential Skills (in order of importance) These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now?
Importance (%)	Description
Importance: 54 (%)	Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Importance: 54 (%)	Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Importance: 52 (%)	Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Importance: 52 (%)	Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Importance: 52 (%)	Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills (in order of importance) These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility?
Importance (%)	Description
Importance: 62 (%)	Description: Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
Importance: 52 (%)	Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Day-in-the-Life Summaries

Day-in-the-Life Summaries
These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you?

Activity: Adjust equipment to ensure adequate performance.

Activity: Advise others on business or operational matters.

Activity: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas.

Activity: Collect samples of products or materials.

Activity: Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools.

Activity: Disassemble equipment.

Activity: Evaluate personnel capabilities or performance.

Activity: Evaluate production inputs or outputs.

Activity: Fabricate devices or components.

Activity: Inspect characteristics or conditions of materials or products.

Activity: Inspect completed work or finished products.

Activity: Load products, materials, or equipment for transportation or further processing.

Activity: Maintain operational records.

Activity: Maintain tools or equipment.

Activity: Mark materials or objects for identification.

Activity: Measure physical characteristics of materials, products, or equipment.

Activity: Monitor equipment operation.

Activity: Notify others of emergencies or problems.

Activity: Position workpieces or materials on equipment.

Activity: Read documents or materials to inform work processes.

Activity: Repair tools or equipment.

Activity: Smooth surfaces of objects or equipment.

Activity: Sort materials or products.

Activity: Test characteristics of materials or products.

Activity: Train others to use equipment or products.

Software Skills

Software Skills
These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job?

High-Priority Tech Skills

Electronic mail software:

Microsoft Outlook

Office suite software:

Microsoft Office software

Presentation software:

Microsoft PowerPoint

Spreadsheet software:

Microsoft Excel

Word processing software:

Microsoft Word

Emerging Tech Skills

Analytical or scientific software:

The MathWorks MATLAB

Computer aided design CAD software:

Autodesk AutoCAD
Dassault Systemes SolidWorks

Content workflow software:

Atlassian JIRA

Data base management system software:

Apache Hive

Data base user interface and query software:

Microsoft Access
Structured query language SQL

Document management software:

Microsoft SharePoint

Enterprise application integration software:

Extensible markup language XML

Enterprise resource planning ERP software:

SAP software

Object or component oriented development software:

Process mapping and design software:

Microsoft Visio

Program testing software:

Selenium

General Software Tools

Analytical or scientific software:

Data analysis software
Design of experiments DOE software
Minitab
Tolerance analysis software

Computer aided design CAD software:

Computer assisted design software
Dassault Systemes CATIA
Mastercam Design

Computer aided manufacturing CAM software:

Computer-aided inspection software
Mastercam computer-aided design and manufacturing software

Data base management system software:

Apache Pig

Data base user interface and query software:

Data entry software
Database software
FileMaker Pro

Desktop communications software:

Skype

Electronic mail software:

IBM Lotus Notes
IBM Notes

Industrial control software (scroll table below):

Coordinate measuring machine software

Cybermetrics GAGETrak

Statistical process control SPC data collection devices

Verisurf Metrology

Wilcox Associates PC-DMIS Inspection Planner

Label making software:

Inspection marking systems

Medical software:

Medical condition coding software

Optical character reader OCR or scanning software:

Label inspection systems

Preparation Required

Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job?

Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed

Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience. For example, landscaping and groundskeeping workers might require very little training or previous experience, while agricultural equipment operators can benefit from on-the job training.

Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.

These occupations involve following instructions and often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include dishwashers, landscaping and groundskeeping workers, counter and rental clerks, dental laboratory technicians, and security guards.

Education Required

Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%)	Level of Education
Frequency of Attainment: 69.8 (%)	Level of Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
Frequency of Attainment: 26.9 (%)	Level of Education: Post-Secondary Certificate - awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)
Frequency of Attainment: 2.6 (%)	Level of Education: Some College Courses
Frequency of Attainment: 0.7 (%)	Level of Education: Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)

Training and Experience Required

Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%)	Level of Training and Work Experience
Frequency of Attainment: 43.9 (%)	Level of Training and Work Experience: None
Frequency of Attainment: 20.0 (%)	Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Frequency of Attainment: 13.7 (%)	Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
Frequency of Attainment: 10.9 (%)	Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Frequency of Attainment: 9.6 (%)	Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Frequency of Attainment: 0.7 (%)	Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Frequency of Attainment: 0.7 (%)	Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 8 years, up to and including 10 years
Frequency of Attainment: 0.7 (%)	Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 10 years

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Certifications

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Aggregate Testing Technician - Level 1
Aggregate Testing Technician - Level 2
API QUTE - Qualification of Ultrasonic Testing Examiners (Detection)
Certification in Construction Materials Testing - Concrete
Certification in Construction Materials Testing - Concrete Level III
Certification in Construction Materials Testing - Concrete Level IV
Certified Cement Physical Tester
Certified Post-Installed Adhesive Anchor Installation Inspector
Coating Inspector Program - Bridge Specialty
Construction Materials Testing: Soil - Level I
Council-certified Moisture Control Consultant
Council-certified Moisture Control Investigator
Council-certified Residential Moisture Assessor
Council-certified Residential Mold Inspector
Council-certified Residential Structural Dryer
Council-certified Structural Drying Supervisor
Council-certified Structural Drying Supervisor
EMC Design Engineer Senior
Fuel Gas Inspector
Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing Professional - Technologist
Introduction to Substrate and Subfloor Inspection
Master of Special Inspection
Mechanical Inspector
Resilient Flooring Inspector
Senior Carpet Inspector
Wood and Laminate Flooring Inspector

Professional Associations

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National Inspection, Testing and Certification Corporation (NITC)
SAVE International

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Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers

Abrasive Grader

Acid Tester

Air Box Tester

Air Conditioning Unit Tester (AC Unit Tester)

Air Sampler

Air Value Tester

Aircraft Instrument Tester

Aircraft Launching and Arresting Systems Inspector

Aligning Inspector

Alloy Weigher

Aluminum Boat Inspector

Aluminum Container Tester

Ammunition Components Inspector

Artificial Teeth Inspector

Asbestos Shingle Inspector

Assemblies and Installations Inspector

Assembly Adjuster

Assembly Inspector

Assembly Line Inspector

Assorter

Automatic Tire Tester

Automatic Typewriter Inspector

Automotive Tire Tester

Bad Cloth Checker

Bag Grader

Bag Sorter

Bag Tester

Balance Bridge Inspector

Balance Truer

Balance Truing Inspector

Balance Wheel Motion Inspector

Ball Points Inspector

Ballast Inspector

Ballpoint Pen Cartridge Tester

Barometers Calibrator

Barrel Assembly Inspector

Barrel Endshaker Adjuster

Bath Tester

Battery Charger Tester

Battery Checker

Battery Container Tester

Belt Picker

Belting and Webbing Inspector

Belting Inspector

Bench Assembly Inspector

Blast Furnace Checker

Boiler House Inspector

Boiler Inspector

Bolt Sorter

Bone Picker

Bottle and Glass Inspector

Bottled Beverage Inspector

Box Sealing Inspector

Buffing Wheel Inspector

Buffing Wheel Raker

Bulb Inspector

Bulb Tester

Bullet Slugs Inspector

Burglar Alarm Inspector

Cake Tester

Calibrator

Can Sorter

Canned Food Reconditioning Inspector

Cardroom Plastic Card Grader

Casing Material Weigher

Casket Inspector

Casting Inspector

Cell Inspector

Cell Tester

Certified Coatings Inspector

Certified Welding Inspector (CWI)

Checker

Chemical Printed Circuit Board Component Tester

Chemical Strength Tester

Chip Tester

Chronometer Tester

Cigar Inspector

Cigarette and Filter Inspector

Cigarette Catcher

Cigarette Examiner

Cigarette Filter Inspector

Cigarette Inspector

Cigarette Making Machine Catcher

Cigarette Package Examiner

Cigarette Paper Tester

Cigarette Tester

Circuit Tester

Circuitry Negative Inspector

Circulating Process Inspector

Classer

Classifier

Clip-On Sunglasses Inspector

Cloth Printing Inspector

Cloth Shrinking Tester

Coal Grader

Coil Tester

Coiled Coil Inspector

Coiler

Coke Inspector

Cold Roll Inspector

Cold Working Inspector

Collator

Compressed Gas Tester

Compressed Gases Tester

Construction and Maintenance Inspector

Container Finishing Inspector

Continuity Tester

Control Inspector

Control Panel Tester

Cooling Pipe Inspector

Culler

Diamond Sizer and Sorter

Die Tester

Drop Tester

Drum Tester

Eddy Current Inspector

Electric Container Tester

Electric Deicer Inspector

Electric Detector Operator

Electric Distribution Checker

Electric Meter Tester

Electric Motor Tester

Electric Relay Tester

Electrical Continuity Inspector

Electrical Continuity Tester

Electrical Equipment Tester

Electrical Inspector

Electrical Tester

Electromechanic Inspector

Electromechanical Inspector

Electronics Inspector

Electronics Scale Tester

Electronics Tester

Elevator Examiner

Elevator Examiner and Adjuster

Elevator Inspector

Engine Dynamometer Tester

Engine Tester

Equipment Inspector

Estimator

Exhaust Emissions Inspector

Experimental Test Mechanic

Eyeglass Frames Inspector

Eyeglass Inspector

Fabric Inspector

Fabrication Inspector

Fiberglass Product Tester

Fiberglass Quality Technician

Fibrous Wallboard Inspector

Film Touch-Up Inspector

Filter Tip Catcher

Filter Tip Inspector

Finished Carpet Inspector

Finished Cloth Examiner

Finished Stock Inspector

Finishing Inspector

Fire Alarm Inspector

Fire Extinguisher Tester

Food Taster

Force-Variation Equipment Tender

Formation Testing Operator

Forming Department End Finder

Forming Tube Selector

Formula Weigher

Fountain Pen Nibs Inspector

Fresh Work Inspector

Fretted Instrument Inspector

Fretted Instruments Inspector

Fuel Testing Technician

Fuel Verification Technician

Fur Examiner

Fur Grader

Fur Repair Inspector

Fur Sorter

Furnace Combustion Tester

Furnace Stock Inspector

Furniture Decals Inspector

Gas Tester

Gauge and Instrument Inspector

Gauge and Weigh Machine Operator

Gauge Inspector

Gauger

Gear Inspector

Gear Sorting and Inspecting Machine Operator

Gear Tester

Glove Parts Inspector

Glucose and Syrup Weigher

Glued Wood Tester

Golf Ball Inspector

Golf Club Head Adjuster

Golf Club Head Inspector

Grinding Wheel Inspector

Hairspring Truing Inspector

Hand Cloth Examiner

Hand Collator

Hand Counter

Handbag Frames Inspector

Hardness Inspector

Hardness Tester

Harness and Bag Inspector

Heat Reader

Heel Sorter

Hide Inspector and Sorter

Hides Inspector

Hogshead Inspector

Hogshead Mat Inspector

Hop Weigher

House Piping Inspector

Hull Inspector

Hydraulic Tester

Hydro-Pneumatic Tester

Hydrometer Calibrator

Inked Ribbons Quality Control Technician (Inked Ribbons QC Tech)

Inspection Clerk

Inspector

Installations Inspector

Integrated Circuits Inspector

Internal Combustion Engine Inspector

Kiln Tester

Laboratory Sample Carrier

Laboratory Tester

Lamp Inspector

Lamp Tester

Layout Inspection Quality Control Worker (Layout Inspection QC Worker)

Leak Hunter

Leather Parts Matcher

Lens Gauger

Level Vial Curvature Gauger

Level Vial Inspector

Level Vial Tester

Lightout Examiner

Line Assembly Utility Worker

Line Inspector

Line Rider

Line Walker

Lithographed Plate Inspector

Live Ammunition Inspector

Load Checker

Load Tester

Load-Test Mechanic

Location and Measurement Technician

Machine Cloth Examiner

Machine Inspector

Machine Parts Inspector

Machine Shop Inspector

Machine Tester

Machine Try Out Setter

Machined Parts Quality Inspector

Magnetic Particle and Penetrant Inspector

Magnetic Tester

Maintenance Inspector

Major Assembly Inspector

Marine Equipment Preservation Inspector

Masonry Inspector

Mat Inspector

Mat Tester

Material Disposition Inspector

Measurer

Mechanical Test Technician

Mechanism Inspector

Mercury Cracking Tester

Metal Can Inspector

Metal Control Worker

Metal Fabricate Inspector

Metal Fabricating Inspector

Metal Finish Inspector

Microfilm Equipment Inspector

Mirror Inspector

Missile Inspector

Moisture Meter Operator

Moisture Meter Reader

Moisture Tester

Mold Inspector

Molded Goods Spot Picker

Molded Parts Inspector

Money Examiner

Motor and Chassis Inspector

Motor and Controls Tester

Motor Tester

Motorcycle Tester

Motors and Controls Tester

Motors and Generators Inspector

Movement Assembly Final Inspector

Multifocal Lens Inspector

Needle Grader

Netting Inspector

Nib Inspector

Night Patrol Inspector

Noise Tester

Nut Sorter

Odd Shoe Examiner

Office Machine Components Inspector

Oil Filters Inspector

Operational Test Mechanic

Optical Glass Inspector

Optical Glass Wet Inspector

Optical Instrument Inspector

Ore Grader

Ore Sampler

Outboard Motor Inspector

Outside Product Inspector

Outside Production Inspector

Oxygen System Tester

Packaging Materials Inspector

Paint Spray Inspector

Pairer

Paper Cone Grader

Paper Counter

Paper Final Inspector

Paper Grader

Paper Inspector

Paper Pattern Inspector

Paper Products Inspector

Paper Sorter

Paper Sorter and Counter

Passer

Patcher

Patroller

Pattern Checker

Pattern Lease Inspector

PBX Inspector (Private Branch Exchange Inspector)

Peeled Potato Inspector

Photographic Equipment Inspector

Pick Up Operator

Pickle Sorter

Picture Frames Inspector

Piece Work Inspector

Pinion and Wheel Truer

Pipe Tester

Plastics and Composites Inspector

Plug Sorter

Pneumatic Deicer Inspector

Power Plant Inspector

Power Transformer Inspector

Pre-Assembly Printed Circuit Board Component Tester

Pre-Assembly Printed Circuit Board Inspector

Precision Assembly Inspector

Precision Devices Inspector

Precision Devices Tester

Precision Inspector

Press Pipe Inspector

Pressure Test Operator

Pressure Tester

Pressure Tester Operator

Primer Inspector

Print Inspector

Print Line Inspector

Printed Circuit Board Assembly Touch-Up Screener

Printed Circuit Boards Inspector

Procurement Inspector

Proof Coins Inspector

Publications Inspector

Pulp and Paper Tester

Pulp Tester

Pump Tester

Pyrometer Temperature Regulator

QA Analyst (Quality Assurance Analyst)

QA Associate (Quality Assurance Associate)

QA Auditor (Quality Assurance Auditor)

QA Inspector (Quality Assurance Inspector)

QA Technician (Quality Assurance Technician)

QC Auditor (Quality Control Auditor)

QC Technician (Quality Control Technician)

QC Tester (Quality Control Tester)

Quality Assurance Clerk (QA Clerk)

Quality Assurance Monitor (QA Monitor)

Quality Assurance Specialist (QA Specialist)

Quality Assurance Tester (QA Tester)

Quality Auditor

Quality Checker

Quality Cloth Tester

Quality Control Checker (QC Checker)

Quality Control Inspector (QC Inspector)

Quill Buncher and Sorter

Rag Picker

Rag Sorter

Railroad Wheels and Axle Inspector

Raw Juice Weigher

Raw Sampler

Raw Silk Grader

Re-Examiner

Receiving Inspector

Record Changer Tester

Record Tester

Refrigeration Service Inspector

Regrader

Reinspector

Rejector

Resistor Testing Machine Operator

Returned Goods Sorter

Returned Materials Inspector

Ring Sorter

Rivet Sorter

Road Machinery Inspector

Road Tester

Roadability Machine Operator

Roller Bearing Inspector

Rubber Goods Inspector

Rubber Goods Tester

Rubber Stamp Dies Inspector

Rubber Tester

Rug Inspector

Safety Equipment Tester

Sampler

Sand Tester

Scaler

Screen Printing Inspector

Seconds Handler

Selector

Semiconductor Packages Leak Tester

Semiconductor Packages Tester

Semiconductor Wafer Inspector

Semiconductor Wafer Processing Inspector

Semiconductor Wafers Tester

Sensitized Paper Tester

Separator

Service Inspector

Set Up Inspector

Set-Up and Lay-Out Inspector

Sewer Inspector

Sewing Machine Tester

Shadowgraph Operator

Shadowgraph Scale Operator

Shaker Plate Operator

Shuttle Final Inspector

Shuttle Inspector

Signal Tester

Sizer

Skin Grader

Slide Fasteners Inspector

Snuff Container Inspector

Soap Inspector

Soldering Inspector

Sorter

Sorter Operator

Sorting Machine Operator

Speedometer Inspector

Spotter

Stock Parts Inspector

Stock Sorter

Stocking Inspector

Stone Grader

Storage Battery Inspector

Storage Battery Inspector and Tester

Storage Battery Tester

Stummel Selector

Substation Inspector

Sumatra Opener

Surgical Garment Inspector

Surgical Instruments Inspector

Surveillance Inspector

Swatch Checker

Switch Inspector

Switchboard Inspector

Tablet Tester

Tank Car Inspector

Tank Tester

Targeteer

Taster

Tea Taster

Telegraph Inspector

Television Inspector

Television Parts Tester

Temperature Control Inspector

Temperature Inspector

Temperature Regulator

Template Checker

Test Car Driver

Test Carrier

Test Desk Trouble Locator

Test Driver

Test Preparer

Test Technician

Test Worker

Tester

Tester Operator

Testing and Regulating Technician

Testing Machine Operator

Texturing Process Quality Control Checker (Texturing Process QC Checker)

Tight Barrel Inspector

Tile Grader

Tile Picker

Tile Shader

Tile Sorter

Timer

Tin Flipper

Tin Flopper

Tire Sorter

Tire Tester

Tobacco Classer

Tobacco Grader

Tobacco Sample Puller

Tobacco Sampler

Toll Line Inspector

Tool and Die Making Setup and Layout Inspector

Transmission Inspector

Transmission Tester

Treating Inspector

Triple Air-Valve Tester

Trouble Locater

Trouble Shooter

Truck Trailer Final Inspector

Try Out Person

Tube Inspector

Tube Sorter

Tube Tester

Twist Tester

Type Inspector

Typewriter Assembly and Parts Inspector

Typewriter Tester

Ultrasonic Tester

Upholstery Covers Inspector

Upholstery Parts Sorter

Upper Leather Sorter

Utilities Service Investigator

Vibrator Equipment Tester

Viscosity Tester

Voltage Tester

Wafer Substrate Tester

Wallpaper Inspector

Wallpaper Inspector and Shipper

Ware Tester

Warp Tester

Warp Yarn Sorter

Waste Disposal Leakage Tester

Waste Examiner

Waste Salvager

Watch Assembly Inspector

Watch Parts Inspector

Watch Train Inspector

Water Quality Tester

Weaving Inspector

Webbing Inspector

Weigh Machine Operator

Weigh Tank Operator

Weigher

Weigher Operator

Weight Tester

Weight Yardage Checker

Weld Inspector

Welding Inspector

Wheel and Pinion Inspector

Wheel Inspector

Winding Inspector

Winding Inspector and Tester

Wire Inspector

Wire Products Inspector

Wire Tester

Wood Inspector

Wood Scaler

Wood Treating Inspector

Woodwind Instruments Inspector

Woodwork Salvage Inspector

X-Ray Equipment Tester

Yarn Sorter

Related Careers to Consider

Related Careers to Consider This lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to what "Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers" do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit. How do these related occupations align with your interests, skills, and goals?
1 - Calibration Technologists and Technicians
2 - Industrial Machinery Mechanics
3 - Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
4 - Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers
5 - Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
6 - Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
7 - Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
8 - Machine Feeders and Offbearers
9 - Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
10 - Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
11 - Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
12 - Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
13 - Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
14 - Mechanical Engineers
15 - Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
16 - Machinists
17 - Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
18 - Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
19 - Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
20 - Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

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