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All Other Financial Specialists

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Education: Bachelor's degree

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Bachelor's degree

Median Annual Wage

$65,800

($31.64/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

Slow Growth

0.6%

Avg. Annual Openings

Strong Opportunity

435

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Education: Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

Median Annual Wage

$82,240

($39.54/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

Slow Growth

0.5%

Avg. Annual Openings

Strong Opportunity

266

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

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Education: Bachelor's degree

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Bachelor's degree

Median Annual Wage

$107,070

($51.48/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

Slow Growth

0.4%

Avg. Annual Openings

Few Opportunities

Social Science Research Assistants

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Education: Bachelor's degree

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Bachelor's degree

Median Annual Wage

$58,410

($28.08/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

Slow Growth

0.4%

Avg. Annual Openings

Strong Opportunity

471

All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians

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Education: Associate's degree

Associate's degree

Median Annual Wage

$66,090

($31.77/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

Slow Growth

0.4%

Avg. Annual Openings

Strong Opportunity

263

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

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Education: Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

Median Annual Wage

$97,020

($46.64/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

Slow Growth

0.3%

Avg. Annual Openings

Average Opportunity

240

Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications

Technical Writers

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Education: Bachelor's degree

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Bachelor's degree

Median Annual Wage

$87,330

($41.98/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

Slow Growth

0.3%

Avg. Annual Openings

Average Opportunity

159

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Education: Bachelor's degree

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Bachelor's degree

Median Annual Wage

$97,590

($46.92/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

None or Negative Growth

-0.1%

Avg. Annual Openings

Strong Opportunity

586

Operations Research Analysts

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Education: Master's degree

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Master's degree

Median Annual Wage

$76,990

($37.01/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

None or Negative Growth

-0.2%

Avg. Annual Openings

Rare Opportunity

Cost Estimators

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Education: Bachelor's degree

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Bachelor's degree

Median Annual Wage

$72,230

($34.72/hr)

Annual Growth Rate

None or Negative Growth

-0.4%

Avg. Annual Openings

Strong Opportunity

515

Median Annual Wage
Education
Experience Needed
Description

$100,630($48.38/hr)

Bachelor's degree

Operations research analysts use mathematics and logic to help organizations make informed decisions and solve problems.

Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars

$61,080 ($29.36/hr)

Associate's degree

None

Health information technologists and medical registrars advise organizations on computerized healthcare systems and analyze clinical data.

Industrial Engineers

$97,150 ($46.71/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Industrial engineers devise efficient systems that integrate workers, machines, materials, information, and energy to make a product or provide a service. They assess workers, quality control, logistics, and other factors involved in coordinating production.

Surveyors

$67,870 ($32.63/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Surveyors make precise measurements to determine property boundaries. They provide data relevant to features of the Earth's surface, such as shape and contour, for engineering, mapmaking, construction, and other purposes.

Surveyors

$67,870 ($32.63/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists

$77,360 ($37.19/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Market research analysts study consumer preferences, business conditions, and other factors to assess potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price.

$65,800 ($31.64/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Environmental scientists and specialists conduct research or investigations to protect the environment or human health. They may collect, study, and report on data of air, food, water and other sources and then recommend action.

$65,800 ($31.64/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

$65,800 ($31.64/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

All Other Financial Specialists

$65,800 ($31.64/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

$82,240 ($39.54/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Financial Specialists analyze financial information, like market trends or company spending, and develop financial strategies accordingly. This category includes all financial specialists not contained somewhere else.

Social Science Research Assistants

$58,410 ($28.08/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Social Science Research Assistants work with social scientists in laboratories, on surveys, and on other social science research. They may help prepare findings for publication and assist in laboratory analysis, quality control, or data management.

Social Science Research Assistants

$58,410 ($28.08/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers

$107,070 ($51.48/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Bioengineers and biomedical engineers combine engineering principles with sciences to design and create equipment, devices, computer systems, and software.

All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians

$66,090 ($31.77/hr)

Associate's degree

None

Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians support scientists and engineers in many facets of science. This category includes all life, physical, and social science technicians not contained somewhere else.

$97,020 ($46.64/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Biological Scientists study and conduct research and analysis on living organisms. This category includes all biological scientists not contained somewhere else.

$97,020 ($46.64/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Biological Scientists study and conduct research and analysis on living organisms. This category includes all biological scientists not contained somewhere else.

Network and Computer Systems Administrators

$97,020 ($46.64/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Biological Scientists study and conduct research and analysis on living organisms. This category includes all biological scientists not contained somewhere else.

Technical Writers

$87,330 ($41.98/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Technical writers, also called technical communicators, prepare instruction manuals, how-to guides, journal articles, and other supporting documents to communicate complex and technical information more easily. They also develop, gather, and disseminate technical information through an organization's communications channels.

Technical Writers

$87,330 ($41.98/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

$97,590 ($46.92/hr)

Bachelor's degree

None

Network and computer systems administrators install, configure, and maintain organizations' local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), data communication networks, operating systems, and servers.

$76,990 ($37.01/hr)

Master's degree

None

Survey researchers design surveys and analyze data. Surveys are used to collect factual data, such as employment and salary information, or to ask questions in order to understand people's opinions, preferences, beliefs, or desires.

$76,990 ($37.01/hr)

Master's degree

None

$76,990 ($37.01/hr)

Master's degree

None