Initially, all of the occupations are displayed in descending order using the Top 50 rating (most desirable to least desirable). You may resort the occupations by clicking on a "Sort by" link in the table header.

Please also note that the wages for Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers are from November 2007. They will be updated shortly.

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Related Occupations and Their Projected 10 Year Growth
Sort by Occupation Title (Sorted initially by Projected Need)	Sort by Projected Need for Employees (2006 - 2016)	Sort by Projected Growth	Sort by (Median) 2008 Hourly Wage Range2			Sort by (College degree) Education & Training3
			Bottom 10%	Median	Top 10%	High School or less	Some College	College degree or higher
Registered Nurses View View	1,001,000		$21	$30	$44	1% 43% 56%
General and Operations Managers View View	441,000		$22	$44	>80	20% 33% 47%
Physicians and Surgeons (Video Not Available)	204,000		$24	>80	>80	0% 0% 100%
Accountants and Auditors View View	450,000		$18	$29	$49	4% 17% 79%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education View View	545,000		Annual Wages: $33,400 (bottom) $49,330 (median) $78,030 (top)			0% 5% 95%
Computer Software Engineers, Applications View View	300,000		$26	$41	$62	2% 13% 85%
Lawyers View View	228,000		$26	$53	>80	0% 1% 99%
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products (Video Not Available)	476,000		$13	$25	$51	21% 28% 51%
Computer Systems Analysts View View	280,000		$22	$36	$57	7% 25% 68%
Management Analysts View View	264,000		$20	$35	$64	7% 16% 77%

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For a complete list of occupations and to find more information on education requirements and salary ranges, please visit the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Web page at http://www.bls.gov/emp/home.htm.