U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2008-09 Edition

Professional and related occupations

• Computer and mathematical occupations
• Actuaries
• Computer programmers
• Computer scientists and database administrators
• Computer software engineers
• Computer support specialists and systems administrators
• Computer systems analysts
• Mathematicians
• Operations research analysts
• Statisticians
• Architects, surveyors, and cartographers
• Architects, except landscape and naval
• Landscape architects
• Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists, and surveying technicians
• Engineers



• Drafters and engineering technicians
• Drafters
• Engineering technicians
• Life scientists
• Agricultural and food scientists
• Biological scientists
• Conservation scientists and foresters
• Medical scientists
• Physical scientists
• Atmospheric scientists
• Chemists and materials scientists
• Environmental scientists and hydrologists
• Geoscientists
• Physicists and astronomers
• Social scientists and related occupations
• Economists
• Market and survey researchers
• Psychologists
• Urban and regional planners
• Social scientists, other
• Science technicians



• Community and social services occupations
• Counselors
• Health educators
• Probational officers and correctional treatment specialists
• Social and human service assistants
• Social workers
• Legal occupations
• Court reporters
• Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
• Lawyers
• Paralegals and legal assistants
• Education, training, library, and museum occupations
• Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
• Instructional coordinators
• Librarians
• Library technicians
• Teacher assistants
• Teachers—adult literacy and remedial education
• Teachers—postsecondary
• Teachers—preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary
• Teachers—self-enrichment education
• Teachers—special education
• Art and design occupations
• Artists and related workers
• Commercial and industrial designers
• Fashion designers
• Floral designers
• Graphic designers
• Interior designers
• Entertainers and performers, sports and related occupations
• Actors, producers, and directors
• Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Dancers and choreographers
• Musicians, singers, and related workers
• Media and communications-related occupations
• Announcers
• Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
• Interpreters and translators
• News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
• Photographers
• Public relations specialists
• Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors
• Writers and editors
• Health diagnosing and treating occupations
• Audiologists
• Chiropractors
• Dentists
• Dietitians and nutritionists
• Occupational therapists
• Optometrists
• Pharmacists
• Physical therapists
• Physician assistants
• Physicians and surgeons
• Podiatrists
• Radiation therapists
• Recreational therapists
• Registered nurses
• Respiratory therapists
• Speech-language pathologists
• Veterinarians
• Health technologists and technicians
• Athletic trainers
• Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
• Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
• Dental hygienists
• Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
• Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
• Medical records and health information technicians
• Nuclear medicine technologists
• Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
• Opticians, dispensing
• Pharmacy technicians
• Radiologic technologists and technicians
• Surgical technologists
• Veterinary technologists and technicians

Last Modified Date: March 20, 2008