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Employment is the number of jobs in this occupation. The latest available data are from 2008 to 2018. Read more about national employment projections.

Percent change is the expected job growth for this occupation.

The estimate for Job Openings includes both turnover that results from people who leave the occupation(e.g. quit, retire, death) and new jobs that are created. Read more about Job Openings

Earnings symbols show average wages for that occupation. The latest available earnings data are from 2008. Read more about wage data.

Training needed is the level of education or training needed by most workers in this occupation. Read more about education and training levels.

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These are the occupations requiring a bachelor's degree or higher with the largest employment in 2008. Select an occupation to learn more about it in the Occupation Profile.

Top 50 Occupations with the Largest Employment

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#	Occupation	Employment 2008	Earnings	Training Needed
#	Occupation	1	General and operations managers	Training Needed	1,733,100	Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience
2	Postsecondary teachers	1,699,200		Doctoral degree
3	Elementary school teachers, except special education	1,549,500		Bachelor's degree
4	Accountants and auditors	1,290,600		Bachelor's degree
5	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	1,087,800		Bachelor's degree
6	Lawyers	759,200		First professional degree
7	Management analysts	746,900		Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience
8	Clergy	670,100		Master's degree
9	Physicians and surgeons	661,400		First professional degree
10	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education	659,500		Bachelor's degree
11	Construction managers	551,000		Bachelor's degree
12	Financial managers	539,300		Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience
13	Computer systems analysts	532,200		Bachelor's degree
14	Computer software engineers, applications	514,800		Bachelor's degree
15	Computer programmers	426,700		Bachelor's degree
16	Chief executives	400,400		Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience
17	Computer software engineers, systems software	394,800		Bachelor's degree
18	Sales managers	346,900		Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience
19	Network and computer systems administrators	339,500		Bachelor's degree
20	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	317,200		Bachelor's degree
21	Property, real estate, and community association managers	304,100		Bachelor's degree
22	Computer and information systems managers	293,000		Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience
23	Child, family, and school social workers	292,600		Bachelor's degree
24	Network systems and data communications analysts	292,000		Bachelor's degree
25	Graphic designers	286,100		Bachelor's degree
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Note: The data for the State Employment Trends and the National Employment Trends are not directly comparable. The projections period for state data is 2006-2016, while the projections period for national data is 2008-2018.

National Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections

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