Business and Finance
Budget Analysts
- 2025 median pay
- $91,640
- Entry credential
- Bachelor's degree
- 2025–2035 growth
- 1.9%
- Annual openings
- 2,900
No prior related occupation is typically required; employer requirements vary.
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Chemists
- 2025 median pay
- $91,240
- Entry credential
- Bachelor's degree
- 2025–2035 growth
- 6.4%
- Annual openings
- 5,900
No prior related occupation is typically required; employer requirements vary.
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Producers and Directors
- 2025 median pay
- $90,360
- Entry credential
- Bachelor's degree + related experience
- 2025–2035 growth
- 4%
- Annual openings
- 12,100
Prior related experience: less than 5 years.
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Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
- 2025 median pay
- $90,150
- Entry credential
- Bachelor's degree
- 2025–2035 growth
- 18.5%
- Annual openings
- 17,100
No prior related occupation is typically required; employer requirements vary.
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Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
- 2025 median pay
- $89,900
- Entry credential
- High school diploma or equivalent + related experience
- 2025–2035 growth
- -3.4%
- Annual openings
- 70,800
Prior related experience: 5 years or more.
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Operations Research Analysts
- 2025 median pay
- $88,940
- Entry credential
- Bachelor's degree
- 2025–2035 growth
- 11.9%
- Annual openings
- 7,500
No prior related occupation is typically required; employer requirements vary.
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Food Scientists and Technologists
- 2025 median pay
- $88,720
- Entry credential
- Bachelor's degree
- 2025–2035 growth
- 6.2%
- Annual openings
- 1,000
No prior related occupation is typically required; employer requirements vary.
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Microbiologists
- 2025 median pay
- $87,990
- Entry credential
- Bachelor's degree
- 2025–2035 growth
- 6.2%
- Annual openings
- 1,500
No prior related occupation is typically required; employer requirements vary.
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Gas Plant Operators
- 2025 median pay
- $87,820
- Entry credential
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 2025–2035 growth
- -6%
- Annual openings
- 1,400
No prior related occupation is typically required; employer requirements vary.
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First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
- 2025 median pay
- $87,520
- Entry credential
- High school diploma or equivalent + related experience
- 2025–2035 growth
- 0.5%
- Annual openings
- 21,700
Prior related experience: less than 5 years.
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Epidemiologists
- 2025 median pay
- $87,220
- Entry credential
- Master's degree
- 2025–2035 growth
- 18.7%
- Annual openings
- 800
No prior related occupation is typically required; employer requirements vary.
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Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary
- 2025 median pay
- $85,020
- Entry credential
- Doctoral or professional degree
- 2025–2035 growth
- 2.7%
- Annual openings
- 1,000
No prior related occupation is typically required; employer requirements vary.
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