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Careers with Most Openings

These are the occupations that were expected to have the most annual job openings for the 10-year period of 2016 to 2026 (for states) or 2019 to 2029 (for the United States overall). Please note that these projections do not account for the impacts of the current pandemic. Many occupations are likely to have very different numbers of job openings due to the rapidly changing economy. When revised data are available, they will be published here.

We found 683 occupations with openings in Wisconsin.

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Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Projected Annual Job Openings	Earnings	Typical Education
Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Projected Annual Job Openings	Earnings	Typical Education	1	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	65,260	14,080	No formal educational credential
2	Retail salespersons	91,250	13,320		No formal educational credential
3	Personal care aides	64,190	12,230		High school diploma or equivalent
4	Cashiers	61,970	11,370		No formal educational credential
5	Office clerks, general	95,720	10,930		High school diploma or equivalent
6	Waiters and waitresses	45,580	9,310		No formal educational credential
7	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	54,980	8,130		No formal educational credential
8	Customer service representatives	58,740	7,830		High school diploma or equivalent
9	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	46,220	6,420		No formal educational credential
10	Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	52,110	6,160		Postsecondary non-degree award
11	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	42,460	5,290		High school diploma or equivalent
12	Bartenders	28,470	5,060		No formal educational credential
13	Stock clerks and order fillers	33,850	4,510		High school diploma or equivalent
14	Nursing assistants	34,040	3,980		Postsecondary non-degree award
15	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	34,120	3,730		Some college, no degree
16	Registered nurses	57,130	3,460		Bachelor's degree
17	General and operations managers	36,660	3,440		Bachelor's degree
18	Maintenance and repair workers, general	31,710	3,430		High school diploma or equivalent
19	Cooks, restaurant	20,640	3,340		No formal educational credential
20	Packers and packagers, hand	20,910	3,260		No formal educational credential
21	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	22,150	3,040		No formal educational credential
22	First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	29,570	3,030		High school diploma or equivalent
23	Receptionists and information clerks	20,700	2,820		High school diploma or equivalent
24	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	20,790	2,730		No formal educational credential
25	Teacher assistants	25,520	2,690		Some college, no degree
26	Recreation workers	14,470	2,650		High school diploma or equivalent
27	Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse	15,560	2,540		No formal educational credential
28	Childcare workers	16,280	2,500		High school diploma or equivalent
29	Accountants and auditors	23,480	2,470		Bachelor's degree
30	Elementary school teachers, except special education	31,960	2,360		Bachelor's degree
31	First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	20,650	2,310		High school diploma or equivalent
32	Light truck or delivery services drivers	18,980	2,260		High school diploma or equivalent
33	First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	14,000	2,220		High school diploma or equivalent
34	First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	21,240	2,200		High school diploma or equivalent
35	Helpers--production workers	13,380	2,170		High school diploma or equivalent
36	Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	22,670	2,150		High school diploma or equivalent
37	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors	11,710	2,110		High school diploma or equivalent
38	Food preparation workers	11,590	2,090		No formal educational credential
39	Carpenters	20,320	2,080		High school diploma or equivalent
40	Construction laborers	17,490	2,060		No formal educational credential
41	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	16,100	2,040		Postsecondary non-degree award
42	Sales representatives, services, all other	14,570	1,930		High school diploma or equivalent
43	Social and human service assistants	13,700	1,870		High school diploma or equivalent
44	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	14,630	1,750		High school diploma or equivalent
45	Dishwashers	10,520	1,720		No formal educational credential
46	Managers, all other	19,800	1,710		Bachelor's degree
47	Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education	23,800	1,710		Bachelor's degree
48	Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers	6,580	1,690		No formal educational credential
49	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers	14,620	1,680		High school diploma or equivalent
50	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	7,470	1,650		No formal educational credential
51	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	11,240	1,640		No formal educational credential
52	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	6,600	1,610		No formal educational credential
53	Market research analysts and marketing specialists	12,120	1,590		Bachelor's degree
54	Machinists	14,920	1,560		High school diploma or equivalent
55	Medical assistants	11,530	1,560		Postsecondary non-degree award
56	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	13,680	1,510		High school diploma or equivalent
57	Security guards	11,450	1,510		High school diploma or equivalent
58	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	14,870	1,490		High school diploma or equivalent
59	Industrial truck and tractor operators	12,500	1,460		No formal educational credential
60	Amusement and recreation attendants	5,940	1,420		No formal educational credential
61	Business operations specialists, all other	13,410	1,420		Bachelor's degree
62	Electricians	11,780	1,350		High school diploma or equivalent
63	Farmworkers, farm, ranch, and aquacultural animals	8,690	1,350		No formal educational credential
64	Tellers	13,110	1,340		High school diploma or equivalent
65	Bus drivers, school or special client	10,900	1,330		High school diploma or equivalent
66	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	7,220	1,320		No formal educational credential
67	Coaches and scouts	8,880	1,290		Bachelor's degree
68	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	13,790	1,270		Postsecondary non-degree award
69	Preschool teachers, except special education	12,580	1,250		Associate's degree
70	Software developers, applications	11,990	1,250		Bachelor's degree
71	Computer systems analysts	15,240	1,220		Bachelor's degree
72	Management analysts	11,470	1,220		Bachelor's degree
73	Human resources specialists	11,250	1,210		Bachelor's degree
74	Labor relations specialists	13,690	1,200		Bachelor's degree
75	Counter and rental clerks	9,050	1,190		No formal educational credential
76	Home health aides	7,530	1,180		High school diploma or equivalent
77	Food batchmakers	8,020	1,170		High school diploma or equivalent
78	Insurance sales agents	9,630	1,080		High school diploma or equivalent
79	Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic	10,410	1,070		High school diploma or equivalent
80	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	7,830	1,020		No formal educational credential
81	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	6,920	1,010		No formal educational credential
82	Financial managers	9,710	1,000		Bachelor's degree
83	First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	8,880	980		High school diploma or equivalent
84	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	8,150	980		High school diploma or equivalent
85	Computer user support specialists	11,040	970		Some college, no degree
86	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	7,600	970		High school diploma or equivalent
87	Driver/sales workers	9,100	960		High school diploma or equivalent
88	Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	8,320	950		High school diploma or equivalent
89	First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers	8,690	940		High school diploma or equivalent
90	Nonfarm animal caretakers	4,960	940		High school diploma or equivalent
91	Middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education	12,530	930		Bachelor's degree
92	Billing and posting clerks	7,740	920		High school diploma or equivalent
93	Food service managers	7,150	910		High school diploma or equivalent
94	Industrial machinery mechanics	8,990	900		High school diploma or equivalent
95	Printing press operators	8,180	900		High school diploma or equivalent
96	Self-enrichment education teachers	6,850	900		High school diploma or equivalent
97	Food servers, nonrestaurant	5,720	890		No formal educational credential
98	Production, planning, and expediting clerks	7,940	890		High school diploma or equivalent
99	Police and sheriff's patrol officers	12,160	860		High school diploma or equivalent
100	Public relations specialists	7,490	850		Bachelor's degree

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Typical Education

High school diploma or equivalent (270)
Bachelor's degree (156)
Some high school (89)
Master's degree or higher (83)
Some college (44)
Associate's degree (41)

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About this data

Data for this report come from the U.S. Department of Labor.

State-level employment and projected annual openings data come from Projections Central and each state's Labor Market Information office, and reflect the years 2016 and 2026.

National employment and projected annual openings data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, Occupational Employment Projections, 2019-29.

Earnings data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) May 2019 survey.

Typical education data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, Education and training assignments by detailed occupation, 2019.

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