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Career Clusters – The Story
Career Options What do you do?
Agronomist$52K-$88K+
Study plants and soil to improve crop quality and efficiency
Biotechnologist$31K-$49K+
Turn living organisms into commercial products in food, medicine, and environmental industries
Environmental Engineer
$62K-$98K+
Solve problems related to clean drinking water, air pollution, waste disposal, and toxic substances.
Farmer $20K-$100K+
Growing anything from artichokes to wheat, or raising livestock such as emu and cattle
Petroleum Engineer$29K-$100K+
Extract oil and natural gas from the ground
Survey Technician$32K-$56K+
Create maps
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Earning Potential
Earning Potential
Career Options What do you do?
Architect$55K-$92K+
Using artistic and math skills to design office towers, houses, and other buildings.
Civil Engineer$60K-$92K+
Ever wonder why tall office buildings don’t fall down and bridges can support millions of pounds of weight?
Crane Operator$39K-$73K+
Control the machines that lift extremely heavy or awkward objects
Electrician$53K-$81K+
Brings safe and efficient electrical power to our homes and workplaces.
Land Surveyor$42K-$75K+
Use high-tech equipment, mathematical calculation, and historical research to create accurate maps.
Pipefitter$28K-$79K+
Measure, cut, weld, and install the pipe systems that carry water, gas, air, and other materials.
Architecture & Construction
Earning Potential
Arts, A/V Technology, and Communication
Career Options What do you do?
Animator$34K-$66K+
From SpongeBob to The Simpsons—animators have brought them all to life.
Art/Music Therapist$28K-$51K+
Using the creative power of art or music to help people deal with physical, emotional, and psychological problems.
Broadcast Technician$23K-$52K+
Work behind the scenes at television or radio stations.
Communication Specialist
$55K-$100K+
Help organizations explain their actions and policies effectively to customers, clients, the public, and their own employees.
Director of Photography$37K-$92K+
Think of a television or movie screen as your canvas, and light and images as your paint.
Recording Engineer$30K-$57K+
Using studio recording equipment to capture music and other sounds.
Earning Potential
Business, Management, & Administration
Career Options What do you do?
Advertising Copywriter$38K-$77K+
Write advertisements, or "copy," for television, radio, billboards, newspapers, and magazines.
Certified Public Accountant
$49K-$81K+
Helping people and businesses figure out how much they owe in taxes and preparing their financial records.
Entrepreneur$30K-$100K+
Tired of working for someone else? Why not start up and run your own business!
Forensic Accountant$49K-$100K+
Follow the money and find out who cooked the books.
Health Care Administrator
$63K-$109K+
Work behind the scenes to ensure that hospitals, community care agencies, and other health-related organizations are well run.
Retail Buyer$37K-$69K+
Are you a smart shopper with a good eye for what sells?
Earning Potential
Education & Training
Career Options What do you do?
Audiologist$52K-$74K+
Combine science, communication, and special electronic equipment to help people with hearing impairments.
Career Counselor$38K-$81K+
Helping people make one of the most important choices of their lives.
Corporate Trainer$37K-$68K+
The workplace is changing rapidly and good trainers can do a lot to help people adapt and excel.
Early Childhood Educator
$21K-$33K+
A lot more than babysitting.
High School Teacher$47K-$85K+
Helping young people learn and develop.
Principal$75K-$125K+
Managing a school to help students get a good education.
Earning Potential
FinanceCareer Options What do you do?
Actuary$67K-$113K+
The mathematical experts who estimate risks and costs for insurance companies.
Auditor$49K-$81K+
Use your financial investigative powers to keep an eye on the books.
Bank Manager$76K-$136K+
A lot of things go on at your local bank branch, and it's the manager's job to oversee all of them.
Insurance Claims Adjuster
$42K-$73K+
An investigator who makes sure that insurance claims are valid and then determines the right amount to be paid out.
Money Manager$44K-$112K+
Climb to the top of the competitive world of high finance, directing the investment of massive sums of money as a money manager.
Trader$44K-$112K+
High stakes gambling in the competitive world of high finance.
Earning Potential
Government & Public Administration
Career Options What do you do?
Building Inspector$43K-$73K+
Most of us take the safety and stability of our houses, apartments, and other buildings for granted—that’s because building inspectors are on the job.
Economist$67K-$121K+
Study the economy and advise governments and businesses.
Federal Agent$35K-$95K+
Investigating crimes and helping to preserve national security.
Infantry (Military)$16K-$95K+
The front line of national defense. Military salaries vary according to rank.
Politician$10K-$400K+
Make a difference in your community, city, region, or country.
Statistician$66K-$97K+
Ever wonder what statistics can tell us about the world and how it works?
Earning Potential
Health ScienceCareer Options What do you do?
Allergist$60K-$166K+
Allergists treat people who suffer from allergic reactions like nut allergies or hay fever.
Athletic Trainer$38K-$55K+
Helping injured athletes return to the game and designing training programs to keep them there.
Biological Tech$31K-$49K+
If you like collecting samples and doing experiments in science class, you should check this career out.
Medical Examiner/Coroner
$100K-$250K+
Uncover the truth about untimely deaths as a coroner.
Dental Hygienist$46K-$74K+
Cleaning teeth and teaching patients dental health.
Occupational Therapist
$59K-$90K+
Helping people with mental or physical limitations lead independent and productive lives.
Earning Potential
Hospitality & Tourism
Career Options What do you do?
Chef$21K-$100K+
It takes more than just creativity and good taste to run a kitchen.
Curator$39K-$90K+
It takes more than just creativity and good taste to run a kitchen.
Brewmaster$25K-$70K+
Making good beer is both an art and a science.
Exhibit Designer$33K-$60K+
Do you enjoy creative challenges?
Event Planner$36K-$65K+
A lot of hard work and organization goes into well-run events.
Hotel Manager$27K-$83K+
Overseeing reservations, housekeeping, restaurants, events, and all the other things that go into running a hotel.
Earning Potential
Human ServicesCareer Options What do you do?
Abuse/Crisis Counselor $20K-$50K+
Help people in traumatic relationships to find solutions.
Adoption Counselor$36K-$67K+
Help children find a loving home.
Career Coach$38K-$81K+
Help people onto the path that leads to their dream job.
Credit Counselor$20K-$50K+
Help clients with money problems get back on their feet.
Dietitian$32K-$71K+
It's about health and nutrition, not the latest dieting fads.
Industrial-Organizational Psychologist
$52K-$81K+
Using psychology to increase employee satisfaction and productivity in the workplace.
Earning Potential
Information Technology
Career Options What do you do?
Bioinformatics Specialist
$35K-$100K+
Use an expert knowledge of computer science, statistics, and biology to help other scientists analyze the vast amounts of information their research creates.
Computer Animator$30K-$150K+
Harnessing the power of computers to make artistic designs, special effects, and 3D models.
Database Developer$54K-$94K+
Making it easier for people to find and organize information.
Desktop Publisher$22K-$59K+
Using computer technology to design, write, edit, and lay out everything from business cards to posters and booklets.
Multimedia Developer $30K-$120K+
Help make programs like the one you are using now.
Video Game Developer
$45K-$90K+
Programmers, animators, graphic artists, writers, and testers all work together to create the video games you play.
Earning Potential
Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Information Technology
Career Options What do you do?
Bailiff$18K-$66K+
Keeping courtrooms safe and secure.
Coast Guard$32K-$100K+
Does the adventure and challenge of working at sea appeal to you?
Correctional Officer$25K-$65K+
Maintaining order and security at prisons and helping inmates choose a better life.
Crime Scene Investigator$60K-$93K+
Help solve crimes by documenting and collecting evidence at crime scenes.
Fire Fighter$27K-$73K+
You spend a lot of time training and practicing, and when the bell rings you have to be ready for anything.
Police Officer$52K-$81K+
Discouraging crime and upholding the law.
Earning Potential
ManufacturingCareer Options What do you do?
Clothing Manufacturer$35K-$80K+
The business of making dresses, pants, shirts, and other garments.
Environmental Engineer
$62K-$98K+
Use your math and science skills to help solve problems related to clean drinking water, air pollution, waste disposal, and toxic substances.
Industrial Designer$31K-$63K+
Designing products that work well and look good.
Logistics Specialist$49K-$86K+
Help businesses figure out the most efficient ways to do things.
Quality Controller$40K-$100K+
”The buck stops here!” Making sure products are made properly and safely.
Stationary Engineer$56K-$77K+
Run and monitor the machines that provide power, heat, and refrigeration for buildings and manufacturing facilities.
Earning Potential
Marketing, Sales, & Services
Career Options What do you do?
Advertising Copywriter$35K-$77K+
Write advertisements, or "copy," for television, radio, billboards, newspapers, and magazines.
Fashion Retailer$15K-$60K+
You get to buy and sell thousands of dollars of clothes and accessories!
Fundraiser$30K-$120K+
Raising money for charities, hospitals, and other worthy causes is an important business.
Market Research Analyst$30K-$77K+
Study (and try to predict) social, political, and economic trends—like divorce rates, voting patterns, and automobile sales.
Media Buyer$43K-$74K+
Buying print and online advertising space, and “spots” on radio and television, so that ads reach the right audience.
Sales Representative$25K-$200K+
It’s one of the most people-oriented careers in the business world.
Earning Potential
Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math
Career Options What do you do?
Biomedical Engineer$60K-$100K+
Use high tech engineering to develop medical equipment like CAT scanners, pacemakers, and artificial joints and organs.
Food Scientist$41K-$67K+
Take one part chemistry, one part biology, then mix with a passion for food.
GIS Specialist$33K-$68K+
A combination of geography and computers.
Meteorologist$59K-$101K+
Use satellites, radar, and sophisticated computers to study and predict the weather.
Solar Energy Tech$36K-$66K+
Help people reduce their energy bills and protect the environment by using sunshine to power their homes and businesses.
Toxicologist$25K-$100K+
Help protect people, animals, and the environment from the harmful effects of toxic substances.
Earning Potential
Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics
Career Options What do you do?
Air Traffic Controller$47K-$145K+
Tens of thousands of flights are made every day, and air traffic controllers help make sure they arrive safely.
Automotive Service Technician
$26K-$50K+
Do you love cars and enjoy figuring out how they work?
Avionics Tech$34K-$65K+
Testing, maintaining, and repairing the electronic equipment that modern aircraft rely upon.
Diesel Technician$25K-$57K+
Maintain and repair trucks, buses, bulldozers, generators, and many other kinds of diesel-powered equipment.
Operations Research Analyst
$55K-$91K+
Using math and computers to help businesses and other organizations work more efficiently.
Transportation Inspector$33K-$85K+
Help keep our transportation systems safe by inspecting trucks, trains, planes, and boats.