Community Research Institute at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Talent Retention at IPFW:
A Review of High Demand High Tech Career Fields
September 2016
With Addendum to include All High Demand Careers in Northeast Indiana
Talent Retention at IPFW:
A Review of High Demand Career Fields
Fastest Growing Occupations
What are the projected fastest growing occupations in the United States? Is the outlook different for Northeast
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Indiana ? The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicates that the fastest growing occupations in the next ten years
by change in the number of jobs in the United States will be Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Personal Care
Aides, Registered Nurses, and Retail Salespersons. Of the top 10 positions, only one (Registered Nurses) is typically
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staffed by a person holding a bachelor’s degree or higher .
The story changes a bit when looking at growth by percentage change. Although the top 5 do not require a
bachelor’s or higher: Wind Turbine Service Technicians, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Physical Therapy
Assistants, Physical Therapist Aides, and Home Health Aides, three out of the next five are typically staffed by
those holding a bachelor’s or higher: Statisticians, Interpreters(Translators), and Web Developers.
Narrowing this review to Northeast Indiana (NEI), the results are similar. The ten largest occupations projected for
growth by number in NEI are Registered Nurses, Retail Salespersons, Team Assemblers, Food Prep and Serving
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Workers, Nursing Assistants, Laborers and Freight Movers, Postsecondary Teachers , Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers,
Personal Care Aides, and Office Clerks. Only two in this group of ten require a degree (Postsecondary Teachers and
Registered Nurses). In terms of growth by percent change, the top 10 in this category include Home Health Aides,
Plumbers, Postsecondary Teachers, Industrial Machinery Mechanics, Personal Care Aides, Registered Nurses,
Nursing Assistants, Construction Laborers, Carpenters, and Supervisors of Construction Trade Workers. Two of
these are typically staffed by those holding a bachelor’s or higher.
While preparing for the education of tomorrow’s workers, this analysis will review the projected growth of jobs
which will require at least a bachelor’s job and can be classified as high-tech jobs. Basically, the attempt will be
made to answer the question: Which high-technology occupations are projected to be in high demand in the
northeast Indiana region during the next 10 years?
High-technology could mean involvement in the scientific, electronic, or computer-related field. It is generally
thought to be technology on the cutting edge. With that definition in mind, any occupation which generally
requires a background in STEM-science, technology, engineering or math would fit the bill, but there are many
occupations within arts, specifically in animation, imaging, and graphic design which may also require a technology
background, and therefore this review will be expanded to include some of the occupations more closely
associated with the arts. Our STEM has become STEAM.
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Northeast Indiana, or NEI, is a group of counties that have gone beyond federal statistical boundaries (such as MSA or CSA)
and are collaborating on a number of different issues, including economic and workforce development. The 11 counties in NEI
include Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, and Whitley counties.
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As explained later in this document, a bachelor’s degree is usually not a requirement for an RN position, but over 56 percent
of all RN’s have at least a Bachelor’s.
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Note that this report was prepared before the announcement of many closings in NEI (and the nation) of postsecondary
colleges. Depending on how these closing will affect local postsecondary education; this could have an effect of the actual need
for this position in the near future.
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An Overview of Where We are now with a Comparison to Projected Occupational Needs
The above section introduced the concept that few of the occupations require a college education. In terms of the
number of persons filling those occupations within NEI, 100 occupations in NEI which had the largest employment
numbers were reviewed. These 100 occupations employed almost 250,000 persons in NEI, or approximately 71
percent of all employees. Only 17 of these occupations required a bachelor’s degree as minimum educational
attainment, and the total number of persons employed in this group represented 12.9 percent of all employees in
2015. By 2025, the projected need for a bachelor’s degree as a minimum educational requirement for that
occupation has changed slightly--18 of the top 100 occupations by number will require a bachelor’s as a minimal
education, and this group in 2025 represents 13.7 percent of those projected to be employed. Appendix A
identifies the top growing 100 occupations in NEI by number change.
Methodology for Determination of which High-Tech Occupations are considered as InDemand Occupations
The three over-riding concerns for identifying the in-demand high tech occupations are described below.
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2.
3.
Although many high-tech jobs require an associate degree, the criteria established for this review was
that the occupation had to require at least a bachelor’s degree with some type of high-technology
educational rigor. First of all, although BLS may have determined that an associate degree would meet the
requirements for entrance into the occupation, we have added the stipulation that if more than 50
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percent of the workers in that occupation currently have at least a bachelor’s degree , then the typical
employee is competing for the job and working with those who have bachelor’s degrees, and therefore
our determination is based on the national educational attainment for those currently working in that
occupation. An example of this minimal education versus workforce stats is the Registered Nurse
occupation. While requirements vary by state, many registered nurses are only required to have an
associate degree. When reviewing the national workforce, though, the data indicates that over 56 percent
of all registered nurses have a bachelor’s degree or above.
The second consideration involves a review of the current pay level. We want to be sensitive to the wage
situation in NEI, and therefore we believe the interest is in jobs in which the current average pay should
be greater than the average for the northeast Indiana region. The average wage in 2015 was $20.08 an
hour, or $41,761 per year, and therefore high-tech jobs with an average hourly rate above $20.08 were
given a more substantial review. Jobs which had an average pay lower than this but were also considered
to be high-tech occupations and which require a bachelor degree are noted in Appendix B. Note that this
criterion was expanded a bit when reviewing the arts-related occupations.
How many jobs per year are needed to fill the projected need, both in terms of growth and turnover?
While growth is our over-riding concern, there are some occupations which are projected to be in decline
in number over the next ten years, but yet annual openings are projected to be at least 10 per year or
more. As companies struggle to fill voids left by retirements and other reasons for turnover, where will
the replacement workers come from? For that reason, a review of higher paying, degree-requiring hightech jobs was also done to review for total projected openings, due to both growth and turnover. Special
attention was given to occupations which were projected to have annual openings exceeding five per
year. For each occupation listed, the projected growth is also identified in addition to the more
encompassing openings projection.
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This evaluation has been made by The BLS’s Education and Training Measurements for Workers 25 Years and Older by
Detailed Occupation, 2008. These attainment levels will generally exceed the minimum levels required for the occupation as
determined by O*NET (Occupational Information Network).
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All high-tech occupations were included in this initial review. If IPFW does not offer the educational background for
a high-tech occupation that is projected to be in demand locally, then that observation is included in the section
“IPFW and High-Tech Jobs”.
Data from EMSI 2016.2 was used for occupational projections. EMSI bases its shorter term projections on the work
done by the BLS and the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Note that these are projections, and
events can and do occur to change these projections (see footnote 3 as an example).
Occupations Expected to Meet Criteria
The projected growth for each of the high tech occupations is identified in the following tables. To help put that
number into perspective, overall projections for jobs in NEI, the state, and the nation are listed below.
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For NEI, employment in Northeast Indiana is expected to grow by 10.6 percent between 2015 and 2025;
Indiana is projected to grow by 10.5 percent during this same period;
Nationally, employment is projected to grow by 11.5 percent.
State projections for growth for the occupations which met the local standards are also identified in this report
since approximately 10 percent of IPFW graduates leave NEI to work in another area of Indiana.
All occupations were reviewed using the criteria identified above and the occupations meeting these standards are
listed below by major occupational group. Major occupational groups are part of a classification system enabling a
review over 800 detailed occupations which can then be summarized into 23 major groups. This is done by using
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the Standard Occupational Classification . While Appendix C identifies these 23 major groups, eight of these were
determined to be groups containing high tech jobs and the report focuses on these eight major occupational
groups. Within each major group were a dozen or more occupations, but only those meeting the criteria
established for review are identified below. Note that the projected annual openings include both the projected
growth and the effect of turnover of that occupation. Occupations are listed by group and within each group, are
listed by projected number of annual openings. Appendix D summarizes data across all occupational groups.
The criteria for inclusion in the following tables were outlined in the “Methodology” section. To summarize, the
occupations listed below met criteria for: 1) bachelor’s as a minimal educational attainment; 2) average pay
meeting or exceeding the regional average, and 3) projected annual openings to exceed five. Note that the growth
projections are also shown in the tables below. The projected annual openings include the growth projections as
well as the turnover projections.
Engineering Occupations Projected to be in Demand that meet the above criteria:
SOC and Occupation Title
17-2112
17-2141
17-2031
17-2072
17-2051
Industrial Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Biomedical Engineers
Electronics Engineers, Except
Computer
Civil Engineers
Avg Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
$33.54
$33.36
$33.58
$35.91
$32.85
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2015
Jobs
Projected
2025 Jobs
1,521
1,179
147
448
1,618
1,229
202
368
Projected
Annual
Openings
59
46
10
10
209
229
9
2015-2025 Growth
Number
Percent
97
50
55
(80)
6.4%
4.2%
37.4%
-17.9%
20
9.6%
The Standard Occupation Code (SOC) is a standardization used by federal agencies to classify workers for the purpose of
collecting, calculating, or disseminating data. Data is obtained from employers through surveys and then are assigned into one
of occupational classifications by a federal or state reviewer.
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17-2071
17-2131
Electrical Engineers
$35.08
329
308
8
(21)
-6.4%
Materials Engineers
$29.62
160
163
7
3
1.9%
These all required a minimum of a bachelor’s degree. All technician and drafter occupations required an associate degree and
were currently staffed by a majority of those with associate degree or less and are therefore excluded from this analysis.
In Indiana, the following changes are projected for the Engineering Occupations (these do not reflect turnover, and
are listed below to give an indication of occupational change within the state):
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Industrial Engineers are expected to grow by 6.6 percent;
Mechanical Engineers are expected to grow by 6.4 percent;
Biomedical Engineers are expected to grow by 20.5 percent;
Electronics Engineers are expected to shrink by 1.3 percent;
Civil Engineers are expected to grow by 12.1 percent;
Electrical Engineers are expected to grow by 2.1 percent;
Materials Engineers are expected to remain at the same level.
Computer and Mathematical Occupations Projected to be in Demand that meet the above criteria:
SOC and Occupation Title
Avg Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
$31.51
$36.68
2015
Jobs
Projected
2025 Jobs
Projected
Annual
Openings
23
20
2015-2025 Growth
Number
Percent
Computer Systems Analysts
708
839
131
18.5%
Applications Software Developers
699
795
96
13.7%
Network and Computer Systems
15-1142
$28.94
647
717
16
70
10.8%
Administrators
15-1131
Computer Programmers
$31.50
471
460
13
(11)
-2.3%
15-1133
Systems Software Developers
$45.18
239
278
8
39
16.3%
15-1134
Web Developers*
$24.69
189
236
8
47
24.9%
15-1141
Database Administrators
$30.66
158
178
6
20
12.7%
15-1199
Computer Occupations, All Other
$31.09
243
267
6
24
9.9%
With the exception of Web Developers, these all required a minimum of a bachelor’s degree. Nationally, 68 percent of
Web Developers do have a bachelor’s degree or higher, although occupational requirements are met with an associate
degree.
15-1121
15-1132
In Indiana, the following changes are projected for the Computer and Math Occupations (these do not reflect
turnover, and are listed below to give an indication of occupational change within the state):
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Computer Systems Analysts are expected to grow by 26.8 percent;
Applications Software Developers are expected to grow by 28.0 percent;
Network and Computer Systems Administrators are expected to grow by 13.4 percent;
Computer Programmers are expected to grow by 3.3 percent;
Systems Software Developers are expected to grow by 30.1 percent;
Database Administrators are expected to grow by 17.7 percent;
“All Other” Computer Occupations are expected to grow by 12.9 percent;
Web Developers are expected to grow by 34.3 percent.
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Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations Projected to be in Demand that meet the above criteria:
There were no specific life and physical science occupations projected to be in demand in NEI within the next 10
years using the demand criteria stated earlier of at least six openings a year, either through growth or turnover.
This is not the same as saying that these occupations do not exist in NEI or that they are not projected to grow,
only that annual openings for the total of the 20 occupations which require a bachelor’s degree may only be about
14 in total. The most numerous of these 20 occupations include chemists, biological technicians, and social science
research assistants, and food scientists. All will hold steady or increase slightly in employment over the next 10
years with the exception of the Food Scientist, which is projected to decrease in number.
There were also seven occupations within this group that required a Master’s or Doctoral degree, and these seven
totaled approximately 40-45 employees within NEI. Medical Scientists, except Epidemiologists was the largest
occupation within this group with 26, followed by Biochemists with 10. Growth was projected in these two
occupations over the next ten years, and the projected annual openings were approximately three per year.
Teachers in the life or physical sciences (as well as other areas) are projected to require a major in their core area
of teaching. These occupations are reviewed in the Teaching Occupations section.
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations Projected to be in Demand that meet the above
criteria:
SOC and Occupation Title
29-1141
29-2011
29-1171
29-1127
29-1122
29-1071
Registered Nurses
Medical and Clinical Laboratory
Technologists
Nurse Practitioners
Speech-Language Pathologists
Occupational Therapists
Physician Assistants
Avg Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
$25.76
2015
Jobs
Projected
2025 Jobs
6,593
8,174
Projected
Annual
Openings
342
2015-2025 Growth
$26.43
333
400
16
67
20.0%
$44.09
$34.25
$37.73
$46.40
285
253
207
165
367
306
270
205
16
13
11
8
82
53
63
40
28.7%
21.0%
30.8%
24.4%
Number
1,581
Percent
24.0%
In addition, the following occupations require a Doctoral or professional degree and meet the criteria for review.
Many of these doctoral and professional degree programs often have a biology or chemistry degree as the initial
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bachelor’s degree.
SOC and Occupation Title
29-1069
29-1123
29-1051
29-1021
29-1041
29-1062
29-1131
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other
Physical Therapists
Pharmacists
Dentists, General
Optometrists
Family and General Practitioners
Veterinarians
Avg Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
$113.13
$37.83
$57.09
$83.36
$54.53
$82.32
$40.49
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2015
Jobs
699
440
696
184
94
172
139
Projected
2025 Jobs
795
581
759
218
124
184
170
Projected
Annual
Openings
31
29
25
8
7
7
6
2015-2025 Growth
Number
96
141
63
34
30
12
31
Percent
13.7%
31.9%
9.0%
18.4%
33.0%
6.9%
22.0%
Although a science background is not required for medical school, 51 percent of those enrolled in medical school majored in
biological sciences (www.usnews.com).
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There are other Healthcare Practitioners which individually do not meet the criteria established for individual
occupational review, but when grouped into Physicians, Dental Professionals, and other healthcare professions
(see list in table below), provide some additional background on not only these occupations, but on the need for
individuals with the initial degree.
Occupation
Avg Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
Physicians: Surgeons, Psychiatrists, Internists,
Anesthesiologists, Obstetricians, Pediatricians.
Dental Prof: Oral Surgeons, Orthodontists, Dental
Prof- all Other specialists, Prosthodontists.
Other Healthcare: Chiropractors, Podiatrists,
Audiologists.
$81.42
2015
Jobs
467
Projected
2025 Jobs
Projected
Annual
Openings
538
21
2015-2025 Growth
Number
71
Percent
15.2%
In Indiana, the following changes are projected for the Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (these
do not reflect turnover, and are listed below to give an indication of occupational change within the state):
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Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists are expected to grow by 19.2 percent;
Registered Nurses are expected to grow by 19.6 percent;
Nurse Practitioners are expected to grow by 31.1 percent;
Speech-Language Pathologists are expected to grow by 26.0 percent;
Occupational Therapists are expected to grow by 29.2 percent;
Physician Assistants are expected to grow by 44.4 percent.
Education, Training and Library Occupations Projected to be in Demand that meet the above
qualifications:
This category was a bit more difficult to analyze because those who want to teach at an Indiana middle school or
high school are, or will soon be, required to hold a bachelor’s degree in a content major and an education minor.
Even if the student does not have the actual major, the student has to fulfil the equivalent of a major in their
chosen discipline. This means that a physics teacher would need a physics major or equivalent, a computer
technology teacher would have a major or have equivalent course work in the computer area, etc. Projections for
teachers are not differentiated by subject, at least not at the national level. Some states may be preparing
projections, but there does not appear to be solid projections by subject matter for Indiana. While we may have a
projection for the number of middle school teachers or high school teachers, we do not know how many biology
teaching positions are projected ten years from now or what the annual openings may exist for chemistry teachers
as compared with photography or art teachers. As a proxy, we will use data from the National Center for
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Educational Statistics regarding the field of main teaching assignment. Excluding vocational/tech teachers, this
data indicate that 15.6 percent of all teachers are in the mathematics area and 13.5 percent are in natural science.
This represents a total of 29.1 percent of all teachers who are required to have technical (math or science)
backgrounds. This analysis used the projection for all middle school and high school teaching occupations and
assumed that 29.1 percent would face the same turnover and growth statistics as given for the group of all
teachers.
The following table addresses the projected needs for “high-tech math and science” teachers, making the
assumption that there is no difference in turnover between disciplines. The Career/Tech positions are also
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Source: National Center for Educational Statistics: https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d14/tables/dt14_209.50.asp,
retrieved August 2016.
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included, assuming there is some technical expertise required to become a teacher in this discipline. Although
projected annual openings do not meet earlier stated criteria for Middle School Career/Tech teachers, we assume
that these occupations can be substituted for each other, i.e. a Middle School Career/Tech and a Secondary School
Career/Tech teacher can fill either role, and therefore there are a total of seven annual openings (2 plus 5).
SOC and Occupation Title
Avg Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
2015
Jobs
Projected
2025 Jobs
Projected
Annual
Openings
2015-2025 Growth
Number
Percent
Tech Middle School Teachers*, Except
25-2022
$24.63
291
313
9
22
7.4%
Special and Career/Technical Education
Career/Technical Education Teachers,
25-2023
$24.34
55
58
2
3
5.9%
Middle School
Tech Secondary School Teachers*,
25-2031
Except Special and Career/Technical
$24.13
661
702
21
41
6.2%
Education
Career/Technical Education Teachers,
25-2032
$26.60
181
183
5
2
1.0%
Secondary School
*Projections have been adjusted to just reflect Math and Science disciplines. Career/Tech teacher occupations represent the
total projected number.
Note art teachers have not been included despite our earlier observation that this discipline can include high tech graphics and
related skills. This is mainly due to our lack of understanding for requirements to become an art teacher. If we assume high tech
skills are needed to teach middle school and secondary school, we would make the assumption that four percent of all teachers
teach art, based on the NCES data that eight percent of public school teachers in grades 9-12 taught arts and music. If we
assume half are math and half are music, then the projections for art teachers would be:
25-2022
Arts Teachers, Middle School
$24.63
40
43
1
3 7.4%
25-2031
Arts Teachers, Secondary School
$24.13
26
28
1
2
6.2%
Note that Art Teachers have not been included in the overall summary at this point. A determination should be made
regarding the whether this occupation is a high-tech position or not.
Other occupations in this category which meet the criteria include the following. Note that these positions
generally require a Master’s degree or higher:
Avg Hourly
2015
Projected Projected
2015-2025 Growth
Earnings
Jobs
2025 Jobs
Annual
(2015)
Openings Number
Percent
25-4021
Librarians
$23.34
246
263
7
17
6.7%
25-1099
Postsecondary Teachers*
$30.89
2,702
3,451
133
749
27.7%
*Not all of these are projected to be full-time. With the many institutions of Higher Ed in NEI, there is a projected need for
subject area experts.
SOC and Occupation Title
In Indiana, the following changes are projected for Education, Training, and Library Occupations (these do not
reflect turnover, and are listed below to give an indication of occupational change within the state):
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(High Tech) Middle School Teachers are expected to grow by 9.9 percent;
Middle School Career/Technical Education Teachers are expected to grow by 8.2 percent;
(High Tech) Secondary School Teachers are expected to grow by 9.3 percent;
Secondary School Career/Technical Education Teachers are expected to grow by 3.7 percent;
Librarians are expected to grow by 5.7 percent;
Postsecondary Teachers are expected to grow by 13.7 percent.
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Arts, Design, Media Occupations Projected to be in Demand that meet the above qualifications:
This occupational group may not be well known within the high-tech list of occupations, and therefore a little
background information has been included. In this group, there were a number of occupations which required a
bachelor’s degree as well as expertise in specific software such as that used in computer aided drafting. Technical
writers are also within this occupational group, and many require engineering, computer science, or medical
background as well as being able to design web pages. Multimedia artists and animators are another occupational
group within the Arts umbrella that requires a technical background. This particular occupation, multimedia artists,
is projected to increase from 11 positions to 15 payroll positions by 2025, a small number change but a relatively
large percentage change. This forecast does not include the potential changes which may occur locally with the
introduction of the University of St Francis’s new program in this area. Will that change the dynamics of this
occupation in Northeast Indiana?
This occupational group also gives us an opportunity to offer an explanation about the type of occupational data
we have been using. All data reviewed thus far has been for payroll jobs-jobs that are basically covered by
unemployment insurance and are not sole-proprietorships or held by the self-employed. In the Arts category,
there are many people who are self-employed and therefore this occupational group will be expanded to search
for projected changes in all jobs, including the self-employed and those termed “extended proprietors”. Those are
generally jobs done by an individual who may be working additionally in other work not considered their primary
job. We sometimes consider them consultants or part-time craft artisans within this group, and there are a great
deal of extended proprietors within the Arts group.
While none of these above mentioned occupations in Arts, Design and Media are projected to grow significantly,
there is a group of occupations within design in which growth and annual openings meet the criteria for further
review. Graphic Designers are the dominant occupation in this group, and this occupation is listed in the table
below even though average pay is smaller than the regional average. In some cases, similar educational
background could lead to different occupations, and we do not want to miss a potential growth area by looking
narrowly at an occupation. With that in mind, the projection for all other design occupations have been grouped
and shown as one projection. By themselves, these occupations would not have been listed, but given their similar
educational background, this grouping may make sense. Additionally, the data for Self-employed and Extended
Proprietors has been added for this area as background information. Although these jobs have lower wages, this is
typical of many self-employed and extended jobs. The current projected growth rate for these jobs meets or
exceeds the local growth rate for all occupations.
Data for all Designer Occupations Shown:
Avg Hourly Earnings
(2015)
SOC and Occupation Title
Payroll Employment Projections:
27-1024
Graphic Designers
Commercial and
27-1021
Industrial Designers
27-1027
Set and Exhibit Designers
27-1029
Designers, All Other
{
Self –Employed and Extended Proprietors:
27-1024
Graphic Designers
27-1014
Multimedia Artists and
Animators
2015
Jobs
Projected
2025 Jobs
Projected
Annual
Openings
2015-2025 Growth
Number
$18.76
502
529
17
27
$23.48
125
139
5
14
Percent
5.4%
11.2%
$16.12
633
739
28
106
16.7%
$9.23
141
156
5
15
10.6%
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In Indiana, the following changes are projected for Arts, Design, and Media Occupations (these do not reflect
turnover, and are listed below to give an indication of occupational change within the state):
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Graphic designers are projected to grow by 8.1 percent
The three-occupation group we defined above as designers is expected to grow by 9.8 percent in the state of Indiana.
Multimedia Artists and Animators are expected to grow by 30.4 percent (from 152 to 198 in payroll jobs-not a large
number for the state).
Business and Financial Operations Occupations and Management Occupations Projected to be in
Demand that meet the above criteria:
Note that Business and Finance Operations Occupations are presented together with Management Occupations
because there are many similarities in the background of these two major groups.
SOC and Occupation Title
11-1021
13-2011
11-9111
11-3051
13-1051
11-3031
13-1161
13-1199
13-2052
13-1111
11-9041
11-1011
11-3021
11-9021
11-3011
11-2021
13-2072
13-2051
General and Operations Managers
Accountants and Auditors
Medical and Health Services Managers
Industrial Production Managers
Cost Estimators
Financial Managers
Market Research Analysts and
Marketing Specialists
Business Operations Specialists, All
Other
Personal Financial Advisors
Management Analysts
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Chief Executives
Computer and Information Systems
Managers
Construction Managers
Administrative Services Managers
Marketing Managers
Loan Officers
Financial Analysts
Avg Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
$53.62
$31.11
$39.39
$40.88
$28.33
$50.36
2015
Jobs
Projected
2025 Jobs
3,745
2,164
947
1,076
696
905
4,286
2,561
1,124
1,143
807
1,010
Projected
Annual
Openings
157
104
45
40
33
33
2015-2025 Growth
$23.42
791
942
26
151
19.0%
$27.06
809
951
25
142
17.6%
$48.17
$34.07
$52.55
$78.29
441
549
445
698
496
640
454
711
18
17
16
15
55
91
9
13
12.4%
16.5%
2.0%
1.9%
$48.39
466
538
13
72
15.4%
$37.35
$42.63
$47.49
$38.67
$33.89
449
315
337
443
217
502
380
377
448
254
13
13
13
10
9
53
65
40
5
37
11.9%
20.5%
12.0%
1.3%
17.0%
Number
541
397
177
67
111
105
Percent
14.4%
18.4%
18.7%
6.2%
16.0%
11.6%
In Indiana, the following changes are projected for Business and Financial Operations Occupations and
Management Occupations (these do not reflect turnover, and are listed below to give an indication of occupational
change within the state):
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General and Operations Managers are expected to grow by 13 percent;
Accountants and Auditors are expected to grow by 14.8 percent;
Medical and Health Services Managers are expected to grow by 17.3 percent;
Industrial Production Managers are expected to grow by 3.8 percent;
Cost Estimators are expected to grow by 13.7 percent;
Financial Analysts are expected to grow by 16.8 percent;
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists are expected to grow by 22.4 percent;
Business Operations Specialist “All Other” are expected to grow by 14 percent;
Personal Financial Advisors are expected to grow by 19 percent;
Management Analysts are expected to grow by 20 percent;
Architectural and Engineering Managers are expected to grow by 4.4 percent;
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Chief Executives are projected to grow by 4 percent;
General and Operations Managers are expected to grow by 13.4 percent;
Computer and Information Systems Managers are expected to grow by 21.7 percent;
Construction Managers are expected to grow by 7.6 percent;
Administrative Services Managers are expected to grow by 17.4 percent;
Marketing Managers are expected to grow by 15.3 percent;
Loan Officers are expected to grow by 9 percent;
Financial Managers are expected to grow by 10.5 percent.
IPFW and High Tech Jobs
Based on the above review, a number of occupations have been identified as being in demand and meeting the
definition established for high tech jobs. The next step is to review whether IPFW offers a path toward completion.
The following chart indicates whether IPFW has a program that would prepare the student for the indicated
occupation. The instructional code identified is known as the Classification of Instructional Program (CIP). Originally
devised by the U.S. Department of Education, it provides a coding list for program completions data, and does not
represent a list of officially recognized programs and is not a regulatory device. The CIP is the accepted federal
government statistical standard on instructional program classifications and is being used here to identify a
learning experience which matches the basics of the job description. IPFW often did not have an education
program (CIP) that matched the occupational requirement, and in many cases, CRI used its best judgment to align
a program with the suggested CIP, and added explanatory comments at times.
Additional information, such as other institutions offering instructional programs appropriate for the occupation
and the number of recent graduates, is not part of this project, although data is available. Occasionally, comments
are included in the table below regarding other institutional offerings.
Following are 1) the observations for linkages between in-demand high tech occupations and IPFW programs, and
2) a summary of job responsibilities and common job titles associated with each occupation. See also Appendix D,
Table 3 for a summary of the following occupations and available IPFW pathways.
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High Tech Occupation and IPFW Educational Pathway
Occupation
IPFW degree or
path toward
completion
(CIP Code) Program
Degree
Comments
Engineering Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Industrial Engineers
YES, most likely
Industrial Engineering Tech.
Bachelor
Mechanical Engineers
YES
14.1901 Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor
Biomedical Engineers
NO
There is a Biomedical concentration in Physics
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
YES
14.1001 Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bachelor
Civil Engineers
YES
14.0801 Civil Engineering, General
Bachelor
Electrical Engineers
YES
14.1001 Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Bachelor
Materials Engineers
NO
The IPFW program is not identified in
EMSI has providing this pathway. but
IPFW does have the Ind. Eng Tech
program
Current shortage. In high demand in
the orthopedic companies.
No local programs, 9 openings in
2014; 7 projected per year next 10 yrs
Computer and Mathematical Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Computer Systems Analysts
YES
Applications Software Developers
YES
Network and Computer Systems
Administrators
YES
Computer Programmers
Systems Software Developers
Database Administrators
Computer Occupations, All Other
Web Developers
Computer Systems Analysts
YES, most likely
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
11.0101 General Computer & Information
Sciences
14.0901 Computer Engineering, General
Bachelor, Master
11.0101 General Computer & Information
Sciences Information Sciences
The Computer Science program will most likely
prepare the student for this career
14.0901 Computer Engineering, General
Associate,
Bachelor, Master
Associate,
Bachelor, Master
Bachelor
11.0101 General Computer & Information
Sciences
11.0101 General Computer & Information
Sciences
11.0101 General Computer & Information
Sciences
11.0101 General Computer & Information
Sciences
Associate,
Bachelor, Master
Associate,
Bachelor, Master
Associate,
Bachelor, Master
Associate,
Bachelor, Master
Bachelor
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Registered Nurses
YES
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51.3801 Registered Nursing
Doc, Associate,
Bachelor, Master
The IPFW program is not identified in
EMSI has providing this pathway.
Medical and Clinical Laboratory
Technologists
Nurse Practitioners
Speech-Language Pathologists
Initial degree
(Biology)
YES
YES
Occupational Therapists
Physician Assistants
NO
NO
51.1005 Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical
Technology/Technologist
51.0204 Audiology/Audiologist and SpeechLanguage Pathology/Pathologist
Bachelor
After obtaining the Biology degree,
application to Parkview’s program
On line Masters
Bachelor
Education, Training and Library Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Middle School Teacher for High Tech
Subjects
Secondary School Teacher for High Tech
Subjects
YES
Career/Technical Education Teachers
Librarians
NO
NO
YES
13.1203 Jr High/Intermediate/Middle School
Education and Teaching
13.1205 Secondary Education and Teaching;
13.1399 Teacher Education and Professional
Development
Bachelor
Bachelor, Master
Master’s degree required
Arts, Design, Media Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Graphic Designers
YES
Other Designers:
Set and Exhibit Designers
Commercial and Industrial
Designers
NO
YES
Designers, All Other
Most likely
There is a concentration within the College of
Visual and Performing Arts
There is a commercial art associate degree in
Dept. of Visual Arts/Visual Communication and
Design Program
There is overlap in the CIP programs for those in
“all other” and Commercial and Industrial Design,
as well as with Set and Exhibit Design programs.
Associate
Associate
IPFW program is not identified as an
CIP for Graphic Design
Design programs appear to be
popular. They are offered by many
local institutions and there have been
many completions (degrees awarded)
in the area. The IPFW degree is not
identified as a CIP in these design
occupations.
Business and Financial Operations Occupations and Management Occupations Projected to be in Demand
YES
A major in Accounting in the School of
Business>>52.0101 Business/Commerce, General
YES
14.1901 Mechanical Engineering
15.1001 Construction Engineering
Technology/Technician
52.0101 Business/Commerce, General
Marketing is a major within the School of
Business>>52.0101 Business/Commerce, General;
MBA
A major in Finance in the School of
Business>>52.0101 Business/Commerce, General
44.0401 Public Administration
Accountants and Auditors
Cost Estimators
Market Research Analysts and
Marketing Specialists
Financial Analysts
General and Operations Managers
YES
YES
YES
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Bachelor, Post
Baccalaureate,
MBA programs
Bachelor
IPFW program is not identified as an
Accounting CIP.
Bachelor, MBA
IPFW program is not identified as an
CIP specifically in Marketing
Bachelor, MBA
programs
Bachelor, Master
IPFW program is not identified as an
CIP for financial analysts
52.0101 Business/Commerce, General
YES
51.3802 Nursing Administration
Health Services Administration Major in Public
Policy
Master
YES
Bachelor, Master
YES
52.0101 Business/Commerce, General
52.0205 Operations Management and Supervision
The MBA programs would most likely prepare for
this occupation
IPFW offers Master of Science in Engineering
YES
IPFW offers Master of Science in Engineering
Master
YES
15.1001 Construction Engineering Technology
52.0101 Business/Commerce
Bachelor
Bach, Post-bac,
MBA
Bach, Masters
Bach, Post-bac,
Masters
Bach, Post-bac,
MBA
Bachelor, MBA
Medical and Health Services Managers
Industrial Production Managers
Financial Managers
YES
Master
Master
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Computer and Information Systems
Managers
Construction Managers
YES
Administrative Services Managers
52.0101 Business/Commerce
YES
Marketing Managers
Business Operations Specialists, All
Other
Personal Financial Advisors
Management Analysts
Chief Executives
Loan Officers
52.0205 Operations Management and Supervision
44.0401 Public Administration
Most Likely
YES
YES
YES
YES
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Marketing is a major within the School of
Business>>52.0101 Business/Commerce, General;
MBA
This is a “catch-all” occupational title and can
apply to a wide range of characteristics
The major in Finance in the School of Business as
well as the MBA program
52.0101 General Business, (possibly Operations
Management), MBA
44.0401 Public Administration, 52.0101 General
Business
The major in Finance in the School of Business as
well as the MBA program
The Health Services Administration
Major in Public Policy would seem to
fit this occupation but is not identified
through the CIP system.
Bachelor, MBA
Bachelor, MBA
Bachelor,
Masters
Bachelor,
Masters
The Master of Science in Engineering
would seem to fit this occupation but
is not identified through the CIP
system.
The Master of Science in Engineering
would seem to fit this occupation but
is not identified through the CIP
system.
IPFW program is not identified as an
CIP specifically in Marketing
A Brief Description of High Tech Occupations in Demand with Sample Job Titles by Occupational Group
Occupation
Engineering Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Industrial Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Biomedical Engineers
Electronics Engineers,
Except Computer
Civil Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Materials Engineers
Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production
processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material
flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.
Sample of Job Titles: Engineer, Engineering Manager, Industrial Engineer, Manufacturing Specialist,
Operations Engineer, Plant Engineer, Process Engineer, Production Engineer, Supply Chain
Engineer, Tool Engineer
Perform engineering duties in planning and designing tools, engines, machines, and other
mechanically functioning equipment. Oversee installation, operation, maintenance, and repair of
equipment such as centralized heat, gas, water, and steam systems. Sample of Job Titles:
Application Engineer, Design Engineer, Design Maintenance Engineer, Equipment Engineer,
Mechanical Design Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Process Engineer, Product Engineer, Project
Engineer, Test Engineer
Apply knowledge of engineering, biology, and biomechanical principles to the design, development,
and evaluation of biological and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses,
instrumentation, medical information systems, and health management and care delivery systems.
Sample of Job Titles: Biomedical Electronics Technician, Biomedical Engineer, Biomedical
Engineering Director, Biomedical Engineering Technician, Biomedical Equipment Technician
(BMET), Biomedical Manager, Biomedical Technician, Clinical Engineer, Professor, Research
Engineer
Research, design, develop, or test electronic components and systems for commercial, industrial,
military, or scientific use employing knowledge of electronic theory and materials properties.
Design electronic circuits and components for use in fields such as telecommunications, aerospace
guidance and propulsion control, acoustics, or instruments and controls.
Sample of Job Titles: Design Engineer, Electronics Design Engineer, Engineering Manager,
Evaluation Engineer, Integrated Circuit Design Engineer (IC Design Engineer), Product Engineer,
Radio Frequency Engineer (RF Engineer), Research and Development Engineer (R&D Engineer), Test
Engineer, Test Engineering Manager
Perform engineering duties in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance
of building structures, and facilities, such as roads, railroads, airports, bridges, harbors, channels,
dams, irrigation projects, pipelines, power plants, and water and sewage systems.
Sample of Job Titles: Bridge/Structure Inspection Team Leader, City Engineer, Civil Engineer, Civil
Engineering Manager, County Engineer, Design Engineer, Project Engineer, Railroad Design
Consultant, Structural Engineer, Traffic Engineer
Research, design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical
equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use.
Sample of Job Titles: Circuits Engineer, Design Engineer, Electrical Controls Engineer, Electrical
Design Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Electrical Project Engineer, Instrumentation and Electrical
Reliability Engineer (I&E Reliability Engineer), Power Systems Engineer, Project Engineer, Test
Engineer
Evaluate materials and develop machinery and processes to manufacture materials for use in
products that must meet specialized design and performance specifications. Develop new uses for
known materials. Includes those engineers working with composite materials or specializing in one
type of material, such as graphite, metal and metal alloys, ceramics and glass, plastics and
polymers, and naturally occurring materials. Includes metallurgists and metallurgical engineers,
ceramic engineers, and welding engineers.
Sample of Job Titles: Materials and Processes Manager, Materials Branch Chief, Materials
Development Engineer, Materials Engineer, Materials Research Engineer, Metallurgical Engineer,
Metallurgist, Process Engineer, Research Engineer, Test Engineer
Computer and Mathematical Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Computer Systems
Analysts
Analyze science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to implement and
improve computer systems. Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or
improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling
limitations. May analyze or recommend commercially available software.
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Applications Software
Developers
Network and Computer
Systems Administrators
Computer Programmers
Systems Software
Developers
Database Administrators
Computer Occupations,
All Other
Web Developers
Computer Systems
Analysts
Sample of Job Titles: Applications Analyst, Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Computer
Analyst, Computer Systems Analyst, Computer Systems Consultant, Information Systems Analyst
(ISA), Programmer Analyst, Systems Analyst, Systems Engineer
Develop, create, and modify general computer applications software or specialized utility
programs. Analyze user needs and develop software solutions. Design software or customize
software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency. May analyze and design
databases within an application area, working individually or coordinating database development
as part of a team. May supervise computer programmers.
Sample of Job Titles: Application Developer, Application Integration Engineer, Applications
Developer, Computer Consultant, Information Technology Analyst (IT Analyst), Software Architect,
Software Developer, Software Development Engineer, Software Engineer, Technical Consultant
Install, configure, and support an organization's local area network (LAN), wide area network
(WAN), and Internet systems or a segment of a network system. Monitor network to ensure
network availability to all system users and may perform necessary maintenance to support
network availability. May monitor and test Web site performance to ensure Web sites operate
correctly and without interruption. May assist in network modeling, analysis, planning, and
coordination between network and data communications hardware and software. May supervise
computer user support specialists and computer network support specialists. May administer
network security measures.
Sample of Job Titles: Information Technology Director (IT Director), Information Technology
Manager (IT Manager), Information Technology Specialist (IT Specialist), Local Area Network
Administrator (LAN Administrator), Network Administrator, Network Engineer, Network Manager,
Network Specialist, Systems Administrator, Systems Engineer
Create, modify, and test the code, forms, and script that allow computer applications to run. Work
from specifications drawn up by software developers or other individuals. May assist software
developers by analyzing user needs and designing software solutions. May develop and write
computer programs to store, locate, and retrieve specific documents, data, and information.
Sample of Job Titles: Analyst Programmer, Applications Developer, Computer Programmer,
Computer Programmer Analyst, Internet Programmer, Java Developer, Programmer, Programmer
Analyst, Software Developer, Web Programmer
Research, design, develop, and test operating systems-level software, compilers, and network
distribution software for medical, industrial, military, communications, aerospace, business,
scientific, and general computing applications. Set operational specifications and formulate and
analyze software requirements. May design embedded systems software. Apply principles and
techniques of computer science, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
Sample of Job Titles: Developer, Infrastructure Engineer, Network Engineer, Publishing Systems
Analyst, Senior Software Engineer, Software Architect, Software Developer, Software Engineer,
Systems Coordinator, Systems Engineer
Administer, test, and implement computer databases, applying knowledge of database
management systems. Coordinate changes to computer databases. May plan, coordinate, and
implement security measures to safeguard computer databases.
Sample of Job Titles: Data Architect, Database Administration Manager, Database Administrator
(DBA), Database Analyst, Database Coordinator, Database Developer, Database Programmer,
Information Systems Manager, Management Information Systems Director (MIS Director), System
Administrator
“All Other” represent occupations with a wide range of characteristics which do not fit into one of
the detailed occupational descriptions.
Design, create, and modify Web sites. Analyze user needs to implement Web site content, graphics,
performance, and capacity. May integrate Web sites with other computer applications. May
convert written, graphic, audio, and video components to compatible Web formats by using
software designed to facilitate the creation of Web and multimedia content.
Sample of Job Titles: Web Designer, Web Developer, Webmaster
Analyze science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to implement and
improve computer systems. Analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or
improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling
limitations. May analyze or recommend commercially available software.
Sample of Job Titles: Applications Analyst, Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Computer
Analyst, Computer Systems Analyst, Computer Systems Consultant, Information Systems Analyst
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(ISA), Programmer Analyst, Systems Analyst, Systems Engineer
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Registered Nurses
Medical and Clinical
Laboratory Technologists
Nurse Practitioners
Speech-Language
Pathologists
Occupational Therapists
Physician Assistants
Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and
maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients.
May advise patients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management.
Licensing or registration required.
Sample of Job Titles: Charge Nurse, Director of Nursing (DON), Emergency Department RN
(Emergency Department Registered Nurse), Oncology RN (Oncology Registered Nurse), Operating
Room Registered Nurse (OR RN), Public Health Nurse (PHN), Registered Nurse (RN), School Nurse,
Staff Nurse, Staff RN (Staff Registered Nurse
Perform complex medical laboratory tests for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. May
train or supervise staff. Sample of Job Titles: Chief Medical Technologist; Clinical Laboratory
Scientist (CLS); Clinical Laboratory Technologist; Histologist Technologist; Medical Laboratory
Technologist (Medical Lab Tech); Medical Technologist (MT); Medical Technologist, Clinical
Laboratory Scientist; Microbiologist; Microbiology Technologist; Research Assistant
Diagnose and treat acute, episodic, or chronic illness, independently or as part of a healthcare
team. May focus on health promotion and disease prevention. May order, perform, or interpret
diagnostic tests such as lab work and x rays. May prescribe medication. Must be registered nurses
who have specialized graduate education.
Sample of Job Titles: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner; Adult Nurse Practitioner; Advanced Practice
Registered Nurse (APRN); Family Nurse Practitioner; Family Practice Certified Advanced Registered
Nurse Practitioner; Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner; Nurse Practitioner; Nurse Practitioner,
Adult; Pediatric Nurse Practitioner; Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner
Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select
alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech
and language problems.
Sample of Job Titles: Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist, Communication Specialist, Educational
Speech-Language Clinician, Speech and Language Clinician, Speech and Language Specialist, Speech
Pathologist, Speech Therapist, Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP), Speech/Language Therapist,
Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped
Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help build or restore
vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with
disabilities or developmental delays.
Sample of Job Titles: Assistive Technology Trainer, Early Intervention Occupational Therapist,
Industrial Rehabilitation Consultant, Occupational Therapist (OT), Occupational Therapy CoDirector, Pediatric Occupational Therapist, Registered Occupational Therapist, Rehabilitation
Supervisor, Staff Occupational Therapist, Staff Therapist
Provide healthcare services typically performed by a physician, under the supervision of a
physician. Conduct complete physicals, provide treatment, and counsel patients. May, in some
cases, prescribe medication. Must graduate from an accredited educational program for physician
assistants.
Sample of Job Titles: Certified Physician Assistant (PA-C), Clinical Physician Assistant, Family
Practice Physician Assistant, General Surgery Physician Assistant, Midlevel Provider, Orthopaedic
Physician Assistant, Physician Assistant Certified (PAC), Physician Extender, Physician's Assistant,
Surgical Physician Assistant
Education, Training and Library Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Middle School Teacher
for High Tech Subjects
Secondary School
Teacher for High Tech
Subjects
Career/Technical
Education Teachers
Teach students in one or more subjects in public or private schools at the middle, intermediate, or
junior high level, which falls between elementary and senior high school as defined by applicable
laws and regulations.
Sample of Job Titles: Math Teacher (Mathematics Teacher), Science Teacher
Teach students in one or more subjects, such as mathematics at the secondary level in public or
private schools. May be designated according to subject matter specialty.
Sample of Job Titles: Math Teacher (Mathematics Teacher), Science Teacher
Teach occupational, career and technical, or vocational subjects in public or private schools at the
middle, intermediate, junior high level, or secondary school level.
Sample of Job Titles: Middle School Titles: Business Education Teacher, Business Teacher,
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Librarians
Computer Teacher, Computer Technology Teacher, Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher (FACS
Teacher), Industrial Arts Teacher, Industrial Technology Teacher, Teacher, Technology Education
Teacher, Technology Teacher Secondary Level Titles: Agricultural Education Teacher, Allied Health
Teacher, Business Education Teacher, Cosmetology Teacher, Family and Consumer Sciences
Teacher (FACS Teacher), Instructor, Marketing Education Teacher, Teacher, Technology Education
Teacher, Welding Instructor
Administer libraries and perform related library services. Work in a variety of settings, including
public libraries, educational institutions, museums, corporations, government agencies, law firms,
non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. Tasks may include selecting, acquiring,
cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference,
bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. May perform in-depth, strategic research, and
synthesize, analyze, edit, and filter information. May set up or work with databases and
information systems to catalogue and access information.
Sample of Job Titles: Catalog Librarian, Children's Librarian, Librarian, Library Director, Library
Media Specialist, Medical Librarian, Public Services Librarian, Reference Librarian, Serials Librarian,
Technical Services Librarian
Arts, Design, Media Occupations Projected to be in Demand
Graphic Designers
Other Designers:
Set and Exhibit Designers
Commercial and
Industrial
Design or create graphics to meet specific commercial or promotional needs, such as packaging,
displays, or logos. May use a variety of mediums to achieve artistic or decorative effects.
Sample of Job Titles: Artist, Creative Director, Creative Manager, Design Director, Designer,
Graphic Artist, Graphic Designer, Online Producer, Production Artist, Publications Designer
Design special exhibits and movie, television, and theater sets. May study scripts, confer with
directors, and conduct research to determine appropriate architectural styles.
Sample of Job Titles: Design Chief, Designer, Display Coordinator, Exhibit Designer, Exhibit
Preparator, Production Designer, Scenic Designer, Set Decorator, Set Designer, Show Design
Supervisor
Develop and design manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys.
Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most
functional and appealing product design.
Sample of Job Titles: Design Engineer, Designer, Engineer, Industrial Designer, Mechanical
Designer, Product Design Engineer, Product Designer, Product Development Engineer, Product
Engineer, Project Engineer
Business and Financial Operations Occupations and Management Occupations Projected to be in
Demand
Accountants and
Auditors
Cost Estimators
Market Research
Analysts and Marketing
Examine, analyze, and interpret accounting records to prepare financial statements, give advice, or
audit and evaluate statements prepared by others. Install or advise on systems of recording costs
or other financial and budgetary data.
Accountants: Analyze financial information and prepare financial reports to determine or maintain
record of assets, liabilities, profit and loss, tax liability, or other financial activities within an
organization.
Sample of Job Titles: Accountant, Accounting Manager, Accounting Officer, Accounting Supervisor,
Business Analyst, Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Cost Accountant, Financial Reporting
Accountant, General Accountant, Staff Accountant
Auditors: Examine and analyze accounting records to determine financial status of establishment
and prepare financial reports concerning operating procedures.
Sample of Job Titles: Assurance Manager, Assurance Senior, Audit Manager, Audit Partner, Auditor,
Auditor-in-Charge, Financial Auditor, Internal Audit Director, Internal Auditor, Revenue Tax
Specialist
Prepare cost estimates for product manufacturing, construction projects, or services to aid
management in bidding on or determining price of product or service. May specialize according to
particular service performed or type of product manufactured.
Sample of Job Titles: Acquisition Cost Estimator, Construction Estimator, Cost Analyst, Cost and Risk
Analysis Manager, Cost Consultant, Cost Engineer, Cost Estimator, Estimator, Estimator Project
Manager, Preconstruction Manager
Research market conditions in local, regional, or national areas, or gather information to determine
potential sales of a product or service, or create a marketing campaign. May gather information on
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Specialists
Financial Analysts
General and Operations
Managers
Medical and Health
Services Managers
Industrial Production
Managers
Financial Managers
Architectural and
Engineering Managers
Computer and
Information Systems
Managers
Construction Managers
Administrative Services
Managers
Marketing Managers
competitors, prices, sales, and methods of marketing and distribution.
Sample of Job Titles: Business Development Specialist, Client Service and Consulting Manager,
Client Services Vice President, Communications Specialist, Market Analyst, Market Research
Analyst, Market Research Consultant, Market Research Manager, Product Line Manager, Project
Manager
Conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private
institutions.
Sample of Job Titles: Analyst, Credit Products Officer, Equity Research Analyst, Financial Analyst,
Investment Analyst, Planning Analyst, Portfolio Manager, Real Estate Analyst, Securities Analyst,
Trust Officer
Plan, direct, or coordinate the operations of public or private sector organizations. Duties and
responsibilities include formulating policies, managing daily operations, and planning the use of
materials and human resources, but are too diverse and general in nature to be classified in any
one functional area of management or administration, such as personnel, purchasing, or
administrative services.
Sample of Job Titles: Business Manager, Facilities Manager, Facility Manager, General Manager
(GM), Operations Director, Operations Manager, Plant Manager, Plant Superintendent, Production
Manager, Store Manager
Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care
organizations, public health agencies, or similar organizations
Sample of Job Titles: Clinical Director, Health Information Management Corporate Director, Health
Information Management Director, Health Manager, Mental Health Program Manager, Nurse
Manager, Nursing Director, Office Manager, Practice Administrator, Program Manager
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products
in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
Sample of Job Titles: Area Plant Manager, General Production Manager, Manufacturing
Coordinator, Manufacturing Manager, Plant Manager, Plant Senior Manager, Product Line
Manager, Production Control Manager, Production Manager, Sub Plant Manager
Plan, direct, or coordinate accounting, investing, banking, insurance, securities, and other financial
activities of a branch, office, or department of an establishment.
Sample of Job Titles: Treasurer, Controller, Financial Manager
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and
development in these fields.
Sample of Job Titles: Chief Engineer, Civil Engineering Manager, Director of Engineering,
Engineering Group Manager, Engineering Manager, Engineering Program Manager, Principal
Engineer, Project Engineer, Project Engineering Manager, Project Manager
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information
systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
Sample of Job Titles: Application Development Director, Computing Services Director, Data
Processing Manager, Information Systems Director (IS Director), Information Systems Manager (IS
Manager), Information Systems Supervisor (IS Supervisor), Information Technology Director (IT
Director), Information Technology Manager (IT Manager), MIS Director (Management Information
Systems Director), Technical Services Manager
Plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned
with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the
conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling,
budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as
carpentry or plumbing. Sample of Job Titles: Concrete Foreman, Construction Area Manager,
Construction Foreman, Construction Manager, Construction Superintendent, General Contractor,
Job Superintendent, Project Executive, Project Manager, Project Superintendent
Plan, direct, or coordinate one or more administrative services of an organization, such as records
and information management, mail distribution, facilities planning and maintenance, custodial
operations, and other office support services.
Sample of Job Titles: Administrative Assistant, Administrative Coordinator, Administrative
Manager, Administrative Officer, Administrative Specialist, Administrator, Business Administrator,
Business Manager, Director of Operations, Office Manager
Plan, direct, or coordinate marketing policies and programs, such as determining the demand for
products and services offered by a firm and its competitors, and identify potential customers.
18 | C o m m u n i t y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
Personal Financial
Advisors
Management Analysts
Chief Executives
Loan Officers
Develop pricing strategies with the goal of maximizing the firm's profits or share of the market
while ensuring the firm's customers are satisfied. Oversee product development or monitor trends
that indicate the need for new products and services.
Sample of Job Titles: Account Supervisor, Brand Manager, Business Development Director,
Business Development Manager, Commercial Lines Manager, Market Development Executive,
Marketing Coordinator, Marketing Director, Marketing Manager, Product Manager
Advise clients on financial plans using knowledge of tax and investment strategies, securities,
insurance, pension plans, and real estate. Duties include assessing clients' assets, liabilities, cash
flow, insurance coverage, tax status, and financial objectives.
Sample of Job Titles: Account Executive, Analyst, Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Financial
Advisor, Financial Consultant, Financial Counselor, Financial Planner, Investment Advisor, Portfolio
Manager, Registered Representative
Conduct organizational studies and evaluations, design systems and procedures, conduct work
simplification and measurement studies, and prepare operations and procedures manuals to assist
management in operating more efficiently and effectively. Includes program analysts and
management consultants.
Sample of Job Titles: Administrative Analyst, Business Analyst, Employment Programs Analyst,
Leadership Development Manager, Management Analyst, Management Consultant, Organizational
Development Consultant, Principal Consultant, Program Management Analyst, Quality Control
Analyst
Determine and formulate policies and provide overall direction of companies or private and public
sector organizations within guidelines set up by a board of directors or similar governing body.
Plan, direct, or coordinate operational activities at the highest level of management with the help
of subordinate executives and staff managers.
Sample of Job Titles: Chief Diversity Officer (CDO), Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial
Officer (CFO), Chief Nursing Officer, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Executive Director, Executive
Vice President (EVP), Operations Vice President, President, Vice President
Evaluate, authorize, or recommend approval of commercial, real estate, or credit loans. Advise
borrowers on financial status and payment methods. Includes mortgage loan officers and agents,
collection analysts, loan servicing officers, and loan underwriters. Sample of Job Titles: Branch
Manager, Business Banking Officer, Commercial Banker, Commercial Loan Officer, Corporate
Banking Officer, Loan Officer, Mortgage Loan Officer, Mortgage Loan Originator, Portfolio Manager,
Relationship Manager
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Appendix A. The Top 100 Growing Occupations in NEI 2015-2025
Of the top 100 occupations in 2015 in NEI, 17 require a bachelor’s, and an additional five occupations require
education beyond a bachelor’s degree. While a person may not need an occupation which requires a bachelor’s
degree to make the average wage, those jobs which had basic requirements of a bachelor’s degree almost always
had an average wage higher than the regional average wage. That is, of the 22 jobs in this group which required a
bachelor’s, only three had a lower wage average than the regional average. Those three were Substitute Teachers,
Healthcare Social Workers, and Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. Of the remaining 78
occupations which did not require a degree, only 10 had an average wage larger than the average, and two of
these were sales representatives (an occupation which is bifurcated in terms of wages and education depending
on the product sold).
Management Analysts, an occupation which requires a bachelor’s degree, were not listed in top 100 occupations in
2015, but made the 2025 list. This was the only additional occupation to the list in 2025 which required a
bachelor’s.
Jobs were are projected to be in decline in NEI which require a degree include Electronics Engineers Except
Computer, Radio and Television Announcers, Broadcast News Analysts, Labor Relations Specialists, Electrical
Engineers, Computer Programmers, Computer Hardware Engineers, and Insurance Underwriters.
Within this group of 100 occupations, the following table summarizes the changes within the major occupational
groups:
The Top 100 Projected Occupations to Grow in NEI Between 2015-2025, in order by number change
SOC and Occupation
2015
Jobs
2025
Jobs
2015-2025 Change
Number
Percent
Avg
Hourly
Wage
2015
29-1141
41-2031
Registered Nurses
Retail Salespersons
6,593
10,525
8,174
11,841
1,581
1,316
24%
13%
$25.76
$11.58
51-2092
Team Assemblers
15,355
16,566
1,211
8%
$16.26
35-3021
Combined Food Preparation and
Serving Workers, Including Fast Food
9,318
10,474
1,156
12%
$8.70
31-1014
Nursing Assistants
4,429
5,488
1,059
24%
$10.91
53-7062
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and
Material Movers, Hand
5,922
6,792
870
15%
$12.22
25-1099
Postsecondary Teachers
2,702
3,451
749
28%
$30.89
53-3032
6,008
6,749
741
12%
$18.87
39-9021
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck
Drivers
Personal Care Aides
2,566
3,241
675
26%
$9.73
43-9061
Office Clerks, General
6,245
6,906
661
11%
$12.71
37-2011
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids
and Housekeeping Cleaners
4,947
5,603
656
13%
$11.16
31-1011
Home Health Aides
1,479
2,054
575
39%
$10.34
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Typical Entry Level
Education
Bachelor's degree
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
Postsecondary
nondegree award
No formal
educational
credential
Doctoral or
professional degree
Postsecondary
nondegree award
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
No formal
11-1021
41-2011
General and Operations Managers
Cashiers
3,745
7,455
4,286
7,935
541
480
14%
6%
$53.62
$8.95
43-4051
Customer Service Representatives
4,703
5,178
475
10%
$16.40
43-5081
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers
4,548
5,022
474
10%
$11.27
49-9071
3,807
4,273
466
12%
$18.65
4,583
5,040
457
10%
$15.15
51-4041
Maintenance and Repair Workers,
General
Secretaries and Administrative
Assistants, Except Legal, Medical,
and Executive
Machinists
3,278
3,700
422
13%
$19.35
47-2031
Carpenters
1,855
2,261
406
22%
$18.56
29-2061
Licensed Practical and Licensed
Vocational Nurses
Accountants and Auditors
Cooks, Restaurant
2,211
2,616
405
18%
$19.17
2,164
3,302
2,561
3,695
397
393
18%
12%
$31.11
$9.52
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool
Operators, Metal and Plastic
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
1,918
2,296
378
20%
$16.18
1,387
1,757
370
27%
$21.69
Sales Representatives, Wholesale
and Manufacturing, Except Technical
and Scientific Products
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and
Steamfitters
Landscaping and Groundskeeping
Workers
3,938
4,287
349
9%
$31.37
1,116
1,458
342
31%
$27.36
2,286
2,608
322
14%
$11.60
2,598
2,920
322
12%
$23.75
3,121
3,443
322
10%
$18.50
763
1,066
303
40%
$16.82
47-2061
First-Line Supervisors of Office and
Administrative Support Workers
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales
Workers
Cabinetmakers and Bench
Carpenters
Construction Laborers
1,333
1,627
294
22%
$15.44
37-2012
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
1,933
2,213
280
14%
$8.91
35-1012
First-Line Supervisors of Food
Preparation and Serving Workers
First-Line Supervisors of Production
and Operating Workers
Medical Secretaries
2,453
2,726
273
11%
$14.17
3,752
4,013
261
7%
$25.99
1,551
1,806
255
16%
$14.88
43-6014
13-2011
35-2014
51-4011
49-9041
41-4012
47-2152
37-3011
43-1011
41-1011
51-7011
51-1011
43-6013
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educational
credential
Bachelor's degree
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
Postsecondary
nondegree award
Bachelor's degree
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
53-3033
2,055
2,305
250
12%
$14.70
53-7064
Light Truck or Delivery Services
Drivers
Packers and Packagers, Hand
1,825
2,071
246
13%
$11.33
43-4171
Receptionists and Information Clerks
1,791
2,035
244
14%
$12.64
49-9021
Heating, Air Conditioning, and
Refrigeration Mechanics and
Installers
Medical Assistants
605
839
234
39%
$19.51
1,635
1,864
229
14%
$13.55
3,804
4,021
217
6%
$16.07
35-3031
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters,
Samplers, and Weighers
Waiters and Waitresses
5,942
6,159
217
4%
$9.75
25-9041
Teacher Assistants
3,127
3,342
215
7%
$10.87
49-3023
Automotive Service Technicians and
Mechanics
Industrial Truck and Tractor
Operators
1,496
1,695
199
13%
$18.20
3,451
3,641
190
6%
$16.34
Sales Representatives, Services, All
Other
Assemblers and Fabricators, All
Other
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and
Brazers
Electricians
1,287
1,473
186
14%
$24.74
1,001
1,184
183
18%
$14.06
2,524
2,706
182
7%
$17.04
1,656
1,836
180
11%
$24.84
1,634
1,812
178
11%
$12.33
947
1,124
177
19%
$39.39
21-1093
Packaging and Filling Machine
Operators and Tenders
Medical and Health Services
Managers
Social and Human Service Assistants
654
828
174
27%
$13.31
35-2012
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
1,370
1,544
174
13%
$10.73
35-2021
Food Preparation Workers
1,673
1,846
173
10%
$9.85
49-3031
1,108
1,279
171
15%
$19.22
845
1,015
170
20%
$26.86
43-3021
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel
Engine Specialists
First-Line Supervisors of
Construction Trades and Extraction
Workers
Billing and Posting Clerks
1,164
1,334
170
15%
$15.69
51-9199
Production Workers, All Other
1,353
1,519
166
12%
$24.75
25-2021
Elementary School Teachers, Except
Special Education
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics,
2,438
2,597
159
7%
$23.77
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
Bachelor's degree
1,222
1,380
158
13%
$29.03
High school diploma
31-9092
51-9061
53-7051
41-3099
51-2099
51-4121
47-2111
51-9111
11-9111
47-1011
49-1011
22 | C o m m u n i t y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
High school diploma
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
Postsecondary
nondegree award
Postsecondary
nondegree award
High school diploma
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
Some college, no
degree
Postsecondary
nondegree award
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
Bachelor's degree
High school diploma
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
51-9198
13-1161
Installers, and Repairers
Helpers--Production Workers
2,421
2,573
152
6%
$12.47
791
942
151
19%
$23.42
35-3011
Market Research Analysts and
Marketing Specialists
Bartenders
1,691
1,839
148
9%
$9.77
41-2021
Counter and Rental Clerks
1,392
1,537
145
10%
$12.69
13-1199
Business Operations Specialists, All
Other
Physical Therapists
809
951
142
18%
$27.06
440
581
141
32%
$37.83
853
2,272
994
2,413
141
141
17%
6%
$18.15
$24.13
39-9032
Healthcare Social Workers
Secondary School Teachers, Except
Special and Career/Technical
Education
Recreation Workers
794
934
140
18%
$10.70
51-9081
Dental Laboratory Technicians
399
531
132
33%
$21.08
15-1121
21-1023
708
325
839
455
131
130
19%
40%
$31.51
$19.05
13-1071
35-3041
Computer Systems Analysts
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Social Workers
Human Resources Specialists
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
937
379
1,063
503
126
124
13%
33%
$23.91
$9.79
47-2081
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
142
265
123
87%
$22.75
39-9011
Childcare Workers
701
821
120
17%
$9.20
31-9091
Dental Assistants
709
827
118
17%
$18.35
21-1014
39-2021
Mental Health Counselors
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers
230
485
347
602
117
117
51%
24%
$21.91
$10.35
15-1151
Computer User Support Specialists
732
849
117
16%
$19.72
51-6031
Sewing Machine Operators
983
1,100
117
12%
$11.94
43-5071
2,719
2,836
117
4%
$13.89
25-3098
41-2022
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic
Clerks
Substitute Teachers
Parts Salespersons
1,955
694
2,070
808
115
114
6%
16%
$10.95
$15.62
13-1051
29-2052
Cost Estimators
Pharmacy Technicians
696
874
807
985
111
111
16%
13%
$28.33
$13.55
51-9121
Coating, Painting, and Spraying
875
986
111
13%
$15.12
29-1123
21-1022
25-2031
23 | C o m m u n i t y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
Bachelor's degree
No formal
educational
credential
No formal
educational
credential
Bachelor's degree
Doctoral or
professional degree
Master's degree
Bachelor's degree
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
or equivalent
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
No formal
educational
credential
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
Postsecondary
nondegree award
Master's degree
High school diploma
or equivalent
Some college, no
degree
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
Bachelor's degree
No formal
educational
credential
Bachelor's degree
High school diploma
or equivalent
High school diploma
35-3022
Machine Setters, Operators, and
Tenders
Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food
Concession, and Coffee Shop
or equivalent
879
989
110
13%
$8.51
47-2211
Sheet Metal Workers
435
542
107
25%
$25.95
51-3022
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and
Trimmers
415
520
105
25%
$13.26
11-3031
17-2112
29-2071
Financial Managers
Industrial Engineers
Medical Records and Health
Information Technicians
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other
905
1,521
529
1,010
1,618
625
105
97
96
12%
6%
18%
$50.36
$33.54
$17.37
699
795
96
14%
$113.13
15-1132
45-2092
Software Developers, Applications
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop,
Nursery, and Greenhouse
699
1,181
795
1,277
96
96
14%
8%
$36.68
$10.01
47-2181
Roofers
194
286
92
47%
$19.83
39-9031
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics
Instructors
Management Analysts
358
449
91
25%
$12.82
549
640
91
17%
$34.07
29-1069
13-1111
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
No formal
educational
credential
Bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
Postsecondary
nondegree award
Doctoral or
professional degree
Bachelor's degree
No formal
educational
credential
No formal
educational
credential
High school diploma
or equivalent
Bachelor's degree
Within this group of 100 occupations, the following table summarizes the changes by major occupational groups:
Major Occupational Group
Number of
Occupations
in the top
100 in NEI
Projected
Number
Change 20152025
Production Occupations
Office and Administrative Support
Occupations
Sales and Related Occupations
Food Preparation and Serving
Related Occupations
Healthcare Practitioners and
Technical Occupations
Transportation and Material
Moving Occupations
Healthcare Support Occupations
Construction and Extraction
Occupations
Installation, Maintenance, and
Repair Occupations
Education, Training, and Library
Occupations*
Building and Grounds Cleaning
and Maintenance Occupations
15
9
4,114
3,175
10.2%
10.6%
Average Percent Growth
Average Percent Growth
7
9
2.912
2,768
10.3%
10.3%
Average Percent Growth
Average Percent Growth
6
2,429
21.4%
High Growth
5
2,296
11.9%
Average Percent Growth
4
8
1,982
1,714
24.0%
22.6%
High Growth-More than Double
High Growth-More than Double
6
1,598
16.6%
Higher than Average Growth
5
1,379
11.0%
Average Percent Growth
3
1,259
13.7%
Higher than Average Growth
24 | C o m m u n i t y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
Projected
Percent
Change
2015-2025
Comments
Personal Care and Service
Occupations
Business and Financial Operations
Occupations*
Management Occupations *
Community and Social Service
Occupations
Computer and Mathematical
Occupations*
Architecture and Engineering
Occupations*
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
Occupations
No occupation identified in the
Top 100 in these groups:
5
1,144
23.3%
High Growth-More than Double
6
1,018
17.1%
Higher than Average Growth
3
4
823
562
14.7%
27.3%
Higher than Average Growth
High Growth-More than Double
3
345
16.1%
Higher than Average Growth
1
97
6.4%
Lower than Average Growth
1
96
8.1%
Lower than Average Growth
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations*
Legal Occupations
Arts, Design, Entertainment Occupations *
Protective Service Occupations
*indicates high tech occupational group
25 | C o m m u n i t y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
Appendix B. High-Tech Occupations Not Identified in Report Due to Lower Pay
The table below identifies occupations which can be considered high tech and meet the minimum projected
annual openings. These were not included in the analysis because the average pay is currently lower than the NEI
average pay. The average wage in 2015 was $20.08 an hour.
SOC and Occupation
29-2012
29-1125
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
Recreational Therapists
2015
Jobs
$17.21
$14.79
Projected
2025
Jobs
415
46
Projected
Annual
Openings
492
57
2015-2025 Change
Number Percent
77
11
18.6%
23.7%
Note: Nationally, over 52 percent of employees in Medical and Clinical Lab Technicians have a bachelor’s degree or
higher. Also note that the occupation Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists were included in the list of higher
paying, high tech jobs.
26 | C o m m u n i t y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
APPENDIX C. Standard Occupational Classifications by Major Group
Major Group
11-0000
13-0000
15-0000
17-0000
19-0000
21-0000
23-0000
25-0000
27-0000
29-0000
31-0000
33-0000
35-0000
37-0000
39-0000
41-0000
43-0000
45-0000
47-0000
49-0000
51-0000
53-0000
55-0000
SOC Group Description
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Management Occupations
Business and Financial Operations Occupations
Computer and Mathematical Occupations
Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Community and Social Service Occupations
Legal Occupations
Education, Training, and Library Occupations
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations
Healthcare Support Occupations
Protective Service Occupations
Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance Occupations
Personal Care and Service Occupations
Sales and Related Occupations
Office and Administrative Support Occupations
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations
Construction and Extraction Occupations
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Production Occupations
Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Military Specific Occupations
*indicates SOC groups reviewed for high-tech jobs for this review.
27 | C o m m u n i t y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
APPENDIX D. Summary Tables Identifying Occupations Meeting All Criteria Sorted by
Projected Annual Openings and by Growth
Note: Tables 1 and 2 present the same data but are sorted by Annual Openings and by Growth in Number. Tables 3
and 4 have additional information on the potential IPFW Educational Pathway, and are sorted by occupational
group and by annual openings.
1)
High Tech In-Demand Jobs in NEI by Projected Annual Openings
SOC and Occupation
29-1141
11-1021
25-1099
13-2011
17-2112
17-2141
11-9111
11-3051
11-3031
13-1051
29-1069
29-1123
13-1161
29-1051
15-1121
25-2031
15-1132
27-1024
15-1142
11-9041
29-2011
29-1171
11-3021
11-9021
15-1131
11-3011
11-2021
29-1127
29-1122
17-2072
17-2031
25-2022
Registered Nurses
General and Operations Managers
Postsecondary Teachers
Accountants and Auditors
Industrial Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Medical and Health Services Managers
Industrial Production Managers
Financial Managers
Cost Estimators
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other*
Physical Therapists*
Market Research Analysts and
Marketing Specialists
Pharmacists
Computer Systems Analysts
Tech Secondary School Teachers,
Except Special and Career/Technical
Education
Applications Software Developers
Graphic Designers
Network and Computer Systems
Administrators
Architectural and Engineering
Managers
Medical and Clinical Laboratory
Technologists
Nurse Practitioners
Computer and Information Systems
Managers
Construction Managers
Computer Programmers
Administrative Services Managers
Marketing Managers
Speech-Language Pathologists
Occupational Therapists
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
Biomedical Engineers
Tech Middle School Teachers, Except
Special and Career/Technical Education
Avg
Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
$25.76
$53.62
$30.89
$31.11
$33.54
$33.36
$39.39
$40.88
$50.36
$28.33
$113.13
$37.83
$23.42
2015
Jobs
Projected
2025 Jobs
Projected
Annual
Openings
2015-2025 Change
Number
Percent
6,593
3,745
2,702
2,164
1,521
1,179
947
1,076
905
696
699
440
791
8,174
4,286
3,451
2,561
1,618
1,229
1,124
1,143
1,010
807
795
581
942
342
157
133
104
59
46
45
40
33
33
31
29
26
1,581
541
749
397
97
50
177
67
105
111
96
141
151
24.0%
14.4%
27.7%
18.4%
6.4%
4.2%
18.7%
6.2%
11.6%
16.0%
13.7%
31.9%
19.0%
$57.09
$31.51
$24.13
696
708
661
759
839
702
25
23
21
63
131
41
9.0%
18.5%
6.2%
$36.68
$18.76
$28.94
699
502
647
795
529
717
20
17
16
96
27
70
13.7%
5.4%
10.8%
$52.55
445
454
16
9
2.0%
$26.43
333
400
16
67
20.0%
$44.09
$48.39
285
466
367
538
16
13
82
72
28.7%
15.4%
$37.35
$31.50
$42.63
$47.49
$34.25
$37.73
$35.91
$33.58
$24.63
449
471
315
337
253
207
448
147
291
502
460
380
377
306
270
368
202
313
13
13
13
13
13
11
10
10
9
53
-11
65
40
53
63
-80
55
22
11.9%
-2.3%
20.5%
12.0%
21.0%
30.8%
-17.9%
37.4%
7.4%
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13-2051
17-2051
17-2071
15-1133
15-1134
29-1021
29-1071
25-4021
29-1062
17-2131
29-1041
15-1199
15-1141
29-1131
25-2032
27-1000
25-2023
1)
2)
2)
Financial Analysts
Civil Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Systems Software Developers
Web Developers
Dentists, General*
Physician Assistants
Librarians
Family and General Practitioners*
Materials Engineers
Optometrists*
Computer Occupations, All Other
Database Administrators
Veterinarians*
Career/Technical Education Teachers,
Secondary School (1)
Designers
Career/Technical Education Teachers,
Middle School (1)
29-1123
15-1121
13-1051
11-3031
17-2112
29-1069
15-1132
29-1171
11-3021
15-1142
11-3051
217
209
329
239
189
184
165
246
172
160
94
243
158
139
181
254
229
308
278
236
218
205
263
184
163
124
267
178
170
183
9
9
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
7
7
6
6
6
5
37
20
-21
39
47
34
40
17
12
3
30
24
20
31
2
17.0%
9.6%
-6.4%
16.3%
24.9%
18.4%
24.4%
6.7%
6.9%
1.9%
33.0%
9.9%
12.7%
22.0%
1.0%
$23.48
$24.34
125
55
139
58
5
2
14
3
11.2%
5.9%
Note that Career/Technical Education Teachers are shown individually for secondary schools and for middle schools,
but were considered to meet the criteria when combined. Similarly for Designers, the potential for annual openings for
Designers may be larger than five if similar occupations are considered.
The asterisk (*) indicates that these are additional occupations identified in which a background in biology or chemistry
may be desirable. These occupations were identified in the Health section
High Tech In-Demand Jobs in NEI by 10 Year Change in Number
SOC and Occupation
29-1141
25-1099
11-1021
13-2011
11-9111
13-1161
$33.89
$32.85
$35.08
$45.18
$24.69
$83.36
$46.40
$23.34
$82.32
$29.62
$54.53
$31.09
$30.66
$40.49
$26.60
Registered Nurses
Postsecondary Teachers
General and Operations Managers
Accountants and Auditors
Medical and Health Services Managers
Market Research Analysts and
Marketing Specialists
Physical Therapists*
Computer Systems Analysts
Cost Estimators
Financial Managers
Industrial Engineers
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other*
Applications Software Developers
Nurse Practitioners
Computer and Information Systems
Managers
Network and Computer Systems
Administrators
Industrial Production Managers
Avg
Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
$25.76
$30.89
$53.62
$31.11
$39.39
$23.42
2015
Jobs
Projected
2025 Jobs
Projected
Annual
Openings
2015-2025 Change
Number
Percent
6,593
2,702
3,745
2,164
947
791
8,174
3,451
4,286
2,561
1,124
942
342
133
157
104
45
26
1,581
749
541
397
177
151
24.0%
27.7%
14.4%
18.4%
18.7%
19.0%
$37.83
$31.51
$28.33
$50.36
$33.54
$113.13
$36.68
$44.09
$48.39
440
708
696
905
1,521
699
699
285
466
581
839
807
1,010
1,618
795
795
367
538
29
23
33
33
59
31
20
16
13
141
131
111
105
97
96
96
82
72
31.9%
18.5%
16.0%
11.6%
6.4%
13.7%
13.7%
28.7%
15.4%
$28.94
647
717
16
70
10.8%
$40.88
1,076
1,143
40
67
6.2%
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29-2011
11-3011
29-1051
29-1122
17-2031
29-1127
11-9021
17-2141
15-1134
25-2031
11-2021
29-1071
15-1133
13-2051
29-1021
29-1131
29-1041
27-1024
15-1199
25-2022
17-2051
15-1141
25-4021
27-1000
29-1062
11-9041
17-2131
25-2023
25-2032
15-1131
17-2071
17-2072
1)
2)
Medical and Clinical Laboratory
Technologists
Administrative Services Managers
Pharmacists
Occupational Therapists
Biomedical Engineers
Speech-Language Pathologists
Construction Managers
Mechanical Engineers
Web Developers*
Tech Secondary School Teachers*,
Except Special and Career/Technical
Education
Marketing Managers
Physician Assistants
Systems Software Developers
Financial Analysts
Dentists, General*
Veterinarians*
Optometrists*
Graphic Designers
Computer Occupations, All Other
Tech Middle School Teachers*, Except
Special and Career/Technical Education
Civil Engineers
Database Administrators
Librarians
Designers
Family and General Practitioners*
Architectural and Engineering
Managers
Materials Engineers
Career/Technical Education Teachers,
Middle School
Career/Technical Education Teachers,
Secondary School
Computer Programmers
Electrical Engineers
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer
$26.43
333
400
16
67
20.0%
$42.63
$57.09
$37.73
$33.58
$34.25
$37.35
$33.36
$24.69
$24.13
315
696
207
147
253
449
1,179
189
661
380
759
270
202
306
502
1,229
236
702
13
25
11
10
13
13
46
8
21
65
63
63
55
53
53
50
47
41
20.5%
9.0%
30.8%
37.4%
21.0%
11.9%
4.2%
24.9%
6.2%
$47.49
$46.40
$45.18
$33.89
$83.36
$40.49
$54.53
$18.76
$31.09
$24.63
337
165
239
217
184
139
94
502
243
291
377
205
278
254
218
170
124
529
267
313
13
8
8
9
8
6
7
17
6
9
40
40
39
37
34
31
30
27
24
22
12.0%
24.4%
16.3%
17.0%
18.4%
22.0%
33.0%
5.4%
9.9%
7.4%
$32.85
$30.66
$23.34
$23.48
$82.32
$52.55
209
158
246
125
172
445
229
178
263
139
184
454
9
6
7
5
7
16
20
20
17
14
12
9
9.6%
12.7%
6.7%
11.2%
6.9%
2.0%
$29.62
$24.34
160
55
163
58
7
2
3
3
1.9%
5.9%
$26.60
181
183
5
2
1.0%
$31.50
$35.08
$35.91
471
329
448
460
308
368
13
8
10
-11
-21
-80
-2.3%
-6.4%
-17.9%
Note that Career/Technical Education Teachers are shown individually for secondary schools and for middle schools,
but were considered to meet the criteria when combined. Similarly for Designers, the potential for annual openings for
Designers may be larger than five if similar occupations are considered.
The asterisk (*) indicates that these are additional occupations identified in which a background in biology or chemistry
may be desirable. These occupations were identified in the Health section.
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3)
High Tech In-Demand Jobs in NEI by IPFW program, by Occupational Group
Occupation
(2015)Avg
2015
Projected
Hourly
Jobs
2025 Jobs
Earnings
Management Occupations and Business/Financial Occupations
Marketing Managers
$47.49
337
377
Administrative Services Managers
$42.63
315
380
Projected
Annual
Openings
Percent
Growth
13
13
12.0%
20.5%
IPFW Path
Computer and Information
Systems Managers
$48.39
466
538
13
15.4%
Financial Managers
Industrial Production Managers
$50.36
$40.88
905
1,076
1,010
1,143
33
40
11.6%
6.2%
Construction Managers
$37.35
449
502
13
11.9%
Architectural and Engineering
Managers
$52.55
445
454
16
2.0%
Medical and Health Services
Managers
General and Operations Managers
$39.39
947
1,124
45
18.7%
$53.62
3,745
4,286
157
14.4%
Cost Estimators
$28.33
696
807
33
16.0%
Market Research Analysts and
$23.42
791
942
Marketing Specialists
Accountants and Auditors
$31.11
2,164
2,561
Financial Analysts
$33.89
217
254
Computer and Mathematical Occupations and Engineering Occupations
Computer Systems Analysts
$31.51
708
839
26
19.0%
Business
Business or Public
Administration
Computer and Information
Sciences, Operations
Management and
Supervision, Management
Information Systems,
Business
Business
Business, Operations
Management and
Supervision
Business or Construction
Engineering Technology
Interior Architecture,
Engineering (General, Civil,
Computer. Electrical,
Mechanical)
Health/Healthcare Adm or
Nursing Adm
Public Administration,
Business
Mechanical Engineers,
Construction Engineering
Technology, Business
Business
104
9
18.4%
17.0%
Business
Business
23
18.5%
Computer and Information
Science, Computer Systems
Networking (degree or cert
program?)
Computer Science
Computer Science,
Computer Engineering
Computer Science,
Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering,
Computer Systems
Networking (degree or cert
program?)
Computer and Information
Sciences
Computer and Information
Sciences
Computer and Information
Sciences, Data Processing
Computer Programmers
Applications Software Developers
$31.50
$36.68
471
699
460
795
13
20
-2.3%
13.7%
Systems Software Developers
$45.18
239
278
8
16.3%
Web Developers
$24.69
189
236
8
24.9%
Database Administrators
$30.66
158
178
6
12.7%
Network and Computer Systems
Administrators
Computer Occupations, All Other
$28.94
647
717
16
10.8%
$31.09
243
267
6
9.9%
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Biomedical Engineers
Civil Engineers
Electrical Engineers
$33.58
$32.85
$35.08
147
209
329
202
229
308
10
9
8
37.4%
9.6%
-6.4%
Electronics Engineers, Except
Computer
Industrial Engineers
$35.91
448
368
10
-17.9%
$33.54
1,521
1,618
59
6.4%
Materials Engineers
Mechanical Engineers
Training and Library Occupations
Librarians
Postsecondary Teachers
$29.62
$33.36
160
1,179
163
1,229
7
46
1.9%
4.2%
$23.34
$30.89
246
2,702
263
3,451
7
133
6.7%
27.7%
$24.63
291
313
9
7.4%
$24.34
55
58
2
5.9%
$24.13
661
702
21
6.2%
Teaching Occupations
Tech Middle School Teachers,
Except Special and
Career/Technical Education
Career/Technical Education
Teachers, Middle School
Tech Secondary School Teachers,
Except Special and
Career/Technical Education
Technology, Computer
Science
Not offered
Civil Engineering
Electrical and Electronics
Engineering
Electrical and Electronics
Engineering
Not specifically offered,
although there is a degree
program in Industrial
Engineering Technology
Not offered
Mechanical Engineering
Not offered
Varied options for career
path
BS (or certification) in
Mathematics Teaching, Life
Science, Biology, Physics,
Chemistry, Geology,
Physical Science
Not offered
BS (or certification) in
Mathematics Teaching, Life
Science, Biology, Physics,
Chemistry, Geology,
Physical Science
Not offered
Career/Technical Education
$26.60
181
183
5
1.0%
Teachers, Secondary School
Arts & Design Occupations
Designers
$23.48
125
139
5
11.2% (associate degree)
Graphic Designers
$18.76
502
529
17
5.4% (associate degree)
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations including degrees in Life and Physical Science
Dentists, General*
$83.36
184
218
8
18.4% BS available as first step
Optometrists*
$54.53
94
124
7
33.0% BS available as first step
Pharmacists
$57.09
696
759
25
9.0% Not offered
Family and General Practitioners*
$82.32
172
184
7
6.9% BS available as first step
Physicians and Surgeons, Other*
$113.13
699
795
31
13.7% BS available as first step
Physician Assistants
$46.40
165
205
8
24.4% Not offered
Occupational Therapists
$37.73
207
270
11
30.8% Not offered
Physical Therapists*
$37.83
440
581
29
31.9% BS available as first step
Speech-Language Pathologists
$34.25
253
306
13
21.0% Audiology
Veterinarians*
$40.49
139
170
6
22.0% BS available as first step
Registered Nurses
$25.76
6,593
8,174
342
24.0% Registered Nursing
Nurse Practitioners
$44.09
285
367
16
28.7% Online Nursing Master
Medical and Clinical Laboratory
$26.43
333
400
16
20.0% Clinical/Med Lab Science
Technologists
The asterisk (*) indicates that these are additional occupations identified in which a background in biology or chemistry may be
desirable. These occupations were identified in the Health section.
32 | C o m m u n i t y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
4)
High Tech In-Demand Jobs in NEI by IPFW program, by Occupational Group
Occupation
Marketing Managers
Administrative Services Managers
Occupational
Group
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Computer and Information Systems
Managers
Financial Managers
Industrial Production Managers
Construction Managers
Architectural and Engineering
Managers
Medical and Health Services
Managers
General and Operations Managers
Cost Estimators
Market Research Analysts and
Marketing Specialists
Accountants and Auditors
Financial Analysts
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Mgmt/Bus/Fin
Computer Systems Analysts
Computer Programmers
Applications Software Developers
Systems Software Developers
Web Developers
Database Administrators
Network and Computer Systems
Administrators
Computer Occupations, All Other
Biomedical Engineers
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
33 | C o m m u n i t y R e s e a r c h I n s t i t u t e
(2015)Average Pay
Hourly
Wage
2015 Jobs
Annual
Wage
Projected
2025 Jobs
Projected
Annual
Openings
Percent
Growth
IPFW Path
$47.49
$42.63
$98,779
$88,670
337
315
377
380
13
13
12.0%
20.5%
Business
Business or Public Administration
Computer and Information Sciences,
Operations Management and Supervision,
Management Information Systems,
Business
Business
Business, Operations Management and
Supervision
Business or Construction Engineering
Technology
Interior Architecture, Engineering (General,
Civil, Computer. Electrical, Mechanical)
$48.39
$100,651
466
538
13
15.4%
$50.36
$104,749
905
1,010
33
11.6%
$40.88
$85,030
1,076
1,143
40
6.2%
$37.35
$77,688
449
502
13
11.9%
$52.55
$109,304
445
454
16
2.0%
$39.39
$81,931
947
1,124
45
18.7%
Health/Healthcare Adm or Nursing Adm
$53.62
$111,530
3,745
4,286
157
14.4%
$28.33
$58,926
696
807
33
16.0%
Public Administration, Business
Mechanical Engineers, Construction
Engineering Technology, Business
$23.42
$48,714
791
942
26
19.0%
Business
$31.11
$33.89
$64,709
$70,491
2,164
217
2,561
254
104
9
18.4%
17.0%
$31.51
$65,541
708
839
23
18.5%
$31.50
$36.68
$45.18
$65,520
$76,294
$93,974
471
699
239
460
795
278
13
20
8
-2.3%
13.7%
16.3%
$24.69
$51,355
189
236
8
24.9%
$30.66
$63,773
158
178
6
12.7%
Business
Business
Computer and Information Science,
Computer Systems Networking (degree or
cert program?)
Computer Science
Computer Science, Computer Engineering
Computer Science, Computer Engineering
Computer Engineering, Computer Systems
Networking (degree or cert program?)
Computer and Information Sciences
$28.94
$60,195
647
717
16
10.8%
Computer and Information Sciences
$31.09
$64,667
243
267
6
9.9%
$33.58
$69,846
147
202
10
37.4%
Computer and Information Sciences, Data
Processing Technology, Computer Science
Not offered
Civil Engineers
Electrical Engineers
Electronics Engineers, Except
Computer
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
Comp/Math
Industrial Engineers
Comp/Math
$32.85
$35.08
$68,328
$72,966
209
329
229
308
9
8
9.6%
-6.4%
Civil Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
$35.91
$74,693
448
368
10
-17.9%
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
$33.54
$69,763
1,521
1,618
59
6.4%
Not specifically offered, although there is a
degree program in Industrial Engineering
Technology
Not offered
Mechanical Engineering
Not offered
Varied options for career path
$29.62
$61,610
160
163
7
1.9%
Materials Engineers
Comp/Math
$33.36
$69,389
1,179
1,229
46
4.2%
Mechanical Engineers
Comp/Math
$23.34
$48,547
246
263
7
6.7%
Librarians
Train/Lib
$30.89
$64,251
2,702
3,451
133
27.7%
Postsecondary Teachers
Train/Lib
Tech Middle School Teachers, Except
BS (or certification) in Mathematics
$24.63
$51,230
291
313
9
7.4% Teaching, Life Science, Biology, Physics,
Special and Career/Technical
Chemistry, Geology, Physical Science
Education
Teach
Career/Technical Education Teachers,
$24.34
$50,627
55
58
2
5.9% Not offered
Middle School
Teach
Tech Secondary School Teachers,
BS (or certification) in Mathematics
$24.13
$50,190
661
702
21
6.2% Teaching, Life Science, Biology, Physics,
Except Special and Career/Technical
Chemistry, Geology, Physical Science
Education
Teach
Career/Technical Education Teachers,
$26.60
$55,328
181
183
5
1.0% Not offered
Secondary School
Teach
$23.48
$48,838
125
139
5
11.2% (associate degree)
Designers
Arts/Des
$18.76
$39,021
502
529
17
5.4% (associate degree)
Graphic Designers
Arts/Des
$83.36
$173,389
184
218
8
18.4% (general) BS available as first degree
Dentists, General*
Healthcare
$54.53
$113,422
94
124
7
33.0% (general) BS available as first degree
Optometrists*
Healthcare
$57.09
$118,747
696
759
25
9.0% Not offered
Pharmacists
Healthcare
$82.32
$171,226
172
184
7
6.9% (general) BS available as first degree
Family and General Practitioners*
Healthcare
$113.13
$235,310
699
795
31
13.7% (general) BS available as first degree
Physicians and Surgeons, Other*
Healthcare
$46.40
$96,512
165
205
8
24.4% Not offered
Physician Assistants
Healthcare
$37.73
$78,478
207
270
11
30.8% Not offered
Occupational Therapists
Healthcare
$37.83
$78,686
440
581
29
31.9% (general) BS available as first degree
Physical Therapists*
Healthcare
$34.25
$71,240
253
306
13
21.0% Audiology
Speech-Language Pathologists
Healthcare
$40.49
$84,219
139
170
6
22.0% (general) BS available as first degree
Veterinarians*
Healthcare
$25.76
$53,581
6,593
8,174
342
24.0% Registered Nursing
Registered Nurses
Healthcare
$44.09
$91,707
285
367
16
28.7% Online Nursing Master
Nurse Practitioners
Healthcare
$26.43
$54,974
333
400
16
20.0% Clinical/Med Lab Science
Medical & Clinical Lab Technologists
Healthcare
The asterisk (*) indicates that these are additional occupations identified in which a background in biology or chemistry may be desirable. These occupations were identified in the
Health section.
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BEYOND STEAM
Addendum to “Talent Retention at IPFW: A Review of
High Demand Career Fields”
The document “Talent Retention at IPFW: A Review of High Demand Career Fields” was prepared with a purpose
to identify high-tech occupations which would be in demand in northeastern Indiana over the next ten years. Hightech jobs were defined in this review as requiring 1) at least a bachelor’s degree with some type of high-technology
educational rigor; 2) an occupational average pay which at least meets the current average pay in NEI of $20.08;
and 3) that the occupations exceeded five openings per year. An opening is the term used to identify the need for
new workers either through growth within the occupation as well as the need for replacement workers, including
those leaving for retirement. This addendum, “Beyond STEAM”, is a summary of any job in NEI which can be filled
with at least a bachelor’s degree and is projected to have annual openings in excess of five per year. That is, the
“high-tech” requirement has been removed in this addendum.
Table A identifies 32 occupations that were not identified in the original report. In addition, the original report
identified “High Tech Middle and Secondary School Teachers” which was an estimate of the projection for teachers
who were certified to teach subjects such as math and science. This report includes teachers certified in other
subjects, bringing the total number of occupations in this table to 34. All of these occupations in this table
currently have an average wage higher than the current regional average wage. All of these occupations are
projected to have more than five openings per year. Note that one of these occupations, Advertising Sales Agents,
is projected to have fewer jobs in 2025 than in 2015. Another occupation, Editors, is not expected to grow.
Table B is similar to Table A, but includes those occupations which currently have an average wage less than the
regional average.
As explained in the original document, the determination of jobs which are filled by those with at least a bachelor’s
degree was made by using the data collected in a 2008 study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There are many
occupations in which a bachelor’s degree is not necessary to perform the work, but our rationale is that if the
majority of jobs are filled by those with at least a bachelor’s degree, then our applicant should be prepared for that
level of competition or the expectation that currently exists. The occupations in Tables A and B are filled by those
with at least a bachelor’s degree, but there are many other occupations which have a substantial percentage (but
not majority) of the workers with a bachelor’s degree of higher. For example, 48 percent of claims adjusters, real
estate sales agents, and preschool teachers have at least a bachelor’s. Additionally, there are many jobs in which a
bachelor’s degree may be necessary for a specific job, but yet would not show up in this review. For example, 24
percent of food service managers (which include such job titles as Banquet Manager, Executive Chef, and
Restaurant Manager) have a bachelor’s. This occupation is projected to grow by more than 10 percent in the next
ten years. This review as well as the Talent Retention at IPFW document can point to growing occupations which
require a degree on a broad scale, but we may be missing some specific needs.
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Table A. Degree-Requiring Occupations in NEI which are Projected to have Annual Openings Exceeding Five Per Year, Have at Least Average
Regional Wages, and which Do Not Require a STEAM Degree
SOC
(1)
Avg
Hourly
Earning
s (2015)
Annual
Wage (if
full
time)
2015
Jobs
Numbe
r
Percen
t
Projecte
d Annual
Opening
s
Elementary School Teachers, Except
Special Education
Human Resources Specialists
$23.77
$49,446
2,438
2,597
159
7%
74
Elementary Education and
Teaching
yes (CEPP)
$23.91
$49,726
937
1,063
126
13%
37
yes
$56,275
809
951
142
18%
25
Labor and Industrial
Relations (Training and
Dev Specialists)
Business, Management,
Marketing, and Related
Support Services
131199
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
$27.06
112022
119032
Sales Managers
$54.81
$114,001
675
741
66
10%
24
Business/Commerce
Education Administrators, Elementary and
Secondary School
$38.54
$80,173
573
607
34
6%
21
119151
Social and Community Service Managers
$24.12
$50,161
477
534
57
12%
19
119199
Managers, All Other
$35.76
$74,380
532
596
64
12%
19
119033
Education Administrators, Postsecondary
$36.30
$75,514
290
370
80
28%
18
211014
Mental Health Counselors
$21.91
$45,583
230
347
117
51%
18
132052
Personal Financial Advisors
$48.17
$100,187
441
496
55
12%
18
Educational Leadership
and Administration,
General
Human Services; Public
Administration;
Business/Commerce
many available programs
listed, several of which are
offered at IPFW (Public
Adm, Business or
Commerce, Hospitality
Adm)
Varies depending on the
position: one possibility:
Educational Leadership
and Administration,
General
Human Services, General;
Mental Health Counseling;
Mental & Social Health
Services
Finance
131111
Management Analysts
$34.07
$70,860
549
640
91
17%
17
Business/Commerce
252021
131071
and Occupation
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Projecte
d 2025
Jobs
2015-2025
Change
Typical Education
(2)
Pathway
Offered by
IPFW
(3)
and Path
YesManagement
within School of
Business
yes
yes (masters
EPP)
yes
yes
In some cases,
this would
require a PhD,
but it depends
on the job
yes, most likely
in Prof Studies
yes through the
Finance
program in
School of Bus
yes
211012
Educational, Guidance, School, and
Vocational Counselors
$23.45
$48,766
437
508
71
16%
17
131151
Training and Development Specialists
$24.06
$50,051
408
462
54
13%
16
253021
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
$21.66
$45,050
415
484
69
17%
16
231011
Lawyers
$55.75
$115,953
673
720
47
7%
16
111011
Chief Executives
$78.29
$162,851
698
711
13
2%
15
112021
Marketing Managers
$47.49
$98,782
337
377
40
12%
13
291127
Speech-Language Pathologists
$34.25
$71,241
253
306
53
21%
13
413011
Advertising Sales Agents
$23.27
$48,392
292
289
(3)
(1%)
11
132072
Loan Officers
$38.67
$80,425
443
448
5
1%
10
413031
Securities, Commodities, and Financial
Services Sales Agents
Human Resources Managers
$34.14
$71,015
455
460
5
1%
10
$42.47
$88,333
187
219
32
17%
9
113121
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Counselor
yes, masters
Education/School
Counseling and Guidance
Services
Human
Yes-most likely
Resources
Supervision in OLS or
Management/P
Management in School of
ersonnel
Business would apply
Administration
here; generally an
educational background
in education, human
resources, instructional
design, business
administration, or org.
psychology is the
suggested path.
Some type of bachelor's
yes
and occasionally master's
required; ESL program
More common Bachelors
Law School , but
w/ higher LSATs include:
appropriate
Philosophy, Economics,
undergrad
Journalism, Political
degrees
Science, English, History
Usually a bachelor or
yes, depending
master's in Bus Adm, or an on field
area related to their work
and extensive managerial
experience.
Marketing
Yes-Marketing
in School of Bus
Audiology/Audiologist and yes
Speech-Language
Pathology
Varies depending on job
Yes- most likely
although job
specific
Finance
yes through the
Finance
program in
School of Bus
Accounting or Finance
yes
(School ); MBA
Labor and Industrial
Relations
"technically" no
but the School
of Business
252052
should have an
acceptable
program
yes
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten
and Elementary School
Compliance Officers
$23.23
$48,328
308
330
22
7%
9
Special Education and
Teaching, General
$29.78
$61,944
302
339
37
12%
8
yes, depending
on field
Clinical, Counseling, and School
Psychologists
Special Education Teachers, Secondary
School
$35.11
$73,032
130
181
51
39%
8
Usually a bachelor's in
Acct, Bus Adm, or an area
related to field
Psychology, General
$25.12
$52,243
307
326
19
6%
8
Special Education and
Teaching
273031
Public Relations Specialists
$23.22
$48,290
251
295
44
18%
8
419031
Sales Engineers
$41.17
$85,626
244
247
3
1%
8
132021
113061
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
$24.36
$50,662
288
312
24
8%
7
Speech Communication
and Rhetoric
Selling Skills and Sales
Operations
Real Estate (usually a cert.)
Certificate or
minor available
in Prof Studies
yes
Purchasing Managers
$42.26
$87,909
225
238
13
6%
7
Purchasing Mgmt. (cert)
211091
Health Educators
$28.10
$58,458
162
188
26
16%
6
273041
Editors
$21.07
$43,826
137
137
0
0%
6
$24.13
$50,200
1,611
1,711
100
6.2%
51
Human Services; Health
and Wellness
Communication,
Journalism master
Teacher Education with
appropriate
$24.63
$51,236
710
762
52
7.4%
22
131041
193031
252054
(4)
252031
252022
“Non-Tech” Secondary School Teachers,
Except Special and Career/Technical
Education
(4)
“Non-Tech” Middle School Teachers,
Except Special and Career/Technical
Education
yes
no
no
no, not directly,
but bachelor
degree and
work exp.
generally
qualify
uncertain
yes
yes
yes
Footnotes:
1) The SOC (standard occupational classification) is given as a resource in the event more information is needed on the occupation. The SOC is used by most federal agencies and there is a
significant amount of information available online by using the SOC code.
2) Source: EMSI. Note that EMSI typically identifies a specific Classification of Instruction Program (CIP), which is defined by the US Department of Education’s National Center for Education
Statistics. There are many time when IPFW does not have the specific CIP that EMSI identifies. See note 3.
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3) If CRI just used the CIP code assigned to each occupation (by EMSI and its sources), there would be many cases in which IPFW would be noted as not providing the educational background for
this occupation. For example, IPFW does not have a CIP for Marketing, Finance, or Accounting. CRI has assigned graduates with these backgrounds to the CIP “General Business/Commerce”.
Another example may be CIP 52.1004 “Labor Studies”. It appears IPFW does provide this program, but it does not appear that IPFW has had a graduate in this program for over ten years. This
type of information may indicate that a different office would be a better source to align the IPFW program with the educational requirements of the occupation.
4) Both of these occupations, “non-tech “ secondary school and middle school teachers, represent the proportion of total teaching jobs and projected openings that were not assigned to “hightech “ teachers as explained in the original document.
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Table B. Degree-Requiring Occupations in NEI which are Projected to have Annual Openings Exceeding Five per Year, Do Not Require a STEAM
Degree, with Current Wage Levels below Current Regional Average
SOC
(1)
and Occupation
Avg Hourly
Earnings
(2015)
Annual
Wage (if
full time)
2015
Jobs
Projected
2025 Jobs
2015-2025
Change
Number
Percent
Projected
Annual
Openings
Typical Education
(2)
Pathway
211022
Substance Abuse and
Behavioral Disorder
Counselors
Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Social
Workers
Healthcare Social
Workers
253099
Teachers and
Instructors, All Other
$17.85
$37,122
204
242
38
19%
8
211021
Child, Family, and
School Social Workers
$17.44
$36,274
665
749
84
13%
26
211011
211023
$19.50
$40,551
112
194
82
73%
12
$19.05
$39,615
325
455
130
40%
23
$18.15
$37,743
853
994
141
17%
37
132082
Tax Preparers
$15.08
$31,374
199
230
31
16%
9
211015
Rehabilitation
Counselors
$14.48
$30,113
165
238
73
44%
12
271026
Merchandise
Displayers and Window
Trimmers
$12.77
$26,558
239
241
2
1%
7
272022
Coaches and Scouts
$11.87
$24,686
690
781
91
13%
35
253098
Substitute Teachers
$10.95
$22,766
1,955
2,070
115
6%
53
Footnotes: See Table A for footnotes.
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Human Services;
Mental and Social
Health Services
Human Services
Human Services,
General
Offered by IPFW
(3)
and Path
Most likely in Human
Services
yes (masters in College
HHS)
yes
Elementary Education
and Teaching and other
degrees
Yes; Most likely
Social Work, Human
Services
Accounting Technology
yes
Human Services;
Vocational Rehab
Counseling
Advertising
Sports & Fitness,
Physical Ed Teaching,
Health and Physical Ed
Elementary Education
and Teaching and other
degrees
"technically" no but the
Acct Program in School of
Business should apply)
yes, most likely in Human
Services
no
yes coaching endorsement
in HPER
yes