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High Demand Occupations in
Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee and Washington Counties

BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL OCCUPATIONS

Occupational Title
2010 Employment Projection
Growth %
2000-2010
Average
Annual Openings
Education/ Training Typically Required
Entry Level Wages
Accountants and Auditors
6420
16.3%
170
Bachelor's Degree
$18.38
Appraisers/Assessors Real Estate (Milw)
290
20.8%
20
Post High School Vocational Training
$19.51
Business Operations Specialists/ All Others
3720
11.0%
120
Bachelor's Degree
$17.07
Claims Adjusters/ Examiners /Investigators
2050
22.8%
60
Long term on-the-job training
$14.32
Compliance Officers Except Agriculture/ Construction/ Health/ Safety
990
13.8%
40
Long term on-the-job training
$13.95
Cost Estimators
1300
9.2%
50
Bachelor's Degree
$16.96
Employment/Recruitment/ Placement Specialists
1270
-2.3%
30
Bachelor's Degree
$14.43
Financial Analysts
1490
18.3%
40
Bachelor's Degree
$22.03
Financial Specialists/ AO (Milw)
370
23.3%
20
Bachelor's Degree
$15.71
Insurance Underwriters (Milw)
840
15.1%
20
Bachelor's Degree
$14.36
Loan Officers
2220
2.8%
40
Bachelor's Degree
$20.12
Management Analysts
1940
35.7%
70
Work exp & degree
$21.52
Personal Financial Advisors
1230
33.7%
40
Bachelor's Degree
$16.43
Purchasing Agents Except Wholesale/Retail/ Farm
1840
5.1%
50
Bachelor's Degree
$17.16
Training/ Development Specialists
1250
13.6%
50
Bachelor's Degree
$14.73
Wholesale/ Retail Buyers Except Farm Products
350
-7.9%
10
Bachelor's Degree
$14.69

* AO: All others, occupations that are not being included in other occupational classifications

**On-the-Job Training is classified as Shrt/trm (Short-term), Mod/trm (Moderate-term) and Long/trm (Long-term)

*** Occupations that are projected with a large number of openings for one of the WDAs are designated with either (Milw) or (WOW); (projections on growth, annual openings and wage information will apply to that WDA only)

**** When information was not available for both WDAs, numbers are marked by (WOW) or (Milw) to indicate figures are only for that WDA

***** The list excludes those occupations which typically require training and education beyond a bachelor's degree.  

Sources:

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, Labor Market Information webpage

WOW Workforce Development Area employment profile: In-demand occupations derived from the 2000-2010 Wisconsin Projections

Milwaukee Workforce Development Area employment profile: In-demand occupations derived from the 2000-2010 Wisconsin Projections

Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, 2000 Occupational Wage Survey Report: Milwaukee-Waukesha PMSA


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