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

EDUCATION, TRAINING AND LIBRARY OCCUPATIONS

Occupational Title
2010 Employment Projection
Growth %
2000-2010

Average

Annual

Openings

Education/ Training Typically Required
Entry Level Wages
Elementary School Teachers Except Special Education
6760
9.4%
200
Bachelor's Degree
NA
Graduate Teaching Assistants
NA
NA
30
Bachelor's Degree
NA
Kindergarten Teachers Except Special Education (Milw)
690
13.1%
20
Bachelor's Degree
$17.59
Library/Museum/ Training/ Other Workers (Milw)
450
12.5%
20
Bachelor's Degree
$12.31
Library Technicians
520
13.0%
30
Short term on-the-job training
$9.89
Middle School Teachers Except Special/ Vocational Education
3870
6.0%
110
Bachelor's Degree
NA
Preschool Teachers Except Special Education
4470
16.4%
110
Bachelor's Degree
$7.59
Secondary School Teachers Except Special Education
6320
14.5%
250
Bachelor's Degree
NA
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
1300
20.4%
40
Work experience in related field
$9.08
Special Education Teachers/ Elementary
1500
32.7%
50
Bachelor's Degree
NA
Special Education Teachers/ Secondary School (Milw)
500
22.0%
20
Bachelor's Degree
NA
Teachers/ Primary/ Secondary/ Adult/ AO
NA
NA
40
Bachelor's Degree
NA
Teacher Assistants
7250
19.8%
260
Associate Degree
NA
Vocational Education Teachers/ Secondary School
750
10.3%
40
Bachelor's Degree
NA
Vocational Education Teachers/ Postsecondary
710
18.3%
30
Work experience in related field
$23.64

* 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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