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

PROTECTIVE SERVICES

Occupational Title
2010 Employment Projection
Growth %
2000-2010

Average

Annual

Openings

Education/ Training Typically Required
Entry Level Wages
Correctional Officers/ Jailers
410
(WOW)
17.1% (WOW)
50
Moderate on-the-job training
$12.76 (WOW)
Detectives/ Criminal Investigators (Milw)
320
10.3%
10
Work exp in related occupation
$23.96
Fire Fighters
1830
4.0%
50
Long term on-the-job training
$15.45
Front Line Supervisors/ Managers of Police (Milw)
350
9.4%
10
Work exp in related occupation
$25.88
Front Line Supervisors/ Managers of Fire Fighters (Milw)
NA
NA
10
Work exp in related occupation
NA
Police/ Sheriff's Patrol Officers
1050
(WOW)
19.3% (WOW)
120
Long term on-the-job training
$19.65 (WOW)
Protective Service Workers/ AO (Milw)
360
20.0%
30
Short term on-the-job training
$8.29
Security Guards
4890
40.5%
240
Short term on-the-job training
NA

* 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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