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

LIFE, PHYSICAL & SOCIAL SCIENCES

  Occupational Title
2010 Employment Projection

Growth %
2000-2010

Average

Annual
Openings

Education/ Training Typically Required
Entry Level Wages
Biological Technicians (Milw)
240
9.1%
10
Associate Degree
$10.30
Chemical Technicians
590
13.5%
20
Associate Degree
$12.90
Chemists
740
8.8%
30
Bachelor's Degree
$18.03
Environmental Science Specialists, Including Health (Milw)
210
23.5%
20
Bachelor's Degree
$16.84
Life/ Physical/ Social Science Technicians
670
4.7%
40
Associate Degree
$11.41
Market Research Analysts
950
15.9%
40
Bachelor's Degree
$17.92

*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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