Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05
Edition
U.S. Department of Labor | Bureau of
Labor Statistics | Bulletin 2540
Occupational Outlook Handbook Index: G-L
G
- Gaming and sports book
writers and runners, see: Gaming services occupations
- Gaming cage cashiers,
see: Gaming cage workers
- Gaming cage workers
- Gaming change persons,
see: Cashiers
- Gaming dealers,
see: Gaming services occupations
- Gaming investigators,
see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
- Gaming managers
- Gaming services
occupations
- Gaming supervisors,
see: Gaming services occupations
- Gaming surveillance
officers, see: Security guards and gaming surveillance
officers
- Garbage collectors,
see: Material moving occupations
- Gas and water service
dispatchers, see: Dispatchers
- Gas appliance repairers,
see: Home appliance repairers
- Gas compressor and gas
pumping station operators, see: Material moving occupations
- Gas furnace installers,
see: Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers
- Gas plant operators
- Gas station attendants,
see: Service station attendants
- Gastroenterologists,
see: Physicians and surgeons
- Gate agents,
see: Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel
clerks
- GED teachers,
see: Teachers—adult literacy and remedial and self-enrichment
education
- Gemologists,
see: Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
- General and operations
managers, see: Top executives
- General internists,
see: Physicians and surgeons
- General maintenance and
repair workers, see: Maintenance and repair workers, general
- General managers,
see: Lodging managers
- General managers,
see: Food service managers
- General practitioners,
see: Physicians and surgeons
- General trial court judges,
see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
- Geochemists,
see: Environmental scientists and geoscientists
- Geodesists,
see: Environmental scientists and geoscientists
- Geodetic surveyors,
see: Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists, and surveying
technicians
- Geographers,
see: Social scientists, other
- Geographic information
specialists, see: Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists,
and surveying technicians
- Geological and geophysical
oceanographers, see: Environmental scientists and
geoscientists
- Geological engineers,
see: Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety
engineers
- Geological technicians,
see: Science technicians
- Geologists,
see: Environmental scientists and geoscientists
- Geomagnetists,
see: Environmental scientists and geoscientists
- Geophysical prospecting
surveyors, see: Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists, and
surveying technicians
- Geophysicists,
see: Environmental scientists and geoscientists
- Geoscientists,
see: Environmental scientists and geoscientists
- Geotechnical engineers,
see: Civil engineers
- Geriatric aides,
see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Gerontologists,
see: Social scientists, other
- Gerontology aides,
see: Social and human service assistants
- Gerontology social workers,
see: Social workers
- Geropsychologists,
see: Psychologists
- Glass installers,
see: Glaziers
- Glass installers and
repairers, automotive, see: Automotive body and related
repairers
- Glaziers
- Gluing machine operators,
see: Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders
- Golf course architects,
see: Landscape architects
- Government accountants and
auditors, see: Accountants and auditors
- Grader operators,
see: Construction equipment operators
- Graders, agricultural
products, see: Agricultural workers
- Graduate TAs,
see: Teachers—postsecondary
- Graduate teaching
assistants, see: Teachers—postsecondary
- Graphic artists,
see: Artists and related workers
- Graphic designers,
see: Designers
- Greenhouse managers,
see: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
- Greenhouse workers,
see: Agricultural workers
- Greenskeepers,
see: Grounds maintenance workers
- Grill cooks,
see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
- Grinding and polishing
workers, hand
- Grinding, lapping,
polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and
plastic, see: Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and
plastic
- Grocery baggers,
see: Material moving occupations
- Groomers, see:
Animal care and service workers
- Grooms, see:
Animal care and service workers
- Grounds maintenance
workers
- Groundskeepers,
see: Grounds maintenance workers
- Groundskeeping workers,
see: Grounds maintenance workers
- Guards, prison,
see: Correctional officers
- Guards, security,
see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
- Guidance counselors,
see: Counselors
- Guide interpreters,
see: Interpreters and translators
- Guitar repairers,
see: Precision instrument and equipment repairers
- Gynecologic sonographers,
see: Diagnostic medical sonographers
- Gynecologists,
see: Physicians and surgeons
H
- Hairdressers,
see: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance
workers
- Hairstylists,
see: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance
workers
- Hand compositors and
typesetters, see: Prepress technicians and workers
- Hand packers and packagers,
see: Material moving occupations
- Handymen, see:
Building cleaning workers
- Hangers, see:
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers
- Harbor pilots,
see: Water transportation occupations
- Hardware engineers,
see: Computer hardware engineers
- Hazardous materials removal
workers
- Head cooks,
see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
- Head nurses,
see: Registered nurses
- Health and safety
inspectors, occupational, see: Occupational health and safety
specialists and technicians
- Health and safety
specialists and technicians, occupational, see: Occupational
health and safety specialists and technicians
- Health educators
- Health engineers,
see: Industrial engineers, including health and safety
- Health information
technicians, see: Medical records and health information
technicians
- Health inspectors,
see: Occupational health and safety specialists and
technicians
- Health psychologists,
see: Psychologists
- Health services managers,
see: Medical and health services managers
- Hearing officers,
see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
- Hearing therapists,
see: Audiologists
- Heating, air-conditioning,
and refrigeration engineers, see: Mechanical engineers
- Heating, air-conditioning,
and refrigeration mechanics and installers
- Heating equipment
technicians, see: Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration
mechanics and installers
- Heat treating equipment
setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, see: Machine
setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
- Heavy truck and
tractor-trailer drivers, see: Truck drivers and driver/sales
workers
- Heavy vehicle and mobile
equipment service technicians and mechanics
- Help-desk technicians,
see: Computer support specialists and systems administrators
- Helpers—brickmasons,
blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
- Helpers—carpenters
- Helpers—cleaning,
see: Building cleaning workers
- Helpers—electricians
- Helpers—extraction
workers
- Helpers—installation,
maintenance, and repair workers
- Helpers—maintenance,
see: Building cleaning workers
- Helpers—painters,
paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
- Helpers—pipelayers,
plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
- Helpers—production
workers
- Helpers—roofers
- High school counselors,
see: Counselors
- High school teachers,
see: Teachers—preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and
secondary
- Highway maintenance
workers
- Highway patrol officers,
see: Police and detectives
- Histology technicians,
see: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
- Historians,
see: Social scientists, other
- Hoist and winch operators,
see: Material moving occupations
- Home appliance installers,
see: Home appliance repairers
- Home appliance
repairers
- Home care aides,
see: Personal and home care aides
- Home health aides,
see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Home health nurses,
see: Registered nurses
- Home inspectors,
see: Construction and building inspectors
- Home management advisors,
see: Farm and home management advisors
- Homemakers,
see: Personal and home care aides
- Horticultural specialty
farmers, see: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
- Hospital attendants,
see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
- Hospital nurses,
see: Registered nurses
- Hostlers, see:
Rail transportation occupations
- Hosts and hostesses,
see: Food and beverage serving and related workers
- Hotel detectives,
see: Private detectives and investigators
- Hotel, motel, and resort
desk clerks
- Housekeepers,
see: Building cleaning workers
- Human resources assistants,
except payroll and timekeeping
- Human resources
coordinators, see: Human resources, training, and labor relations
managers and specialists
- Human resources
generalists, see: Human resources, training, and labor relations
managers and specialists
- Human resources information
system specialists, see: Human resources, training, and labor
relations managers and specialists
- Human resources managers,
see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and
specialists
- Human resources, training,
and labor relations managers and specialists
- Human service workers,
see: Social and human service assistants
- HVAC technicians,
see: Sheet metal workers
- HVACR technicians,
see: Heating, air-conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and
installers
- Hydrographic surveyors,
see: Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists, and surveying
technicians
- Hydrologists,
see: Environmental scientists and geoscientists
- Hygienists, dental,
see: Dental hygienists
- Hygienists, industrial,
see: Occupational health and safety specialists and
technicians
I
- Identification clerks,
see: Human resources assistants, except payroll and
timekeeping
- Illustrators,
see: Artists and related workers
- Image designers,
see: Desktop publishers
- Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS) agents and inspectors, see: Police
and detectives
- Immigration inspectors,
see: Police and detectives
- Immunohematology
technologists, see: Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians
- Immunology technologists,
see: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
- Independent adjusters,
see: Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators
- Independent agents,
see: Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
- Independent insurance
agents, see: Insurance sales agents
- Industrial accountants,
see: Accountants and auditors
- Industrial designers,
see: Designers
- Industrial engineering
technicians, see: Engineering technicians
- Industrial engineers,
including health and safety
- Industrial hygienists,
see: Occupational health and safety specialists and
technicians
- Industrial machinery
installation, repair, and maintenance workers, except millwrights
- Industrial machinery
mechanics, see: Industrial machinery installation, repair, and
maintenance workers, except millwrights
- Industrial nurses,
see: Registered nurses
- Industrial/organizational
economists, see: Economists
- Industrial-organizational
psychologists, see: Psychologists
- Industrial photographers,
see: Photographers
- Industrial production
managers
- Industrial property
managers, see: Administrative services managers
- Industrial therapists,
see: Occupational therapists
- Industrial truck and
tractor operators, see: Material moving occupations
- Information and record
clerks
- Information architect
librarians, see: Librarians
- Information designers,
see: Designers
- Information officers,
see: Public relations specialists
- Information processing
workers, see: Data entry and information processing workers
- Information security
specialists, see: Computer support specialists and systems
administrators
- Information specialists,
geographic, see: Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists, and
surveying technicians
- Information systems
managers, see: Computer and information systems managers
- Inhalation therapists,
see: Respiratory therapists
- Inorganic chemists,
see: Chemists and materials scientists
- Inside order clerks,
see: Order clerks
- Inspectors, construction,
see: Construction and building inspectors
- Inspectors, customs,
see: Police and detectives
- Inspectors, farm products,
see: Agricultural workers
- Inspectors, fire,
see: Firefighting occupations
- Inspectors, health,
see: Occupational health and safety specialists and
technicians
- Inspectors, immigration,
see: Police and detectives
- Inspectors, occupational
health and safety, see: Occupational health and safety
specialists and technicians
- Inspectors, safety,
see: Occupational health and safety specialists and
technicians
- Inspectors, testers,
sorters, samplers, and weighers
- Inspectors,
transportation, see: Transportation inspectors
- Installers, automotive
glass, see: Automotive body and related repairers
- Institution and cafeteria
cooks, see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
- Instructional aides,
see: Teacher assistants
- Instructional assistants,
see: Teacher assistants
- Instructional
coordinators
- Instructional designers,
see: Instructional coordinators
- Instructional specialists,
see: Instructional coordinators
- Instructors, college and
university, see: Teachers—Postsecondary
- Instructors, sports,
see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
- Instrumentation
technicians, see: Precision instrument and equipment
repairers
- Insulation workers
- Insurance adjusters,
see: Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators
- Insurance brokers,
see: Insurance sales agents
- Insurance claims and
policy processing clerks
- Insurance investigators,
see: Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators
- Insurance managers,
see: Financial managers
- Insurance sales agents
- Insurance underwriters
- Interaction designers,
see: Designers
- Intercity bus drivers,
see: Bus drivers
- Interior designers,
see: Designers
- Internal auditors,
see: Accountants and auditors
- International economists,
see: Economists
- International human
resources managers, see: Human resources, training, and labor
relations managers and specialists
- Internet developers,
see: Computer systems analysts, database administrators, and
computer scientists
- Internists, general,
see: Physicians and surgeons
- Interpreters and
translators
- Interviewers
- Investigators, corporate,
see: Private detectives and investigators
- Investigators, criminal,
see: Police and detectives
- Investigators, financial,
see: Private detectives and investigators
- Investigators, fire,
see: Firefighting occupations
- Investigators, gaming,
see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
- Investigators, insurance,
see: Claims adjusters, appraisers, examiners, and
investigators
- Investigators, legal,
see: Private detectives and investigators
- Investigators, private,
see: Private detectives and investigators
- Investment analysts,
see: Financial analysts and personal financial advisors
- Ironworkers,
see: Structural and reinforcing iron and metal workers
J
- Jailers, see:
Correctional officers
- Janitors, see:
Building cleaning workers
- Jewelers and precious stone
and metal workers
- Job analysts,
see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and
specialists
- Job binding workers,
see: Bookbinders and bindery workers
- Job opportunities in the
armed forces
- Job printers,
see: Prepress technicians and workers
- Journalists,
see: News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
- Judges, magistrates, and
other judicial workers
- Judiciary interpreters and
translators, see: Interpreters and translators
- Junior high school
teachers, see: Teachers—Preschool, kindergarten, elementary,
middle, and secondary
- Justices of the peace,
see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
K
- Keepers, see:
Animal care and service workers
- Kennel attendants,
see: Animal care and service workers
- Keypunch technicians,
see: Data entry and information processing workers
- Kindergarten teachers,
see: Teachers—preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and
secondary
- Knitting machine operators,
textile, see: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations
L
- Labor economists,
see: Economists
- Labor relations managers,
see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and
specialists
- Laboratory animal
technologists and technicians, see: Veterinary technologists and
technicians
- Laboratory scientists,
clinical, see: Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians
- Laboratory technicians,
clinical, see: Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians
- Laboratory technicians,
dental, see: Dental laboratory technicians
- Laboratory technicians,
ophthalmic, see: Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
- Laboratory technologists,
clinical, see: Clinical laboratory technologists and
technicians
- Laborers, see:
Construction laborers
- Laborers and freight,
stock, and material movers, hand, see: Material moving
occupations
- Laborers, agricultural,
see: Agricultural workers
- LAN administrators,
see: Computer support specialists and systems administrators
- LAN mangers,
see: Computer and information systems managers
- Land surveyors,
see: Surveyors, cartographers, photogrammetrists, and surveying
technicians
- Landscape architects
- Landscaping workers,
see: Grounds maintenance workers
- Language pathologists,
see: Speech-language pathologists
- Lathe and turning machine
tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, see:
Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
- Lathers, see:
Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, and tapers
- Laundry and dry-cleaning
workers, see: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations
- Law clerks
- Law librarians,
see: Librarians
- Lawyers
- Layout artists,
see: Desktop publishers
- Lay-out workers, metal and
plastic, see: Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and
plastic
- Lead abatement workers,
see: Hazardous materials removal workers
- Lease drivers,
see: Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
- Leather workers,
see: Textile, apparel, and furnishings occupations
- Legal assistants,
see: Paralegals and legal assistants
- Legal investigators,
see: Private detectives and investigators
- Legal secretaries,
see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
- Lens grinders and
polishers, see: Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
- Legislators,
see: Top executives
- Letterpress setters and
set-up operators, see: Printing machine operators
- Librarians
- Library aides,
see: Library assistants, clerical
- Library assistants,
clerical
- Library binding workers,
see: Bookbinders and bindery workers
- Library clerks,
see: Library assistants, clerical
- Library media assistants,
see: Library assistants, clerical
- Library technical
assistants, see: Library technicians
- Library technicians
- License clerks,
see: Information and record clerks
- Licensed practical and
licensed vocational nurses
- Licensed vocational nurses,
see: Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
- Life skill counselors,
see: Social and human service assistants
- Lift truck operators,
see: Material moving occupations
- Light or delivery services
truck drivers, see: Truck drivers and driver/sales workers
- Limnologists,
see: Biological scientists
- Limousine drivers,
see: Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
- Line cooks,
see: Chefs, cooks, and food preparation workers
- Line erectors,
see: Line installers and repairers
- Line installers and
repairers
- Linguistic anthropologists,
see: Social scientists, other
- Liquid waste treatment
plant and system operators, see: Water and liquid waste treatment
plant and system operators
- Literary interpreters,
see: Interpreters and translators
- Lithographers,
see: Prepress technicians and workers
- Livestock farmers,
see: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
- Load dispatchers,
see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
- Loaders, tank car, truck,
and ship, see: Material moving occupations
- Loading machine operators,
underground mining, see: Material moving occupations
- Loan authorizers,
see: Loan counselors and officers
- Loan closers,
see: Interviewers
- Loan collection officers,
see: Loan counselors and officers
- Loan counselors and
officers
- Loan interviewers and
clerks, see: Information and record clerks
- Loan interviewers and
clerks, see: Interviewers
- Loan officers,
see: Loan counselors and officers
- Loan processing clerks,
see: Interviewers
- Loan service clerks,
see: Interviewers
- Loan underwriters,
see: Loan counselors and officers
- Lobby attendants,
see: Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
- Local operators,
see: Communications equipment operators
- Local transit bus drivers,
see: Bus drivers
- Local truck drivers,
see: Truck drivers and driver/sales workers
- Localization translators,
see: Interpreters and translators
- Locker room attendants,
see: Costume, locker room, and other attendants
- Locksmiths and safe
repairers
- Locomotive engineers,
see: Rail transportation occupations
- Locomotive firers,
see: Rail transportation occupations
- Lodging managers
- Log graders,
see: Forest, conservation, and logging workers
- Log sorters, markers,
movers, debarkers, see: Forest, conservation, and logging
workers
- Logging equipment
operators, see: Forest, conservation, and logging workers
- Long distance operators,
see: Communications equipment operators
- Long haul truck drivers,
see: Truck drivers and driver/sales workers
- Long-term care facility
nurses, see: Registered nurses
- Loss prevention agents,
see: Private detectives and investigators
- LPNs, see:
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
- LVNs, see:
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
- Lyricists,
see: Writers and editors
Last Modified Date: February 27, 2004