Occupations in Demand by Education Level

Explore in-demand jobs sorted by their training, education, experience, and responsibilities.

Explore in-demand jobs sorted by their training, education, experience, and responsibilities (TEER) level for the 2023-2025 period. TEER levels are grouped as:

  • Management – management-level jobs
  • University – jobs that usually need a university degree
  • College/Apprenticeship with experience, Supervisory – jobs usually need a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years, or supervisor occupations
  • College/Apprenticeship – Jobs usually need a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years, or more than six months of on-the-job training
  • High school – jobs usually require a need school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training
  • No requirements – jobs usually need a short-term work demonstration and no formal education

Within the skill level grouping the occupations are sorted by:

  • Very good – the odds of finding work in this field are much better than average for someone qualified. This is very favorable for job seekers.
  • Good – the odds of finding work in this field are better than average for someone qualified. This is favorable for job seekers.

Management

Management jobs are held by around 32,600 people, making up about 7% of all jobs. They are expected to offer about 8.7% of the new job opportunities over the next few years. While they have the highest rate of job openings because many managers are retiring, there will be fewer opportunities overall compared to other job categories because there aren’t as many managers needed. People in management jobs are usually older, so more of them are retiring.

Below are the in-demand management occupations:

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University – jobs that usually need a university degree

Jobs that need a university degree employ the second most people, about 93,500 workers, which is 20.1% of all jobs. These jobs are expected to offer the second most opportunities, around 9,505 or 21.3%. These jobs have the highest growth at 1.5%. About half of the new opportunities will come from this growth. These jobs also have one of the lowest rates of people leaving them. This group includes jobs in healthcare and information technology (IT) that are in demand and growing.

Below are the in-demand occupations requiring a university degree:

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College/Apprenticeship with experience, Supervisory 

Jobs usually need a college diploma or apprenticeship training of two or more years, or supervisors 

These jobs have the most workers, about 116,400 or 25% of all workers. Even though they are not growing as fast as some other jobs, they are still expected to create the most new job openings, about 1,0985, or 24.6%. That is because there are already so many people working in these jobs. 

Below are the in-demand occupations for this category:

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College/Apprenticeship

Jobs usually need a college diploma or apprenticeship training of less than two years, or more than six months of on-the-job training

This group of jobs has about 79,700 workers, which is 17.3% of the workforce. It is expected to have the second-highest number of job openings, mostly because some people will leave their jobs. They are expected to create around 7,745 opportunities.

Below are the in-demand occupations for this category:

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High School

Jobs usually need a high school diploma or several weeks of on-the-job training

This group of jobs has about 78,300 workers, making up 16.1% of all workers. These jobs are expected to grow the slowest, just a little less than the average. Most of the new job openings, more than 70%, will happen because people leave these jobs. The biggest number of opportunities is likely to be in the retail salespersons, which is a large occupation in this group.

Below are the in-demand occupations for this category:

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No Requirements

Jobs usually need short-term work training and no formal education

This group of jobs has about 64,800 workers, which is 12% of the workforce. These jobs are expected to have the fewest openings. The rates of both growth and people leaving these jobs are a bit below average.

Below are the in-demand occupations for this category:

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