Occupational Employment Statistics Dictionary of Occupations Customer Copy 1997 - 1998 Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Survey Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Department of Labor 2 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E. Washington D.C. 20212 (202) 691-6569 http://stats.bls.gov/oeshome.htm Occupational Employment Statistics Survey Bureau of Labor Statistics I. MANAGERIAL & ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS ................................................................................1 A. STAFF & ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALTY MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS...............................................1 B. LINE & MIDDLE MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY SPECIFIC MANAGERIAL OCCUPATIONS ......................2 C. OTHER MANAGERIAL & ADMINISTRATIVE OCCUPATIONS ....................................................................4 II. PROFESSIONAL, PARAPROFESSIONAL, & TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS...........................................5 A. MANAGEMENT SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS.....................................................................................................5 1. ACCOUNTANTS, AUDITORS, & OTHER FINANCIAL SPECIALISTS...............................................................5 2. PURCHASING AGENTS & BUYERS....................................................................................................................6 3. PERSONNEL, TRAINING, LABOR RELATIONS SPECIALISTS, & RELATED ..................................................6 4. OTHER MANAGEMENT SUPPORT WORKERS .................................................................................................7 B. ENGINEERS & RELATED ...................................................................................................................................8 1. ENGINEERS..........................................................................................................................................................8 2. ARCHITECTS & SURVEYING & MAPPING SCIENTISTS................................................................................10 3. ENGINEERING & RELATED TECHNICIANS & TECHNOLOGISTS...............................................................11 C. NATURAL SCIENTISTS & RELATED..............................................................................................................12 1. PHYSICAL SCIENTISTS.....................................................................................................................................12 2. LIFE SCIENTISTS...............................................................................................................................................13 3. PHYSICAL & LIFE SCIENCE TECHNICIANS & TECHNOLOGISTS ..............................................................14 D. COMPUTER, MATHEMATICAL, OPERATIONS RESEARCH, & RELATED ..............................................15 1. COMPUTER SCIENTISTS & RELATED ............................................................................................................15 2. MATHEMATICAL SCIENTISTS & RELATED....................................................................................................16 E. SOCIAL SCIENTISTS & OTHER SOCIAL, RECREATIONAL, & RELIGIOUS OCCUPATIONS ................17 1. SOCIAL SCIENTISTS, INCLUDING URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNERS ........................................................17 2. OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCE RELATED...............................................................................................................17 3. RELIGIOUS WORKERS .....................................................................................................................................18 F. LAW & RELATED...............................................................................................................................................19 1. LAWYERS & RELATED......................................................................................................................................19 2. LEGAL ASSISTANTS & TECHNICIANS, EXCEPT CLERICAL.........................................................................20 G. TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, LIBRARIANS, & RELATED ..............................................................................20 1. TEACHERS- COLLEGE, JUNIOR COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY, PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL, OR TECHNICAL INSTITUTE .......................................................................................................................................................21 2. OTHER TEACHERS & INSTRUCTORS .............................................................................................................25 3. LIBRARIANS, ARCHIVISTS, CURATORS, & OTHER EDUCATION RELATED..............................................27 H. HEALTH PRACTITIONERS, TECHNOLOGISTS, TECHNICIANS, & RELATED HEALTH OCCUPATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................28 1. HEALTH DIAGNOSING & TREATING PRACTITIONERS ...............................................................................28 2. THERAPISTS ......................................................................................................................................................29 3. HEALTH CARE MAINTENANCE & TREATING WORKERS.............................................................................30 4. OTHER HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, PARAPROFESSIONALS, & TECHNICIANS ........................................31 I. WRITERS, ARTISTS, ENTERTAINERS, ATHLETES, & RELATED...............................................................33 J. OTHER PROFESSIONAL, PARAPROFESSIONAL, & TECHNICAL OCCUPATIONS..................................36 III. SALES & RELATED..........................................................................................................................................37 A. FIRST LINE SUPERVISORS & MANAGER/SUPERVISORS..........................................................................37 B. SALES OCCUPATIONS, SERVICES .................................................................................................................37 C. MERCHANDISE, PRODUCTS, & OTHER SALES & SALES-RELATED OCCUPATIONS..........................38 IV. CLERICAL & ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS ...............................................................41 A. FIRST LINE SUPERVISORS & MANAGER/SUPERVISORS..........................................................................41 B. INDUSTRY SPECIFIC CLERICAL & ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS ..............................41 1. BANKING, SECURITY, FINANCE, & CREDIT WORKERS...............................................................................41 2. INSURANCE WORKERS ....................................................................................................................................42 3. INVESTIGATIVE & RELATED, EXCEPT INSURANCE ....................................................................................43 OES Dictionary of Occupations, Customer Copy, 1997 - 1998 Occupational Employment Statistics Survey Bureau of Labor Statistics 4. MUNICIPAL & RELATED..................................................................................................................................44 5. LODGING & TRAVEL WORKERS .....................................................................................................................44 6. OTHER INDUSTRY SPECIFIC WORKERS .......................................................................................................45 C. SECRETARIAL & GENERAL OFFICE OCCUPATIONS.................................................................................45 1. SECRETARIES ....................................................................................................................................................45 2. OTHER SECRETARIAL RELATED & GENERAL OFFICE WORKERS............................................................46 D. ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING & OTHER OFFICE MACHINE OCCUPATIONS ...............................48 E. COMMUNICATIONS, MAIL, & MESSAGE DISTRIBUTING OCCUPATIONS............................................49 1. COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT OPERATORS ...........................................................................................49 2. MAIL & MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION WORKERS...............................................................................................50 F. MATERIAL RECORDING, SCHEDULING, DISPATCHING, & DISTRIBUTING OCCUPATIONS ............50 G. OTHER CLERICAL & ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OCCUPATIONS.......................................................52 V. SERVICE OCCUPATIONS ................................................................................................................................53 A. FIRST LINE SUPERVISORS & MANAGER/SUPERVISORS- SERVICE.......................................................53 B. PROTECTIVE SERVICE OCCUPATIONS........................................................................................................54 C. FOOD & BEVERAGE PREPARATION & SERVICE OCCUPATIONS ...........................................................56 D. HEALTH SERVICE & RELATED......................................................................................................................57 E. CLEANING & BUILDING SERVICE OCCUPATIONS ....................................................................................59 F. PERSONAL SERVICE OCCUPATIONS ............................................................................................................59