NC Career Outlook: Arts and Sciences career pathway


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Arts and Sciences career pathway

In the following table:

Red careers are in low demand (less than 1% growth per year).
Green careers have a moderate demand (between 1 and 2.1% growth per year).
Blue careers are in high demand (over 2.1% growth per year).
Select the occupation name for more information about each career.

occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Mathematicians	15-2021.00	ICA	Master	*	*	$42,685	$74,401
Physical Scientists, all other	19-2099.99	*	Bachelor	2.04	760	$34,532	$62,007
Sociologists	19-3041.00	IAS	Master	1.23	*	*	*
Historians	19-3093.00	IA	Master	*	30	$35,914	$48,336
Political Scientists	19-3094.00	IA	Master	*	*	*	*
Curators	25-4012.00	AIECS	Master	1.41	370	$25,260	$39,303
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators	27-1013.00	AR	long OJT	0.62	280	$22,466	$34,963
Artists and Related Workers, all other	27-1019.99	*	long OJT	0.00	100	$19,226	$54,583
Designers, all other	27-1029.99	*	Bachelor	0.96	90	$21,027	$44,087
Actors	27-2011.00	AES	long OJT	1.55	*	*	*
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Producers and Directors	27-2012.00	AES	Bachelor +	1.66	1,040	$26,643	$45,259
Athletes and Sports Competitors	27-2021.00	ERS	long OJT	2.23	530	$13,383	$86,133
Dancers	27-2031.00	ARS	long OJT	1.06	170	*	*
Choreographers	27-2032.00	ASE	work exp.	2.26	*	*	*
Music Directors and Composers	27-2041.00	A	Bachelor +	1.77	50	$29,661	$61,737
Musicians and Singers	27-2042.00	A	long OJT	0.89	540	*	*
Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, all others	27-2099.99	*	long OJT	2.92	340	*	*
Public Address System and Other Announcers	27-3012.00	SAE	long OJT	0.49	210	$22,364	$38,668
Broadcast News Analysts	27-3021.00	ASEI	Bachelor +	1.24	310	$28,520	$68,261
Reporters and Correspondents	27-3022.00	AIE	Bachelor +	0.74	1,170	$21,733	$33,777
Editors	27-3041.00	AES	Bachelor	2.28	1,680	$30,208	$49,515
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Technical Writers	27-3042.00	AI	Bachelor	2.15	1,000	$36,604	$57,079
Writers and Authors	27-3043.00	A	Bachelor	2.24	730	$30,984	$50,995
Models	41-9012.00	AES	mod. OJT	1.55	250	$15,786	$23,157

* data not available

SOC Codes

Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system classifies all careers and assigns a unique number to each. This SOC number can be used to follow up with other career databases.

Interests

Interests are the likes and dislikes of people who work in each career. Matching your interests can help you find a career that will be more satisfying and rewarding for you than occupations that do not meet your interests. Knowing your work interests can help you decide what kinds of jobs and careers you want to explore.

People and work environments can be classified into these six different groups:

Realistic - "Doers" - People who have athletic or mechanical ability, prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals, or to be outdoors.
Investigative - "Thinkers" - People who like to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems.
Artistic - "Creators" - People who have artistic, innovating or intuitional abilities and like to work in unstructured situations using their imagination and creativity.
Social - "Helpers" - People who like to work with people to enlighten, inform, help, train, or cure them, or are skilled with words.
Enterprising - "Persuaders" - People who like to work with people, influencing, persuading, performing, leading or managing for organizational goals or economic gain.
Conventional - "Organizers" - People who like to work with data, have clerical or numerical ability, carry out tasks in detail or follow through on others' instructions.

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Minimum Postsecondary Education Required

Minimum education is the usual minimum level of postsecondary (after high school) education required for each career.

Some careers have on-the-job training (OJT), which means that you go straight to the job and learn while you work.

short OJT - Short on-the-job training (less than one month)
mod. OJT - Moderate on-the-job training (1 to 12 months)
long OJT - Long on-the-job training (more than one year). Long OJT usually includes community college or trade school courses.

Some careers require further education after high school before starting the career.

1,2 year - One- or two-year program at a trade school or community college
Associate - Associate's degree - two-year degree program at a community college
Bachelor - Bachelor's degree - four-year degree program at a college or university
Bach+work - Bachelor's degree plus related work experience
Master - Master's degree - two or more years after Bachelor's degree
Doctorate - Doctorate degree - three or more years after Bachelor's degree
Profess. - Professional degree - three or more years after Bachelor's degree
work exp. - Work experience in a related occupation

Growth Outlook

Growth outlook is the projected growth of the number of career openings per year in North Carolina from 2004 to 2014. High growth means that the number of openings are increasing, so the likelihood of getting a job in this career is good. Low growth means that there may not be any openings, so the likelihood of getting a job in this career is not very good.

low - (red color) - below average projected growth rate (less than 1% growth per year)
moderate - (green color) - average projected growth rate (between 1 and 2.1% growth per year)
high - (blue color) - above average projected growth rate (over 2.1% growth per year)

White background indicates that growth outlook information is not available.

Number of Current Workers in NC

Current workers (2004 data) is the number of people in North Carolina who are full-time and part-time employees, workers on paid vacation or other type of paid leave, workers assigned temporarily to other units and paid owners, officers and staff of incorporated firms. This excludes proprietors, owners and partners of unincorporated firms, unpaid family workers, workers on unpaid leave and contractors and temporary agency employees not on the company payroll.

Average Entry-Level NC Salaries

Salary entry is the estimated average salary (2007) for all entry-level (first-year) workers in this career in North Carolina.

Salary includes straight time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate, cost-of-living allowances, tips, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay, commissions, production bonuses and on-call pay are included. Excluded is back pay, jury duty pay, overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, non-production bonuses and tuition reimbursements.

Average NC Salaries

Salary all is the estimated average salary (2007) for all workers in this career in North Carolina.

This career information is from the North Carolina Career Outlook Handbook.

This research was compiled and analyzed by Chris Droessler.

The data come from multiple data tables from the NC Employment Security Commission - Labor Market Information. Blanks in this table represent missing data, some due to confidentiality because of small numbers of workers in an occupation.

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