NC Career Outlook: Business Technologies career pathway


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occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Accountants and Auditors	13-2011.00	CE	Bachelor	1.64	29,710	$40,630	$61,260
Actuaries	15-2011.00	CIR	Bachelor +	1.76	280	$55,180	$95,720
Administrative Services Managers	11-3011.00	ECS	Bachelor +	1.73	3,700	$46,670	$72,900
Advertising and Promotions Managers	11-2011.00	AES	Bachelor +	1.32	910	$50,170	$84,990
Advertising Sales Agents	41-3011.00	ECS	mod. OJT	2.20	4,160	$24,460	$50,570
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes	13-1011.00	ESAC	Bachelor +	2.14	650	$30,930	$48,270
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	13-2021.00	CE	1,2 year	1.67	2,340	$27,940	$49,140
Bill and Account Collectors	43-3011.00	CE	short OJT	2.24	9,210	$22,470	$30,920
Billing and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators	43-3021.00	CE	mod. OJT	0.88	14,290	$23,720	$30,700
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	43-3031.00	C	mod. OJT	1.48	57,620	$22,660	$31,680
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Brokerage Clerks	43-4011.00	CE	mod. OJT	1.15	1,430	$29,970	$38,420
Budget Analysts	13-2031.00	CE	Bachelor	1.34	790	$43,420	$62,860
Business Operations Specialists, all other	13-1199.99	*	Bachelor	2.58	28,460	$35,940	$59,570
Cargo and Freight Agents	43-5011.00	CR	mod. OJT	1.12	860	$26,240	$39,650
Cashiers	41-2011.00	CER	short OJT	0.41	100,250	$14,470	$17,380
Chief Executives	11-1011.00	ECS	Bachelor +	*	*	$108,810	$182,890
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	13-1031.00	CEI	long OJT	1.56	6,170	$36,470	$55,780
Communications Equipment Operators, all other	43-2099.99	*	short OJT	1.08	50	$29,770	$41,050
Compensation and Benefits Managers	11-3041.00	ESC	Bachelor +	1.58	1,420	$64,630	$101,480
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	13-1072.00	ICES	Bachelor	2.23	3,880	$36,600	$53,690
Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construction, Health and Safety, and Transportation	13-1041.00	C	long OJT	1.13	4,670	$33,030	$50,410
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Computer and Information Scientists, Research	15-1011.00	*	Doctorate	2.13	360	$57,150	$93,190
Computer and Information Systems Managers	11-3021.00	ECIR	Bachelor +	1.52	9,290	$77,270	$115,210
Computer Operators	43-9011.00	CR	mod. OJT	-2.72	3,570	$26,720	$36,090
Computer Programmers	15-1021.00	IRC	Bachelor	-0.51	11,680	$48,640	$76,320
Computer Software Engineers, Applications	15-1031.00	IRC	Bachelor	3.90	11,370	$59,640	$87,640
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software	15-1032.00	IRC	Bachelor	2.53	9,630	$63,670	$92,410
Computer Specialists, all other	15-1099.99	*	Associate	1.45	3,010	$46,590	$70,740
Computer Support Specialists	15-1041.00	CIR	Associate	1.58	15,850	$29,920	$44,780
Computer Systems Analysts	15-1051.00	ICR	Bachelor	2.61	14,900	$51,570	$76,650
Correspondence Clerks	43-4021.00	CE	short OJT	1.85	330	$25,000	$31,160
Cost Estimators	13-1051.00	CE	work exp.	2.68	4,740	$37,720	$54,360
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Counter and Rental Clerks	41-2021.00	CER	short OJT	1.91	13,560	$15,100	$23,000
Couriers and Messengers	43-5021.00	RC	short OJT	0.63	2,430	$18,070	$24,140
Credit Analysts	13-2041.00	CE	Bachelor	0.64	2,870	$37,960	$69,630
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	43-4041.00	CE	short OJT	-0.91	1,540	$25,680	$34,260
Customer Service Representatives	43-4051.00	CES	mod. OJT	2.48	70,040	$20,730	$30,720
Data Entry Keyers	43-9021.00	CR	mod. OJT	0.02	8,530	$20,420	$26,300
Database Administrators	15-1061.00	ICR	Bachelor	2.37	2,830	$48,350	$73,520
Demonstrators and Product Promoters	41-9011.00	ERS	mod. OJT	2.58	3,250	$18,190	$30,530
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	43-5032.00	CR	mod. OJT	0.64	4,570	$23,150	$34,220
Door-To-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers	41-9091.00	ECS	short OJT	1.52	1,070	$14,680	$29,580
Economists	19-3011.00	IEC	Master	1.39	340	$48,590	$74,100
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists	13-1071.00	SE	Bachelor	2.46	6,070	$28,930	$50,320
Engineering Managers	11-9041.00	EIRC	Bachelor +	1.45	6,040	$80,150	$117,710
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	43-6011.00	CE	mod. OJT	1.86	54,610	$27,290	$37,110
File Clerks	43-4071.00	C	short OJT	-4.33	3,140	$16,620	$23,190
Financial Analysts	13-2051.00	ICE	Bachelor	2.64	7,430	$51,730	$74,130
Financial Examiners	13-2061.00	ESC	Bachelor	1.28	730	$58,530	$91,020
Financial Managers	11-3031.00	EC	Bachelor +	1.39	19,610	$62,270	$105,540
Financial Specialists, all other	13-2099.99	*	Bachelor	1.36	6,160	$39,350	$63,960
First-Line Supervisors/ Managers of Non-Retail Sales Workers	41-1012.00	ECS	work exp.	0.74	16,950	$37,870	$75,210
First-Line Supervisors/ Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers	43-1011.00	ECS	work exp.	1.08	40,320	$30,540	$44,380
First-Line Supervisors/ Managers of Retail Sales Workers	41-1011.00	ECS	work exp.	0.94	71,000	$22,220	$36,190
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Food Service Managers	11-9051.00	ECS	work exp.	1.25	10,930	$34,720	$53,060
Gaming Managers	11-9071.00	EC	work exp.	*	*	*	*
Gaming Supervisors	39-1011.00	EC	work exp.	*	*	*	*
General and Operations Managers	11-1021.00	*	Bachelor +	0.42	55,280	$58,180	$112,230
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	43-4161.00	CES	short OJT	1.32	4,250	$24,600	$33,210
Human Resources Managers	11-3040.00	ESC	*	*	*	*	*
Human Resources Managers, all other	11-3049.99	*	Bachelor +	1.45	1,240	$61,000	$99,920
Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists, all other	13-1079.99	*	Bachelor	1.91	4,010	$38,490	$56,300
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	19-3032.00	IEAS	Master	*	*	$69,120	$108,630
Information and Record Clerks, all other	43-4199.99	*	short OJT	-0.58	5,580	$23,000	$33,900
Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage	13-1032.00	CRE	long OJT	1.76	390	$42,240	$54,620
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	43-9041.00	CE	mod. OJT	0.19	5,690	$23,120	$32,230
Insurance Sales Agents	41-3021.00	ESC	Bachelor	1.91	11,550	$25,380	$55,270
Insurance Underwriters	13-2053.00	CEI	Bachelor	1.09	2,920	$33,840	$55,080
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	43-4111.00	CSE	short OJT	1.32	5,860	$20,490	$26,620
Legal Secretaries	43-6012.00	CE	1,2 year	2.55	5,160	$24,820	$36,870
Library Assistants, Clerical	43-4121.00	CR	short OJT	1.48	3,180	$15,700	$21,470
Loan Counselors	13-2071.00	ESC	Bachelor	0.79	810	$27,840	$33,450
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	43-4131.00	CE	short OJT	-0.04	6,250	$24,310	$31,120
Loan Officers	13-2072.00	ESC	Bachelor	1.27	11,630	$33,560	$51,710
Logisticians	13-1081.00	*	Bachelor	2.57	2,230	$44,760	$65,770
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	43-9051.00	CR	short OJT	-1.11	4,550	$17,570	$24,030
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Management Analysts	13-1111.00	CEI	Bachelor +	1.42	11,430	$46,700	$76,760
Managers, all other	11-9199.99	*	work exp.	1.22	23,270	$56,060	$95,440
Market Research Analysts	19-3021.00	IEC	Master	1.43	4,360	$37,690	$63,920
Marketing Managers	11-2021.00	EC	Bachelor +	1.46	4,050	$70,630	$114,400
Medical Secretaries	43-6013.00	CE	1,2 year	2.07	8,760	$21,840	$27,740
Meeting and Convention Planners	13-1121.00	ECS	Bachelor	1.93	1,040	$29,410	$41,410
Meter Readers, Utilities	43-5041.00	CR	short OJT	-0.74	1,670	$20,950	$27,980
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	15-1071.00	IRC	Bachelor	2.49	7,500	$43,950	$66,350
Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts	15-1081.00	IR	Bachelor	4.17	7,140	$43,950	$71,420
New Accounts Clerks	43-4141.00	CES	work exp.	-0.80	1,910	$22,090	$30,270
Office and Administrative Support Workers, all other	43-9199.99	*	short OJT	-0.65	2,830	$22,100	$31,560
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Office Clerks, General	43-9061.00	C	short OJT	1.48	64,150	$17,000	$24,990
Office Machine Operators, Except Computer	43-9071.00	CR	short OJT	0.90	1,810	$17,470	$25,410
Operations Research Analysts	15-2031.00	ICRE	Master	0.83	2,170	$47,260	$65,130
Order Clerks	43-4151.00	CE	short OJT	-3.26	5,790	$19,720	$27,880
Parts Salespersons	41-2022.00	ERCS	mod. OJT	0.32	7,690	$20,090	$28,560
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	43-3051.00	CE	mod. OJT	0.47	5,780	$24,290	$32,970
Personal Financial Advisors	13-2052.00	SEC	Bachelor	3.09	5,730	$41,030	$65,990
Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers	43-5031.00	SC	mod. OJT	1.88	3,170	$23,720	$29,600
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	43-5053.00	*	short OJT	0.46	4,530	$31,740	$44,300
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	11-9131.00	ECS	work exp.	0.46	700	$48,830	$61,980
Procurement Clerks	43-3061.00	C	short OJT	*	*	$26,440	$35,680
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	43-5061.00	CE	short OJT	-0.18	7,240	$25,630	$37,450
Proofreaders and Copy Markers	43-9081.00	C	short OJT	1.03	140	$22,770	$33,850
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	11-9141.00	EC	Bachelor	0.61	4,850	$41,520	$71,010
Public Relations Managers	11-2031.00	*	Bachelor +	2.02	1,850	$58,570	$95,050
Public Relations Specialists	27-3031.00	EAS	Bachelor	1.92	4,640	$31,650	$50,070
Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products	13-1021.00	ECR	work exp.	-0.62	280	$32,870	$48,340
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	13-1023.00	EC	work exp.	0.38	7,920	$35,700	$53,270
Purchasing Managers	11-3061.00	ECS	Bachelor +	0.78	2,300	$58,520	$90,090
Real Estate Brokers	41-9021.00	*	work exp.	0.79	12,270	$25,430	$51,290
Real Estate Sales Agents	41-9022.00	ECS	1,2 year	1.71	12,370	$27,850	$71,430
Receptionists and Information Clerks	43-4171.00	CES	short OJT	2.38	31,500	$17,650	$24,140
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Retail Salespersons	41-2031.00	ES	short OJT	1.62	135,150	$15,670	$23,600
Sales and Related Workers, all other	41-9099.99	*	mod. OJT	1.99	3,510	$19,290	$37,670
Sales Engineers	41-9031.00	ERI	Bachelor	-0.05	1,660	$47,970	$78,270
Sales Managers	11-2022.00	EC	Bachelor +	1.18	13,250	$46,130	$96,790
Sales Representatives, Services, all other	41-3099.99	*	mod. OJT	2.28	13,580	$30,000	$57,650
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	41-4012.00	ESCR	mod. OJT	1.31	43,490	$32,940	$64,880
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	41-4011.00	ERS	mod. OJT	1.75	13,500	$27,550	$52,700
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	43-6014.00	CES	mod. OJT	0.70	58,560	$20,940	$28,580
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	41-3031.00	ECS	Bachelor	1.89	5,340	$46,180	$94,470
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	43-5071.00	CR	short OJT	0.62	22,540	$20,180	$28,390
Social and Community Service Managers	11-9151.00	SEA	Bachelor	3.33	2,670	$38,560	$56,580
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Statistical Assistants	43-9111.00	C	mod. OJT	2.05	250	$23,830	$33,430
Statisticians	15-2041.00	IC	Master	2.26	710	$51,380	$79,320
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers	43-5081.00	CR	short OJT	-0.42	47,410	$16,280	$22,670
Survey Researchers	19-3022.00	*	Master	2.35	540	$30,350	$45,120
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	43-2011.00	CRS	short OJT	-0.26	5,320	$17,660	$23,460
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	13-2081.00	CE	Bachelor	1.16	1,720	$29,730	$46,650
Tax Preparers	13-2082.00	CE	mod. OJT	-1.81	2,600	$16,460	$28,610
Telemarketers	41-9041.00	ECS	short OJT	0.15	3,560	$17,590	$23,170
Telephone Operators	43-2021.00	CRS	short OJT	-4.47	310	*	*
Tellers	43-3071.00	CE	short OJT	2.30	15,530	$20,910	$24,280
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	23-2093.00	CE	mod. OJT	1.91	590	$32,800	$44,910
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Training and Development Managers	11-3042.00	ESC	Bachelor +	1.53	660	$67,490	$104,120
Training and Development Specialists	13-1073.00	SEC	Bachelor	1.94	6,540	$34,050	$53,620
Travel Agents	41-3041.00	ESCA	1,2 year	-0.83	1,550	$22,810	$35,380
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping	43-5111.00	CR	short OJT	-1.79	3,020	$18,180	$25,320
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	13-1022.00	ECS	work exp.	0.42	2,970	$29,530	$51,000
Word Processors and Typists	43-9022.00	C	mod. OJT	0.28	1,830	$21,750	$29,890

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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.

Take an Interest Assessment to discover your interests.

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 2006 to 2016. 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 (2006 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.

Entry-Level NC Salaries

Salary entry is the average salary for all entry-level (first-year) workers in this career in North Carolina. The entry wage is the mean of the first third of the wage distribution from the 2008 Occupational Employment Statistics combined wage file.

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 average salary for all workers in this career in North Carolina. Data were prepared from the 2008 Occupational Employment Statistics combined wage file.

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.

Database updated 09/02/09

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