NC Career Outlook: Government and Public Administration career cluster


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Government and Public Administration career cluster

occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Legislators	11-1031.00	*	Bachelor +	*	*	*	*
Air Crew Officers	55-1011.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Aircraft Launch and Recovery Officers	55-1012.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Armored Assault Vehicle Officers	55-1013.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Artillery and Missile Officers	55-1014.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Command and Control Center Officers	55-1015.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Infantry Officers	55-1016.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Special Forces Officers	55-1017.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Military Officer Special and Tactical Operations Leaders/Managers, all other	55-1019.99	*	*	*	*	*	*
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Air Crew Members	55-2011.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Weapons Specialists/Crew Members	55-2012.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of All Other Tactical Operations Specialists	55-2013.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Air Crew Members	55-3011.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Aircraft Launch and Recovery Specialists	55-3012.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Armored Assault Vehicle Crew Members	55-3013.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Artillery and Missile Crew Members	55-3014.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Command and Control Center Specialists	55-3015.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Infantry	55-3016.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Radar and Sonar Technicians	55-3017.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Special Forces	55-3018.00	*	*	*	*	*	*
Military Enlisted Tactical Operations and Air/Weapons Specialists and Crew Members, all other	55-3019.99	*	*	*	*	*	*
occupation	SOC code	interests	minimum education	growth outlook	current workers	salary entry	salary all
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	43-4111.00	CSE	short OJT	1.32	5,860	$20,490	$26,620
Meter Readers, Utilities	43-5041.00	CR	short OJT	-0.74	1,670	$20,950	$27,980
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	43-4031.00	CE	short OJT	1.81	1,680	$22,650	$30,740
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	43-4061.00	CSE	mod. OJT	0.56	9,270	$26,940	$32,330
Statistical Assistants	43-9111.00	C	mod. OJT	2.05	250	$23,830	$33,430
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	43-5053.00	*	short OJT	0.46	4,530	$31,740	$44,300
Postal Service Mail Carriers	43-5052.00	CR	short OJT	0.46	10,040	$36,630	$45,470
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	13-2081.00	CE	Bachelor	1.16	1,720	$29,730	$46,650
Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate	13-2021.00	CE	1,2 year	1.67	2,340	$27,940	$49,140
Postal Service Clerks	43-5051.00	CR	short OJT	0.86	2,180	$44,780	$49,420
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
Urban and Regional Planners	19-3051.00	IE	Master	1.65	1,360	$39,810	$53,510
Transportation Inspectors	53-6051.00	RC	work exp.	2.61	390	$30,790	$55,690
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	11-9131.00	ECS	work exp.	0.46	700	$48,830	$61,980
Economists	19-3011.00	IEC	Master	1.39	340	$48,590	$74,100
Financial Examiners	13-2061.00	ESC	Bachelor	1.28	730	$58,530	$91,020

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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.

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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 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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