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Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or tend bonding machines that use adhesives to join items for further processing or to form a completed product. Processes include joining veneer sheets into plywood; gluing paper; or joining rubber and rubberized fabric parts, plastic, simulated leather, or other materials.
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Starting Salary (ME):$38,030
Median Salary (ME): $43,960
Employment (ME): 50
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul aircraft engines and assemblies, such as hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
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Starting Salary (ME):$57,000
Median Salary (ME): $67,890
Employment (ME): 190
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Plan and design structures, such as private residences, office buildings, theaters, factories, and other structural property.
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Starting Salary (ME):$51,920
Median Salary (ME): $78,600
Employment (ME): 500
Architectural and Civil Drafters
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Prepare detailed drawings of architectural and structural features of buildings or drawings and topographical relief maps used in civil engineering projects, such as highways, bridges, and public works. Use knowledge of building materials, engineering practices, and mathematics to complete drawings.
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Starting Salary (ME):$48,450
Median Salary (ME): $66,200
Employment (ME): 440
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as architecture and engineering or research and development in these fields.
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Starting Salary (ME):$111,490
Median Salary (ME): $145,720
Employment (ME): 820
Automotive Body and Related Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair and refinish automotive vehicle bodies and straighten vehicle frames.
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Starting Salary (ME):$37,820
Median Salary (ME): $50,350
Employment (ME): 680
Automotive Engineering Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Assist engineers in determining the practicality of proposed product design changes and plan and carry out tests on experimental test devices or equipment for performance, durability, or efficiency.
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Starting Salary (ME):$49,920
Median Salary (ME): $76,790
Employment (ME): 220
Automotive Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Develop new or improved designs for vehicle structural members, engines, transmissions, or other vehicle systems, using computer-assisted design technology. Direct building, modification, or testing of vehicle or components.
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Starting Salary (ME):$78,440
Median Salary (ME): $102,430
Employment (ME): 890
Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Replace or repair broken windshields and window glass in motor vehicles.
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Starting Salary (ME):$41,350
Median Salary (ME): $47,270
Employment (ME): 60
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul automotive vehicles.
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Starting Salary (ME):$38,420
Median Salary (ME): $52,040
Employment (ME): 3,390
Aviation Inspectors
Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Inspect aircraft, maintenance procedures, air navigational aids, air traffic controls, and communications equipment to ensure conformance with Federal safety regulations.
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Starting Salary (ME):$42,420
Median Salary (ME): $63,750
Employment (ME): 90
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Define, plan, or execute biofuels/biodiesel research programs that evaluate alternative feedstock and process technologies with near-term commercial potential.
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Starting Salary (ME):$111,490
Median Salary (ME): $145,720
Employment (ME): 820
Biomass Power Plant Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Manage operations at biomass power generation facilities. Direct work activities at plant, including supervision of operations and maintenance staff.
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Starting Salary (ME):$83,540
Median Salary (ME): $124,810
Employment (ME): 800
Brickmasons and Blockmasons
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Lay and bind building materials, such as brick, structural tile, concrete block, cinder block, glass block, and terra-cotta block, with mortar and other substances, to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures.
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Starting Salary (ME):$38,400
Median Salary (ME): $42,710
Employment (ME): 90
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul buses and trucks, or maintain and repair any type of diesel engines. Includes mechanics working primarily with automobile or marine diesel engines.
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Starting Salary (ME):$45,760
Median Salary (ME): $60,850
Employment (ME): 1,380
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters
Industries: Production Occupations
Cut, shape, and assemble wooden articles or set up and operate a variety of woodworking machines, such as power saws, jointers, and mortisers to surface, cut, or shape lumber or to fabricate parts for wood products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,540
Median Salary (ME): $48,150
Employment (ME): 940
Carpenters
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
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Starting Salary (ME):$47,130
Median Salary (ME): $62,160
Employment (ME): 5,170
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or tend equipment to control chemical changes or reactions in the processing of industrial or consumer products. Equipment used includes devulcanizers, steam-jacketed kettles, and reactor vessels.
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Starting Salary (ME):$41,450
Median Salary (ME): $57,240
Employment (ME): 250
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply theory and principles of civil engineering in planning, designing, and overseeing construction and maintenance of structures and facilities under the direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.
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Starting Salary (ME):$49,660
Median Salary (ME): $67,540
Employment (ME): 290
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Wash or otherwise clean vehicles, machinery, and other equipment. Use such materials as water, cleaning agents, brushes, cloths, and hoses.
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Starting Salary (ME):$30,910
Median Salary (ME): $37,440
Employment (ME): 1,150
Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or tend machines to wash or clean products, such as barrels or kegs, glass items, tin plate, food, pulp, coal, plastic, or rubber, to remove impurities.
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Starting Salary (ME):$40,340
Median Salary (ME): $64,610
Employment (ME): 40
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend spraying or rolling machines to coat or paint any of a wide variety of products, including glassware, cloth, ceramics, metal, plastic, paper, or wood, with lacquer, silver, copper, rubber, varnish, glaze, enamel, oil, or rust-proofing materials. Includes painters of transportation vehicles such as painters in auto body repair facilities.
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Starting Salary (ME):$40,710
Median Salary (ME): $56,200
Employment (ME): 680
Commercial and Industrial Designers
Industries: Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations
Design and develop manufactured products, such as cars, home appliances, and children's toys. Combine artistic talent with research on product use, marketing, and materials to create the most functional and appealing product design.
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Starting Salary (US): $53,456
Median Salary (US): $83,907
Employment (ME): 200
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate computer-controlled tools, machines, or robots to machine or process parts, tools, or other work pieces made of metal, plastic, wood, stone, or other materials. May also set up and maintain equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$42,880
Median Salary (ME): $59,660
Employment (ME): 440
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers
Industries: Production Occupations
Develop programs to control machining or processing of materials by automatic machine tools, equipment, or systems. May also set up, operate, or maintain equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$47,510
Median Salary (ME): $72,920
Employment (ME): 50
Construction and Building Inspectors
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.
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Starting Salary (ME):$48,340
Median Salary (ME): $74,670
Employment (ME): 710
Construction Laborers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,190
Median Salary (ME): $46,430
Employment (ME): 3,960
Construction Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate, usually through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with the construction and maintenance of structures, facilities, and systems. Participate in the conceptual development of a construction project and oversee its organization, scheduling, budgeting, and implementation. Includes managers in specialized construction fields, such as carpentry or plumbing.
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Starting Salary (ME):$66,640
Median Salary (ME): $110,070
Employment (ME): 1,460
Conveyor Operators and Tenders
Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Control or tend conveyors or conveyor systems that move materials or products to and from stockpiles, processing stations, departments, or vehicles. May control speed and routing of materials or products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$35,680
Median Salary (ME): $38,310
Employment (ME): 200
Crane and Tower Operators
Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Operate mechanical boom and cable or tower and cable equipment to lift and move materials, machines, or products in many directions.
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Starting Salary (ME):$45,310
Median Salary (ME): $65,690
Employment (ME): 360
Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber.
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Starting Salary (ME):$40,580
Median Salary (ME): $54,080
Employment (ME): 150
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.
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Starting Salary (ME):$35,380
Median Salary (ME): $49,200
Employment (ME): 160
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines to saw, cut, shear, slit, punch, crimp, notch, bend, or straighten metal or plastic material.
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Starting Salary (ME):$38,290
Median Salary (ME): $51,820
Employment (ME): 180
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.
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Starting Salary (ME):$49,070
Median Salary (ME): $60,080
Employment (ME): 150
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair, maintain, or install electric motors, wiring, or switches.
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Starting Salary (ME):$46,670
Median Salary (ME): $61,090
Employment (ME): No Data
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply electrical and electronic theory and related knowledge, usually under the direction of engineering staff, to design, build, repair, adjust, and modify electrical components, circuitry, controls, and machinery for subsequent evaluation and use by engineering staff in making engineering design decisions.
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Starting Salary (ME):$61,730
Median Salary (ME): $83,440
Employment (ME): 270
Electrical and Electronics Drafters
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Prepare wiring diagrams, circuit board assembly diagrams, and layout drawings used for the manufacture, installation, or repair of electrical equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$48,450
Median Salary (ME): $75,100
Employment (ME): 110
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Install, adjust, or maintain mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other mobile equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$46,800
Median Salary (ME): $61,820
Employment (ME): 90
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.
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Starting Salary (ME):$61,920
Median Salary (ME): $81,180
Employment (ME): 410
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays.
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Starting Salary (ME):$80,880
Median Salary (ME): $92,570
Employment (ME): 160
Electrical Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Research, design, develop, test, or supervise the manufacturing and installation of electrical equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or scientific use.
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Starting Salary (ME):$78,930
Median Salary (ME): $114,620
Employment (ME): 1,150
Electricians
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May install or service street lights, intercom systems, or electrical control systems.
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Starting Salary (ME):$54,180
Median Salary (ME): $75,380
Employment (ME): 3,780
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Operate, test, maintain, or adjust unmanned, automated, servomechanical, or electromechanical equipment. May operate unmanned submarines, aircraft, or other equipment to observe or record visual information at sites such as oil rigs, crop fields, buildings, or for similar infrastructure, deep ocean exploration, or hazardous waste removal. May assist engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$52,310
Median Salary (ME): $82,510
Employment (ME): No Data
Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Design, develop, or evaluate energy-related projects or programs to reduce energy costs or improve energy efficiency during the designing, building, or remodeling stages of construction. May specialize in electrical systems; heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems; green buildings; lighting; air quality; or energy procurement.
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Starting Salary (ME):$78,440
Median Salary (ME): $120,430
Employment (ME): 590
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply theory and principles of environmental engineering to modify, test, and operate equipment and devices used in the prevention, control, and remediation of environmental problems, including waste treatment and site remediation, under the direction of engineering staff or scientists. May assist in the development of environmental remediation devices.
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Starting Salary (ME):$34,180
Median Salary (ME): $64,660
Employment (ME): No Data
Etchers and Engravers
Industries: Production Occupations
Engrave or etch metal, wood, rubber, or other materials. Includes such workers as etcher-circuit processors, pantograph engravers, and silk screen etchers.
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Starting Salary (ME):$35,050
Median Salary (ME): $47,520
Employment (ME): 70
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines to extrude or draw thermoplastic or metal materials into tubes, rods, hoses, wire, bars, or structural shapes.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,910
Median Salary (ME): $46,550
Employment (ME): 90
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,920
Median Salary (ME): $57,990
Employment (ME): 140
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators
Industries: Production Occupations
Laminate layers of fiberglass on molds to form boat decks and hulls, bodies for golf carts, automobiles, or other products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$41,720
Median Salary (ME): $50,710
Employment (ME): 320
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
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Starting Salary (ME):$55,350
Median Salary (ME): $77,290
Employment (ME): 3,130
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.
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Starting Salary (ME):$49,940
Median Salary (ME): $79,260
Employment (ME): 2,640
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
Industries: Production Occupations
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of production and operating workers, such as inspectors, precision workers, machine setters and operators, assemblers, fabricators, and plant and system operators. Excludes team or work leaders.
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Starting Salary (ME):$48,340
Median Salary (ME): $78,970
Employment (ME): 2,970
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,580
Median Salary (ME): $53,390
Employment (ME): 120
Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or tend food or tobacco roasting, baking, or drying equipment, including hearth ovens, kiln driers, roasters, char kilns, and vacuum drying equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$40,130
Median Salary (ME): $50,220
Employment (ME): 100
Food Batchmakers
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up and operate equipment that mixes or blends ingredients used in the manufacturing of food products. Includes candy makers and cheese makers.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,320
Median Salary (ME): $42,260
Employment (ME): 610
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or tend cooking equipment, such as steam cooking vats, deep fry cookers, pressure cookers, kettles, and boilers, to prepare food products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$35,990
Median Salary (ME): $37,500
Employment (ME): 170
Foresters
Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. May inventory the type, amount, and location of standing timber, appraise the timber's worth, negotiate the purchase, and draw up contracts for procurement. May determine how to conserve wildlife habitats, creek beds, water quality, and soil stability, and how best to comply with environmental regulations. May devise plans for planting and growing new trees, monitor trees for healthy growth, and determine optimal harvesting schedules.
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Starting Salary (ME):$54,070
Median Salary (ME): $66,480
Employment (ME): 70
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or tend heating equipment other than basic metal, plastic, or food processing equipment. Includes activities such as annealing glass, drying lumber, curing rubber, removing moisture from materials, or boiling soap.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,760
Median Salary (ME): $48,060
Employment (ME): 70
Furniture Finishers
Industries: Production Occupations
Shape, finish, and refinish damaged, worn, or used furniture or new high-grade furniture to specified color or finish.
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Starting Salary (ME):$40,590
Median Salary (ME): $45,560
Employment (ME): 80
Gem and Diamond Workers
Industries: Production Occupations
Fabricate, finish, or evaluate the quality of gems and diamonds used in jewelry or industrial tools.
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Starting Salary (ME):$34,600
Median Salary (ME): $48,080
Employment (ME): 50
Geodetic Surveyors
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Measure large areas of the Earth's surface using satellite observations, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), light detection and ranging (LIDAR), or related sources.
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Starting Salary (ME):$56,110
Median Salary (ME): $83,200
Employment (ME): 270
Geothermal Technicians
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Perform technical activities at power plants or individual installations necessary for the generation of power from geothermal energy sources. Monitor and control operating activities at geothermal power generation facilities and perform maintenance and repairs as necessary. Install, test, and maintain residential and commercial geothermal heat pumps.
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Starting Salary (ME):$43,520
Median Salary (ME): $61,380
Employment (ME): 1,230
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers
Industries: Production Occupations
Shape molten glass according to patterns.
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Starting Salary (ME):$42,080
Median Salary (ME): $48,640
Employment (ME): 120
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend grinding and related tools that remove excess material or burrs from surfaces, sharpen edges or corners, or buff, hone, or polish metal or plastic work pieces.
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Starting Salary (ME):$37,780
Median Salary (ME): $47,230
Employment (ME): 170
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend heating equipment, such as heat-treating furnaces, flame-hardening machines, induction machines, soaking pits, or vacuum equipment to temper, harden, anneal, or heat treat metal or plastic objects.
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Starting Salary (ME):$38,670
Median Salary (ME): $45,590
Employment (ME): 40
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Install or repair heating, central air conditioning, HVAC, or refrigeration systems, including oil burners, hot-air furnaces, and heating stoves.
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Starting Salary (ME):$47,090
Median Salary (ME): $63,170
Employment (ME): 2,250
Helpers--Carpenters
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Help carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$39,480
Median Salary (ME): $50,100
Employment (ME): 160
Helpers--Electricians
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Help electricians by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$42,200
Median Salary (ME): $46,550
Employment (ME): 1,000
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.
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Starting Salary (ME):$35,040
Median Salary (ME): $39,520
Employment (ME): 280
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Help plumbers, pipefitters, steamfitters, or pipelayers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$39,840
Median Salary (ME): $48,410
Employment (ME): No Data
Helpers--Production Workers
Industries: Production Occupations
Help production workers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$33,180
Median Salary (ME): $44,120
Employment (ME): 470
Home Appliance Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair, adjust, or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers, and ovens.
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Starting Salary (ME):$35,600
Median Salary (ME): $46,500
Employment (ME): 160
Hydroelectric Production Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Manage operations at hydroelectric power generation facilities. Maintain and monitor hydroelectric plant equipment for efficient and safe plant operations.
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Starting Salary (ME):$83,540
Median Salary (ME): $124,810
Employment (ME): 800
Industrial Ecologists
Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Apply principles and processes of natural ecosystems to develop models for efficient industrial systems. Use knowledge from the physical and social sciences to maximize effective use of natural resources in the production and use of goods and services. Examine societal issues and their relationship with both technical systems and the environment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$49,280
Median Salary (ME): $66,480
Employment (ME): 530
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply engineering theory and principles to problems of industrial layout or manufacturing production, usually under the direction of engineering staff. May perform time and motion studies on worker operations in a variety of industries for purposes such as establishing standard production rates or improving efficiency.
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Starting Salary (ME):$41,600
Median Salary (ME): $63,070
Employment (ME): 310
Industrial Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Design, develop, test, and evaluate integrated systems for managing industrial production processes, including human work factors, quality control, inventory control, logistics and material flow, cost analysis, and production coordination.
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Starting Salary (ME):$76,490
Median Salary (ME): $101,030
Employment (ME): 1,030
Industrial Machinery Mechanics
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.
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Starting Salary (ME):$51,160
Median Salary (ME): $72,310
Employment (ME): 1,190
Industrial Production Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate the work activities and resources necessary for manufacturing products in accordance with cost, quality, and quantity specifications.
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Starting Salary (ME):$83,540
Median Salary (ME): $124,810
Employment (ME): 800
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
Industries: Production Occupations
Inspect, test, sort, sample, or weigh nonagricultural raw materials or processed, machined, fabricated, or assembled parts or products for defects, wear, and deviations from specifications. May use precision measuring instruments and complex test equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$34,200
Median Salary (ME): $53,570
Employment (ME): 1,800
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Line and cover structures with insulating materials. May work with batt, roll, or blown insulation materials.
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Starting Salary (ME):$37,260
Median Salary (ME): $47,790
Employment (ME): 440
Insulation Workers, Mechanical
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Apply insulating materials to pipes or ductwork, or other mechanical systems in order to help control and maintain temperature.
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Starting Salary (ME):$51,090
Median Salary (ME): $63,580
Employment (ME): 400
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers
Industries: Production Occupations
Design, fabricate, adjust, repair, or appraise jewelry, gold, silver, other precious metals, or gems.
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Starting Salary (ME):$34,600
Median Salary (ME): $48,080
Employment (ME): 50
Landscape Architects
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Plan and design land areas for projects such as parks and other recreational facilities, airports, highways, hospitals, schools, land subdivisions, and commercial, industrial, and residential sites.
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Starting Salary (ME):$62,420
Median Salary (ME): $82,440
Employment (ME): 110
Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend lathe and turning machines to turn, bore, thread, form, or face metal or plastic materials, such as wire, rod, or bar stock.
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Starting Salary (ME):$44,380
Median Salary (ME): $64,800
Employment (ME): 80
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or tend washing or dry-cleaning machines to wash or dry-clean industrial or household articles, such as cloth garments, suede, leather, furs, blankets, draperies, linens, rugs, and carpets. Includes spotters and dyers of these articles.
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Starting Salary (ME):$34,640
Median Salary (ME): $37,380
Employment (ME): 820
Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Lay out reference points and dimensions on metal or plastic stock or workpieces, such as sheets, plates, tubes, structural shapes, castings, or machine parts, for further processing. Includes shipfitters.
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Starting Salary (ME):$54,180
Median Salary (ME): $74,530
Employment (ME): 180
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair and open locks, make keys, change locks and safe combinations, and install and repair safes.
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Starting Salary (ME):$43,010
Median Salary (ME): $52,670
Employment (ME): 140
Machine Feeders and Offbearers
Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Feed materials into or remove materials from machines or equipment that is automatic or tended by other workers.
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Starting Salary (ME):$32,310
Median Salary (ME): $32,310
Employment (ME): 210
Machinists
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up and operate a variety of machine tools to produce precision parts and instruments out of metal. Includes precision instrument makers who fabricate, modify, or repair mechanical instruments. May also fabricate and modify parts to make or repair machine tools or maintain industrial machines, applying knowledge of mechanics, mathematics, metal properties, layout, and machining procedures.
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Starting Salary (ME):$45,760
Median Salary (ME): $59,160
Employment (ME): 1,780
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Perform work involving the skills of two or more maintenance or craft occupations to keep machines, mechanical equipment, or the structure of a building in repair. Duties may involve pipe fitting; HVAC maintenance; insulating; welding; machining; carpentry; repairing electrical or mechanical equipment; installing, aligning, and balancing new equipment; and repairing buildings, floors, or stairs.
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Starting Salary (ME):$37,440
Median Salary (ME): $49,430
Employment (ME): 5,820
Maintenance Workers, Machinery
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.
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Starting Salary (ME):$45,930
Median Salary (ME): $52,300
Employment (ME): 490
Manufacturing Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Design, integrate, or improve manufacturing systems or related processes. May work with commercial or industrial designers to refine product designs to increase producibility and decrease costs.
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Starting Salary (ME):$76,490
Median Salary (ME): $101,030
Employment (ME): 1,030
Materials Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Evaluate materials and develop machinery and processes to manufacture materials for use in products that must meet specialized design and performance specifications. Develop new uses for known materials. Includes those engineers working with composite materials or specializing in one type of material, such as graphite, metal and metal alloys, ceramics and glass, plastics and polymers, and naturally occurring materials. Includes metallurgists and metallurgical engineers, ceramic engineers, and welding engineers.
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Starting Salary (ME):$72,130
Median Salary (ME): $97,110
Employment (ME): 100
Mechanical Drafters
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Prepare detailed working diagrams of machinery and mechanical devices, including dimensions, fastening methods, and other engineering information.
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Starting Salary (ME):$52,170
Median Salary (ME): $76,360
Employment (ME): 620
Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Apply theory and principles of mechanical engineering to modify, develop, test, or adjust machinery and equipment under direction of engineering staff or physical scientists.
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Starting Salary (ME):$49,920
Median Salary (ME): $76,790
Employment (ME): 220
Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.
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Starting Salary (ME):$45,210
Median Salary (ME): $45,210
Employment (ME): 120
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines to mix or blend materials, such as chemicals, tobacco, liquids, color pigments, or explosive ingredients.
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Starting Salary (ME):$39,420
Median Salary (ME): $55,540
Employment (ME): 220
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Mold, shape, form, cast, or carve products such as food products, figurines, tile, pipes, and candles consisting of clay, glass, plaster, concrete, stone, or combinations of materials.
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Starting Salary (ME):$42,080
Median Salary (ME): $48,640
Employment (ME): 120
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend metal or plastic molding, casting, or coremaking machines to mold or cast metal or thermoplastic parts or products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$46,350
Median Salary (ME): $59,230
Employment (ME): 470
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair and adjust electrical and mechanical equipment of inboard or inboard-outboard boat engines.
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Starting Salary (ME):$45,450
Median Salary (ME): $60,510
Employment (ME): 340
Motorcycle Mechanics
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul motorcycles, scooters, mopeds, dirt bikes, or similar motorized vehicles.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,830
Median Salary (ME): $48,380
Employment (ME): 100
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend more than one type of cutting or forming machine tool or robot.
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Starting Salary (ME):$38,110
Median Salary (ME): $46,710
Employment (ME): 300
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.
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Starting Salary (ME):$46,200
Median Salary (ME): $56,140
Employment (ME): 2,210
Painters, Construction and Maintenance
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.
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Starting Salary (ME):$47,320
Median Salary (ME): $59,270
Employment (ME): 2,120
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend paper goods machines that perform a variety of functions, such as converting, sawing, corrugating, banding, wrapping, boxing, stitching, forming, or sealing paper or paperboard sheets into products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$47,310
Median Salary (ME): $61,780
Employment (ME): 740
Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend plating machines to coat metal or plastic products with chromium, zinc, copper, cadmium, nickel, or other metal to protect or decorate surfaces. Typically, the product being coated is immersed in molten metal or an electrolytic solution.
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Starting Salary (ME):$39,550
Median Salary (ME): $45,720
Employment (ME): 170
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipelines or pipe systems that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases. May install heating and cooling equipment and mechanical control systems. Includes sprinkler fitters.
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Starting Salary (ME):$48,120
Median Salary (ME): $64,000
Employment (ME): 2,710
Potters, Manufacturing
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate production machines such as pug mill, jigger machine, or potter's wheel to process clay in manufacture of ceramic, pottery and stoneware products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$42,080
Median Salary (ME): $48,640
Employment (ME): 120
Prepress Technicians and Workers
Industries: Production Occupations
Format and proof text and images submitted by designers and clients into finished pages that can be printed. Includes digital and photo typesetting. May produce printing plates.
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Starting Salary (ME):$43,190
Median Salary (ME): $47,350
Employment (ME): 50
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Industries: Production Occupations
Press or shape articles by hand or machine.
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Starting Salary (ME):$33,390
Median Salary (ME): $38,020
Employment (ME): 60
Print Binding and Finishing Workers
Industries: Production Occupations
Bind books and other publications or finish printed products by hand or machine. May set up binding and finishing machines.
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Starting Salary (ME):$37,530
Median Salary (ME): $48,230
Employment (ME): 180
Printing Press Operators
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up and operate digital, letterpress, lithographic, flexographic, gravure, or other printing machines. Includes short-run offset printing presses.
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Starting Salary (ME):$37,710
Median Salary (ME): $47,430
Employment (ME): 300
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Tend, control, or operate power-driven, stationary, or portable pumps and manifold systems to transfer gases, oil, other liquids, slurries, or powdered materials to and from various vessels and processes.
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Starting Salary (ME):$44,440
Median Salary (ME): $51,370
Employment (ME): No Data
Quality Control Systems Managers
Industries: Management Occupations
Plan, direct, or coordinate quality assurance programs. Formulate quality control policies and control quality of laboratory and production efforts.
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Starting Salary (ME):$83,540
Median Salary (ME): $124,810
Employment (ME): 800
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,560
Median Salary (ME): $48,990
Employment (ME): 120
Robotics Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Build, install, test, or maintain robotic equipment or related automated production systems.
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Starting Salary (ME):$52,310
Median Salary (ME): $82,510
Employment (ME): No Data
Roofers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Cover roofs of structures with shingles, slate, asphalt, aluminum, wood, or related materials. May spray roofs, sidings, and walls with material to bind, seal, insulate, or soundproof sections of structures.
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Starting Salary (ME):$44,890
Median Salary (ME): $50,120
Employment (ME): 610
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend wood sawing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment. Includes lead sawyers.
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Starting Salary (ME):$37,230
Median Salary (ME): $46,210
Employment (ME): 730
Semiconductor Processing Technicians
Industries: Production Occupations
Perform any or all of the following functions in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors: load semiconductor material into furnace; saw formed ingots into segments; load individual segment into crystal growing chamber and monitor controls; locate crystal axis in ingot using x-ray equipment and saw ingots into wafers; and clean, polish, and load wafers into series of special purpose furnaces, chemical baths, and equipment used to form circuitry and change conductive properties.
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Starting Salary (ME):$40,120
Median Salary (ME): $47,270
Employment (ME): 320
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vat-type equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators.
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Starting Salary (ME):$45,650
Median Salary (ME): $57,190
Employment (ME): 430
Sewing Machine Operators
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or tend sewing machines to join, reinforce, decorate, or perform related sewing operations in the manufacture of garment or nongarment products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$32,760
Median Salary (ME): $43,520
Employment (ME): 700
Sheet Metal Workers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.
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Starting Salary (ME):$47,930
Median Salary (ME): $62,120
Employment (ME): 830
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers
Industries: Production Occupations
Construct, decorate, or repair leather and leather-like products, such as luggage, shoes, and saddles. May use hand tools.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,040
Median Salary (ME): $38,030
Employment (ME): 160
Shoe Machine Operators and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or tend a variety of machines to join, decorate, reinforce, or finish shoes and shoe parts.
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Starting Salary (ME):$31,450
Median Salary (ME): $39,850
Employment (ME): 530
Solar Energy Installation Managers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Direct work crews installing residential or commercial solar photovoltaic or thermal systems.
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Starting Salary (ME):$55,350
Median Salary (ME): $77,290
Employment (ME): 3,130
Solar Energy Systems Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Perform site-specific engineering analysis or evaluation of energy efficiency and solar projects involving residential, commercial, or industrial customers. Design solar domestic hot water and space heating systems for new and existing structures, applying knowledge of structural energy requirements, local climates, solar technology, and thermodynamics.
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Starting Salary (ME):$78,440
Median Salary (ME): $120,430
Employment (ME): 590
Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Assemble, install, or maintain solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on roofs or other structures in compliance with site assessment and schematics. May include measuring, cutting, assembling, and bolting structural framing and solar modules. May perform minor electrical work such as current checks.
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Starting Salary (ME):$51,970
Median Salary (ME): $61,210
Employment (ME): 60
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
Industries: Construction and Extraction Occupations
Install or repair solar energy systems designed to collect, store, and circulate solar-heated water for residential, commercial or industrial use.
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Starting Salary (ME):$48,120
Median Salary (ME): $64,000
Employment (ME): 2,710
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
Industries: Production Occupations
Operate or maintain stationary engines, boilers, or other mechanical equipment to provide utilities for buildings or industrial processes. Operate equipment such as steam engines, generators, motors, turbines, and steam boilers.
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Starting Salary (ME):$49,360
Median Salary (ME): $62,910
Employment (ME): 290
Stone Cutters and Carvers, Manufacturing
Industries: Production Occupations
Cut or carve stone according to diagrams and patterns.
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Starting Salary (ME):$42,080
Median Salary (ME): $48,640
Employment (ME): 120
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
Industries: Production Occupations
Fabricate, position, align, and fit parts of structural metal products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$49,350
Median Salary (ME): $64,760
Employment (ME): 770
Survey Researchers
Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Plan, develop, or conduct surveys. May analyze and interpret the meaning of survey data, determine survey objectives, or suggest or test question wording. Includes social scientists who primarily design questionnaires or supervise survey teams.
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Starting Salary (ME):$35,820
Median Salary (ME): $47,330
Employment (ME): 60
Surveying and Mapping Technicians
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Perform surveying and mapping duties, usually under the direction of an engineer, surveyor, cartographer, or photogrammetrist, to obtain data used for construction, mapmaking, boundary location, mining, or other purposes. May calculate mapmaking information and create maps from source data, such as surveying notes, aerial photography, satellite data, or other maps to show topographical features, political boundaries, and other features. May verify accuracy and completeness of maps.
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Starting Salary (ME):$47,990
Median Salary (ME): $56,470
Employment (ME): 220
Surveyors
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.
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Starting Salary (ME):$56,110
Median Salary (ME): $83,200
Employment (ME): 270
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines that knit, loop, weave, or draw in textiles.
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Starting Salary (ME):$40,250
Median Salary (ME): $48,350
Employment (ME): 160
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend machines that wind or twist textiles; or draw out and combine sliver, such as wool, hemp, or synthetic fibers. Includes slubber machine and drawing frame operators.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,260
Median Salary (ME): $40,870
Employment (ME): 100
Tire Repairers and Changers
Industries: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Repair and replace tires.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,130
Median Salary (ME): $38,910
Employment (ME): 490
Tool and Die Makers
Industries: Production Occupations
Analyze specifications, lay out metal stock, set up and operate machine tools, and fit and assemble parts to make and repair dies, cutting tools, jigs, fixtures, gauges, and machinists' hand tools.
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Starting Salary (ME):$50,510
Median Salary (ME): $79,910
Employment (ME): 80
Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners
Industries: Production Occupations
Perform precision smoothing, sharpening, polishing, or grinding of metal objects.
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Starting Salary (ME):$36,110
Median Salary (ME): $46,750
Employment (ME): 60
Transportation Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Develop plans for surface transportation projects, according to established engineering standards and state or federal construction policy. Prepare designs, specifications, or estimates for transportation facilities. Plan modifications of existing streets, highways, or freeways to improve traffic flow.
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Starting Salary (ME):$71,080
Median Salary (ME): $97,820
Employment (ME): 1,240
Transportation Inspectors
Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Inspect equipment or goods in connection with the safe transport of cargo or people. Includes rail transportation inspectors, such as freight inspectors, rail inspectors, and other inspectors of transportation vehicles not elsewhere classified.
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Starting Salary (ME):$42,420
Median Salary (ME): $63,750
Employment (ME): 90
Transportation Planners
Industries: Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations
Prepare studies for proposed transportation projects. Gather, compile, and analyze data. Study the use and operation of transportation systems. Develop transportation models or simulations.
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Starting Salary (ME):$46,470
Median Salary (ME): $73,920
Employment (ME): 40
Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation
Industries: Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Inspect and monitor transportation equipment, vehicles, or systems to ensure compliance with regulations and safety standards.
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Starting Salary (ME):$42,420
Median Salary (ME): $63,750
Employment (ME): 90
Water Resource Specialists
Industries: Management Occupations
Design or implement programs and strategies related to water resource issues such as supply, quality, and regulatory compliance issues.
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Starting Salary (ME):$81,950
Median Salary (ME): $141,360
Employment (ME): 430
Water/Wastewater Engineers
Industries: Architecture and Engineering Occupations
Design or oversee projects involving provision of potable water, disposal of wastewater and sewage, or prevention of flood-related damage. Prepare environmental documentation for water resources, regulatory program compliance, data management and analysis, and field work. Perform hydraulic modeling and pipeline design.
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Starting Salary (ME):$71,080
Median Salary (ME): $97,820
Employment (ME): 1,240
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Industries: Production Occupations
Use hand-welding, flame-cutting, hand-soldering, or brazing equipment to weld or join metal components or to fill holes, indentations, or seams of fabricated metal products.
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Starting Salary (ME):$47,230
Median Salary (ME): $62,220
Employment (ME): 1,690
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend welding, soldering, or brazing machines or robots that weld, braze, solder, or heat treat metal products, components, or assemblies. Includes workers who operate laser cutters or laser-beam machines.
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Starting Salary (ME):$45,100
Median Salary (ME): $48,410
Employment (ME): 60
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
Industries: Production Occupations
Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment.
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Starting Salary (ME):$37,400
Median Salary (ME): $44,370
Employment (ME): 440

























































