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Occupations With The Highest Annual Openings
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The service and health care sectors are currently employing the greatest number of Connecticut's workers.
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Occupational Title
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Employment
2004
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Employment
2014 |
Annual Openings* |
| Cashiers |
47,410 |
48,380 |
2,404 |
| Retail Salespersons |
51,500 |
58,720 |
2,594 |
| Waiters and Waitresses |
26,050 |
29,210 |
1,656 |
| Registered Nurses |
31,890 |
36,020 |
1,081 |
| Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers |
17,740 |
20,050 |
1,000 |
| Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
31,320 |
34,360 |
898 |
| Customer Service Representatives |
30,620 |
35,530 |
947 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing |
20,410 |
22,700 |
764 |
| Stock Clerks and Order Fillers |
21,060 |
20,430 |
780 |
| Office Clerks, General |
32,580 |
33,610 |
825 |
| Food Preparation Workers |
14,270 |
16,480 |
726 |
| Teacher Assistants |
22,580 |
25,080 |
687 |
| Accountants and Auditors |
20,520 |
23,370 |
672 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand |
19,050 |
19,280 |
645 |
| Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers |
19,490 |
20,210 |
490 |
| Receptionists and Information Clerks |
14,150 |
16,160 |
549 |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers |
14,260 |
16,110 |
495 |
| Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants |
24,410 |
26,560 |
535 |
| First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers |
18,630 |
20,010 |
473 |
| Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks |
26,510 |
27,620 |
607 |
| Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive |
25,260 |
24,450 |
484 |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education |
18,140 |
18,990 |
486 |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education |
12,730 |
13,530 |
438 |
| Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession |
6,780 |
7,730 |
537 |
| Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants |
22,600 |
24,090 |
582 |
| Child Care Workers |
14,110 |
15,460 |
520 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners |
13,790 |
15,620 |
472 |
| Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics |
10,470 |
11,990 |
431 |
| Business Operations Specialists, All Other |
9,160 |
10,730 |
313 |
| Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education |
10,150 |
10,980 |
306 |
| Home Health Aides |
10,240 |
12,760 |
386 |
| Security Guards |
12,210 |
12,810 |
325 |
| Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer |
14,280 |
15,320 |
337 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists and Cosmetologists |
10,750 |
12,160 |
348 |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General |
11,540 |
12,750 |
342 |
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Source: Connecticut Deptartment of Labor, January 2006
*Annual Job Openings refer to expected number of new workers needed due to growth in employment or to replace workers who have left the workforce |
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