The following list was published in the book 200 Best Jobs for Renewing America (© 2010) by Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., and The Editors at JIST. The book contains 200 other “best jobs lists,” plus information-packed descriptions about the jobs featured in each list.
Construction Managers
- Annual Earnings: $76,230
- Percent Growth: 15.7 percent
- Annual Openings: 44,158
Industrial Engineers
- Annual Earnings: $71,430
- Percent Growth: 20.3 percent
- Annual Openings: 11,272
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers
- Annual Earnings: $55,950
- Percent Growth: 9.1 percent
- Annual Openings: 82,923
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
- Annual Earnings: $58,380
- Percent Growth: 25.1 percent
- Annual Openings: 6,961
Construction and Building Mangers
- Annual Earnings: $48,330
- Percent Growth: 18.2 percent
- Annual Openings: 12,606
Environmental Engineers
- Annual Earnings: $72,350
- Percent Growth: 25.4 percent
- Annual Openings: 5,003
Plumbers, Pipefitters and Steamfitters
- Annual Earnings: $44,090
- Percent Growth: 10.6 percent
- Annual Openings: 68,643
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
- Annual Earnings: $75,800
- Percent Growth: 21.9 percent
- Annual Openings: 2,471
Carpenters
- Annual Earnings: $37,660
- Percent Growth: 10.3 percent
- Annual Openings: 223,225
Electricians
- Annual Earnings: $44,780
- Percent Growth: 7.4 percent
- Annual Openings: 79,083
To learn more about these jobs or to view additional “best jobs lists,” purchase 200 Best Jobs for Renewing America by Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., and The Editors at JIST.