CAREER INFORMATION

Top 30 Occupations in Oklahoma

 

Listed below are the 30 occupations with the largest number of projected openings for the period between 2002 and 2012 based on the Oklahoma employment projections and includes all occupations, regardless of training requirements. It presents employment and average annual openings for the period of 2002-2012.

#	Occupational Title	Skills Required	Average Annual Openings
1	Cashiers	Skills	2,460
2	Retail Salespersons	Skills	2,250
3	Waiters and Waitresses	Skills	1,810
4	Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	Skills	1,540
5	Office Clerks, General	Skills	1,120
6	Registered Nurses	Skills	990
7	General and Operations Managers	Skills	980
8	Customer Service Representatives	Skills	890
9	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	Skills	830
10	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	Skills	770
11	Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants	Skills	750
12	Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer	Skills	710
13	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	Skills	690
14	Stock Clerks and Order Fillers	Skills	640
15	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Education	Skills	570
16	Receptionists and Information Clerks	Skills	570
17	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	Skills	510
18	First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers	Skills	500
19	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	Skills	500
20	Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	Skills	450
21	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	Skills	440
22	Teacher Assistants	Skills	440
23	Child Care Workers	Skills	440
24	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	Skills	440
25	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	Skills	430
26	Food Preparation Workers	Skills	430
27	Tellers	Skills	420
28	Security Guards	Skills	410
29	Cooks, Restaurant	Skills	410
30	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	Skills	400