Guidance
OkCRN
Oklahoma's
Occupations
with Most Openings
"Top 30"
(Includes all levels
of education)
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 | Skills | 1,540 |
| Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | |||
| 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 | Skills | 830 |
| and Housekeeping Cleaners | |||
| 10 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and | Skills | 770 |
| Material Movers, Hand | |||
| 11 | Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and | Skills | 750 |
| Attendants | |||
| 12 | Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer | Skills | 710 |
| 13 | Elementary School Teachers, | Skills | 690 |
| Except Special Education | |||
| 14 | Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | Skills | 640 |
| 15 | Secondary School Teachers, Except | Skills | 570 |
| Special and Vocational Education | |||
| 16 | Receptionists and Information Clerks | Skills | 570 |
| 17 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and | Skills | 510 |
| Manufacturing, Except Technical and | |||
| Scientific Products | |||
| 18 | First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers | Skills | 500 |
| 19 | Licensed Practical and Licensed | Skills | 500 |
| Vocational Nurses | |||
| 20 | Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and | Skills | 450 |
| Executive | |||
| 21 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, | Skills | 440 |
| General | |||
| 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 | Skills | 400 |
| Clerks |
