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High-Demand Occupations for the FY2025 Enhancement Grant

By Fleshman, Brook on October 12, 2023

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High-Demand Occupations for FY2025

The following occupations were identified from using the Long Term Occupational Projections 2020-2030 for Missouri. The data was extracted from the MERIC website. https://meric.mo.gov/workforce-research/occupational-projections. The Long-term Projections (Statewide-MO All Occupations) information was used to determine the high-demand occupations list. Only occupations receiving a MERIC grade of "A" or "B" were considered for this list. Regardless of grade, any occupation listed as requiring less than a high school diploma and listed as only short-term on-the-job training were not eligible. The level of formal educational attainment required, as identified through MERIC data, may not exceed an associate degree to be listed as high-demand

1. Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians 2.Agricultural and Food Science Technicians 3.Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 4. Architectural and Civil Drafters 5.Audio and Video Equipment Technicians 6.Automotive Body and Related Repairers 7.Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 8. Billing and Posting Clerks 9. Brickmasons and Blockmasons 10.Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists

11. Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 12.Calibration and Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other 13.Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians 14.Cargo and Freight Agents 15.Carpenters 16.Chefs and Head Cooks 17.Chemical Technicians 18.Childcare Workers 19.Civil Engineering Technicians 20.Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators

21.Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 22.Commercial Pilots 23.Community Health Workers 24.Computer Network Support Specialists 25.Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 26.Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers27.Computer Systems Analysts28.Computer User Support Specialists29.Construction and Building Inspectors

30.Construction Laborers 31.Cooks, Fast Food 32.Cooks, Short Order 33.Customer Service Representatives 34.Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 35.Dental Assistants 36.Dental Hygienists 37.Dental Laboratory Technicians 38.Detectives and Criminal Investigators 39.Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

40.Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance41.Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians42.Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers43.Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers44.Electricians45.Electro-Mechanical Technicians 46.Elevator Installers and Repairers 47.Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics 48.Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 49.Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

50.Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 51.Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 52.Firefighters 53.First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 54.First-Line Supervisors of Fire Fighting and Prevention Workers 55.First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 56.First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 57.First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 58.First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 59.First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

60.First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives61.First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers62.First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers63.First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling64.Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 65.Food Service Managers66.Glaziers67.Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists68.Health Information Technologists, Medical Registrars, Surgical Assistants, & Healthcare Practitioners, AO69.Healthcare Support Workers, All Other

70.Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers71.Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers72.Helpers--Pipe layers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters73.Helpers--Production Workers74.Highway Maintenance Workers75.Home Health and Personal Care Aides76.Industrial Engineering Technicians77.Industrial Machinery Mechanics78.Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other79.Insulation Workers, Mechanical

80.Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks81.Insurance Sales Agents82.Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers83.Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses84.Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 85.Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers86.Loan Interviewers and Clerks87.Locomotive Engineers88.Machinists89.Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists

90.Maintenance and Repair Workers, General91.Maintenance Workers, Machinery92.Massage Therapists93.Medical Assistants94.Medical Dosimetrists, Medical Records Specialists, and Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other95.Medical Equipment Preparers96.Medical Equipment Repairers97.Medical Secretaries98.Millwrights99.Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators

100.Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders101.Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engine 102.Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic103.Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic104.Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic105.Nursing Assistants106.Occupational Therapy Assistants107.Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators108.Ophthalmic Medical Technicians109.Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics

110.Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 111.Paralegals and Legal Assistants112.Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators113.Pharmacy Technicians114.Phlebotomists115.Physical Therapist Assistants116.Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters117.Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers118.Police, Fire, and Ambulance Dispatchers119.Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education

120.Production Workers, All Other121.Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks122.Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers123.Psychiatric Technicians124.Radiologic Technologists125.Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters126.Real Estate Brokers127.Real Estate Sales Agents128.Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians129.Registered Nurses

130.Respiratory Therapists131.Sales Representatives, Services, All Other132.Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products133.Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers134.Security Guards135.Self-Enrichment Education Teachers136.Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders137.Sheet Metal Workers138.Social and Human Service Assistants139.Structural Iron and Steel Workers

140.Surgical Technologists141.Surveying and Mapping Technicians142.Teacher Assistants143.Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers144.Tool and Die Makers145.Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers146.Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers147.Veterinary Technologists and Technicians148.Web Developers and Digital Interface Designers149.Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers150.Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing