Table 29
High Growth, High Openings, High
Wage Occupations, Requiring Post-Secondary Vocational or Technical Training
– Northeast Michigan
Occupations
|
Annual
Openings
|
Growth Rate
|
Wages
|
|
State
or U.S.
|
Local
|
%
difference
|
|
Automotive
Mechanics
|
19
|
8.5
|
$ 15.38 (M)
|
$12.96 (L)
|
-
15.7
|
|
Drafters
|
4
|
8.3
|
$ 16.01 (U)
|
$14.11 (L)
|
-11.9
|
|
Emergency
Medical Technicians
|
7
|
25.9
|
$ 10.21 (U)
|
$10.74 (L)
|
+
5.2
|
|
Welders
& Cutters
|
4
|
7.6
|
$ 12.68 (U)
|
$12.53 (L)
|
-1.2
|
|
Sales
Agents, Real Estate
|
6
|
3.8
|
$ 17.53 (M)
|
$14.29 (L)
|
-
18.5
|
Note:
(U) U.S. Wage, (M) Michigan Wage, (L) “Local” Wage – (Non-metro
balance of state covering northern lower Michigan, U.P. and rural areas
through out the state)
Source:
Michigan Department of Career
Development, Office of Labor Market Information |