Workforce Skills and Demand Analysis: April 2020 - March 2021

16 Career Cluster Framework Based on Perkins IV Definition

The National Career Clusters ® Framework serves as an organizing tool for Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, curriculum design and instruction. There are 16 Career Clusters in the National Career Clusters Framework, representing 79 Career Pathways to help learners navigate their way to greater success in college and career. The framework also functions as a useful guide in developing programs of study bridging secondary and postsecondary systems and for creating individual student plans of study for a complete range of career options. As such, it helps learners discover their interests and their passions, and empowers them to choose the educational pathway that can lead to success in high school, college and career. For more information on this national framework, please reference https://careertech.org/career-clusters .

Avg. Hourly Earnings

Median Hourly Earnings

Age Out %

2021 Location Quotient

2019 Jobs

2020 Jobs

2021 Jobs

2019 - 2021 Change

2019 - 2021 % Change

% Annual Replacement

Median Annual Earnings

Career Cluster

AGRICULTURE, FOOD & NATURAL RESOURCES

$ 24.76

$ 22.70

$ 47,211.82

33 %

7,701

(269)

(3%)

0.9

7,942

7,674

11%

ARCHITECTURE & CONSTRUCTION

$ 27.22

$ 25.65

$ 53,343.39

24 %

24,311

23,538

(542)

(2%)

23,769

9%

0.7

ARTS, AUDIO/VIDEO TECH & COMMUNICATIONS

$ 32.44

$ 24.15

$ 50,241.14

28 %

8,094

7,787

7,722

10%

(373)

(5%)

0.8

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION

$ 37.10

$ 34.19

$ 71,124.58

30 %

77,249

74,185

74,016

10%

(3,233)

(4%)

1.1

$ 32.05

$ 28.44

$ 59,149.78

42 %

27,075

(874)

(3%)

1.2

28,074

27,199

8%

EDUCATION & TRAINING

$ 35.68

$ 31.72

$ 65,987.29

26 %

16,125

15,931

(89)

(1%)

16,036

8%

0.8

FINANCE

GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC ADMINSTRATION

$ 33.76

$ 32.16

$ 66,887.28

38 %

3,234

3,197

3,214

8%

(21)

(1%)

0.9

$ 35.69

$ 33.21

$ 69,075.64

24 %

39,099

38,335

38,965

6%

(134)

(0%)

1.2

HEALTH SCIENCE

HOSPITALITY & TOURISM

$ 23.78

$ 21.74

$ 45,215.58

16 %

13,752

13,639

(1,721)

(11%)

0.9

15,360

14%

$ 25.51

$ 22.62

$ 47,039.66

25 %

23,944

22,789

22,957

(987)

(4%)

11%

1.2

HUMAN SERVICES

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

$ 29.00

$ 26.53

$ 55,172.97

26 %

608,362

585,408

587,944

10%

(20,417)

(3%)

0.9

LAW, PUBLIC SAFETY, CORRECTIONS & SECURITY

$ 33.78

$ 32.43

$ 67,446.66

20 %

15,466

15,165

15,190

8%

(275)

(2%)

1.2

$ 22.42

$ 21.38

$ 44,466.11

33 %

33,949

1.1

35,056

(1,032)

(3%)

34,024

9%

MANUFACTURING

$ 40.30

$ 34.14

$ 71,002.40

29 %

20,713

20,176

(548)

(3%)

20,164

9%

0.8

MARKETING

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING & MATH

$ 43.64

$ 40.39

$ 84,003.03

30 %

9,253

9,142

9,235

7%

0.7

(17)

(0%)

TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION & LOGISTICS

$ 32.57

$ 30.79

$ 64,045.08

29 %

16,899

16,565

16,732

9%

0.6

(168)

(1%)

Source: EMSI

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