About My Next Move

My Next Move is an interactive tool for job seekers and students to learn more about their career options. My Next Move has tasks, skills, salary information, and more for over 900 different careers. Users can find careers through keyword search; by browsing industries that employ different types of workers; or through the O*NET Interest Profiler, a tool that offers personalized career suggestions based on a person's interests and level of work experience.

My Next Move is developed and maintained by the National Center for O*NET Development, under the sponsorship of the US Department of Labor/Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA) through a grant to the North Carolina Department of Commerce. Learn more about O*NET.

About the data

Education

Education degree requirements come from the O*NET Database. Survey responses are collected in 12 categories:

no high school diploma/GED

less than a high school diploma or equivalent

high school diploma/GED

or the equivalent

certificate after high school

awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in agriculture or natural resources, computer services, personal or culinary services, engineering technologies, healthcare, construction trades, mechanic and repair technologies, or precision production)

some college

 

associate's degree

or other 2-year degree

bachelor's degree

 

certificate after college

awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.

master's degree

 

certificate after master's

awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Master's degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees at the doctoral level.

professional degree

awarded for completion of a program that: requires at least 2 years of college work before entrance into the program, includes a total of at least 6 academic years of work to complete, and provides all remaining academic requirements to begin practice in a profession.

doctoral degree

 

post-doctoral training

 

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Industry employment is provided by the 2023 "industry employment by occupation" statistics, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections external site.

Job Outlook

Career outlook designations reflect estimates of future demand across the United States. National growth and job openings projections are provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2023-2033 employment projections external site. New & Emerging occupations are identified by the National Center for O*NET Development Taxonomy Project.

• Bright outlook careers are New & Emerging occupations, are expected to have at least a 6% increase in employment over 2023-2033, or are projected to have 100,000 or more job openings over 2023-2033.

  9% increase or more =

  "This career will grow much faster than average."

  6% - 8% increase =

  "This career will grow faster than average."

• Average outlook careers are projected to have at least a 3% increase in employment over 2023-2033, but don't meet the criteria for Bright outlook.

  3% - 5% increase =

  "This career will grow about as fast as average."

• Below average outlook careers don't meet the criteria for Bright or Average outlook.

  1% - 2% increase =

  "This career will grow slower than average."

  remain largely unchanged =

  "This career will have little or no change in employment size."

  -1% decrease or more =

  "This career will decline in employment size."

A listing of all career outlook designations can be found at the O*NET Resource Center.

Salary information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2023 wage data external site. Low, average, and high salaries displayed are the 10th, 50th, and 90th percentiles published by BLS.

State map information comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2023 employment location quotient data external site. The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average. On the maps, "average" states have a location quotient between 0.80 and 1.25, "above average" states have a location quotient of 1.25 or higher, and "below average" states have a location quotient lower than 0.80.

Technology

A “Hot Technology” is a technology requirement frequently included across all employer job postings. Their identification helps customers learn which software skills are in demand within the current U.S. economy.

Hot Technologies are distinguished by a fire icon:

An “In Demand” technology is a requirement frequently included in employer job postings for a particular career. In Demand technologies are distinguished by a graph icon:

For a complete listing of current hot technologies, visit O*NET OnLine. To learn about the development of hot and in demand technologies, see Hot Technologies and In Demand Technology Skills within the O*NET System.

Videos

Career Overview and Career Cluster videos and transcripts are provided by CareerOneStop external site.

About the O*NET Interest Profiler

The O*NET Interest Profiler is one of several O*NET Career Exploration Tools developed for career counseling, career planning, and career exploration. The O*NET Interest Profiler is a tool designed to assess individual's vocational interests. The web-based version of the tool features 60 items which measure six types of Holland (1997) occupational interests: Realistic (R), Investigative (I), Artistic (A), Social (S), Enterprising (E), and Conventional (C), collectively called RIASEC. To learn more about the development of this tool, or to download the paper-and-pencil version, visit the O*NET Interest Profiler Short Form page at the O*NET Resource Center.