| SOC Code | SOC Title | 2006 4th Qtr Estimate | 2008 4th Qtr Projected | Annual Growth Openings | Annual Replacement Openings | Total Annual Openings | Annual Growth Rate |
| 00-0000 | Total, All Occupations | 792,956 | 804,332 | 7,163 | 19,917 | 27,080 | 0.71% |
| 11-0000 | Management Occupations | 32,639 | 33,186 | 297 | 550 | 847 | 0.83% |
| 11-1000 | Top Executives | 12,379 | 12,610 | 119 | 202 | 321 | 0.93% |
| 11-1011 | Chief Executives | 2,653 | 2,715 | 31 | 45 | 76 | 1.16% |
| 11-1021 | General and Operations Managers | 8,590 | 8,766 | 88 | 144 | 232 | 1.02% |
| 11-1031 | Legislators | 1,136 | 1,129 | 0 | 13 | 13 | -0.31% |
| 11-2000 | Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sa | 1,347 | 1,388 | 22 | 23 | 45 | 1.51% |
| 11-2011 | Advertising and Promotions Managers | 218 | 223 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1.14% |
| 11-2021 | Marketing Managers | 319 | 325 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0.94% |
| 11-2022 | Sales Managers | 718 | 750 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 2.20% |
| 11-2031 | Public Relations Managers | 92 | 90 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1.09% |
| 11-3000 | Operations Specialties Managers | 5,048 | 5,122 | 42 | 76 | 118 | 0.73% |
| 11-3011 | Administrative Services Managers | 1,010 | 1,029 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 0.94% |
| 11-3021 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | 557 | 574 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 1.51% |
| 11-3031 | Financial Managers | 1,839 | 1,875 | 18 | 22 | 40 | 0.97% |
| 11-3041 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | 158 | 159 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.32% |
| 11-3042 | Training and Development Managers | 78 | 81 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.90% |
| 11-3049 | Human Resources Managers, All Other | 211 | 217 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.41% |
| 11-3051 | Industrial Production Managers | 585 | 577 | 0 | 10 | 10 | -0.69% |
| 11-3061 | Purchasing Managers | 181 | 180 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -0.28% |
| 11-3071 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | 429 | 430 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 0.12% |
| 11-9000 | Other Management Occupations | 13,865 | 14,066 | 115 | 251 | 366 | 0.72% |
| 11-9021 | Construction Managers | 677 | 688 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0.81% |
| 11-9031 | Education Administrators, Preschool and Child Care Center/Pr | 110 | 114 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.80% |
| 11-9032 | Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School | 1,923 | 1,934 | 6 | 43 | 49 | 0.29% |
| 11-9033 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | 807 | 824 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 1.05% |
| 11-9039 | Education Administrators, All Other | 57 | 58 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.87% |
| 11-9041 | Engineering Managers | 533 | 548 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 1.40% |
| 11-9051 | Food Service Managers | 1,384 | 1,432 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 1.72% |
| 11-9061 | Funeral Directors | 270 | 257 | 0 | 8 | 8 | -2.44% |
| 11-9081 | Lodging Managers | 337 | 349 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1.76% |
| 11-9111 | Medical and Health Services Managers | 2,337 | 2,382 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 0.96% |
| 11-9121 | Natural Sciences Managers | 217 | 224 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.60% |
| 11-9131 | Postmasters and Mail Superintendents | 734 | 719 | 0 | 13 | 13 | -1.03% |
| 11-9141 | Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers | 700 | 707 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 0.50% |
| 11-9151 | Social and Community Service Managers | 620 | 639 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 1.52% |
| 11-9199 | Managers, All Other | 2,933 | 2,960 | 14 | 51 | 65 | 0.46% |
| 13-0000 | Business and Financial Operations Occupations | 26,620 | 27,285 | 333 | 430 | 763 | 1.24% |
| 13-1000 | Business Operations Specialists | 16,516 | 16,890 | 187 | 263 | 450 | 1.13% |
| 13-1021 | Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products | 46 | 48 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2.15% |
| 13-1022 | Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products | 508 | 512 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 0.39% |
| 13-1023 | Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Produc | 976 | 991 | 8 | 23 | 31 | 0.77% |
| 13-1031 | Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators | 1,395 | 1,455 | 30 | 15 | 45 | 2.13% |
| 13-1041 | Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construction, Healt | 1,349 | 1,379 | 15 | 29 | 44 | 1.11% |
| 13-1051 | Cost Estimators | 651 | 673 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 1.68% |
| 13-1061 | Emergency Management Specialists | 207 | 214 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.68% |
| 13-1071 | Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists | 495 | 513 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 1.80% |
| 13-1072 | Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | 426 | 439 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 1.51% |
| 13-1073 | Training and Development Specialists | 958 | 988 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 1.55% |
| 13-1079 | Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists, | 4,542 | 4,554 | 6 | 67 | 73 | 0.13% |
| 13-1081 | Logisticians | 292 | 295 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.51% |
| 13-1111 | Management Analysts | 1,071 | 1,098 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 1.25% |
| 13-1121 | Meeting and Convention Planners | 561 | 570 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 0.80% |
| 13-1199 | Business Operations Specialists, All Other | 2,938 | 3,055 | 59 | 44 | 103 | 1.97% |
| 13-2000 | Financial Specialists | 10,104 | 10,395 | 146 | 167 | 313 | 1.43% |
| 13-2011 | Accountants and Auditors | 5,756 | 5,942 | 93 | 100 | 193 | 1.60% |
| 13-2021 | Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate | 514 | 523 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.87% |
| 13-2031 | Budget Analysts | 134 | 137 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.11% |
| 13-2041 | Credit Analysts | 155 | 156 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.32% |
| 13-2051 | Financial Analysts | 282 | 289 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.23% |
| 13-2052 | Personal Financial Advisors | 408 | 431 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 2.78% |
| 13-2053 | Insurance Underwriters | 268 | 276 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 1.48% |
| 13-2061 | Financial Examiners | 95 | 97 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.05% |
| 13-2071 | Loan Counselors | 133 | 136 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.12% |
| 13-2072 | Loan Officers | 1,086 | 1,107 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 0.96% |
| 13-2081 | Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 344 | 353 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1.30% |
| 13-2082 | Tax Preparers | 620 | 633 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.04% |
| 13-2099 | Financial Specialists, All Other | 309 | 315 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.97% |
| 15-0000 | Computer and Mathematical Occupations | 7,711 | 8,113 | 202 | 89 | 291 | 2.57% |
| 15-1000 | Computer Specialists | 7,623 | 8,023 | 201 | 87 | 288 | 2.59% |
| 15-1011 | Computer and Information Scientists, Research | 54 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.84% |
| 15-1021 | Computer Programmers | 1,140 | 1,138 | 0 | 25 | 25 | -0.09% |
| 15-1031 | Computer Software Engineers, Applications | 673 | 735 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 4.50% |
| 15-1032 | Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software | 306 | 329 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 3.69% |
| 15-1041 | Computer Support Specialists | 1,414 | 1,469 | 28 | 15 | 43 | 1.93% |
| 15-1051 | Computer Systems Analysts | 999 | 1,055 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 2.76% |
| 15-1061 | Database Administrators | 409 | 437 | 14 | 4 | 18 | 3.37% |
| 15-1071 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 742 | 793 | 26 | 7 | 33 | 3.38% |
| 15-1081 | Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts | 789 | 861 | 36 | 8 | 44 | 4.46% |
| 15-1099 | Computer Specialists, All Other | 1,097 | 1,150 | 27 | 11 | 38 | 2.39% |
| 15-2000 | Mathematical Scientists | 88 | 90 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.13% |
| 15-2031 | Operations Research Analysts | 36 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 15-2041 | Statisticians | 37 | 37 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 17-0000 | Architecture and Engineering Occupations | 9,256 | 9,423 | 95 | 212 | 307 | 0.90% |
| 17-1000 | Architects, Surveyors, and Cartographers | 681 | 699 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 1.31% |
| 17-1011 | Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | 108 | 111 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.38% |
| 17-1012 | Landscape Architects | 44 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.25% |
| 17-1022 | Surveyors | 519 | 532 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 1.24% |
| 17-2000 | Engineers | 4,789 | 4,865 | 49 | 98 | 147 | 0.79% |
| 17-2011 | Aerospace Engineers | 81 | 85 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.44% |
| 17-2031 | Biomedical Engineers | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 17-2041 | Chemical Engineers | 235 | 221 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -3.02% |
| 17-2051 | Civil Engineers | 1,356 | 1,400 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 1.61% |
| 17-2061 | Computer Hardware Engineers | 81 | 84 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.84% |
| 17-2071 | Electrical Engineers | 408 | 406 | 0 | 8 | 8 | -0.25% |
| 17-2072 | Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 170 | 177 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2.04% |
| 17-2081 | Environmental Engineers | 168 | 170 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.59% |
| 17-2111 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers | 265 | 265 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.00% |
| 17-2112 | Industrial Engineers | 487 | 491 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.41% |
| 17-2131 | Materials Engineers | 61 | 56 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4.19% |
| 17-2141 | Mechanical Engineers | 518 | 528 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0.96% |
| 17-2151 | Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Eng | 265 | 272 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1.31% |
| 17-2161 | Nuclear Engineers | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 17-2171 | Petroleum Engineers | 171 | 179 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2.31% |
| 17-2199 | Engineers, All Other | 491 | 499 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 0.81% |
| 17-3000 | Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians | 3,786 | 3,859 | 38 | 93 | 131 | 0.96% |
| 17-3011 | Architectural and Civil Drafters | 303 | 306 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 0.49% |
| 17-3012 | Electrical and Electronics Drafters | 134 | 132 | 0 | 4 | 4 | -0.75% |
| 17-3013 | Mechanical Drafters | 304 | 309 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.82% |
| 17-3019 | Drafters, All Other | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |