| 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 | 78,531 | 79,352 | 688 | 1,978 | 2,666 | 0.52% |
| 11-0000 | Management Occupations | 3,121 | 3,150 | 23 | 53 | 76 | 0.46% |
| 11-1000 | Top Executives | 1,119 | 1,141 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 0.98% |
| 11-1011 | Chief Executives | 233 | 241 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1.70% |
| 11-1021 | General and Operations Managers | 797 | 811 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 0.87% |
| 11-1031 | Legislators | 89 | 89 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 11-2000 | Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Public Relations, and Sa | 144 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1.05% |
| 11-2011 | Advertising and Promotions Managers | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4.65% |
| 11-2021 | Marketing Managers | 57 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.88% |
| 11-2022 | Sales Managers | 63 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 11-3000 | Operations Specialties Managers | 651 | 651 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0.00% |
| 11-3011 | Administrative Services Managers | 113 | 114 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.44% |
| 11-3021 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | 52 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 11-3031 | Financial Managers | 184 | 188 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.08% |
| 11-3041 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 11-3049 | Human Resources Managers, All Other | 28 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 11-3051 | Industrial Production Managers | 155 | 148 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2.28% |
| 11-3061 | Purchasing Managers | 44 | 42 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.30% |
| 11-3071 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | 53 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.87% |
| 11-9000 | Other Management Occupations | 1,207 | 1,217 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 0.41% |
| 11-9032 | Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School | 251 | 251 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0.00% |
| 11-9033 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | 21 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.35% |
| 11-9041 | Engineering Managers | 29 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.74% |
| 11-9051 | Food Service Managers | 169 | 175 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1.76% |
| 11-9081 | Lodging Managers | 20 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.47% |
| 11-9111 | Medical and Health Services Managers | 161 | 164 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.93% |
| 11-9131 | Postmasters and Mail Superintendents | 55 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -0.91% |
| 11-9151 | Social and Community Service Managers | 51 | 51 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 11-9199 | Managers, All Other | 277 | 281 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0.72% |
| 13-0000 | Business and Financial Operations Occupations | 2,894 | 2,971 | 43 | 48 | 91 | 1.32% |
| 13-1000 | Business Operations Specialists | 1,678 | 1,728 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 1.48% |
| 13-1022 | Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products | 88 | 86 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -1.14% |
| 13-1023 | Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Produc | 138 | 142 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.44% |
| 13-1041 | Compliance Officers, Except Agriculture, Construction, Healt | 90 | 91 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0.55% |
| 13-1051 | Cost Estimators | 74 | 77 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.01% |
| 13-1071 | Employment, Recruitment, and Placement Specialists | 30 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.28% |
| 13-1072 | Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists | 28 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.77% |
| 13-1073 | Training and Development Specialists | 97 | 101 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.04% |
| 13-1079 | Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists, | 140 | 147 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2.47% |
| 13-1111 | Management Analysts | 290 | 295 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.86% |
| 13-1121 | Meeting and Convention Planners | 48 | 49 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.04% |
| 13-1199 | Business Operations Specialists, All Other | 390 | 411 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 2.66% |
| 13-2000 | Financial Specialists | 1,216 | 1,243 | 14 | 21 | 35 | 1.10% |
| 13-2011 | Accountants and Auditors | 741 | 759 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 1.21% |
| 13-2021 | Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate | 54 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 13-2053 | Insurance Underwriters | 25 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.98% |
| 13-2072 | Loan Officers | 121 | 124 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.23% |
| 13-2081 | Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents | 44 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 13-2099 | Financial Specialists, All Other | 91 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.17% |
| 15-0000 | Computer and Mathematical Occupations | 684 | 712 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 2.03% |
| 15-1000 | Computer Specialists | 682 | 710 | 15 | 7 | 22 | 2.03% |
| 15-1021 | Computer Programmers | 60 | 59 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -0.84% |
| 15-1031 | Computer Software Engineers, Applications | 21 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.35% |
| 15-1041 | Computer Support Specialists | 115 | 118 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.30% |
| 15-1051 | Computer Systems Analysts | 52 | 56 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.77% |
| 15-1061 | Database Administrators | 27 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.84% |
| 15-1071 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 40 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.24% |
| 15-1081 | Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts | 56 | 59 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.64% |
| 17-0000 | Architecture and Engineering Occupations | 697 | 688 | 7 | 15 | 22 | -0.65% |
| 17-1000 | Architects, Surveyors, and Cartographers | 20 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.88% |
| 17-1022 | Surveyors | 19 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.13% |
| 17-2000 | Engineers | 384 | 375 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -1.18% |
| 17-2051 | Civil Engineers | 66 | 70 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2.99% |
| 17-2071 | Electrical Engineers | 58 | 56 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.74% |
| 17-2081 | Environmental Engineers | 34 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2.99% |
| 17-2111 | Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers | 29 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 17-2112 | Industrial Engineers | 71 | 69 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1.42% |
| 17-2141 | Mechanical Engineers | 41 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.23% |
| 17-3000 | Drafters, Engineering, and Mapping Technicians | 293 | 291 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -0.34% |
| 17-3013 | Mechanical Drafters | 31 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 17-3023 | Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians | 99 | 92 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3.60% |
| 17-3029 | Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other | 12 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.08% |
| 17-3031 | Surveying and Mapping Technicians | 15 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6.46% |
| 19-0000 | Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations | 1,019 | 980 | 4 | 23 | 27 | -1.93% |
| 19-1000 | Life Scientists | 45 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 19-1032 | Foresters | 19 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 19-2000 | Physical Scientists | 335 | 319 | 1 | 8 | 9 | -2.42% |
| 19-2042 | Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | 19 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5.13% |
| 19-3000 | Social Scientists and Related Workers | 208 | 208 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0.00% |
| 19-3031 | Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists | 48 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3.08% |
| 19-4000 | Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians | 431 | 408 | 0 | 9 | 9 | -2.70% |
| 19-4031 | Chemical Technicians | 298 | 278 | 0 | 7 | 7 | -3.41% |
| 21-0000 | Community and Social Services Occupations | 1,657 | 1,713 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 1.68% |
| 21-1000 | Counselors, Social Workers, and Other Community and Social S | 1,645 | 1,700 | 28 | 27 | 55 | 1.66% |
| 21-1011 | Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3.28% |
| 21-1012 | Educational, Vocational, and School Counselors | 131 | 135 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1.52% |
| 21-1019 | Counselors, All Other | 11 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.45% |
| 21-1021 | Child, Family, and School Social Workers | 376 | 384 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1.06% |
| 21-1022 | Medical and Public Health Social Workers | 74 | 76 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.34% |
| 21-1023 | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers | 103 | 107 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1.92% |
| 21-1093 | Social and Human Service Assistants | 595 | 621 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 2.16% |
| 21-2000 | Religious Workers | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.08% |
| 21-2011 | Clergy | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% |
| 23-0000 | Legal Occupations | 549 | 567 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 1.63% |
| 23-1000 | Lawyers, Judges, and Related Workers | 243 | 247 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.82% |
| 23-1011 | Lawyers | 199 | 202 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0.75% |
| 23-1023 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | 39 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.27% |
| 23-2000 | Legal Support Workers | 306 | 320 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2.26% |
| 23-2011 | Paralegals and Legal Assistants | 243 | 256 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2.64% |
| 23-2093 | Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers | 47 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.06% |
| 25-0000 | Education, Training, and Library Occupations | 4,188 | 4,265 | 39 | 80 | 119 | 0.92% |
| 25-1000 | Postsecondary Teachers | 298 | 313 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2.49% |
| 25-1011 | Business Teachers, Postsecondary | 17 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.90% |
| 25-1191 | Graduate Teaching Assistants | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00% |
| 25-1194 | Vocational Education Teachers, Postsecondary | 66 | 68 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1.50% |
| 25-2000 | Primary, Secondary, and Special Education School Teachers | 3,036 | 3,079 | 22 | 60 | 82 | 0.71% |
| 25-2011 | Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | 311 | 320 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 1.44% |
| 25-2012 | Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education | 151 | 154 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.99% |
| 25-2021 | Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 972 | 984 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 0.62% |
| 25-2022 | Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Educat | 550 | 553 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 0.27% |
| 25-2031 | Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Vocational Edu | 447 | 449 | 1 | 12 |