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The job market has picked up, and high-paying jobs have increased

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The job market has picked up, and high-paying jobs have increased. CNNMoney said that in the past two years, job opportunities in factories that manufacture aircraft, automobiles and machinery have grown at a good pace...

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Since the job market reached its bottom in February 2010, the health care industry has added 17% of the 4 million total job gains, and many health care positions have high salaries.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median wage for ambulatory care workers in medical and dental offices is $18 per hour, with those working in hospitals earning up to 23 hours, and registered nurses making around $32 per hour.

Another area of ​​employment growth is professional and technical services, which broadly includes accountants, lawyers, architects and computer engineers. Since the U.S. economy began to recover in early 2010, these jobs have accounted for 13% of all job growth in the U.S., with average wages of $28 an hour. While unemployment is dire, unemployment in the technology sector is much lower.

Software developers are in particularly high demand. Median wages are as high as $43 an hour, and this is likely to rise further. Because such professionals require a combination of scientific, mathematical and business skills, and few can meet the standards.

Global IT and software companies employed about 2,000 people in the United States last year and plan to hire an additional 10,000 professionals in Europe and the United States by 2015. For those employed with relevant academic qualifications and experience, their salary can reach 6 figures in US dollars.

Although it is impossible for the 4.4 million unemployed American blue-collar workers to find high-paying jobs without a college degree or above, manufacturing jobs that require advanced skills are high-paying positions that do not require high education.

National Association of Manufacturers Chief Economist Mutrie said that since the end of the recession, the manufacturing industry has created almost 500,000 jobs, and almost all of these jobs come from the durable goods sector, mainly aerospace, automobiles, metals, computers and machinery, and are all high-paying jobs.

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