Career Profiles

WIN has created data snapshots on specific occupations that provide information about wages, employment projections, and recent job postings. Check out the career snapshots below to use in workforce planning, career counseling, and program development.

For more information regarding the labor market in southeast Michigan, please view WIN’s most recent Labor Market Reports. If you have questions regarding WIN’s Occupation and Career Profiles, please contact research@WINintelligence.org.

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Advanced Manufacturing

Advanced manufacturing jobs range from assembly and production, to skilled trades and technicians, to designers and engineers and more...

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Automotive Service Technicians

Automotive service technician jobs are important to the transportation infrastructure in southeast Michigan. Job duties range from...

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Business and Finance

Jobs utilizing business and finance skills can be found in nearly every type of firm. These workers need strong mathematical and...

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CNC Machine Operators

CNC Machinists program tools to manufacture a broad array of materials and parts. A high level of precision and...

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Computer Occupations, all others

The Computer Occupations, All Other field is steadily growing in Michigan.  Computer Occupations workers play a major role in technical,...

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Construction Trades

Construction Trades occupations are commonly associated with skilled trades, engineering, management, and planning....

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Culinary Arts

Culinary Arts students learn the fundamentals of cookery and with additional training and experience, become able to create gourmet foods...

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Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity specialists help build and maintain robust networks to keep data safe, private, and accurate. Information Security Analysts...

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists

Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists/Technicians work with engineers and scientists in research and development, manufacturing...

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Electrical Engineers

Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of electrical equipment. They work in...

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Health Care Technicians

Health care technicians perform specialized tasks to aid physicians and pharmacists and ensure every patient receives excellent care...

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Home Health Personal Care Aides

Home Health & Personal Care Aides perform a variety of functions in support of everyday health and hygiene for individuals with disabilities or...

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Industrial Machinery Mechanics

The demand for Industrial Machinery Mechanics is strong and growing in the region, with steady year-over-year job growth...

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Information Technology (IT)

The Information Technology field is quickly growing in Southeast Michigan, and these workers play a major role in...

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Maintenance and Repair Workers

The demand for Maintenance and Repair workers in the region is stable, consistently employing over 20,000 workers each...

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Mechanical Engineers

Mechanical engineers design, develop, build, and test mechanical and thermal sensors and devices. Specializations can vary from consistently...

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Medical Assistants

Medical Assistants perform specialized tasks to aid physicians and pharmacists to ensure every patient receives excellent care...

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Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators

Occupations for Assemblers and Fabricators continue to be one of the most in-demand positions in Southeast Michigan, with over 70,000...

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Nursing Assistants

Nursing assistants provide or assist with basic care, often under the direction of licensed nursing staff. Much of their duties involve hygienic...

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Pharmacy Technicians

Pharmacy Technicians are the face of operations anytime a person needs a prescription to be filled. Their primary duties are to prepare...

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Production Worker

The demand for Production Workers is steady in the region, consistently employing close to 5,000 individuals in Southeast...

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Registered Nurses

Employment in health care has shown consistent growth, even remaining steady during the recession. Registered Nurses are a consistent top...

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Software Developers

The demand for Software Developers is strong and growing in the region, consistently placing these workers among...

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Welders

Welding has grown steadily and provides students with opportunities to explore different processes to weld, cut, solder...

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