Variable Frequency Drive Systems 1

Median Annual Income

$79,160

Projected Job Growth

+7 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

Postsecondary certificate

Install, adjust, or maintain mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other mobile equipment.

Median Annual Income

$65,030

Projected Job Growth

+4 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul railroad rolling stock, mine cars, or mass transit rail cars.

Median Annual Income

$44,140

Projected Job Growth

+3 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, recreational sporting equipment, and related equipment.

Median Annual Income

$70,100

Projected Job Growth

+2 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Install, repair, and maintain mechanical regulating and controlling devices, such as electric meters, gas regulators, thermostats, safety and flow valves, and other mechanical governors.

Median Annual Income

$61,420

Projected Job Growth

+17 %

Career Cluster(s)

Energy & Natural Resources

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Repair, install, adjust, or maintain industrial production and processing machinery or refinery and pipeline distribution systems. May also install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to plans.

Median Annual Income

$57,350

Projected Job Growth

+8 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Lubricate machinery, change parts, or perform other routine machinery maintenance.

Median Annual Income

$61,240

Projected Job Growth

-16 %

Career Cluster(s)

Supply Chain & Transportation

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Assemble, fit, fasten, and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles, or missiles, such as tails, wings, fuselage, bulkheads, stabilizers, landing gear, rigging and control equipment, or heating and ventilating systems.

Median Annual Income

$40,490

Projected Job Growth

+7 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Assemble or modify electrical or electronic equipment, such as computers, test equipment telemetering systems, electric motors, and batteries.

Median Annual Income

$40,490

Projected Job Growth

+7 %

Career Cluster(s)

Construction

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Assemble or modify electromechanical equipment or devices, such as servomechanisms, gyros, dynamometers, magnetic drums, tape drives, brakes, control linkage, actuators, and appliances.

Median Annual Income

$50,270

Projected Job Growth

-21 %

Career Cluster(s)

Advanced Manufacturing

Most Common Education Level

High school diploma or equivalent

Construct, assemble, or rebuild machines, such as engines, turbines, and similar equipment used in such industries as construction, extraction, textiles, and paper manufacturing.