Occupational Outlook Handbook Index: M-O

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• Machine feeders and offbearers see: Material moving occupations
• Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Machinery maintenance mechanics see: Industrial machinery mechanics and maintenance workers
• Machinists
• Macroeconomists see: Economists
• Macromolecular chemists see: Chemists and materials scientists
• Magistrates see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
• Magnetic resonance (MR) technologists see: Radiologic technologists and technicians
• Maids and housekeeping cleaners see: Building cleaning workers
• Mail carriers see: Postal Service workers
• Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service
• Mail handlers see: Postal Service workers
• Mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators see: Postal Service workers
• Maintenance and repair workers, general
• Maintenance electricians see: Electricians
• Maintenance machinists see: Machinists
• Maintenance technicians see: Broadcast and sound engineering technicians and radio operators
• Maitre d’s see: Food and beverage serving and related workers
• Management accountants see: Accountants and auditors
• Management analysts
• Management analysts see: Operations research analysts
• Management assistants see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Management consultants see: Management analysts
• Management development specialists see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Management dietitians see: Dietitians and nutritionists
• Management information systems directors see: Computer and information systems managers
• Management scientists see: Operations research analysts
• Managers see: Administrative services managers
• Managers see: Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers
• Managers see: Computer and information systems managers
• Managers see: Construction managers
• Managers see: Education administrators
• Managers see: Engineering and natural sciences managers
• Managers see: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
• Managers see: Financial managers
• Managers see: Food service managers
• Managers see: Funeral directors
• Managers see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Managers see: Industrial production managers
• Managers see: Lodging managers
• Managers see: Medical and health services managers
• Managers see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Managers see: Property, real estate, and community association managers
• Managers see: Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents
• Managers see: Top executives
• Managers, support services see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Managing editors see: Writers and editors
• Manicurists see: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers
• Manifold binding workers see: Bookbinders and bindery workers
• Manpower development advisors see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Manpower development managers see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Manpower development specialists see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Manufactured building and mobile home installers
• Manufacturers’ agents see: Sales engineers
• Manufacturers’ representatives see: Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing
• Manufacturing opticians see: Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Map editors see: Surveyors, cartographers and photogrammetrists, and surveying and mapping technicians
• Mapping technicians see: Surveyors, cartographers and photogrammetrists, and surveying and mapping technicians
• Marble setters see: Carpet, floor, and tile installers and finishers
• Margin clerks see: Brokerage clerks
• Marine biologists see: Biological scientists
• Marine Corps see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
• Marine electronics technician see: Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers
• Marine equipment mechanics see: Small engine mechanics
• Marine oilers see: Water transportation occupations
• Marine or hydrographic surveyors see: Surveyors, cartographers and photogrammetrists, and surveying and mapping technicians
• Mariners see: Water transportation occupations
• Marines see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
• Market and survey researchers
• Market research analysts see: Market and survey researchers
• Market research managers see: Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers
• Marketing coordinators see: Public relations specialists
• Marketing managers see: Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers
• Marketing research analysts see: Market and survey researchers
• Marketing specialists see: Public relations specialists
• Marking and identification printing machine operators see: Printing machine operators
• Marriage and family therapists see: Counselors
• Marshals see: Correctional officers
• Marshals and deputy marshals, U.S. see: Police and detectives
• Masons see: Brickmasons, blockmasons, and stonemasons
• Masons see: Cement masons, concrete finishers, segmental pavers, and terrazzo workers
• Massage therapists
• Masseuses see: Massage therapists
• Masters, water transportation see: Water transportation occupations
• Material moving occupations
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distribution occupations, except postal workers see: Cargo and freight agents
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distribution occupations, except postal workers see: Couriers and messengers
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distribution occupations, except postal workers see: Dispatchers
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distribution occupations, except postal workers see: Meter readers, utilities
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distribution occupations, except postal workers see: Postal Service workers
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distribution occupations, except postal workers see: Production, planning, and expediting clerks
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distribution occupations, except postal workers see: Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distribution occupations, except postal workers see: Stock clerks and order fillers
• Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distribution occupations, except postal workers see: Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
• Materials engineers see: Engineers
• Materials scientists see: Chemists and materials scientists
• Mates, water transportation see: Water transportation occupations
• Mathematical statisticians see: Statisticians
• Mathematical technicians
• Mathematicians
• Measurers see: Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
• Meat cutters see: Food processing occupations
• Mechanical door repairers
• Mechanical drafters see: Drafters
• Mechanical engineering technicians see: Engineering technicians
• Mechanical engineers see: Engineers
• Mechanical inspectors see: Construction and building inspectors
• Mechanics and repairers see: Aircraft and avionics equipment mechanics and service technicians
• Mechanics and repairers see: Automotive body and related repairers
• Mechanics and repairers see: Automotive service technicians and mechanics
• Mechanics and repairers see: Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
• Mechanics and repairers see: Diesel service technicians and mechanics
• Mechanics and repairers see: Electrical and electronics installers and repairers
• Mechanics and repairers see: Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
• Mechanics and repairers see: Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics
• Mechanics and repairers see: Home appliance repairers
• Mechanics and repairers see: Industrial machinery mechanics and maintenance workers
• Mechanics and repairers see: Line installers and repairers
• Mechanics and repairers see: Maintenance and repair workers, general
• Mechanics and repairers see: Millwrights
• Mechanics and repairers see: Precision instrument and equipment repairers
• Mechanics and repairers see: Radio and telecommunications equipment installers and repairers
• Mechanics and repairers see: Small engine mechanics
• Media aides, library see: Library technicians
• Media directors see: Advertising, marketing, promotions, public relations, and sales managers
• Media outreach specialists see: Public relations specialists
• Media planners see: Public relations specialists
• Media specialists see: Public relations specialists
• Mediators see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Mediators see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
• Medical and health services managers
• Medical appliance technicians see: Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Medical assistants
• Medical coders see: Medical records and health information technicians
• Medical equipment preparers
• Medical equipment repairers see: Precision instrument and equipment repairers
• Medical geographers see: Social scientists, other
• Medical illustrators see: Artists and related workers
• Medical interpreters and translators see: Interpreters and translators
• Medical laboratory technicians see: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
• Medical laboratory technologists see: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
• Medical record coders see: Medical records and health information technicians
• Medical records and health information technicians
• Medical records technicians see: Medical records and health information technicians
• Medical scientists
• Medical secretaries see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Medical social workers see: Social workers
• Medical technicians see: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
• Medical technologists see: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
• Medical transcriptionists
• Medical writers see: Writers and editors
• Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Medical-surgical nurses see: Registered nurses
• Medicinal chemists see: Chemists and materials scientists
• Meeting and convention planners
• Meeting directors see: Meeting and convention planners
• Meeting managers see: Meeting and convention planners
• Member services counselors see: Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
• Mental health aides see: Social and human service assistants
• Mental health assistants see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
• Mental health counselors see: Counselors
• Mental health social workers see: Social workers
• Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
• Merchandise distributors see: Stock clerks and order fillers
• Merchandise managers see: Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents
• Messengers see: Couriers and messengers
• Metallurgical engineers see: Engineers
• Metalworking machine operators see: Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders see: Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Meteorologists see: Atmospheric scientists
• Meter readers, utilities
• Microbiologists see: Biological scientists
• Microbiology technologists see: Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
• Microchip processors see: Semiconductor processors
• Microeconomists see: Economists
• Middle school teachers see: Teachers—preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary
• Midshipmen see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
• Midwives, certified nurse see: Registered nurses
• Military occupations see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
• Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic see: Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Millwrights
• Mine cutting and channeling machine operators
• Mine examiners see: Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
• Mine safety engineers see: Engineers
• Mineralogists see: Geoscientists
• Mining and geological engineers, including mining safety engineers see: Engineers
• Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
• Mobile heavy equipment mechanics and service technicians see: Heavy vehicle and mobile equipment service technicians and mechanics
• Model makers and patternmakers see: Woodworkers
• Model makers, metal and plastic see: Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Models see: Demonstrators, product promoters, and models
• Mold and model makers see: Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
• Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
• Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic see: Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Monetary economists see: Economists
• Mortgage bankers see: Loan officers
• Mortgage brokers see: Loan officers
• Mortgage loan officers see: Loan officers
• Morticians see: Funeral directors
• Motel desk clerks see: Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
• Motion picture camera operators see: Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors
• Motion picture projectionists
• Motor coach drivers see: Bus drivers
• Motorboat mechanics see: Small engine mechanics
• Motorboat operators see: Water transportation occupations
• Motorcycle mechanics see: Small engine mechanics
• Multimedia artists see: Artists and related workers
• Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic see: Machine setters, operators, and tenders—metal and plastic
• Municipal court judges see: Judges, magistrates, and other judicial workers
• Museum directors see: Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
• Museum technicians see: Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
• Music arrangers see: Musicians, singers, and related workers
• Music conductors see: Musicians, singers, and related workers
• Music directors see: Musicians, singers, and related workers
• Music instructors see: Teachers—self-enrichment education
• Musical instrument repairers and tuners see: Precision instrument and equipment repairers
• Musicians, singers, and related workers

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• Nail care technicians see: Barbers, cosmetologists, and other personal appearance workers
• Nannies see: Childcare workers
• National account executives see: Advertising sales agents
• Natural sciences managers see: Engineering and natural sciences managers
• Navy see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
• Neonatal nurses see: Registered nurses
• Nephrology nurses see: Registered nurses
• Network administrators see: Computer and information systems managers
• Network and computer systems administrators see: Computer support specialists and systems administrators
• Network architects see: Computer and information systems managers
• Network architects see: Computer scientists and database administrators
• Network systems and data communications analysts see: Computer scientists and database administrators
• Neuropsychologists see: Psychologists
• Neuroscience nurses see: Registered nurses
• Neurosonographers see: Diagnostic medical sonographers
• New accounts clerks
• News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
• News anchors see: News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
• News camera operators see: Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors
• News photographers see: Photographers
• News writers see: News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
• Newscasters see: News analysts, reporters, and correspondents
• Newsletter writers see: Writers and editors
• 911 operators see: Dispatchers
• Nuclear engineers see: Engineers
• Nuclear medicine technologists
• Nuclear power reactor operators see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Nuclear technicians see: Science technicians
• Numerical tool and process control programmers see: Computer control programmers and operators
• Nurse administrators see: Registered nurses
• Nurse aides see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
• Nurse educators see: Registered nurses
• Nurse informaticists see: Registered nurses
• Nurse practitioners see: Registered nurses
• Nurse specialists, clinical see: Registered nurses
• Nurse-midwives, certified see: Registered nurses
• Nursery and greenhouse managers see: Farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers
• Nursery workers see: Agricultural workers
• Nurses see: Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
• Nurses, registered see: Registered nurses
• Nursing aides see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
• Nursing assistants see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
• Nursing assistants, certified see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
• Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
• Nutrition directors see: Dietitians and nutritionists
• Nutritionists see: Dietitians and nutritionists

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• Obstetric sonographers see: Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Obstetricians and gynecologists see: Physicians and surgeons
• Occupational analysts see: Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
• Occupational health and safety inspectors see: Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
• Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
• Occupational health nurses see: Registered nurses
• Occupational social workers see: Social workers
• Occupational therapist assistants and aides
• Occupational therapists
• Oceanographers see: Geoscientists
• ODs see: Optometrists
• Office administrative assistants see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Office administrators see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Office administrators see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Office aides see: Office clerks, general
• Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Office assistants see: Office clerks, general
• Office assistants see: Receptionists and information clerks
• Office assistants see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Office clerks, general
• Office helpers see: Office clerks, general
• Office machine and cash register technicians see: Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
• Office machine operators, except computer
• Office managers see: Administrative services managers
• Office managers see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Office specialists see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Office support secretaries see: Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Office support team leaders see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Officers, correctional see: Correctional officers
• Officers, detention see: Correctional officers
• Officers, gaming surveillance see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
• Officers, highway patrol see: Police and detectives
• Officers, loan see: Loan officers
• Officers, merchant marine see: Water transportation occupations
• Officers, military see: Job opportunities in the Armed Forces
• Officers, police see: Police and detectives
• Officers, security see: Security guards and gaming surveillance officers
• Officials, sports see: Athletes, coaches, umpires, and related workers
• Offset lithographic press operators see: Printing machine operators
• Oilers, marine see: Water transportation occupations
• Older worker specialists see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Oncology nurses see: Registered nurses
• Operating engineers see: Construction equipment operators
• Operating room technicians see: Surgical technologists
• Operational meteorologists see: Atmospheric scientists
• Operations analysts see: Operations research analysts
• Operations managers see: Office and administrative support worker supervisors and managers
• Operations managers see: Top executives
• Operations research analysts
• Operators, auxiliary equipment see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Operators, boiler see: Stationary engineers and boiler operators
• Operators, computer control see: Computer control programmers and operators
• Operators, control room see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Operators, crane and tower see: Material moving occupations
• Operators, dinkey see: Rail transportation occupations
• Operators, dredge, excavating, and loading machine see: Material moving occupations
• Operators, fork lift see: Material moving occupations
• Operators, gas compressor and gas pumping station see: Material moving occupations
• Operators, hoist and winch see: Material moving occupations
• Operators, industrial truck and tractor see: Material moving occupations
• Operators, motorboat see: Water transportation occupations
• Operators, photographic processing machine see: Photographic process workers and processing machine operators
• Operators, power plant see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Operators, pumping station see: Material moving occupations
• Operators, railroad brake, signal, and switch see: Rail transportation occupations
• Operators, reactor see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Operators, shuttle car see: Material moving occupations
• Operators, subway and streetcar see: Rail transportation occupations
• Operators, switchboard see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Operators, systems see: Power plant operators, distributors, and dispatchers
• Operators, television, video, and motion picture camera see: Television, video, and motion picture camera operators and editors
• Ophthalmic laboratory technicians see: Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Ophthalmic medical assistants see: Medical assistants
• Ophthalmic nurses see: Registered nurses
• Ophthalmologic sonographers see: Diagnostic medical sonographers
• Ophthalmologists see: Physicians and surgeons
• Optical goods workers see: Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Optical instrument assemblers see: Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Optical mechanics see: Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Opticians, dispensing
• Opticians, manufacturing see: Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Optometrists
• Oral and maxillofacial radiologists see: Dentists
• Oral and maxillofacial surgeons see: Dentists
• Oral hygienists see: Dental hygienists
• Oral pathologists see: Dentists
• Order clerks
• Order fillers see: Material moving occupations
• Order fillers see: Stock clerks and order fillers
• Order processors see: Order clerks
• Orderlies see: Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides
• Organic chemists see: Chemists and materials scientists
• Organizational development consultants see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Organizational development consultants see: Management analysts
• Organizational development managers see: Human resources, training, and labor relations managers and specialists
• Organizational economists see: Economists
• Ornamental ironworkers see: Structural and reinforcing iron and metal workers
• Orthodontists see: Dentists
• Orthopedic nurses see: Registered nurses
• Orthotics technicians see: Medical, dental, and ophthalmic laboratory technicians
• Orthotists and prosthetists
• Osteopathic physicians and surgeons see: Physicians and surgeons
• Otorhinolaryngology nurses see: Registered nurses
• Outdoor power equipment mechanics see: Small engine mechanics
• Outside order clerks see: Order clerks
• Oxy-gas cutters see: Welding, soldering, and brazing workers
• Oxygen therapists see: Respiratory therapists

Last Modified Date: January 31, 2008