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Self-Employed

Would you like to get a job in this industry? Think about these types of careers.

60% of all photographers work in self-employed.

Most people in these careers work in self-employed:

Where do they work?
Bright Outlook (New job opportunities likely in the future. Click a sun below to learn more.)
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Registered Apprenticeship (Careers with apprenticeship programs. Click a logo below to learn more.)
Career Name Bright Outlook Green Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Animal Breeders
Where do they work? Animal Trainers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Art Directors
Where do they work? Barbers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists & Site Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Compliance Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Construction Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Copy Writers
Where do they work? Craft Artists
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Door-To-Door Sales Workers, News & Street Vendors, & Related Workers
Where do they work? Exercise Physiologists
Where do they work? Farm & Ranch Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, & Illustrators
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, & Groundskeeping Workers
Where do they work? Fishers & Related Fishing Workers
Where do they work? Gem & Diamond Workers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Hunters & Trappers
Where do they work? Investment Fund Managers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Jewelers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Logistics Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Loss Prevention Managers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Massage Therapists
Where do they work? Multimedia Artists & Animators
Where do they work? Musicians, Instrumental
Where do they work? Online Merchants
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Photographers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Poets, Lyricists & Creative Writers
Where do they work? Precious Metal Workers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Real Estate Brokers
Where do they work? Real Estate Sales Agents
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Regulatory Affairs Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Security Managers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Singers
Where do they work? Supply Chain Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Wind Energy Operations Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Wind Energy Project Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
32% of all construction carpenters work in self-employed.

Some people in these careers work in self-employed:

Where do they work?
Bright Outlook (New job opportunities likely in the future. Click a sun below to learn more.)
Green (Careers that are part of the green economy. Click a leaf below to learn more.)
Registered Apprenticeship (Careers with apprenticeship programs. Click a logo below to learn more.)
Career Name Bright Outlook Green Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Actors
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Acupuncturists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Adapted Physical Education Specialists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Adult Basic & Secondary Education & Literacy Teachers & Instructors
Where do they work? Advertising & Promotions Managers
Where do they work? Agents & Business Managers of Artists, Performers, & Athletes
Where do they work? Allergists & Immunologists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Anesthesiologists
Where do they work? Animal Scientists
Where do they work? Appraisers, Real Estate
Where do they work? Architects
Green
Where do they work? Assessors
Where do they work? Athletes & Sports Competitors
Where do they work? Audio & Video Equipment Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Automotive Body & Related Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Automotive Master Mechanics
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Automotive Specialty Technicians
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Brickmasons & Blockmasons
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Broadcast News Analysts
Where do they work? Broadcast Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Cabinetmakers & Bench Carpenters
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Camera & Photographic Equipment Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Camera Operators, Television, Video, & Motion Picture
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Carpet Installers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Chief Executives
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Chief Sustainability Officers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Childcare Workers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Chiropractors
Where do they work? Choreographers
Where do they work? Clinical Psychologists
Where do they work? Coaches & Scouts
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Commercial & Industrial Designers
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Commercial Pilots
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Computer Network Architects
Where do they work? Computer Network Support Specialists
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Computer, Automated Teller, & Office Machine Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Construction Carpenters
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Construction Laborers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Counseling Psychologists
Where do they work? Couriers & Messengers
Where do they work? Court Reporters
Where do they work? Dancers
Where do they work? Demonstrators & Product Promoters
Where do they work? Dentists, General
Where do they work? Dermatologists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Directors- Stage, Motion Pictures, Television, & Radio
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Dredge Operators
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Drywall & Ceiling Tile Installers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Earth Drillers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Editors
Where do they work? Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers & Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Etchers & Engravers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Excavating & Loading Machine & Dragline Operators
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Fabric & Apparel Patternmakers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Fabric Menders
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Fallers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Family & General Practitioners
Where do they work? Fashion Designers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Fence Erectors
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Film & Video Editors
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades & Extraction Workers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping & Janitorial Workers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
Where do they work? First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Floor Layers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Floor Sanders & Finishers
Where do they work? Floral Designers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Food Scientists & Technologists
Where do they work? Food Service Managers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Funeral Service Managers
Where do they work? Furniture Finishers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Gaming Managers
Where do they work? Gaming Supervisors
Where do they work? Geothermal Technicians
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, & Finishers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Graphic Designers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Green Marketers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Hairdressers, Hairstylists, & Cosmetologists
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Heating & Air Conditioning Mechanics & Installers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Home Appliance Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Hospitalists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Industrial-Organizational Psychologists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Insurance Sales Agents
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Interior Designers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Internists, General
Where do they work? Interpreters & Translators
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Judicial Law Clerks
Where do they work? Landscape Architects
Green
Where do they work? Landscaping & Groundskeeping Workers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Lawyers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Loading Machine Operators, Underground Mining
Where do they work? Locksmiths & Safe Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Lodging Managers
Where do they work? Log Graders & Scalers
Where do they work? Logging Equipment Operators
Where do they work? Makeup Artists, Theatrical & Performance
Where do they work? Management Analysts
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Manicurists & Pedicurists
Where do they work? Manufactured Building & Mobile Home Installers
Where do they work? Marine Architects
Where do they work? Marine Engineers
Where do they work? Medical Equipment Repairers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Medical Transcriptionists
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Merchandise Displayers & Window Trimmers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Model Makers, Metal & Plastic
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Models
Where do they work? Molding & Casting Workers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Morticians, Undertakers, & Funeral Directors
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Motorboat Mechanics & Service Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Motorcycle Mechanics
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Music Composers & Arrangers
Where do they work? Music Directors
Where do they work? Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Nannies
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Naturopathic Physicians
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Neurologists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Neuropsychologists & Clinical Neuropsychologists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Nonfarm Animal Caretakers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Nuclear Medicine Physicians
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Nurse Anesthetists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Nurse Practitioners
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Obstetricians & Gynecologists
Where do they work? Ophthalmologists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Optometrists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
Where do they work? Orthodontists
Where do they work? Orthoptists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Outdoor Power Equipment & Other Small Engine Mechanics
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Painters, Construction & Maintenance
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Paperhangers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Pathologists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Patternmakers, Metal & Plastic
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Pediatricians, General
Where do they work? Personal Financial Advisors
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, & Applicators, Vegetation
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physicians
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Pipe Fitters & Steamfitters
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Pipelayers
Where do they work? Plasterers & Stucco Masons
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Plumbers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Podiatrists
Where do they work? Potters, Manufacturing
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Preventive Medicine Physicians
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Private Detectives & Investigators
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Producers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Program Directors
Where do they work? Proofreaders & Copy Markers
Where do they work? Property, Real Estate, & Community Association Managers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Prosthodontists
Where do they work? Psychiatrists
Where do they work? Public Address System & Other Announcers
Where do they work? Radio & Television Announcers
Where do they work? Radio Operators
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Radiologists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Refrigeration Mechanics & Installers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Refuse & Recyclable Material Collectors
Green
Where do they work? Remote Sensing Scientists & Technologists
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Reporters & Correspondents
Green
Where do they work? Roofers
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Rough Carpenters
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Sales Agents, Financial Services
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Sales Agents, Securities & Commodities
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? School Psychologists
Where do they work? Securities & Commodities Traders
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
Where do they work? Set & Exhibit Designers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Sewers, Hand
Where do they work? Sewing Machine Operators
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Shampooers
Where do they work? Shoe & Leather Workers & Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Skincare Specialists
Where do they work? Slot Supervisors
Where do they work? Soil & Plant Scientists
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Solar Energy Installation Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Sound Engineering Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Spa Managers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Sports Medicine Physicians
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Stone Cutters & Carvers, Manufacturing
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Stonemasons
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Surgeons
Where do they work? Tailors, Dressmakers, & Custom Sewers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Talent Directors
Where do they work? Tapers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Tax Preparers
Where do they work? Taxi Drivers & Chauffeurs
Where do they work? Technical Directors/Managers
Where do they work? Telecommunications Engineering Specialists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Tile & Marble Setters
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Title Examiners, Abstractors, & Searchers
Where do they work? Tool Grinders, Filers, & Sharpeners
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Tour Guides & Escorts
Where do they work? Travel Agents
Where do they work? Travel Guides
Where do they work? Tree Trimmers & Pruners
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Tutors
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Umpires, Referees, & Other Sports Officials
Where do they work? Upholsterers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Urologists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Watch Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Wholesale & Retail Buyers
Green
Where do they work? Wind Turbine Service Technicians
Green
Apprenticeship