Occupations in demand list

All Workforce Development Areas, all counties Qualification: SOC code: 519012 Set up, operate, or tend continuous flow or vattype equipment; filter presses; shaker screens; centrifuges; condenser tubes; precipitating, fermenting, or evaporating tanks; scrubbing towers; or batch stills. These machines extract, sort, or separate liquids, gases, or solids from other materials to recover a refined product. Includes dairy processing equipment operators. Excludes “Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders" (519011). According to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the typical level of education that most workers need to enter this occupation is: High school diploma or equivalent. Additional training, experience, licenses or credentials may be required. Learn more at BLS. * Average annual wage (March 2013): * Average hourly wage (March 2013): Short-Term trend : Long-Term trend : Estimated employment (2011): Average annual total openings (2011-2021): Average annual growth (2011-2021): Additional occupation information is available through the Learn about an occupation tool. If values all show zero, employment levels were too low to develop estimates for the geographic area selected. Search again with “All Workforce Development Areas, all counties.” *How we calculate wages - Source data for wages come from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey and are subject to restrictions and limitations of the survey. Self-employment, private households and agricultural employment, except for agricultural services, are excluded from OES. All wage estimations are adjusted as of March 2013. Learn more. Close window Qualification status for in the other WDAs included below, for relevant areas. Click on specific areas in table for occupation information for those areas. Qualification Soc area Balanced Seattle King WDA: King County Not in demand Benton- Franklin WDA: Benton, Franklin counties Not in demand Spokane WDA: Spokane County Balanced Northwest WDA: Whatcom county Demand North Central WDA: Chelan/Douglas counties Not in demand South Central WDA: Kittitas County Balanced Northwest WDA: Skagit county Demand North Central WDA: Grant, Adams counties Not in demand South Central WDA: Klickitat County Balanced Northwest WDA: Island, San Juan counties Demand North Central WDA: Okanogan County Not in demand South Central WDA: Skamania County Not in demand South Central WDA: Yakima County Balanced Eastern Washington WDA: Stevens, Ferry, Pend Oreille, Lincoln counties Balanced Eastern Washington WDA: Asotin, Garfield, Whitman counties Balanced Eastern Washington WDA: Columbia, Walla Walla counties