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Study Rates Web, Engineering Highly Among Entry-Level Jobs

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, N.Y. -- WalletHub recently released its 2015 Entry-Level Jobs Report, which looks at the first-timer employment landscape and compares 109 different types of entry-level positions.

WalletHub released its 2015 Entry-Level Jobs Report.

WalletHub released its 2015 Entry-Level Jobs Report.

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The comparisons are based on 11 key metrics, ranging from starting salaries to industry growth rate.

Best Entry-Level Jobs:

1. Training specialist. 2. Web applications developer. 3. Network engineer. 4. Attorney. 5. Environmental engineer. 6. Software engineer. 7. Designer -- Web. 8. Information security analyst. 9. Financial analyst. 10. Programmer.

Worst Entry-Level Jobs

100. Welder. 101. Building inspector 102. Policy processing clerk. 103. Electronics assembler. 104. Boilermaker. 105. Claims processing clerk. 106. Consumer loan servicing clerk. 107. Refinery operator. 108. Sheet metal mechanic. 109. Floor assembler.

The study showed that employee relations specialists have three times higher earning potential than bank tellers. Also, the median drilling engineer pulls in five times more per year than the bank teller equivalent. Benefits administrators stay with one employer for twice as long as public relations specialists, the study showed.

Certified occupational therapist assistants are expected to see the most job growth by 2022 (42.6 percent). While Web application developers, Web designers, software and network engineers, and programmers are all among the 10 Best Entry-Level Jobs, computer operators have the grimmest outlook, interestingly enough – with 17 percent of jobs in the field projected to be cut by 2022. 

For the full report, visit here.

 

 

 

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