The 16 Career Clusters
Job Examples
The 16 Career Clusters
Job Examples
The 16 Career Clusters
100

Planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions essential to efficient and productive business operations.

What is Business Management & Administration

100

Teacher

What is Education & Training

100
Planning, services for financial and investment planning, banking, insurance, and business financial management.
What is Finance
100
Computer Programmer
What is Information Technology
100

Designing, producing, exhibiting, performing, writing, and publishing multimedia content including visual and performing arts and design, journalism, and entertainment services.

What is Arts, A/V Technology & Communications

200

Planning, managing and providing education and training services, and related learning support services.

What is Education & Training

200

Police Officer

What is Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

200

Careers in designing, planning, managing, building and maintaining the built environment.

What is Architecture & Construction

200

Architect

What is Architecture & Construction

200

Building Linkages in IT Occupations Framework: For Entry Level, Technical, and Professional Careers Related to the Design, Development, Support and Management of Hardware, Software, Multimedia, and Systems Integration Services.

What is Information Technology

300

Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products and related professional and technical support activities such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing/process engineering.

What is Manufacturing

300
Dentist
What is Health Science
300

Planning, managing, and providing therapeutic services, diagnostic services, health informatics, support services, and biotechnology research and development.

What is Health Science

300

Actor

What is Arts & A/V Technology & Communications

300

Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities to reach organizational objectives.

What is Marketing

400

Management, marketing and operations of restaurants and other food services, lodging, attractions, recreation events and travel related services.

What is Hospitality & Tourism

400

Chemist

What is Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

400

Executing governmental functions to include Governance; National Security; Foreign Service; Planning; Revenue and Taxation; Regulation; and Management and Administration at the local, state, and federal levels.

What is Government & Public Administration

400

Lumberjack

What is Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

400

Planning, management, and movement of people, materials, and goods by road, pipeline, air, rail and water and related professional and technical support services such as transportation infrastructure planning and management, logistics services, mobile equipment and facility maintenance.

What is Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

500

Production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.

What is Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

500
Social Worker
What is Human Services
500

Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services and homeland security, including professional and technical support services.

What is Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security

500
Banker
What is Finance
500

Planning, managing, and providing scientific research and professional and technical services (e.g., physical science, social science, engineering) including laboratory and testing services, and research and development services.

What is Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

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