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

Planning, organizing, directing and evaluating business functions.

What is Business, Management, and Administration

100
Teacher
What is Education and Training
100

Careers with common knowledge and skills related to money management, including planning, investing, and spending.


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, Audio/Video Technology, and Communications

200

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

What is Education and Training

200
Police Officer
What is Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Security
200

Careers in designing, planning, and managing different buildings. 

What is Architecture and Construction

200
Architect
What is Architecture and Construction
200

Careers with common knowledge and skills related to the preparation for careers that create, use, modify, and engage technology skills.


What is Information Technology

300

Planning, managing and performing the processing of materials into intermediate or final products such as production planning and control, maintenance and manufacturing

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 and Communications
300

Planning, managing, and performing marketing activities

What is Marketing, Sales, and Service

400

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

What is Hospitality and Tourism

400
Chemist
What is Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology
400

Executing governmental functions to include Governance, Foreign Service; Planning; Revenue and Taxes, Management and Administration at the local, state, and federal levels

What is Government and Public Administration

400
Lumberjack
What is Agriculture, Food, and 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 planning and management, mobile equipment and facility maintenance.

What is Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics

500

The production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, and other plant and animal products/resources

What is Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources

500
Social Worker
What is Human Services
500

Planning, managing, and providing legal, public safety, protective services.

What is Law, Public Safety, and 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, Mathematics, and Engineering
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