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'Middle skill' jobs at $50,000 or more

Massachusetts employers will need some 400,000 new workers through 2016 to fill jobs in the so-called 'middle skill' category - jobs that require more than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree - according to a study released by a coalition of business, labor, and worker training groups. Here are 10 'middle skill' jobs projected to be in demand in Massachusetts by the year 2016 that pay $50,000 a year or more on average. Sources: 'Massachusetts' Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs' by the National Skills Coalition, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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Massachusetts employers will need some 400,000 new workers through 2016 to fill jobs in the so-called 'middle skill' category - jobs that require more than a high school diploma but less than a four-year college degree - according to a study released by a coalition of business, labor, and worker training groups.

Here are 10 "middle skill" jobs projected to be in demand in Massachusetts by the year 2016 that pay $50,000 a year or more on average.

Sources: "Massachusetts' Forgotten Middle-Skill Jobs" by the National Skills Coalition, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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