| Chicago Six-county Region |
| Industry: Fabricated Metal Products (D34) |
| Rank | OES Code | Occupation | Growth Rates |
| 1 | 22127 | Computer engineers | 21.54% |
| 2 | 25102 | Systems analysts | 20.91% |
| 3 | 25199 | All other computer scientists | 14.29% |
| 4 | 85902 | Heat, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers | 11.11% |
| 5 | 21511 | Personnel, training, and labor relations specialists | 9.15% |
| 6 | 22132 | Safety engineers, except mining | 7.69% |
| 7 | 39999 | All other professional, paraprofessional, and technical workers | 7.50% |
| 8 | 22199 | All other engineers | 7.19% |
| 9 | 22105 | Metallurgists and metallurgical, ceramic, and materials engineers | 6.82% |
| 10 | 91508 | Combination machine tool operators and tenders, metal and plastic | 6.70% |
| 11 | 91505 | Combination machine tool setters and set-up operators, metal and plastic | 6.57% |
| 12 | 32000 | Health practitioners, technicians, and related | 6.25% |
| 13 | 34038 | Designers, except interior designers | 6.25% |
| 14 | 93197 | All other precision assemblers, metal | 5.83% |
| 15 | 22135 | Mechanical engineers | 5.49% |
| 16 | 22505 | Electrical and electronic technicians and technologists | 5.26% |
| 17 | 13017 | Engineering, mathematical, and natural science managers | 4.64% |
| 18 | 91502 | Numerical control machine tool operators and tenders, metal and plastic | 3.98% |
| 19 | 22126 | Electrical and electronics engineers | 3.94% |
| 20 | 55314 | Personnel clerks, except payroll and timekeeping | 3.94% |
| 21 | 95099 | All other plant and system operators | 3.57% |
| 22 | 13011 | Marketing, advertising, and public relations managers | 3.15% |
| 23 | 25111 | Programmers, numerical, tool, and process control | 2.90% |
| 24 | 58017 | Weighters, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping | 2.80% |
| 25 | 97105 | Truck drivers, light | 2.56% |
| 26 | 21114 | Accountants and auditors | 2.56% |
| 27 | 22128 | Industrial engineers, except safety engineers | 2.55% |
| 28 | 58028 | Traffic, shipping, and receiving clerks | 2.50% |
| 29 | 41002 | Marketing and sales worker supervisors | 2.50% |
| 30 | 21117 | Budget analysts | 2.50% |
| 31 | 53123 | Adjustment clerks | 2.48% |
| 32 | 97944 | Crane and tower operators | 2.47% |
| 33 | 58008 | Production, planning, and expediting clerks | 2.46% |
| 34 | 93999 | All other hand workers | 2.41% |
| 35 | 21902 | Cost estimators | 2.26% |
| 36 | 87402 | Painters and paperhangers, construction and maintenance | 2.22% |
| 37 | 93914 | Welders and cutters | 2.22% |
| 38 | 89132 | Sheet metal workers | 2.20% |
| 39 | 97102 | Truck drivers, heavy | 2.15% |
| 40 | 98102 | Mechanic and repairer helpers | 1.79% |
| 41 | 13008 | Purchasing managers | 1.67% |
| 42 | 98999 | All other helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand | 1.55% |
| 43 | 21308 | Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products | 1.23% |
| 44 | 85123 | Millwrights | 0.58% |
| 45 | 87102 | Carpenters | 0.00% |
| 46 | 85302 | Automotive mechanics | 0.00% |
| 47 | 79014 | Gardeners and groundskeepers, except farm | 0.00% |
| 48 | 93917 | Solderers and brazers | 0.00% |
| 49 | 91708 | Solderer and brazer machine setters and set-up operators | 0.00% |
| 50 | 89135 | Boilermakers | 0.00% |
| 51 | 92529 | All other printing, related setters and set-up operators | 0.00% |
| 52 | 92549 | All other printing, binding, and related workers | 0.00% |
| 53 | 91938 | Heaters, metal and plastic | 0.00% |
| 54 | 81005 | First line supervisors, construction and related | 0.00% |
| 55 | 85311 | Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists | 0.00% |
| 56 | 95002 | Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators | 0.00% |
| 57 | 24199 | All other physical scientists | 0.00% |
| 58 | 93108 | Fitters, structural metal, precision | 0.00% |
| 59 | 22121 | Civil engineers, including traffic engineers | 0.00% |
| 60 | 24105 | Chemists | 0.00% |
| 61 | 13005 | Personnel, training, and labor relations managers | -0.53% |
| 62 | 15014 | Industrial production managers | -0.70% |
| 63 | 55347 | General office clerks | -0.72% |
| 64 | 19999 | All other managers and administrators | -0.93% |
| 65 | 91935 | Furnace operators and tenders | -1.24% |
| 66 | 92198 | All other metal and plastic machine operators | -1.34% |
| 67 | 55305 | Receptionists and information clerks | -1.35% |
| 68 | 87202 | Electricians | -1.39% |
| 69 | 93953 | Grinders and polishers, hand | -1.39% |
| 70 | 85132 | Maintenance repairers, general utility | -1.47% |
| 71 | 51002 | Clerical supervisors and managers | -1.52% |
| 72 | 13002 | Financial managers | -1.52% |
| 73 | 81017 | First line supervisors, helpers and laborers | -1.56% |
| 74 | 63047 | Guards | -1.64% |
| 75 | 25108 | Computer programmer aides | -1.69% |
| 76 | 92197 | All other metal and plastic machine setters | -1.73% |
| 77 | 25105 | Computer programmers | -1.75% |
| 78 | 81099 | First line supervisors, all other | -1.77% |
| 79 | 81008 | First line supervisors, production and related | -1.84% |
| 80 | 81002 | First line supervisors, mechanical and related | -1.94% |
| 81 | 91714 | Metal fabricators, structural metal products | -2.04% |
| 82 | 98700 | Freight, stock, and material movers, hand | -2.07% |
| 83 | 98502 | Machine feeders and offbearers | -2.13% |
| 84 | 85128 | Machinery maintenance workers | -2.14% |
| 85 | 81011 | First line supervisors, transportation and related | -2.21% |
| 86 | 85110 | Industrial machinery mechanics | -2.41% |
| 87 | 89114 | Pattern and model makers, metal | -2.90% |
| 88 | 89117 | Layout workers, metal, precision | -2.99% |
| 89 | 92951 | Painting machine setters and set-up operators | -3.05% |
| 90 | 92953 | Painting machine operators and tenders | -3.06% |
| 91 | 91711 | Solderer and brazer machine operators and tenders | -3.13% |
| 92 | 97989 | All other material moving equipment operators | -3.17% |
| 93 | 21999 | All other management support workers | -3.18% |
| 94 | 85999 | All other mechanics, installers, and repairers | -3.24% |
| 95 | 91317 | Forging mach setters and set-up operators, metal and plastic | -3.30% |
| 96 | 21199 | All other financial specialists | -3.33% |
| 97 | 49002 | Sales engineers | -3.33% |
| 98 | 22599 | All other engineering technicians and technologists | -3.33% |
| 99 | 93198 | All other precision assemblers, except metals | -3.38% |
| 100 | 92998 | All other machine operators and tenders | -3.39% |
| Source: Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL) |