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Top 10 non-desk jobs in pay, growth

Many of the fast-growing non-desk jobs, however, do not require a four-year degree or higher, and several offer workers a direct path to the middle class in a variety of industries.

By Dan Cook | Updated on April 20, 2015

Opportunity is a subjective concept, best defined by the individual. A CareerBuilder study of pay levels for various occupations, and job growth by occupation, helps explain why one person’s job opportunity can be another’s worst nightmare.

For this survey, CareerBuilder focused on “non-desk jobs.” Although the first-world-nation economy has shifted strongly toward desk jobs, there’s still plenty of work for those who abhor being tethered to desk and computer. As CareerBuilder notes in a release accompanying the data, “Many of the fast-growing non-desk jobs, however, do not require a four-year degree or higher, and several offer workers a direct path to the middle class in a variety of industries.”

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.

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