{"id":1310,"date":"2016-03-30T09:52:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T09:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resedblog.wpengine.com\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:52:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:52:29","slug":"cte-career-field-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/responsiveed.com\/responsiveed-blog\/2016\/03\/30\/cte-career-field-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"CTE Career Field Comparison: How much school do you need? How much experience? What do they pay?"},"content":{"rendered":"

T<\/span>he CTE career fields<\/a> vary in the experience and education needed as well as salary and demand. There can also be a wide range of jobs within each career field. For example, Business Management and Administration jobs range from a secretary to a manager and Arts, A\/V Technology and Communications range from an architect to a lobby attendant. To get a better sense of the range of jobs in a field and what is required, we have supplied a sampling of jobs.<\/p>\n

Taken from a sampling of jobs in different CTE career areas, we have complied a chart that expresses some of the general lowest, highest, and average paying jobs in each field. In the Health Science field an interesting trend is that while it contains some of the highest and lowest paying jobs, it also has the highest paying average job among the fields. Information and Technology (IT) has the highest paying jobs in the lowest paying range. While Arts, A\/V Technology and Communications has a lower highest paying salary, its lowest paying and average paying salaries are higher than most other fields.<\/p>\n

Click the different career clusters to jump to a sampling of jobs in that field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CTE Career Clusters<\/strong><\/td>\nHighest paying<\/strong><\/td>\nLowest paying<\/strong><\/td>\nAverage paying<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Business Management and Administration<\/a><\/td>\n$97,260<\/td>\n$24,550<\/td>\n$51,450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Architecture and Construction<\/a><\/td>\n$73, 266<\/td>\n$22,018<\/td>\n$29,748<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Health Science<\/a><\/td>\n$161,599<\/td>\n$20,944<\/td>\n$61,778<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Information Technology<\/a><\/td>\n$119,317<\/td>\n$32,313<\/td>\n$49,312<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Arts, A\/V Technology and Communications<\/a><\/td>\n$80, 266<\/td>\n$25,131<\/td>\n$52,739<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Law Public Safety Corrections and Security<\/a><\/td>\n$124,603<\/td>\n$20,151<\/td>\n$48,008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Business Management and Administration<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

In this career cluster, there are a wide range of positions with two main groups: management positions that usually require a degree and non-management positions that do not typically require a degree.<\/p>\n

\"Graphic_PHS_5<\/a>Highest: Sales Manager<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n