Here’s what to know about these fantastic, unknown jobs.
Question: What do a genetic counselor, fabricator and diagnostic medical sonographer have in common? Answer: You may have no idea what they do — or what skills they require. But these lesser-known gigs offer fat paychecks, low unemployment and robust job growth. Click forward for the 15 best jobs you’ve never heard of from U.S. News’ 2017 Best Jobs rankings.
Unemployment Rate: 3.4 percent
Expected Job Openings: 28,100 Phlebotomists can’t be scared of needles. They specialize in drawing blood and maintaining blood-drawing equipment. (Thinkstock)
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Unemployment Rate: 1.2 percent
Expected Job Openings: 400 These professionals apply psychological theories to issues within the workplace, including human resources, sales and marketing problems. Learn more about industrial psychologists. (Thinkstock)
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Unemployment Rate: 3.6 percent
Expected Job Openings: 3,600 Cartographers create and update maps, an in-demand skill set for designing print, online and mobile maps. Learn more about cartographers. (Thinkstock)
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Unemployment Rate: 3.1 percent
Expected Job Openings: 700 These master’s degree-educated professionals help patients identify potential genetic conditions. Learn more about genetic counselors. (Thinkstock)
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Unemployment Rate: 0.4 percent
Expected Job Openings: 16,000 These health care specialists use sonography equipment to capture images for a number of medical purposes, from finding out the sex of a baby to imaging tumors. Learn more about diagnostic medical sonographers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Unemployment Rate: 3 percent
Expected Job Openings: 2,500 These experts coordinate with a range of parties to accomplish a task, from aiding in disaster relief to ensuring quick deliveries to customers. Learn more about logisticians. (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou)
AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou
Unemployment Rate: 1.4 percent
Expected Job Openings: 300 Nuclear medicine technologists have mastered a process that involves injecting small amounts of radioactive material into patients to diagnose certain diseases and illnesses. Learn more about nuclear medicine technologists. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Unemployment Rate: 7.6 percent
Expected Job Openings: 1,600 Fabricators assemble and build equipment and machinery. Learn more about fabricators. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)
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Unemployment Rate: 1.4 percent
Expected Job Openings: 17,200 These health care workers are trained to perform medical imaging exams and administer radiation therapy treatments to diagnose and treat medical conditions. Learn more about radiologic technologists. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
AP Photo/Mike Groll
Unemployment Rate: 5.1 percent
Expected Job Openings: 4,800 These workers adjust, diagnose, inspect or repair wind turbines. Training may take place on the job or through a technical program. Learn more about wind turbine technicians. (AP Photo/ Peter Dejong, File)
AP Photo/ Peter Dejong, File
Unemployment Rate: 0.6 percent
Expected Job Openings: 12,700 Computer network architects work for businesses and organizations to design, construct and maintain a range of communication networks. Learn more about computer network architects. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File
Unemployment Rate: 3.9 percent
Expected Job Openings: 14,800 These technology professionals safeguard a company’s computer systems and networks, shielding them from data breaches and cyberattacks. Learn more about information security analysts. (AP Photo/John Amis)
AP Photo/John Amis
Unemployment Rate: 1.7 percent
Expected Job Openings: 2,300 These medical professionals typically need a 12-month certificate or, better yet, an associate degree, plus a license, to get started in radiation therapy, which involves the use of radiation to treat cancer. Learn more about radiation therapists. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
AP Photo/Petr David Josek
Unemployment Rate: 2.8 percent
Expected Job Openings: 21,200 These counselors help patients work their way through problems related to addiction and behavioral disorders, including eating disorders, alcoholism and drug abuse. Learn more about substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors. (Thinkstock)
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