Jobs that typically need a bachelor's degree
171 occupations sit at this level, with a typical median wage of $87,990. This is the education the Bureau of Labor Statistics says most workers need to enter the job, not a hard requirement, and pay varies widely inside the level.
171 occupations
Most jobs firstGeneral and Operations Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Registered Nurses
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Software Developers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Accountants and Auditors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Elementary School Teachers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Business Operations Specialists, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Project Management Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Secondary School Teachers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Human Resources Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Management Analysts
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Financial Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Sales Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Managers, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Middle School Teachers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Medical and Health Services Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Computer Systems Analysts
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Training and Development Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Computer Occupations, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Compliance Officers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Marketing Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Construction Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Civil Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Industrial Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Financial and Investment Analysts
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Network and Computer Systems Administrators
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Mechanical Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Public Relations Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Loan Officers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Personal Financial Advisors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Administrative Services Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Data Scientists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Logisticians
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Coaches and Scouts
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Industrial Production Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Cost Estimators
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Human Resources Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Social and Community Service Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Chief Executives
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Electrical Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Graphic Designers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Information Security Analysts
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Computer Network Architects
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Facilities Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Engineers, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Producers and Directors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Financial Specialists, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Teachers and Instructors, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Web and Digital Interface Designers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Fundraisers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Kindergarten Teachers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Natural Sciences Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Operations Research Analysts
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Architects
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Insurance Underwriters
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Electronics Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Special Education Teachers, Middle School
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Computer Programmers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Editors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Purchasing Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Chemists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Dietitians and Nutritionists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Computer Hardware Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Public Relations Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Interior Designers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Web Developers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Database Administrators
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Biological Technicians
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Financial Examiners
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Aerospace Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Database Architects
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Health Education Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Labor Relations Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Credit Analysts
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Financial Risk Specialists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Social Workers, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Clergy
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Biological Scientists, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Education Administrators, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Art Directors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Interpreters and Translators
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Surveyors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Training and Development Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Writers and Authors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Budget Analysts
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Technical Writers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Fundraising Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Environmental Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Entertainment and Recreation Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Special Education Teachers, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Commercial and Industrial Designers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Social Science Research Assistants
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Special Education Teachers, Preschool
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Credit Counselors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Actuaries
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Conservation Scientists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Film and Video Editors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Geoscientists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Compensation and Benefits Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Materials Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Therapists, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Physical Scientists, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Directors, Religious Activities and Education
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Advertising and Promotions Managers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Health and Safety Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Fashion Designers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Broadcast Announcers and Radio Disc Jockeys
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Chemical Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Special Effects Artists and Animators
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Landscape Architects
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Forensic Science Technicians
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Microbiologists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Petroleum Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Religious Workers, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Soil and Plant Scientists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Nuclear Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Recreational Therapists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Agricultural Inspectors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Emergency Management Directors
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Food Scientists and Technologists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Music Directors and Composers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Museum Technicians and Conservators
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Set and Exhibit Designers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Foresters
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Atmospheric and Space Scientists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Designers, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Exercise Physiologists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Materials Scientists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Life Scientists, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Hydrologists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Fish and Game Wardens
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Statistical Assistants
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Medical Dosimetrists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Animal Scientists
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Agricultural Engineers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Geographers
Typically needs: Bachelor's degree
Data: BLS OEWS May 2025 · IPEDS Fall 2025–26 provisional · College Scorecard (June 2026 release). Education levels are the BLS Employment Projections typical entry-level education assignment. All sources & release dates →
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