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Occupations beginning with F
116 of the 1,410 occupations with a page here, 8.2% of them. The busiest is Fast Food and Counter Workers with 7,871 filings; the smallest carry 1. Every name is DOL's own spelling from the disclosure files.
All 116, alphabetically
Each number is the PERM cases DOL's current files record for that occupation.
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 11
- Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers 2
- Facilities and Ground Support Mechanic 48
- Facilities Managers 38
- Faculty 4
- Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 11
- Family and General Practitioners 11
- Family Medicine Physicians 413
- Farm and Home Management Educators 6
- Farm Equipment Mechanic and Service Technician 31
- Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 190
- farm labor 2
- Farm Labor Contractors 2
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 170
- Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 32
- Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 847
- Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 405
- Fashion Designers 162
- Fashion Designers 44
- Fast Food and Counter Workers 7,871
- Fence Erectors 7
- Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators 5
- Field Supervisor 4
- File Clerk 6
- File Clerks 47
- Film and Video Editors 51
- Film and Video Editors 9
- Financial Analysts 344
- Financial and Investment Analysts 2,800
- Financial Data Clerk 1
- Financial Examiners 52
- Financial Examiners 9
- Financial Managers 847
- Financial Managers 274
- Financial Quantitative Analysts 2,150
- Financial Risk Specialists 739
- Financial Specialists, All Other 9
- Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 12
- Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators 3
- Fire Inspectors and Investigators 1
- Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers 20
- Firefighters 2
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 283
- First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling 10
- First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 326
- First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 405
- First-Line Supervisors of Gambling Services Workers 1
- First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 47
- First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 110
- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 486
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 47
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 189
- First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 62
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 321
- First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 79
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 202
- First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 691
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 1
- First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, All Other 7
- FirstLine Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 102
- FirstLine Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 51
- FirstLine Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 28
- FirstLine Supervisors of NonRetail Sales Workers 2
- FirstLine Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 70
- FirstLine Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 6
- FirstLine Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 43
- FirstLine Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other 1
- FirstLine Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 165
- FirstLine Supervisors of Transportation and MaterialMoving Machine and Vehicle O 4
- Fishers and Related Fishing Workers 6
- Fishing and Hunting Workers 6
- Fitness and Wellness Coordinators 23
- Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 5
- Flight Attendants 2
- Flight Instructors 1
- Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles 15
- FLOOR SANDERS AND FINISHERS 14
- Floor Sanders and Finishers 8
- Floral Designer 2
- Floral Designers 12
- Food and Beverage Server 51
- Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders 1
- Food Batchmakers 163
- Food Batchmakers 96
- Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders 4
- Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other 2
- Food Preparation Worker 406
- Food Preparation Workers 1,284
- Food Processing Workers, All Other 28
- Food Production Worker 8
- Food Science Technicians 23
- Food Scientists and Technologists 158
- Food Scientists and Technologists 45
- Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 79
- Food Service Managers 486
- Food Services Manager 113
- Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 246
- Foreign Property Records Assessor 1
- Forensic Science Technicians 9
- Forensic Science Technicians 1
- Forest and Conservation Workers 1
- Foresters 2
- Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 7
- Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1
- Forestry Crew Leader 72
- Foundry Mold and Coremakers 1
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 57
- Freight Forwarders 21
- Front Desk Agent 75
- Fuel Cell Engineers 27
- Fundraiser 1
- Fundraisers 16
- Fundraising Managers 24
- Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders 2
- Furniture Finishers 7
- Furniture Finishers 2
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