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Occupations beginning with H
60 of the 1,410 occupations with a page here, 4.3% of them. The busiest is Helpers--Production Workers with 3,399 filings; the smallest carry 1. Every name is DOL's own spelling from the disclosure files.
All 60, alphabetically
Each number is the PERM cases DOL's current files record for that occupation.
- Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 140
- Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 22
- Hazardous Materials Removal Workers 3
- Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors 78
- Health Education Specialists 59
- Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars 21
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 490
- HEALTH TECHNOLOGISTS TECHNICIANS, ALL OTHER 2
- Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other 36
- Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other 2
- Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other 4
- Healthcare Social Workers 49
- Healthcare Social Workers 2
- Hearing Aid Specialists 1
- Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
- Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 77
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 2,590
- Heavy and TractorTrailer Truck Drivers 781
- Heavy Equipment Mechanic 2
- Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters 63
- Helpers--Carpenters 68
- Helpers--Electricians 43
- Helpers--Extraction Workers 3
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 62
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons 45
- Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 24
- Helpers--Production Workers 3,399
- Helpers--Roofers 25
- Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other 59
- HelpersCarpenters 17
- HelpersPipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 3
- HelpersProduction Workers 1,002
- HelpersRoofers 20
- High School Business Education Teacher 2
- Highway Maintenance Workers 42
- Histology Technicians 1
- History Teachers, Postsecondary 58
- History Teachers, Postsecondary 17
- Histotechnologists 18
- Home Appliance Repairers 20
- HOME APPLIANCE REPAIRERS 1
- Home Health Aides 2,894
- Hospitalists 3
- HOST AND HOSTESSES, RESTAURANT, LOUNGE AND COFFEE SHOP 6
- Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 40
- Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 109
- housekeeping 6
- HR Generalist 1
- Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists 122
- Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 74
- Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 15
- Human Resources Managers 188
- Human Resources Managers 50
- Human Resources Specialists 440
- Human Resources Specialists 123
- Hunters and Trappers 1
- HVAC SPECIALIST 8
- Hydrologic Technicians 1
- Hydrologists 13
- Hydrologists 1
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