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Occupations beginning with P
124 of the 1,410 occupations with a page here, 8.8% of them. The busiest is Project Management Specialists with 8,526 filings; the smallest carry 1. Every name is DOL's own spelling from the disclosure files.
All 124, alphabetically
Each number is the PERM cases DOL's current files record for that occupation.
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 214
- Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 25
- Packers and Packagers, Hand 2,625
- Packers and Packagers, Hand 497
- Painter Helper 22
- Painters, Construction and Maintenance 95
- Painters, Construction and Maintenance 24
- Painters, Transportation Equipment 1
- Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers 2
- Paperhangers 2
- Paralegals and Legal Assistants 463
- Paralegals and Legal Assistants 93
- Paramedics 5
- Parking Attendants 1
- Parts Salespersons 6
- Parts Salespersons 2
- PATIENT ESCORT 1
- Patient Representatives 17
- Patternmakers, Wood 2
- PAVER 4
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators 23
- Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 41
- Payroll Clerk 3
- PDLC Self Adhesive Film Fabricator 2
- Pediatric Surgeons 3
- Pediatricians, General 202
- Pediatricians, General 8
- Penetration Testers 11
- Personal Care Aides 2,630
- Personal Care Aides 128
- Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other 8
- Personal Financial Advisors 79
- Personal Financial Advisors 15
- Personal Service Managers, All Other 5
- Pest Control Workers 3
- Pest Control Workers 3
- Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 16
- Pesticide Handlers, Sprayers, and Applicators, Vegetation 1
- Petroleum Engineers 48
- Petroleum Engineers 12
- Pharmacist 42
- Pharmacists 143
- Pharmacy Aides 5
- Pharmacy Technician 2
- Pharmacy Technicians 20
- Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 84
- Phlebotomists 5
- Photographers 20
- Photographers 5
- Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators 6
- Photographic process workers and processing machine operators 2
- Photonics Engineers 120
- Photonics Technicians 5
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 11
- PHYSICAL THERAPIST AIDE 2
- Physical Therapist Aides 7
- Physical Therapist Assistants 93
- Physical Therapist Assistnats 7
- Physical Therapists 4
- Physical Therapits 1
- Physician Assistant 2
- Physician Assistants 21
- Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 66
- Physicians, All Other 502
- Physicians, All Other 26
- Physicians, Pathologists 29
- Physicists 58
- Physicists 11
- Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 58
- Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 20
- PIPELAYER 2
- Pipelayers 4
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons 9
- Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 107
- Podiatrists 6
- Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 126
- Political Scientists 15
- Political Scientists 1
- Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 26
- Postsecondary Teachers, All Other 11
- Power Distributors and Dispatchers 1
- Power Plant Operators 1
- Precision Agriculture Technicians 6
- Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other 1
- Prepress Technicians and Workers 3
- Preschool Teachers 66
- Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 143
- Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials 12
- Preventive Medicine Physicians 2
- Print Binding and Finishing Workers 3
- Printing Press Operators 20
- Printing Press Operators 2
- Private Detectives and Investigators 2
- Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 2
- Procurement Clerks 111
- Procurement Clerks 36
- Producers 20
- Producers and Directors 70
- Production Assembler 21
- Production Workers, All Other 18
- Production, Planning and Expediting Clerks 9
- Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 56
- Project Engineer 3
- Project Management Specialists 8,526
- Proofreaders and Copy Markers 3
- Property Manager 14
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 106
- Prosthodontists 9
- Psychiatric Aides 1
- Psychiatric Technicians 4
- Psychiatrists 94
- Psychiatrists 7
- Psychologists, All Other 2
- Psychologists, All Other 1
- Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 107
- Public Relations and Fundraising Managers 8
- Public Relations Managers 60
- Public Relations Specialist 72
- Public Relations Specialists 316
- Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 12
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 186
- Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 43
- Purchasing Managers 243
- Purchasing Managers 76
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