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#  Career Outlook About

*Career Outlook*

*Career Outlook* articles provide data and information on a variety of topics—including occupations and industries, pay and benefits, and more. These articles are helpful for students, career counselors, jobseekers, and others planning careers.

*Career Outlook* has four departments:
- **Feature articles**  present an in-depth look at a range of career topics.
- **You’re a *what*?**  explores unusual occupations through the work of someone in that occupation.
- **Interview with a...**  describes, in Q & A format, a specific worker’s career path.
- **Data on display**  is a graphic presentation of data on employment and other topics.

*Career Outlook* (formerly *Occupational Outlook Quarterly*) supplements the *Occupational Outlook Handbook***and is published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.

For more information, see the following video about the *Career Outlook* publication.
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The Secretary of Labor has determined that the publication of this periodical is necessary in the transaction of the public business required by law of the Department of Labor.

Links to non-BLS Internet sites are provided for your convenience and do not constitute an endorsement.

Information from *Career Outlook* is available upon request to individuals with sensory impairment. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1 (800) 877-8339 (toll free).

All text, charts, and tables are in the public domain, and, with appropriate credit, may be reproduced without permission. Most photographs and illustrations are protected by copyright.
Our staffDivision of Employment Projections
Kathleen Green, branch chief; Domingo Angeles, Ryan Farrell, Elsbeth Hamilton, Patricia Tate, and Elka Torpey, contributing editors.
Division of Publishing Services
Maureen Soyars Hicks, branch chief; Ryan Ansell, Richard Hernandez, Lisa N. Huynh, Harry Nitzberg, John Roach, and Jonathan Yoe, associate editors.

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