PB designates occupations requiring a post-baccalaureate degree. Number of employees in thousands in National. Entry-level requirements apply to National standards and California may have different requirements. For example, in California, pharmacists are required to have doctorate in pharmacy, whereas nationally, pharmacists are only required to have a bachelor's degree.
Separation occurs when someone permanently leaves an occupation, thus creating an opening.
This table does not include the number of people who received teaching credentials unless they also received a degree in education, as credentials are not degrees. Projections for the demand for elementary teachers do not include the impact of California's recent program to reduce class size to 20, in kindergarten through third grade, which greatly increases the demand for elementary school teachers.