The state lists five-star jobs available at all different types of training levels.

Among the "best" listed for on-the-job-training (which can be long term) are: food service managers, $46,730 average; police patrol officers, $41,020 average; and supervisors of non-retail sales workers, $65,750.

Among the best five-star jobs requiring at least a bachelor's degree listed by the state are: marketing managers, $87,720 average; sales managers, $88,580; computer and information systems managers, $88,920; and financial managers, $82,280.

Where the jobs are

The state regularly predicts which occupations will have the most future openings. Unfortunately, most-recent predictions show some low-paying jobs are among those expected to have the most openings, such as in fast food or retail sales. (That and other data are available at jobs.Utah.gov).

Until 2014, the state expects 2,700 openings a year for retail sales workers; 1,900 a year for cashiers; 1,300 a year each for waiters/waitresses and fast-food workers; 1,200 for office clerks; and 1,100 each for registered nurses and janitors/cleaners.

The state also lists the highest-paying Utah occupations with at least 100 annual openings expected until 2014. Among them are general operations managers, 760 openings a year; computer software engineers, 330; lawyers, 250; chief executives, 210; mechanical engineers, 180; and pharmacists, 140.

Finally, the state also lists groups of occupations that have the most expected openings each year through 2014.

They include: office and administrative support, 9,500 a year; sales and related jobs, 8,300; food preparation and serving, 6,100; construction and extraction, 5,000; production, 4,800; transportation and material moving, 4,200; and education, training and library, 4,100.

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