With experience, a futurist who works for a consulting firm, corporation, or government agency might decide to open his or her own consulting practice. Futurists also advance by becoming well-known for their ideas and publications, which can translate into more earnings and a higher media profile.
- 3-D Printing Specialists
- Accountants
- Adult Day Care Coordinators
- Advanced Manufacturing Engineers
- Advanced Manufacturing Technicians
- Aeronautical and Aerospace Technicians
- Aerospace Engineers
- Agile Coaches or Trainers
- Ambassadors
- Anthropologists
- Apparel Industry Workers
- Archaeologists
- Architects
- Artificial Intelligence Specialists
- Auditors
- Augmented Reality Developers
- Automation Engineers
- Automotive Industry Workers
- Aviation Safety Inspectors
- Avionics Engineers
- Avionics Technicians
- Back-End Developers
- Bailiffs
- Bank Examiners
- Big Data Developers
- Bindery Workers
- Biochemists
- Bioenergy/Biofuels Workers
- Biofuels Processing Technicians
- Biofuels Production Managers
- Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers
- Biomass Plant Technicians
- Biomass Power Plant Managers
- Biomedical Engineers
- Biometrics Systems Specialists
- Biosecurity Monitors
- Biotechnology Production Workers
- Blockchain Developers
- Boilermakers and Mechanics
- Bookkeeping and Accounting Clerks
- Border Patrol Agents
- Business Managers
- Campaign Workers
- Cancer Registrars
- Cardiologists
- Ceramics Engineers
- Chemical Engineers
- Chemical Technicians
- Chemists
- Chief Information Officers
- Chief Information Security Officers
- Chief Revenue Officers
- Chief Robotics Officer
- City Managers
- Civil Engineers
- Clinic Managers
- Clinical Data Managers
- Clinical Research Coordinators
- Cloud Engineers
- Coal Miners
- Community Health Program Coordinators
- Computer and Office Machine Service Technicians
- Computer Network Administrators
- Computer Programmers
- Computer Support Service Owners
- Computer Support Specialists
- Computer Systems Programmer/Analysts
- Computer Trainers
- Computer-Aided Design Drafters and Technicians
- Congressional Aides
- Conservators and Conservation Technicians
- Construction Inspectors
- Contact Tracers
- Continuous Improvement Managers
- Coremakers
- Corporate Climate Strategists
- Cost Estimators
- Credit Analysts
- Cryptocurrency Specialists
- Cryptographic Technicians
- Customer Success Managers
- Customs Officials
- Cybersecurity Architects
- Data Processing Technicians
- Data Scientists
- Data Warehousing Specialists
- Database Specialists
- Deepfake Professionals
- Demographers
- Deputy U.S. Marshals
- Digital Agents
- Digital Workplace Experience Engineers
- Directors of Telehealth
- Divers and Diving Technicians
- Document Management Specialists
- Drafters
- Drone Manufacturing Workers
- Drug Developers
- Economists
- Education Directors and Museum Teachers
- Electrical Engineering Technologists
- Electrical Engineers
- Electricians
- Electronics Engineering Technicians
- Electronics Engineers
- Electronics Service Technicians
- Electroplating Workers
- Embedded Systems Engineers
- Emergency Management Directors
- Energy Brokers
- Energy Conservation Technicians
- Energy Consultants
- Energy Efficiency Engineers
- Energy Transmission and Distribution Workers
- Engineering Technicians
- Engineers
- Enterprise Architects
- Environmental Economists
- Environmental Engineers
- Environmental Lobbyists
- Environmental Planners
- Environmental Scientists
- Environmental Technicians
- EPA Special Agents
- Ethical Sourcing Officer
- Ethnoscientists
- ETL Developers
- FBI Agents
- Federal and State Officials
- Fiber Optics Technicians
- Financial Analysts
- Financial Consultants
- Fish and Game Wardens
- Fluid Power Technicians
- Foreign Service Officers
- Forge Shop Workers
- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Fuel Cell Engineers
- Fuel Cell Technicians
- Fuel Cell Technology Workers
- Full Stack Developers/Engineers
- Furniture Designers
- Furniture Manufacturing Workers
- Genealogical Researchers
- Genealogists
- Geodetic Surveyors
- Geographers
- Geological Technicians
- Geologists
- Geophysicists
- Geospatial Analytics Specialists
- Geotechnical Engineers
- Geothermal Energy Industry Workers
- Geothermal Production Managers
- Geothermal Technicians
- Geriatric Care Managers
- Geriatric Social Workers
- Glass Manufacturing Workers
- Graphic Designers
- Graphics Programmers
- Green Builders
- Green Products Manufacturers
- Green Transportation Careers
- Gunsmiths
- Hardware Engineers
- Health Advocates
- Health and Regulatory Inspectors
- Health Care Consultants
- Health Care Insurance Navigators
- Health Care Managers
- Health Data Analysts
- Health Informaticists
- Heat Treaters
- Help Desk Representatives
- Historians
- Historic Preservationists
- HIV/AIDS Counselors and Case Managers
- Hospitalists
- Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
- Hydroelectric Production Managers
- Hydropower and Marine Energy Industry Workers
- Hypersonics Engineers
- Hypersonics Technicians
- Industrial Chemicals Workers
- Industrial Designers
- Industrial Ecologists
- Industrial Engineering Technicians
- Industrial Engineers
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- Industrial Radiographers
- Industrial Safety and Health Technicians
- Industrial Traffic Managers
- Informatics Nurse Specialists
- Information Assurance Analysts
- Information Security Analysts
- Information Technology Consultants
- Information Technology Infrastructure Engineers
- Information Technology Project Managers
- Instrumentation Technicians
- Intelligence Officers
- Internet Consultants
- Internet of Things Developers
- Internet Security Specialists
- Interpreters
- Investment Fund Managers
- Investment Professionals
- JavaScript Developers
- Job and Die Setters
- Laboratory Testing Technicians
- Land Trust or Preserve Managers
- Landmen
- Laser Technicians
- Layout Workers
- Leather Tanning and Finishing Workers
- Lexicographers
- Line Installers and Cable Splicers
- Linguists
- Lobbyists
- Logging Industry Workers
- Logistics Analysts
- Logistics Engineers
- Machine Learning Engineers
- Manufacturing Engineering Technologists
- Manufacturing Engineers
- Manufacturing Production Technicians
- Manufacturing Supervisors
- Materials Engineers
- Mathematicians
- Mechanical Engineering Technicians
- Mechanical Engineers
- Medical Ethicists
- Medical Record Technicians
- Medical Secretaries
- Medical Transcriptionists
- Metallurgical Engineers
- Metallurgical Technicians
- Meteorologists
- Meter Readers, Utilities
- Methane/Landfill Gas Collection System Operators
- Methane/Landfill Gas Generation System Technicians
- Microbiologists
- Microelectronics Technicians
- Microfabrication Engineers
- Microfabrication Technicians
- Military Pilots
- Military Police
- Military Recruiters
- Military Workers, Enlisted
- Military Workers, Officers
- Millwrights
- Mining Engineers
- Model View Controller Developers
- Molders
- Nanomaterials Scientists
- Nanosystems Engineers
- Nanotechnicians
- Nanotechnologists
- National Park Service Employees
- Network Operations Center Engineers
- Network Operations Center Technicians
- Non-Destructive Testing Specialists
- Nuclear Engineers
- Nuclear Reactor Operators and Technicians
- Numerical Control Tool Programmers
- Nurse Managers
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Occupational Safety and Health Workers
- Online Gambling Specialists
- Optical Engineers
- Optics Technicians
- Packaging Engineers
- Packaging Machinery Technicians
- Paper Processing Workers
- Park Rangers
- Personal Privacy Advisors
- Petroleum Engineers
- Petroleum Technicians
- Pharmaceutical Industry Workers
- Physicists
- Pilots
- Plastics Products Manufacturing Workers
- Policy Analysts
- Political Consultants
- Political Scientists
- Power Plant Workers
- Precision Machinists
- Precision Metalworkers
- Prepress Workers
- Press Secretaries
- Product Designers
- Product Development Directors
- Product Management Directors
- Product Managers
- Product Owners
- Project Managers
- Purchasing Agents
- Quality Control Engineers
- Quality Control Technicians
- Radiation Protection Technicians
- Radio Frequency Engineers
- Recycling Coordinators
- Regional and Local Officials
- Rehabilitation Counselors
- Remote Health Care Engineers
- Renewable Energy Careers
- Renewable Energy Engineers
- Renewable Energy Site Assessors
- Robotics Engineers
- Robotics Integrators
- Robotics Technicians
- Roustabouts
- Rubber Goods Production Workers
- Sales Representatives
- Salesforce Developers
- Scrum Masters
- Secret Service Special Agents
- Semiconductor Technicians
- Sheet Metal Workers
- Silverware Artisans and Workers
- Site Reliability Engineers
- Social Workers
- Sociologists
- Software Application Developers
- Software Designers
- Software Engineers
- Software Quality Assurance Testers
- Solar Energy Industry Workers
- Solar Energy Installation Managers
- Solar Energy Sales Representatives
- Solar Engineers
- Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
- Solutions Architects
- Space Pilots
- Sporting Goods Production Workers
- Statisticians
- Steel Industry Workers
- Supply Chain Managers
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians
- Surveyors
- Systems Setup Specialists
- Technical Support Specialists
- Technical Writers and Editors
- Technology Ethicists
- Textile Manufacturing Workers
- Tobacco Products Industry Workers
- Toy Industry Workers
- Traffic Engineers
- Traffic Managers
- Translators
- Transplant Coordinators
- Transportation Planners
- Urban and Regional Planners
- Welders and Welding Technicians
- Wind Energy Engineers
- Wind Energy Industry Workers
- Wind Energy Operations Managers
- Wind Energy Project Managers
- Wireless Service Technicians
- Wood Science and Technology Workers