Job Outlook

Job prospects for technical specialist should be good, especially for those with a college degree and relevant skills. Technical specialists held about 565,700 jobs nationally in 2008. Although they worked in a wide range of industries, about 18 percent were employed in the computer systems design and related services industry. Substantial numbers of technical specialists were also employed in administrative and support services companies, financial institutions, insurance companies, government agencies, educational institutions, software publishers, telecommunications organizations, and healthcare organizations.