This fifth edition of the Career Guide to Industries provides valuable information from an industry perspective for persons making career decisions. It is a companion to the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2002-03 edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook, a nationally recognized source of career guidance information for more than five decades. The Handbook provides information on careers from an occupational perspective.

The Career Guide to Industries was produced in the Bureau's Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections. General guidance and direction was provided by Mike Pilot, Chief of the Division of Occupational Outlook. Chester C. Levine and Jon Sargent, Managers, Occupational Outlook Studies, were responsible for planning and day-to-day direction.

Supervisors overseeing the research and preparation of material were Theresa Cosca, Douglas Braddock, Kristina Shelley, and Carolyn M. Veneri. Analysts who contributed material were Andrew Alpert, Jill Auyer, Hall Dillon, Tamara Dillon, Arlene K. Dohm, , Henry Kasper, R. Sean Kirby, T. Alan Lacey, Kevin M. McCarron, Roger Moncraz, Andrew J. Nelson, Azure Reaser, Terry Schau, Lynn Shniper, Tiffany T. Stringer, Patricia Tate, and Ian Wyatt.

Cover and other art work were designed by Keith Tapscott. Word processing support was provided by Beverly A. Williams.

Michael Horton, Mary Jablonski, Imran Khan, Charles Muhl, and Jim Power were responsible for website design. Howard N Fullerton, Jr. directed, Erik Savisaar coordinated, and Jill Auyer, Robbin Galloway, Henry Kasper, T. Alan Lacey, Andrew J. Nelson, Curtis Polen, Ian Wyatt, and Jo-Ann Yu prepared this html version.