Acknowledgments

The Bureau of Labor Statistics produced the Handbook under the general guidance and direction of Mike Pilot, Chief, Division of Occupational Outlook, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections. Chester C. Levine and Jon Q. Sargent, Managers of Occupational Outlook Studies, provided planning and day-to-day direction.

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

Word processing support was provided by Beverly A. Williams. Cover and other art-work were designed by Keith Tapscott. 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 Henry Kasper, T. Alan Lacey, Andrew J. Nelson, and Curtis Polen prepared this html version.