Welcome to the Heebner Career Development Center Parent & Family Resources page—a dedicated space designed to empower and assist parents, families, and other supporters of WPI students.
For WPI student Costanza Di Fino ’26, moving from Caracas to the United States to study electrical and computer engineering was both an exciting and demanding transition. As she prepares to graduate with a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering …
When Chaz Aguiar arrived at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, he already had something many students are still building: real-world technical experience. As a graduate of a vocational-technical high school focused on electronics engineering technology, Chaz developed a strong hands-on foundation early. …
When Victoria Escuer arrived at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in August 2022, she had a clear goal: build a strong foundation for her future career. Over the next four years, while pursuing a BS in Industrial Engineering and an MS in …
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Occupation Description
Employment Trends
The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data.
Top Employers
These companies are currently hiring for .
Education Levels
The educational attainment percentage breakdown for a career (e.g. the percentage of people in the career who hold Bachelor’s Degrees vs. Associate Degrees). Educational attainment levels are provided by O*NET.
Annual Earnings
Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips.
Technical Skills
A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.
Core Competencies
The skills for the career. The "importance" is how relevant the ability is to the occupation: scale of 1-5. The "level" is the proficiency required by the occupation: scale of 0-100. Results are sorted by importance first, then level.
Job Titles
A list of job titles for all unique postings in a given career, sorted by frequency.