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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) produces the Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH) under the general guidance and direction of Rebecca Rust, Assistant Commissioner for Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections, and Michael Wolf, Division Chief of Occupational Employment Projections. Kathleen T. Green, Branch Chief of Outreach and Publications, and Teresa L. Morisi and Francisco Velez, Jr., Branch Chiefs of Projections Research and Analysis, provided planning and day-to-day direction.

Staff responsible for research and preparation of material of the OOH included Domingo Angeles, Jennifer Chi, Ryan Farrell, Christopher Harper, Stanislava Ilic-Godfrey, T. Alan Lacey, William Lawhorn, Kevin M. McCarron, Michael J. Rieley, Emily Rolen, Patricia Tate, Elka Torpey, Richard Works, and Alan Zilberman.

Editorial work was provided by staff in the Office of Publications: Richard Hernandez, John C. Roach, Maureen S. Hicks, and Johnathon Yoe, under the supervision of Leslie Brown Joyner, Branch Chief of Special Publications, Terry L. Schau, Monthly Labor Review Branch Chief, and Emily Liddel, Division Chief of Publishing. Data-processing and technical support were provided by Andrew G. O’Bar, Christopher Pinheiro, Brian Roberts, and Laura Schneider, under the supervision of Dave Terkanian. Technical and computer-programming support was provided by Harry Chauhan, Thao Le-Do, Robbin Galloway, Kristyn Jeschelnik, Jerie Refugia, Roopa Sengupta, Connie Sielaff, and Reginald Simmons, all of the Office of Technology and Survey Processing, under the supervision of Jo-Ann Yu, Branch Chief, and Amrit Kohli, Division Chief of Enterprise Web Systems.

Most of the photographs used in the OOH are stock photographs; however, BLS wishes to express its appreciation to the organizations that contributed photographs. Situations portrayed in the photographs may not be free of every possible safety or health hazard. The depiction of a company or trade name in no way constitutes endorsement by the U.S. Department of Labor.

Suggested citation:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Acknowledgments,
at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/about/acknowledgements.htm (visited September 25, 2023).

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, September 4, 2019