Government, Law and Public Administration

Explore a future in the Government, Law & Public Administration industry.

Interested in potentially exploring a future in the government, law and public administration industry? You’ll spend your days making an impact on your community with a fulfilling career of making a difference in local, state, national or even global policy-making, thanks to a degree from Oregon State.

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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.

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A list of hard skills associated with a given career ordered by the number of unique job postings which ask for those skills.

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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.

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