Who are the most sought-after workers in Baton Rouge?

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Truck drivers and registered nurses will see the largest number of job openings in the Baton Rouge region over the next year

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Several relatively high-paying occupations, including carpenters, pipefitters and machinists, are in high demand but the number of people completing training are down or stagnant. Those three occupations combined will have nearly 1,000 openings next year, the report said. Welding has a high number completing training.

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Technology job growth has fully rebounded from the Great Recession, BRAC said, with total employment hitting a 10-year high.

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Computer programmers and network and computer systems administrators will have the highest number of openings in the sector, at 60 each.

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The highest median wages of any occupation analyzed in the report was for chemical engineers at $53.30 an hour. BRAC projects 100 jobs openings for chemical engineers.

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