occupation

Example Sentences

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The median yearly salary of computer and information technology occupations in 2024 was about $105,990, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

From MarketWatch

Being a stunt pilot, even for the movies, was a perilous occupation.

From Los Angeles Times

Domestic service was the largest urban occupation at midcentury, dominated by Irish immigrant women who received room and board and could save significant amounts.

From The Wall Street Journal

Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia, his parents fled from imminent Nazi occupation when he was still a baby and went to Singapore, where his father died in a Japanese prison camp.

From BBC

With the Nazi occupation, his parents escaped to Singapore, where his father died during World War II.

From Barron's