Miami's a fantastic place to acquire career training at a trade school. Because it's a popular vacation and retirement destination, you'll find vocational schools offering programs and courses in hospitality, recreation, and health care. In addition, all professional and business services fields--including information technology--are mushrooming, and you can choose from a multitude of targeted training, degree, certificate, and diploma IT programs. Whatever your interest, a Miami technical school can help prepare you for a satisfying career. May 2008 employment statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show great numbers in the following job sectors:

• Construction Services. 111,800 jobs
• Education and Health Services. 329,800 jobs
• Leisure and Hospitality. 251,000 jobs
• Manufacturing Services. 87,000 jobs
• Professional and Business Services. 341,500 jobs
• Trade, Transportation, and Utilities. 522,300 jobs

Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Florida's Economy and Jobs

The Miami-Ft. Lauderdale metropolitan area, population 5.4 million, enjoys year-round warm temperatures and beautiful beaches. It's a legendary visitor and "snowbird" destination, meaning that hospitality, recreation, and health care jobs are always plentiful. Forbes magazine ranked Miami as "America's Cleanest City" in 2008 for its low pollution and ozone levels and its superior water quality, which means that city planners, technicians, and maintenance experts are in high demand. According to CNN.com, the median family income in Miami in 2008 was $33,298, and BLS shows the following median hourly wages for specific Miami jobs in 2008:

• Computer Programmers at $32.38
• Computer Support Specialists at $17.45
• Environmental Engineers at $28.94
• First-line Retail Supervisors at $19.13
• Meeting and Convention Planners at $22.85
• Occupational Therapist Assistants at $28.03

Miami's professional and business services sector added 65,000 new jobs in 2008, many of them IT jobs. Whether you're a recent high school graduate or want to enhance or change your current career, enrolling in a course or program at a Miami technical school is your first step toward success.