Where The Jobs Are: 2.5 million new jobs by 2017

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By 2017, there will be about 2.5 million new middle-skill jobs across the country and not enough trained workers to fill them, according to special report 'Where The Jobs Are' by WUSA9 and USA TODAY.
These jobs don't require a four-year college degree and they all pay at least $13 an hour, sometimes much more.
In the D.C. area, the jobs expected to be in high demand include medical technicians, nurses, mental health and substance abuse counselors and teachers.
A full list can be found here: http://usat.ly/1vu1y5i'
Where The Jobs Are' is designed to give you a vivid look at the job market across the country today and a projected outlook for three years from now. Consider Joe Poole, who is just 21-years-old, but already on track to make more than $100,000 in his first year out of college.
"Just seeing firsthand how things are made is something that I enjoy doing.
And seeing it from gas to plastic is a really interesting experience," said Poole, who monitors the refining process at a Houston petrochemical plant, which produces plastics for everything from milk jugs to bike helmets.
It's a middle skills job that requires only two years of college, but employers can't find enough trained workers to fill the openings.Americans eager to work must gain the skills employers need.
'Community colleges have programs, for-profit trade schools have programs. Big companies have programs, that in many cases, don't cost anything at all,' said Mike Rowe, the former host of the show, 'Dirty Jobs.'
The Mike Rowe Works Foundation aims to dispel the notion that getting a four-year degree is the only path to success.
"The truth is, right now, if you're willing to learn how to weld, and work, you can go to North Dakota and you can be making six figures within a year," he said.