Also called: Pujari, Pandit
Performs daily rituals and ceremonies at a Hindu temple and for families' weddings and blessings.
A temple priest begins before dawn with prayers, leads festival ceremonies with hundreds of worshippers, and visits homes to bless a new house or name a baby.
Estimate; temples often provide housing.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 6 years after high school. Years of traditional training in Sanskrit and rituals, often in India.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Religious Studies, Sanskrit.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Grows with Hindu American communities.
Low risk for 10 years. Performing rituals, festivals and home blessings is a living tradition AI can't take over.
Classes: Sanskrit or Hindi, Music, World history.
Official data: O*NET occupation 21-2011.
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