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National Career Clusters Framework
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Advance CTE's National Career Clusters Framework consists of 14 Clusters and 72 Sub-clusters and serves as the primary organizing structure for Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs. Review the resources on this page to learn more.
- Guidebook: The Modernized National Career Clusters Framework. This guidebook includes descriptions of Framework layers, graphics, and career cluster and sub-cluster definitions and sample programs of study.
- Your Place in the Framework - Industry and Workforce Development Professionals. This page includes tips and additional resources to support workforce development professionals in using the Framework.
- Learn about Career Clusters on CareerOneStop. Each career cluster page on CareerOneStop includes an overview, quick facts, career cluster videos, and a dropdowns where users can navigate to different occupation profiles for related careers.
- Career Clusters on My Next Move. Review occupational profiles by career cluster on My Next Move.
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Education - Postsecondary Career and Technical Education/Perkins
Education - Secondary Career and Technical Education/Perkins
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA)
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- Resource Publication Date: 2026
- Posted by: Career Pathways TA
- Posted in: Career Pathways