Occupations with the most job growth

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Table 1.4 Occupations with the most job growth, 2016 and projected 2026
(Numbers in thousands)

2016 National Employment Matrix title and code

Employment

Change, 2016–26

Median annual wage, 2017(1)

2016

2026

Number

Percent

Total, all occupations

00-0000

156,063.8

167,582.3

11,518.6

7.4

$37,690

Personal care aides

39-9021

2,016.1

2,793.8

777.6

38.6

$23,100

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

35-3021

3,452.2

4,032.1

579.9

16.8

$20,180

Registered nurses

29-1141

2,955.2

3,393.2

438.1

14.8

$70,000

Home health aides

31-1011

911.5

1,342.7

431.2

47.3

$23,210

Software developers, applications

15-1132

831.3

1,086.6

255.4

30.7

$101,790

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners

37-2011

2,384.6

2,621.2

236.5

9.9

$24,990

General and operations managers

11-1021

2,263.1

2,468.3

205.2

9.1

$100,410

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

53-7062

2,628.4

2,828.1

199.7

7.6

$27,040

Medical assistants

31-9092

634.4

818.4

183.9

29.0

$32,480

Waiters and waitresses

35-3031

2,600.5

2,783.0

182.5

7.0

$20,820

Nursing assistants

31-1014

1,510.3

1,683.7

173.4

11.5

$27,520

Construction laborers

47-2061

1,216.7

1,367.1

150.4

12.4

$34,530

Cooks, restaurant

35-2014

1,231.9

1,377.2

145.3

11.8

$25,180

Accountants and auditors

13-2011

1,397.7

1,537.6

139.9

10.0

$69,350

Market research analysts and marketing specialists

13-1161

595.4

733.7

138.3

23.2

$63,230

Customer service representatives

43-4051

2,784.5

2,920.8

136.3

4.9

$32,890

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

37-3011

1,197.9

1,333.1

135.2

11.3

$27,670

Medical secretaries

43-6013

574.2

703.2

129.0

22.5

$34,610

Management analysts

13-1111

806.4

921.6

115.2

14.3

$82,450

Maintenance and repair workers, general

49-9071

1,432.6

1,545.1

112.5

7.9

$37,670

Teacher assistants

25-9041

1,308.1

1,417.6

109.5

8.4

$26,260

Financial managers

11-3031

580.4

689.0

108.6

18.7

$125,080

Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

53-3032

1,871.7

1,980.1

108.4

5.8

$42,480

Elementary school teachers, except special education

25-2021

1,410.9

1,514.9

104.1

7.4

$57,160

Stock clerks and order fillers

43-5081

2,008.6

2,109.6

100.9

5.0

$24,470

Teachers and instructors, all other

25-3099

993.9

1,091.8

98.0

9.9

$30,310

Receptionists and information clerks

43-4171

1,053.7

1,149.2

95.5

9.1

$28,390

Sales representatives, services, all other

41-3099

983.0

1,077.9

94.9

9.7

$52,510

Business operations specialists, all other

13-1199

1,023.9

1,114.3

90.3

8.8

$70,010

Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

29-2061

724.5

813.4

88.9

12.3

$45,030

Footnotes:
  (1) Data are from the Occupational Employment Statistics program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wage data cover non-farm wage and salary workers and do not cover the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, or household workers.
Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Last Modified Date: April 11, 2018