Occupations with the largest job growth

This file represents Table 3, Occupations with the largest job growth, 2006-16, in "Occupational employment projections to 2016," published in the November 2007 Monthly Labor Review.

Table 3. Occupations with the largest job growth, 2006-16
[Numbers in thousands]
2006 National Employment Matrix code and title Employment Change Quartile
rank by 2006
median annual
earnings(1) 		Most significant source of
postsecondary education
or training(2)
Title    Code    Number Numeric Percent
2006 2016

Registered nurses

 29-1111 2,505 3,092 587 23.5 VH Associate degree

Retail salespersons

 41-2031 4,477 5,034 557 12.4 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Customer service representatives

 43-4051 2,202 2,747 545 24.8 L Moderate-term on-the-job training

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

 35-3021 2,503 2,955 452 18.1 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Office clerks, general

 43-9061 3,200 3,604 404 12.6 L Short-term on-the-job training

Personal and home care aides

 39-9021 767 1,156 389 50.6 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Home health aides

 31-1011 787 1,171 384 48.7 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Postsecondary teachers

 25-1000 1,672 2,054 382 22.9 VH Doctoral degree

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners

 37-2011 2,387 2,732 345 14.5 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

 31-1012 1,447 1,711 264 18.2 L Postsecondary vocational award
 

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

 43-3031 2,114 2,377 264 12.5 L Moderate-term on-the-job training

Waiters and waitresses

 35-3031 2,361 2,615 255 10.8 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Child care workers

 39-9011 1,388 1,636 248 17.8 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants

 43-6011 1,618 1,857 239 14.8 H Work experience in a related occupation

Computer software engineers, applications

 15-1031 507 733 226 44.6 VH Bachelor's degree

Accountants and auditors

 13-2011 1,274 1,500 226 17.7 VH Bachelor's degree

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

 37-3011 1,220 1,441 221 18.1 L Short-term on-the-job training

Elementary school teachers, except special education

 25-2021 1,540 1,749 209 13.6 H Bachelor's degree

Receptionists and information clerks

 43-4171 1,173 1,375 202 17.2 L Short-term on-the-job training

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer

 53-3032 1,860 2,053 193 10.4 H Moderate-term on-the-job training
 

Maids and housekeeping cleaners

 37-2012 1,470 1,656 186 12.7 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Security guards

 33-9032 1,040 1,216 175 16.9 L Short-term on-the-job training

Carpenters

 47-2031 1,462 1,612 150 10.3 H Long-term on-the-job training

Management analysts

 13-1111 678 827 149 21.9 VH Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience

Medical assistants

 31-9092 417 565 148 35.4 L Moderate-term on-the-job training

Computer systems analysts

 15-1051 504 650 146 29.0 VH Bachelor's degree

Maintenance and repair workers, general

 49-9042 1,391 1,531 140 10.1 H Moderate-term on-the-job training

Network systems and data communications analysts

 15-1081 262 402 140 53.4 VH Bachelor's degree

Food preparation workers

 35-2021 902 1,040 138 15.3 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Teacher assistants

 25-9041 1,312 1,449 137 10.4 VL Short-term on-the-job training

Footnotes:
(1) The quartile rankings of Occupational Employment Statistics Survey annual wages data are presented in the following categories: VH = very high ($46,360 or more), H = high ($30,630 to $46,300), L = low ($21,260 to $30,560), and VL = very low (up to $21,220). The rankings were based on quartiles, with one-fourth of total employment defining each quartile. Wages are for wage and salary workers.

(2) An occupation is placed into 1 of 11 categories that best describes the postsecondary education or training needed by most workers to become fully qualified in that occupation. For more information about the categories, see Occupational Projections and Training Data, 2006-07 edition, Bulletin 2602 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, February 2006) and Occupational Projections and Training Data, 2008-09 edition, Bulletin 2702 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, forthcoming).

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Last Modified Date: December 27, 2007