Table 5. The 30 occupations with the largest employment growth, 2006-2016
Table 5. The 30 occupations with the largest employment growth, 2006-2016 (In thousands) Most significant source of Occupation Occupational group Employment Change postsecondary education or training (1) 2006 2016 Number Percent Registered nurses .......................... Professional and related occupations (2).............. 2,505 3,092 587 23.5 Associate degree Retail salespersons ........................ Sales and related occupations . 4,477 5,034 557 12.4 Short-term on-the-job training Customer service representatives ........... Office and administrative Moderate-term on-the- support occupations .......... 2,202 2,747 545 24.8 job training Combined food preparation and serving Short-term on-the-job workers, including fast food .............. Service occupations (3)........ 2,503 2,955 452 18.1 training Office clerks, general ..................... Office and administrative Short-term on-the-job support occupations .......... 3,200 3,604 404 12.6 training Personal and home care aides ............... Service occupations (3) ....... 767 1,156 389 50.6 Short-term on-the-job training Home health aides .......................... Service occupations (3) ....... 787 1,171 384 48.7 Short-term on-the-job training Postsecondary teachers ..................... Professional and related occupations (2) .............. 1,672 2,054 382 22.9 Doctoral degree Janitors and cleaners, except maids and Short-term on-the-job housekeeping cleaners ..................... Service occupations (3) ....... 2,387 2,732 345 14.5 training Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants ... Service occupations (3) ....... 1,447 1,711 264 18.2 Postsecondary vocational award Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing Office and administrative Moderate-term on-the- clerks .................................... support occupations .......... 2,114 2,377 264 12.5 job training Short-term on-the-job Waiters and waitresses ..................... Service occupations (3) ....... 2,361 2,615 255 10.8 training Short-term on-the-job Child care workers ......................... Service occupations (3) ....... 1,388 1,636 248 17.8 training Executive secretaries and administrative ... Office and administrative Work experience in a assistants ................................ support occupations .......... 1,618 1,857 239 14.8 related occupation Computer software engineers, applications .. Professional and related occupations (2) .............. 507 733 226 44.6 Bachelor's degree Accountants and auditors ................... Management, business, and financial occupations (4) .... 1,274 1,500 226 17.7 Bachelor's degree Landscaping and groundskeeping workers ..... Service occupations (3) ....... 1,220 1,441 221 18.1 Short-term on-the-job training Elementary school teachers, except special Professional and related education ................................. occupations (2) .............. 1,540 1,749 209 13.6 Bachelor's degree Receptionists and information clerks ....... Office and administrative Short-term on-the-job support occupations .......... 1,173 1,375 202 17.2 training Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer ... Transportation and material Moderate-term on-the- moving occupations ........... 1,860 2,053 193 10.4 job training Maids and housekeeping cleaners ............ Service occupations (3) ....... 1,470 1,656 186 12.7 Short-term on-the-job training Security guards ............................ Service occupations (3) ....... 1,040 1,216 175 16.9 Short-term on-the-job training Carpenters ................................. Construction and extraction Long-term on-the-job occupations .................. 1,462 1,612 150 10.3 training Bachelor's or higher Management analysts ........................ Management, business, and degree, plus work financial occupations (4) .... 678 827 149 21.9 experience Medical assistants ......................... Service occupations (3) ....... 417 565 148 35.4 Moderate-term on-the- job training Computer systems analysts .................. Professional and related occupations (2) .............. 504 650 146 29.0 Bachelor's degree Maintenance and repair workers, general .... Installation, maintenance, and Moderate-term on-the- repair occupations ............ 1,391 1,531 140 10.1 job training Network systems and data communications Professional and related analysts .................................. occupations (2) .............. 262 402 140 53.4 Bachelor's degree Food preparation workers ................... Service occupations (3) ....... 902 1,040 138 15.3 Short-term on-the-job training Teacher assistants ......................... Professional and related Short-term on-the-job occupations (2) .............. 1,312 1,449 137 10.4 training 1 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). 2 Major occupational groups 15-0000 through 29-0000 in the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). 3 Major occupational groups 31-0000 through 39-0000 in the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). 4 Major occupational groups 11-0000 through 13-0000 in the 2000 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC).
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