December 7, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Education requirements and job growth
Occupations requiring an associate degree or
more education will account for 40 percent of total job growth from 1998
to 2008, according to new BLS projections.
![Distribution of projected change in employment, 1998-2008, by education and training category (percent)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120921184031im_/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/1999/Dec/wk1/art02.gif)
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Jobs that require an associate degree will account for 7.6 percent of
job growth, while jobs that require a bachelor’s degree will account for
20.8 percent. Occupations that require a degree beyond the bachelor’s
are projected to account for 3.5 percent of employment growth in
1998-2008.
In addition, 8.3 percent of employment growth will be due to jobs that
require work experience plus a bachelor’s or higher degree. Most jobs in
this category are managerial or administrative.
The education and training category that is projected to account for
the most job growth is short-term on-the-job training, with a share of
37.4 percent. The majority of jobs in this category are administrative
support occupations; operators, fabricators, and laborers; and service
occupations.
Projections of occupational employment are a product of the Employment
Projections program. To find out more, see articles
from the November 1999 issue of Monthly Labor Review.
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