Fastest growing occupations
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Table 1.3 Fastest growing occupations, 2014 and projected 2024
(Numbers in thousands)
2014 National Employment Matrix title and code |
Employment |
Change, 2014–24 |
Median annual wage, 2015 |
2014 |
2024 |
Number |
Percent |
Total, all occupations |
00-0000 |
150,539.9 |
160,328.8 |
9,788.9 |
6.5 |
$36,200 |
Wind turbine service technicians |
49-9081 |
4.4 |
9.2 |
4.8 |
108.0 |
$51,050 |
Occupational therapy assistants |
31-2011 |
33.0 |
47.1 |
14.1 |
42.7 |
$57,870 |
Physical therapist assistants |
31-2021 |
78.7 |
110.7 |
31.9 |
40.6 |
$55,170 |
Physical therapist aides |
31-2022 |
50.0 |
69.5 |
19.5 |
39.0 |
$25,120 |
Home health aides |
31-1011 |
913.5 |
1,261.9 |
348.4 |
38.1 |
$21,920 |
Commercial divers |
49-9092 |
4.4 |
6.0 |
1.6 |
36.9 |
$50,470 |
Nurse practitioners |
29-1171 |
126.9 |
171.7 |
44.7 |
35.2 |
$98,190 |
Physical therapists |
29-1123 |
210.9 |
282.7 |
71.8 |
34.0 |
$84,020 |
Statisticians |
15-2041 |
30.0 |
40.1 |
10.1 |
33.8 |
$80,110 |
Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians |
53-3011 |
19.6 |
26.1 |
6.5 |
33.0 |
$23,740 |
Occupational therapy aides |
31-2012 |
8.8 |
11.6 |
2.7 |
30.6 |
$27,800 |
Physician assistants |
29-1071 |
94.4 |
123.2 |
28.7 |
30.4 |
$98,180 |
Operations research analysts |
15-2031 |
91.3 |
118.9 |
27.6 |
30.2 |
$78,630 |
Personal financial advisors |
13-2052 |
249.4 |
323.2 |
73.9 |
29.6 |
$89,160 |
Cartographers and photogrammetrists |
17-1021 |
12.3 |
15.9 |
3.6 |
29.3 |
$61,880 |
Genetic counselors |
29-9092 |
2.4 |
3.1 |
0.7 |
28.8 |
$72,090 |
Interpreters and translators |
27-3091 |
61.0 |
78.5 |
17.5 |
28.7 |
$44,190 |
Audiologists |
29-1181 |
13.2 |
16.9 |
3.8 |
28.6 |
$74,890 |
Hearing aid specialists |
29-2092 |
5.9 |
7.5 |
1.6 |
27.2 |
$49,600 |
Optometrists |
29-1041 |
40.6 |
51.6 |
11.0 |
27.0 |
$103,900 |
Forensic science technicians |
19-4092 |
14.4 |
18.2 |
3.8 |
26.6 |
$56,320 |
Web developers |
15-1134 |
148.5 |
188.0 |
39.5 |
26.6 |
$64,970 |
Occupational therapists |
29-1122 |
114.6 |
145.1 |
30.4 |
26.5 |
$80,150 |
Diagnostic medical sonographers |
29-2032 |
60.7 |
76.7 |
16.0 |
26.4 |
$68,970 |
Personal care aides |
39-9021 |
1,768.4 |
2,226.5 |
458.1 |
25.9 |
$20,980 |
Phlebotomists |
31-9097 |
112.7 |
140.8 |
28.1 |
24.9 |
$31,630 |
Ophthalmic medical technicians |
29-2057 |
37.0 |
46.1 |
9.1 |
24.7 |
$35,350 |
Nurse midwives |
29-1161 |
5.3 |
6.6 |
1.3 |
24.6 |
$92,510 |
Solar photovoltaic installers |
47-2231 |
5.9 |
7.4 |
1.4 |
24.3 |
$37,830 |
Emergency medical technicians and paramedics |
29-2041 |
241.2 |
299.6 |
58.5 |
24.2 |
$31,980 |
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