Today's jobs report shows once again that there is no growth in the manufacturing sector. The trend in job creation over the next decade is aimed totally at the aging population: Registered Nurses, Home Health Aides and Personal Care Aides. The traditional injuries over the past century brought before workers' compensation program will be changing from manufacturing to health care services. The high union wages/rates will be changed and adapted to lower paying positions with lower wages/rates of compensation being paid. Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.bls.gov
This table also can be found in the article, "Occupational Employment Projections to 2020," published in the January 2012 MonthlyLabor Review.
Other available formats: [XLS]Table 1.4: Occupations with the most job growth, 2010 and projected 2020
(Numbers in thousands)
Other available formats: [XLS]Table 1.4: Occupations with the most job growth, 2010 and projected 2020
(Numbers in thousands)
| 00-0000 | Total, All Occupations | 143,068.2 | 163,537.1 | 20,468.9 | 14.3 | $33,840 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-1111 |
Registered Nurses
| 2,737.4 | 3,449.3 | 711.9 | 26.0 | 64,690 |
| 41-2031 |
Retail Salespersons
| 4,261.6 | 4,968.4 | 706.8 | 16.6 | 20,670 |
| 31-1011 |
Home Health Aides
| 1,017.7 | 1,723.9 | 706.3 | 69.4 | 20,560 |
| 39-9021 |
Personal Care Aides
| 861.0 | 1,468.0 | 607.0 | 70.5 | 19,640 |
| 43-9061 |
Office Clerks, General
| 2,950.7 | 3,440.2 | 489.5 | 16.6 | 26,610 |
| 35-3021 |
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food
| 2,682.1 | 3,080.1 | 398.0 | 14.8 | 17,950 |
| 43-4051 |
Customer Service Representatives
| 2,187.3 | 2,525.6 | 338.4 | 15.5 | 30,460 |
| 53-3032 |
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
| 1,604.8 | 1,934.9 | 330.1 | 20.6 | 37,770 |
| 53-7062 |
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
| 2,068.2 | 2,387.3 | 319.1 | 15.4 | 23,460 |
| 25-1000 |
Postsecondary Teachers
| 1,756.0 | 2,061.7 | 305.7 | 17.4 | 45,690 |
| 31-1012 |
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants
| 1,505.3 | 1,807.2 | 302.0 | 20.1 | 24,010 |
| 39-9011 |
Childcare Workers
| 1,282.3 | 1,544.3 | 262.0 | 20.4 | 19,300 |
| 43-3031 |
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
| 1,898.3 | 2,157.4 | 259.0 | 13.6 | 34,030 |
| 41-2011 |
Cashiers
| 3,362.6 | 3,612.8 | 250.2 | 7.4 | 18,500 |
| 25-2021 |
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
| 1,476.5 | 1,725.3 | 248.8 | 16.8 | 51,660 |
| 43-4171 |
Receptionists and Information Clerks
| 1,048.5 | 1,297.0 | 248.5 | 23.7 | 25,240 |
| 37-2011 |
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
| 2,310.4 | 2,556.8 | 246.4 | ... |
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