Industries with largest projected employment growth U.S. 2031

By the year 2031, the number of employees working in food service and drinking locations will have increased by around 1.27 million employees. Additionally, the hospital workforce is expected to grow by around 322,800 workers.

Industries in the United States with largest projected wage and salary employment growth from 2021-2031 (in 1,000)

Industry	Employment change in thousands
Food services and drinking places	1,277.4
Individual and family services	850
Computer systems design and related services	455.2
State and local government educational services	354.8
Accommodation	333.7
Home health care services	330.1
Hospitals	322.8
Offices of physicians	273.4
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	220.1
Offices of other health practitioners	205.5
Construction	204.7
Outpatient care centers	181.1
Couriers and messengers	170.8
Other educational services; private	169.2
Other professional, scientific, and technical services	144.1
Warehousing and storage	141
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools; private	138.3
Nursing and residential care facilities	135.9
Wholesale trade	135.8
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts	133.5

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Release date

September 2022

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United States

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Wage data cover non-farm wage and salary workers and do not cover the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, or household workers.

Figures are taken from accompanying data tables, available here.

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