U.S. - top 15 occupations with the largest projected employment growth 2030

This statistic shows top 15 occupations with the largest projected employment growth in the United States from 2020 to 2030. By 2030, the number of registered nurses, working in the U.S., will increased by about 276,800. This projects a nine percent growth.

Top 15 occupations with the largest projected employment growth in the United States from 2020 to 2030 (in 1,000)

Characteristic	Number of new jobs in thousand
Home health and personal care aides	1,129.9
Cooks, restaurant	563.5
Fast food and counter workers	517.5
Software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers	409.5
Waiters and waitresses	407.6
Registered nurses	276.8
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	255.8
General and operations managers	226.3
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	190.8
Passenger vehicle drivers, except bus drivers, transit and intercity	180.6
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	163.6
Bartenders	159.9
Security guards	154.2
Medical and health services managers	139.6
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	137.5

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2020

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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