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Bureau of Labor Statistics Releases 2004-14
National Employment Projections
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), U.S. Department of Labor, released projections on future job growth by industry and occupation and on the likely composition of the workforce pursuing those jobs.
10 Fastest Growing Occupations	10 Occupations with Largest Job Growth	10 Industries with the fastest wage and salary employment growth

10 Year Projections
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Industry employment

* Employment growth will continue to be concentrated in the service-providing sector of the economy. Educational services, health care and social assistance, and professional and business services represent the industry sectors with the strongest employment growth; these sectors are projected to grow more than twice as fast as the overall economy. (See table 1.)

* Construction employment is projected to grow, but at a slower pace than during the previous decade (1994-2004). Manufacturing employment, however, is expected to decline by 5 percent, much less than the 16 percent decline that occurred in the previous decade. Nonetheless, employment in goods-producing industries is expected to decrease from 15 percent to 13 percent of total employment.

* The 10 detailed industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth, led by employment services, local government education, and offices of physicians, are in the service-providing sector. (See table 3a.)

* Eight out of the 10 detailed industries with the largest wage and salary employment declines, including cut and sew apparel manufacturing, are in the manufacturing sector. (See table 3b.)

Occupational employment

* Professional and related occupations and service occupations-two groups on opposite ends of the educational and earnings ranges-are projected to add the most jobs, accounting for 6 out of 10 new jobs created over the 2004-14 period. (See table 2.)

* Business and financial operations occupations, professional and related occupations, and service occupations are projected to grow faster than the 13 percent average for all occupations.

* Production occupations and farming, fishing, and forestry occupations are projected to lose employment over the period.

* Nine of the 10 fastest growing occupations are health or computer (information technology) occupations. (See table 3c.)

* Five of the 10 occupations adding the most jobs are service occupations. (See table 3d.)

Education and training categories

* An associate or bachelor's degree is the most significant source of postsecondary education or training for 6 of the 10 fastest growing occupations. (See table 3c.)

* Short-term on-the-job training is the most significant source of postsecondary education or training for 5 of the 10 occupations with the largest job growth. (See table 3d.)

The 10 fastest growing occupations, 2004-14

(Numbers in thousands of jobs)
Table 3c. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.t05.htm

Occupation	Employment		Change
	2004	2014	Number	Percent	Most significant source of post-secondary education or training.
Home Health Aides	624	974	350	56	Short Term on-the-job training
Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts	231	357	126	55	Bachelor's Degree
Medical Assistants	387	589	202	52	Moderate-term on-the-job training
Physician Assistants	62	93	31	50	Bachelor's Degree
Computer Software Engineers, Applications	460	682	222	48	Bachelor's Degree
Physical Therapist Assistants	59	85	26	44	Associate Degree
Dental Hygienists	158	226	68	43	Associate Degree
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software	340	486	146	43	Bachelor's Degree
Dental Assistants	267	382	114	43	Moderate-term on-the-job training
Personal and Home Care Aides	701	988	287	41	Short-term on-the-job training
(1) Each occupation is placed into one of 11 categories that best describes the education or training needed by most workers to become fully qualified. For more information about the categories, see Chapter II, "Selected Occupational Data, 2002 and Projected 2012" in Occupational Projections and Training Data, Bulletin 2572 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2004), pp. 66-67, or in Bulletin 2602, the forthcoming 2006-07 edition of this publication.

The 10 occupations with the largest job growth, 2004-14

(Numbers in thousands of jobs)
Table 3d. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.t06.htm

Occupation	Employment		Change
	2004	2014	Number	Percent	Most significant source of post-secondary education or training.
Retail Salespersons	4,256	4,992	736	17	Short-term on-the-job training
Registered Nurses	2,394	3,096	703	29	Associate Degree
Postsecondary Teachers	1,628	2,153	524	32	Doctoral Degree
Customer Service Representative	2,063	2,534	471	23	Moderate-term on-the-job training
Janitors and Cleaners, except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,374	2,813	440	19	Short-term on-the-job training
Waiters and Waitresses	2,252	2,627	376	17	Short-term on-the-job training
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, including Fast Food	2,150	2,516	367	17	Short-term on-the-job training
Home Health Aides	624	974	350	56	Short-term on-the-job training
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants	1,455	1,781	325	22	Postsecondary Vocational Award
General and Operations Managers	1,807	2,115	308	17	Bachelor's or higher Degree, plus work experience
(1) Each occupation is placed into one of 11 categories that best describes the education or training needed by most workers to become fully qualified. For more information about the categories, see Chapter II, "Selected Occupational Data, 2002 and Projected 2012" in Occupational Projections and Training Data, Bulletin 2572 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 2004), pp. 66-67, or in Bulletin 2602, the forthcoming 2006-07 edition of this publication.

10 Industries with the fastest wage and salary employment growth 2004-14

(Numbers in thousands of jobs)
Table 3a. The , 2002-12 http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ecopro.t03.htm

Industry	Employment		Change
	2004	2014	Number	Percent
Employment Services	3,470.3	5,050.2	1,579.9	45.5
Local Government Educational Services	7,762.5	8,545.5	783.0	10.1
Local Government, excluding education and hospitals	5,485.6	6,249.3	763.7	13.9
Offices of Physicians	2,053.9	2,813.4	759.5	37.0
Full-service Restaurants	4,226.4	4,927.8	701.4	16.6
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals, Private	4,050.9	4,699.0	648.1	16.0
Limited-service eating places	3,726.7	4,318.6	591.9	15.9
Home Healthcare Services	773.2	1,310.3	537.1	69.5
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Private	1,377.5	1,849.8	472.3	34.3
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services	779.0	1,250.2	471.2	60.5
(1) Data are from the National Employment Matrix.

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