Where America's Good Jobs Will Be

WHERE AMERICA'S GOOD JOBS WILL BE

http://www.forbes.com/2006/02/17/economy-employment-careers_cx_pm_0220jobs.html?partner=daily_newsletter


Fastest-Growing Well-Paying Jobs jobs.

Network systems and data communications analysts
2004 Job Employment Number: 231,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 357,000
Change: 126,000
% Change: 54.6
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Physician assistants
2004 Job Employment Number: 62,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 93,000
Change: 31,000
% Change: 49.6
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Computer software engineers, applications
2004 Job Employment Number: 460,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 682,000
Change: 222,000
% Change: 48.4
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Dental hygienists
2004 Job Employment Number: 158,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 226,000
Change: 68,000
% Change: 43.3
Educational Level Required: Associate degree

Computer software engineers (systems software)
2004 Job Employment Number: 340,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 486,000
Change: 146,000
% Change: 43
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Network and computer systems administrators
2004 Job Employment Number: 278,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 385,000
Change: 107,000
% Change: 38.4
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Database administrators
2004 Job Employment Number: 104,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 144,000
Change: 40,000
% Change: 38.2
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Physical therapists
2004 Job Employment Number: 155,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 211,000
Change: 57,000
% Change: 36.7
Educational Level Required: Master's degree

Forensic science technicians
2004 Job Employment Number: 10,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 13,000
Change: 4,000
% Change: 36.4
Educational Level Required: Associate degree

Diagnostic medical sonographers
2004 Job Employment Number: 42,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 57,000
Change: 15,000
% Change: 34.8
Educational Level Required: Associate degree

Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
2004 Job Employment Number: 72,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 97,000
Change: 25,000
% Change: 34.1
Educational Level Required: Doctoral degree

Occupational therapists
2004 Job Employment Number: 92,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 123,000
Change: 31,000
% Change: 33.6
Educational Level Required: Master's degree

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Fastest-Growing Well-Paying Jobs
Postsecondary teachers
2004 Job Employment Number: 1,628,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 2,153,000
Change: 524,000
% Change: 32.2
Educational Level Required: Doctoral degree

Hydrologists
2004 Job Employment Number: 8,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 11,000
Change: 3,000
% Change: 31.6
Educational Level Required: Master's degree

Computer systems analysts
2004 Job Employment Number: 487,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 640,000
Change: 153,000
% Change: 31.4
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Biomedical engineers
2004 Job Employment Number: 10,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 13,000
Change: 3,000
% Change: 30.7
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Environmental engineers
2004 Job Employment Number: 49,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 64,000
Change: 15,000
% Change: 30
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree


Well-Paying Jobs With Largest Growth

Registered nurses2004 Job Employment Number: 2,394,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 3,096,000
Change: 703,000
% Change: 29.4
Educational Level Required: Associate degree

Postsecondary teachers2004 Job Employment Number: 1,628,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 2,153,000
Change: 524,000
% Change: 32.2
Educational Level Required: Doctoral degree

General and operations managers2004 Job Employment Number: 1,807,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 2,115,000
Change: 308,000
% Change: 17
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experience

Accountants and auditors2004 Job Employment Number: 1,176,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 1,440,000
Change: 264,000
% Change: 22.4
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Computer software engineers (applications)2004 Job Employment Number: 460,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 682,000
Change: 222,000
% Change: 48.4
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products2004 Job Employment Number: 1,454,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 1,641,000
Change: 187,000
% Change: 12.9
Educational Level Required: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Computer systems analysts2004 Job Employment Number: 487,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 640,000
Change: 153,000
% Change: 31.4
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree


Above-Average-Paying Jobs With Largest Growth

Elementary schoolteachers, except special education2004 Job Employment Number: 1,457,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 1,722,000
Change: 265,000
% Change: 18.2
Educational Level Required: Bachelor's degree

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer2004 Job Employment Number: 1,738,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 1,962,000
Change: 223,000
% Change: 12.9
Educational Level Required: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Maintenance and repair workers, general2004 Job Employment Number: 1,332,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 1,533,000
Change: 202,000
% Change: 15.2
Educational Level Required: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Executive secretaries and administrative assistants2004 Job Employment Number: 1,547,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 1,739,000
Change: 192,000
% Change: 12.4
Educational Level Required: Moderate-term on-the-job training

Carpenters2004 Job Employment Number: 1,349,000
2014 Job Employment Number: 1,535,000
Change: 186,000
% Change: 13.8
Educational Level Required: Long-term on-the-job training

 

Looks like we all need to keep our computer skills sharp.

 

Seems like Technology, Medical/Healthcare and Education are the hot areas.

Only one mention of accountants and no mention of lawyers - this surprises me.

 

what about banking industry??? It's not the next big thing in US??? Professionals who work in the bank don't earn alot????

 

Not as much as you would think. The banking industry seems to be title heavy. You're either a teller or a VP. My cousin is a VP for Bank of the West and he probably makes about 55K. He does love his job though.

 

That's very little for the position of VP to earn about $55K p.a. thought should be more though, but what about Personal Banker, or Relationship Manager?

 

That's very little for the position of VP to earn about $55K p.a. thought should be more though, but what about Personal Banker, or Relationship Manager?

 

"The banking industry will be replaced by a few lines of code in a computer program." - quote from a Citibank executive.

 

Sad but true...

High paying jobs in banking (not investment banking) are harder to come by. There will always be a need for sales-executive types. Loan officers at higher levels who can sell will be in demand. Analysts and underwriters will eventually be replaced by computers, already are to a certain extent. Hopefully, this won't happen before I get out of banking but it is coming. Plus there has been so much consolidation (also predicted) in the last 20 years that upper-level jobs are scarce and such jobs require relocation, which had not previously been the case.

 

As I tell my students all the time, look for activities that must be performed on-site. It is hard to outsource physicians, nurses, automobile mechanics, and police detectives to India.

Also, traditional blue collar jobs are dwindling, as technology becomes more and more pervasive. One needs the equivalent of at least an Associate of Science degree to learn how to use the tools of the trade, before one can repair cars, comfort patients, etc.

Keep up your technical skills, and don't pursue a career that can be replaced by a few lines of computer code.

 

ttt

 

You make a very good point. I'm a police detective and there are days when I hate my job and wonder what it would be like to work in the private sector but I have a hard time wanting to give up the job security I have. I'm certainly never going to get wealthy in my chosen profession but the security and benefits are tough to beat.