If you’re in school or in the service waiting for the abysmal job market to rebound, there’s good news on the employment front. A burgeoning job market awaits you when you’re ready to enter the workforce. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released their employment projections for the next 10 years, and several of the occupations and industries expected to flourish are ideal for veterans and transitioning servicemembers.
A large majority of the job growth — 96%, in fact — will occur in service-producing industries such as:
- professional and business services
- health care and social assistance services
- and state & local government agencies
All of the above jobs will add more than 9 million jobs total. In addition, the goods-producing sector will we see a small boost in the construction industry, as this field is projected to add 1.3 million.
The bulk of the fastest growing jobs will be in the professional and related occupations, as well as service occupations, reports the BLS. Many of these positions, such as athletic trainers or physician’s assistants, are a good for transitioning servicemembers or veterans who want to apply their military experience to a civilian job. Most of these vocations will require an associate or bachelor’s degree.
Here are 30 of the fastest-growing jobs that you should keep your eye on in the next 10 years:
- Bio-medical engineers — bachelor’s degree
- Network Systems and data communications analysts — bachelor’s degree
- Home health aides — on-the-job training (OJT)
- Personal and home care aides — OJT
- Financial examiners — bachelor’s
- Medical scientists (except epidemiologists) — doctoral degree
- Physician Assistants — master’s degree
- Skin Care Specialists — postsecondary vocational award
- Biochemists and biophysicists — doctoral degree
- Athletic Trainers — bachelor’s
- Physical therapist aides — OJT
- Dental hygienists — associate degree
- Veterinary technologists and technicians — associate degree
- Dental assistants — OJT
- Computer software engineers, applications — bachelor’s
- Medical Assistants — OJT
- Physical therapist assistants — associate degree
- Veterinarians — first professional degree
- Self-enrichment education teachers — work experience in a related field
- Compliance officers — OJT
- Occupational therapist aides — OJT
- Environmental engineers — bachelor’s
- Pharmacy technicians — OJT
- Computer software engineers, systems software –bachelor’s
- Survey researchers — bachelor’s
- Physical therapists — master’s
- Personal Financial Advisor — bachelor’s
- Environmental engineering technicians — associate degree
- Occupational therapist assistants — associate degree
- Fitness trainer and aerobics instructors — post-secondary vocational award
