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Careers with Most Openings

These are the occupations that were expected to have the most annual job openings for the 10-year period of 2016 to 2026 (for states) or 2019 to 2029 (for the United States overall). Please note that these projections do not account for the impacts of the current pandemic. Many occupations are likely to have very different numbers of job openings due to the rapidly changing economy. When revised data are available, they will be published here.

We found 678 occupations with openings in Indiana.

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Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Projected Annual Job Openings	Earnings	Typical Education
Rank	Occupation	2016 Employment	Projected Annual Job Openings	Earnings	Typical Education	1	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	84,970	17,860	No formal educational credential
2	Retail salespersons	92,470	13,460		No formal educational credential
3	Cashiers	70,460	12,770		No formal educational credential
4	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	75,600	11,490		No formal educational credential
5	Waiters and waitresses	52,890	10,460		No formal educational credential
6	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	48,430	7,010		No formal educational credential
7	Office clerks, general	57,860	6,680		High school diploma or equivalent
8	Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers	56,760	6,540		Postsecondary non-degree award
9	Customer service representatives	48,600	6,520		High school diploma or equivalent
10	Personal care aides	28,920	5,870		High school diploma or equivalent
11	Stock clerks and order fillers	38,730	5,210		High school diploma or equivalent
12	General and operations managers	49,810	4,660		Bachelor's degree
13	Registered nurses	64,940	4,610		Bachelor's degree
14	Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive	44,010	4,270		High school diploma or equivalent
15	Cooks, restaurant	27,090	4,220		No formal educational credential
16	Nursing assistants	31,350	4,020		Postsecondary non-degree award
17	Packers and packagers, hand	22,650	3,780		No formal educational credential
18	Maintenance and repair workers, general	33,830	3,720		High school diploma or equivalent
19	Food preparation workers	20,300	3,650		No formal educational credential
20	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	32,870	3,570		Some college, no degree
21	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	31,560	3,510		High school diploma or equivalent
22	First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers	22,280	3,410		High school diploma or equivalent
23	Helpers--production workers	17,680	3,330		High school diploma or equivalent
24	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	22,840	3,300		No formal educational credential
25	First-line supervisors of retail sales workers	29,650	3,240		High school diploma or equivalent
26	Childcare workers	19,350	3,010		High school diploma or equivalent
27	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	21,430	2,920		No formal educational credential
28	Teacher assistants	25,050	2,780		Some college, no degree
29	First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers	26,840	2,740		High school diploma or equivalent
30	First-line supervisors of production and operating workers	24,920	2,700		High school diploma or equivalent
31	Industrial truck and tractor operators	21,000	2,670		No formal educational credential
32	Construction laborers	22,290	2,610		No formal educational credential
33	Home health aides	13,470	2,520		High school diploma or equivalent
34	Receptionists and information clerks	17,280	2,470		High school diploma or equivalent
35	Security guards	17,240	2,430		High school diploma or equivalent
36	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	22,160	2,380		High school diploma or equivalent
37	Accountants and auditors	21,740	2,230		Bachelor's degree
38	Light truck or delivery services drivers	19,090	2,200		High school diploma or equivalent
39	Elementary school teachers, except special education	26,030	2,050		Bachelor's degree
40	Carpenters	19,880	2,040		High school diploma or equivalent
41	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	19,440	2,040		High school diploma or equivalent
42	Bartenders	12,290	2,020		No formal educational credential
43	Machinists	17,710	2,000		High school diploma or equivalent
44	Sales representatives, services, all other	14,440	1,930		High school diploma or equivalent
45	Electricians	15,330	1,910		High school diploma or equivalent
46	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	8,020	1,890		No formal educational credential
47	Medical assistants	12,650	1,880		Postsecondary non-degree award
48	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	12,430	1,870		No formal educational credential
49	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists	13,950	1,850		Postsecondary non-degree award
50	Bus drivers, school or special client	14,160	1,800		High school diploma or equivalent

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Typical Education

High school diploma or equivalent (273)
Bachelor's degree (151)
Some high school (91)
Master's degree or higher (79)
Some college (46)
Associate's degree (38)

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About this data

Data for this report come from the U.S. Department of Labor.

State-level employment and projected annual openings data come from Projections Central and each state's Labor Market Information office, and reflect the years 2016 and 2026.

National employment and projected annual openings data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, Occupational Employment Projections, 2019-29.

Earnings data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) May 2019 survey.

Typical education data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, Education and training assignments by detailed occupation, 2019.

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