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Fastest-Growing Careers

These are the occupations that were expected to have the largest rate of growth from 2016 to 2026 (for states) or 2018 to 2028 (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 projections due to the rapidly changing economy. When revised data are available, they will be published here.

We found 39 growing occupations in United States.

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Typical Education – Associate's degree.

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Rank	Occupation	Employment		Percent Change	Earnings	Typical Education
Rank	Occupation	2018	2028	Percent Change	Earnings	Typical Education
5	Occupational therapy assistants	43,800	58,300	33%		Associate's degree
11	Physical therapist assistants	98,400	125,000	27%		Associate's degree
26	Respiratory therapists	134,000	162,000	21%		Associate's degree
29	Diagnostic medical sonographers	72,900	87,100	20%		Associate's degree
38	Veterinary technologists and technicians	109,400	130,500	19%		Associate's degree
83	Web developers	160,500	181,400	13%		Associate's degree
88	Paralegals and legal assistants	325,700	364,800	12%		Associate's degree
109	Dental hygienists	219,800	243,500	11%		Associate's degree
122	Magnetic resonance imaging technologists	39,400	43,700	11%		Associate's degree
171	Environmental engineering technicians	17,900	19,500	9%		Associate's degree

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About this data

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

State-level employment data for 2016 and 2026 come from Projections Central and each state's Labor Market Information office.

National employment data come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2018-28.

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, 2018.

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