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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 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 projections due to the rapidly changing economy. When revised data are available, they will be published here.

We found 533 growing occupations in Michigan.

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Rank	Occupation	Employment		Percent Change	Earnings	Typical Education
Rank	Occupation	2016	2026	Percent Change	Earnings	Typical Education
1	Home health aides	29,540	42,530	44%		High school diploma or equivalent
2	Physician assistants	4,380	6,030	38%		Master's degree
3	Personal care aides	42,580	58,150	37%		High school diploma or equivalent
4	Dental laboratory technicians	1,370	1,860	36%		High school diploma or equivalent
5	Information security analysts	2,160	2,910	35%		Bachelor's degree
6	Nurse practitioners	3,870	5,200	34%		Master's degree
7	Statisticians	820	1,090	33%		Master's degree
8	Physical therapist aides	1,630	2,130	31%		High school diploma or equivalent
9	Physical therapist assistants	3,780	4,940	31%		Associate's degree
10	Software developers, applications	20,840	27,300	31%		Bachelor's degree
11	Medical appliance technicians	200	260	30%		High school diploma or equivalent
12	Orthotists and prosthetists	440	570	30%		Master's degree
13	Massage therapists	3,600	4,630	29%		Postsecondary non-degree award
14	Medical assistants	21,910	28,070	28%		Postsecondary non-degree award
15	Actuaries	440	560	27%		Bachelor's degree
16	Occupational therapy assistants	1,150	1,460	27%		Associate's degree
17	Operations research analysts	1,960	2,490	27%		Bachelor's degree
18	Physical therapists	8,670	11,040	27%		Doctoral or professional degree
19	Transportation attendants, except flight attendants	520	660	27%		High school diploma or equivalent
20	Nonfarm animal caretakers	8,040	10,090	26%		High school diploma or equivalent
21	Geological and petroleum technicians	160	200	25%		Associate's degree
22	Health specialties teachers, postsecondary	6,650	8,340	25%		Doctoral or professional degree
23	Market research analysts and marketing specialists	15,970	19,800	24%		Bachelor's degree
24	Credit counselors	940	1,160	23%		Bachelor's degree
25	Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary	1,220	1,500	23%		Doctoral or professional degree

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Typical Education

High school diploma or equivalent (172)
Bachelor's degree (137)
Master's degree or higher (81)
Some high school (69)
Associate's degree (37)
Some college (37)

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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, 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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