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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 570 growing occupations in South Carolina.

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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	10,410	15,250	47%		High school diploma or equivalent
2	Physician assistants	1,260	1,770	41%		Master's degree
3	Nurse practitioners	1,960	2,720	39%		Master's degree
4	Personal care aides	16,850	23,220	38%		High school diploma or equivalent
5	Statisticians	410	570	38%		Master's degree
6	Operations research analysts	930	1,280	37%		Bachelor's degree
7	Rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators	130	170	34%		High school diploma or equivalent
8	Software developers, applications	3,710	4,960	34%		Bachelor's degree
9	Physical therapist aides	660	860	32%		High school diploma or equivalent
10	Medical assistants	9,370	12,260	31%		Postsecondary non-degree award
11	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	52,590	68,390	30%		No formal educational credential
12	Hearing aid specialists	60	70	30%		High school diploma or equivalent
13	Physical therapist assistants	1,160	1,500	30%		Associate's degree
14	Respiratory therapists	1,730	2,250	30%		Associate's degree
15	Marriage and family therapists	90	120	29%		Master's degree
16	Massage therapists	1,860	2,410	29%		Postsecondary non-degree award
17	Physical therapists	2,890	3,710	29%		Doctoral or professional degree
18	Health specialties teachers, postsecondary	3,070	3,920	28%		Doctoral or professional degree
19	Athletic trainers	330	410	27%		Bachelor's degree
20	Bicycle repairers	90	110	27%		High school diploma or equivalent
21	Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic	330	420	27%		Postsecondary non-degree award
22	Machine feeders and offbearers	2,230	2,830	27%		No formal educational credential
23	Occupational therapists	1,380	1,740	27%		Master's degree
24	Diagnostic medical sonographers	720	910	26%		Associate's degree
25	Health technologists and technicians, all other	810	1,020	26%		Postsecondary non-degree award

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Typical Education

High school diploma or equivalent (200)
Bachelor's degree (133)
Master's degree or higher (83)
Some high school (71)
Associate's degree (42)
Some college (41)

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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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