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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 557 growing occupations in Wisconsin.

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Rank	Occupation	Employment		Percent Change	Earnings	Typical Education
Rank	Occupation	2016	2026	Percent Change	Earnings	Typical Education
1	Aerospace engineers	80	130	64%		Bachelor's degree
2	Statisticians	320	460	43%		Master's degree
3	Gaming change persons and booth cashiers	520	710	37%		No formal educational credential
4	Veterinarians	1,800	2,420	34%		Doctoral or professional degree
5	Veterinary technologists and technicians	2,030	2,730	34%		Associate's degree
6	Derrick operators, oil and gas	0	0	33%		No formal educational credential
7	Software developers, applications	11,990	15,790	32%		Bachelor's degree
8	Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	1,520	2,010	32%		High school diploma or equivalent
9	Home health aides	7,530	9,750	30%		High school diploma or equivalent
10	Operations research analysts	1,770	2,300	30%		Bachelor's degree
11	Personal care aides	64,190	83,270	30%		High school diploma or equivalent
12	Physician assistants	1,690	2,180	29%		Master's degree
13	Nurse practitioners	2,290	2,900	27%		Master's degree
14	Bicycle repairers	390	490	25%		High school diploma or equivalent
15	Market research analysts and marketing specialists	12,120	15,110	25%		Bachelor's degree
16	Electrical engineers	4,600	5,720	24%		Bachelor's degree
17	Nonfarm animal caretakers	4,960	6,130	24%		High school diploma or equivalent
18	Financial managers	9,710	11,910	23%		Bachelor's degree
19	Personal financial advisors	5,370	6,590	23%		Bachelor's degree
20	Actuaries	650	790	22%		Bachelor's degree
21	Industrial engineering technicians	1,760	2,150	22%		Associate's degree
22	Marriage and family therapists	1,000	1,220	22%		Master's degree
23	Real estate brokers	690	840	22%		High school diploma or equivalent
24	Sociologists	270	330	22%		Master's degree
25	Biochemists and biophysicists	590	710	21%		Doctoral or professional degree
26	Chemical engineers	630	770	21%		Bachelor's degree
27	Health specialties teachers, postsecondary	6,080	7,330	21%		Doctoral or professional degree
28	Physical therapist aides	400	490	21%		High school diploma or equivalent
29	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs	7,830	9,440	21%		No formal educational credential
30	Chemists	2,360	2,830	20%		Bachelor's degree
31	Electrical and electronics engineering technicians	2,450	2,930	20%		Associate's degree
32	Media and communication workers, all other	120	150	20%		High school diploma or equivalent
33	Medical assistants	11,530	13,790	20%		Postsecondary non-degree award
34	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	4,240	5,070	20%		Bachelor's degree
35	Semiconductor processors	10	10	20%		High school diploma or equivalent
36	Therapists, all other	930	1,120	20%		Bachelor's degree
37	Anthropologists and archeologists	110	130	19%		Master's degree
38	Electronics engineers, except computer	1,480	1,750	19%		Bachelor's degree
39	Interpreters and translators	1,840	2,200	19%		Bachelor's degree
40	Models	110	130	19%		No formal educational credential
41	Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary	1,550	1,840	19%		Doctoral or professional degree
42	Sales and related workers, all other	2,130	2,550	19%		High school diploma or equivalent
43	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	65,260	77,090	18%		No formal educational credential
44	Fundraisers	2,310	2,730	18%		Bachelor's degree
45	Massage therapists	2,820	3,340	18%		Postsecondary non-degree award
46	Respiratory therapists	1,860	2,200	18%		Associate's degree
47	Animal trainers	570	660	17%		High school diploma or equivalent
48	Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic	1,480	1,730	17%		Postsecondary non-degree award
49	Genetic counselors	40	50	17%		Master's degree
50	Pipelayers	430	500	17%		No formal educational credential

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Typical Education

High school diploma or equivalent (179)
Bachelor's degree (144)
Master's degree or higher (86)
Some high school (77)
Associate's degree (38)
Some college (33)

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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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