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WHAT CAREERS WILL GROW? Nearly 70% of all workers work in one of the following 240 career groups. The list is grouped by career types and provides figures on percentage of job increases and the increase in the number of jobs over the next 18 years. The Department of Labor: Occupational Outlook Book provides complete descriptions on each of these job groups. % Increase Increase ARTISTIC Actors, directors, producers 34 24,000 Dancers and choreographers 31 4,300 Designers 32 84,000 Musicians 23 42,000 Photographers and camera operators 33 37,000 Radio and TV announcers & newscasters 24 15,000 Reporters and correspondents 18 13,000 Visual artists 34 59,000 CLERICAL Bank tellers 13 71,000 Bookkeepers and accounting clerks 4 92,000 Clerical supervisors and managers 21 205,000 Computer and peripheral operators 48 148,000 Computer programmers 70 335,000 Data entry keyers -16 -66,000 File clerks 13 32,000 Office clerks 20 462,000 Insurance claims & policy occupations 11 42,000 Postal clerks and mail carriers 6 40,000 Receptionists and information clerks 41 282,000 Reservation agents & travel clerks 20 24,000 Secretaries 13 424,000 Statistical clerks -26 -19,000 Stenographers -28 -50,000 Stock clerks 11 202,000 Shipping and receiving clerks 7 38,000 Typists and word processors -14 -140,000 INVESTIGATIVE Actuaries 48 4,500 Aerospace engineers 11 5,800 Agricultural scientists 22 6,300 Architects 30 25,000 Biological scientists 23 14,000 Chemical engineers 16 8,100 Chemists 11 9,800 Civil engineers 25 50,000 Computer systems analysts 76 251,000 Dentists 30 45,000 Electrical and electronics engineers 48 192,000 Foresters and conservationists 10 2,300 Geologists and geophysicists 13 5,800 Industrial engineers 30 35,000 Landscape architects 38 7,000 Mathematicians 24 4,800 Mechanical engineers 33 76,000 Metallurgical, ceramic engineers 25 4,500 Meteorologists 29 1,600 Mining engineers 0 0 Nuclear engineers 0 0 Operations research analysts 54 21,000 Optometrists 49 18,000 Petroleum engineers 8 1,700 Physicians 38 188,000 Physicists and astronomers 17 3,700 Podiatrists 77 10,000 Statisticians 24 4,400 Surveyors 20 19,000 Veterinarians 46 17,000 OPERATION Aircraft pilots 29 22,000 Bus drivers 16 77,000 Material moving equipment operators -9 -93,000 Truck drivers 21 505,000 MANAGEMENT Accounting and auditors 40 376,000 Cost estimators 20 31,000 Education administrators 13 37,000 Employment interviewers 71 54,000 Financial managers 24 154,000 General managers and top executives 24 582,000 Health service managers 56 153,000 Hotel managers and assistants 50 39,000 Inspectors and Compliance officers 13 17,000 Management analysts and consultants 31 40,000 Marketing, advertising, and PR 32 105,000 Personnel, training, labor relations 24 91,000 Property and real estate managers 39 50,000 Purchasing agents and managers 8 35,000 Restaurant and food service managers 28 133,000 Underwriters 34 34,000 Wholesale and retail buyers 9 17,000 MECHANICAL Aircraft mechanic/engine specialists 20 22,000 Air traffic controller 8 2,100 Apparel workers -9 -97,000 Automotive body repairs 12 25,000 Automotive mechanics 8 60,000 Bindery workers 22 18,000 Blue-collar worker supervisors 8 144,000 Boilermakers 5 1,600 Bricklayers and stonemasons 16 26,000 Broadcast technicians 20 5,400 Butchers and meatcutters 4 11,000 Carpenters 18 182,000 Carpet layers 26 17,000 Cement masons and terrazzo workers 21 24,000 Communications equipment mechanics -21 -23,000 Compositors and typesetters 9 8,300 Computer service technicians 80 56,000 Construction and building inspectors 11 15,400 Clinical laboratory technicians 24 57,000 Dental hygienists 63 54,000 Dental laboratory technicians 39 18,000 Diesel mechanics 24 63,000 Drafters 2 5,500 Drywall workers and lathers 24 37,000 EEG technologists & technicians 42 2,500 EKG technicians 16 2,900 Electric power operators/dispatchers 11 4,900 Electricians 16 89,000 Electronic equipment repairers 28 23,000 Emergency medical technicians 15 9,800 Engineering technicians 35 245,000 Elevator installers and repairers 22 3,400 Farm equipment mechanics 4 1,900 Farm operators and managers -21 -285,000 General maintenance mechanics 22 232,000 Glazers 19 9,100 Heating and AC mechanics 22 50,000 Home appliance/power tool repairers 10 7,700 Home entertainment equipment repairers 20 9,900 Industrial machinery repairers 6 26,000 Inspectors, testers and graders 0 0 Insulation workers 22 13,000 Jewelers 22 8,100 Legal assistants 104 64,000 Library technicians 13 6,600 Licensed practical nurses 38 238,000 Line installers and cable splicers 0 0 Lithographic & photoengravers 25 19,000 Machinists -1 -5,500 Medical recording technicians 75 30,000 Metal/plastic machine operators -5 -60,000 Millwrights 8 7,200 Mobile heavy equipment mechanics 24 25,000 Motorcycle, boat & small engine mech. 21 10,000 Musical instrument repairers & tuners 7 600 Nuclear medical technologists 23 2,200 Numerical machine-tool operators 7 3,700 Office machine/cash register servicers 40 22,000 Ophthalmic process workers 29 16,000 Painters and paperhangers 22 90,000 Painting & coating machine operators 1 1,400 Photographic process workers 29 16,000 Plasterers 12 3,300 Plumbers and pipefitters 17 69,000 Precision assemblers -1 -2,700 Printing press operators 18 40,000 Radiological technologists 65 75,000 Roofers 28 39,000 Roustabouts -7 -4,200 Science technicians 15 35,000 Sheet-metal workers 22 20,000 Shoe leatherworkers and repairers -17 -5,900 Stationary engineers 5 8,300 Structural metal workers 20 17,000 Surgical technicians 33 12,000 Telephone installers and repairers -32 -18,000 Timber cutting and logging -7 -6,900 Tilesetters 25 7,800 Tool programmers, numerical controlers 15 1,300 Vending machine service/repairers 12 3,100 Upholsters 10 7,600 Water/wastewater plant operators 15 11,000 Welders, welding machine operators 1 4,600 Wood working occupations 12 42,000 PERSUASIVE Cashiers 27 575,000 Counter and rental clerks 34 60,000 Insurance sales workers 22 102,000 Manufacturers' sales workers 3 18,000 Public relations specialists 40 35,000 Real estate agents and brokers 44 166,000 Retail sales workers 32 1,345,000 Securities/financial sales rep. 42 82,000 Sales/service representatives 56 237,000 Travel agents 46 49,000 Wholesale trade sales workers 33 405,000 Writers and editors 34 73,000 SOCIAL Adult and vocational teachers 19 82,000 Archivists and curators 22 1,800 Barbers 1 800 Chefs, cooks, and kitchen workers 34 864,000 Childcare workers 20 118,000 College and university faculty -4 -32,000 Construction trade helpers 13 68,000 Correction officers 34 60,000 Cosmetologists and related workers 18 107,000 Counselors 21 25,000 Dental assistants 57 88,000 Dietitians and nutritionists 34 14,000 Dispensing opticians 46 23,000 Economists 34 13,000 Food and beverage service workers 39 1,628,000 Firefighting occupations 17 47,000 Flight attendants 32 26,000 Guards 48 383,000 Homemaker-home health aides 71 139,000 Human service workers 38 34,000 Janitors and cleaners 23 604,000 Kindergarten and elementary teachers 20 299,000 Lawyers 36 191,000 Librarians 13 18,000 Medical assistants 90 119,000 Nursing aides and psychiatric aides 33 437,000 Occupational therapists 52 15,000 Pharmacists 24 36,000 Physician assistants 57 15,000 Physical therapists 87 53,000 Police, detectives, & special agents 18 87,000 Private household workers -3 -26,000 Psychologists 34 37,000 Recreational therapists 49 14,000 Registered nurses 44 612,000 Respiratory therapists 34 19,000 Secondary school teachers 13 152,000 Social workers 33 120,000 Speech pathologists/audiologists 34 15,000 Teachers aides 19 125,000 Telephone operators 11 38,000 Urban and regional planners 19 4,000 For the next step, select "Questions to Ask Before Changing Careers" from the submenu.