Posted on 02/02/2012 7:43:12 AM PST by SeekAndFind
It's jobs week in America.
Yesterday, ADP told us that US companies added 170k jobs in January. Today, Challenger Gray tells us about job cuts and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) tells us about initial unemployment claims. Tomorrow we get the official BLS nonfarm payroll and unemployment rate figures through January 2012.
But all of this week's jobs data is short term in scope.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just published it's employment projections for 2010 to 2020, which includes a list of the 30 jobs that will grow fastest through 2020.
Eleven of the 30 jobs require a bachelor's degree or higher. Also, four of the top five fastest growing jobs require less than a high school degree.
We ranked the jobs based on percentage growth from 2010 to 2020. We also include the number of jobs to be added during that period as well as the typical education needed to get the job.
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Veterinarians
Percent Growth: 35.9%
No. Jobs Added: 22.0k
Typical Education Needed: Doctoral or professional degree
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Pile-driver operators
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Percent Growth: 36.0%
No. Jobs Added:1.5k
Typical Education Needed: High school diploma or equivalent
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Mental health counselors
Percent Growth: 36.3%
No. Jobs Added: 43.6k
Typical Education Needed: Master's degree
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
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