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Employment Projections
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| 2025 National Employment Matrix title | 2025 National Employment Matrix code | Employment, 2025 | Employment, 2035 | Employment change, numeric, 2025–35 | Employment change, percent, 2025–35 | Median annual wage, dollars, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Total, all occupations |
00-0000 | 170,280.8 | 176,198.5 | 5,917.6 | 3.5 | 50,980 |
|
Nurse practitioners |
29-1171 | 336.3 | 474.1 | 137.8 | 41.0 | 132,300 |
|
Solar photovoltaic installers |
47-2231 | 31.1 | 42.4 | 11.3 | 36.5 | 53,140 |
|
Data scientists |
15-2051 | 275.6 | 371.0 | 95.4 | 34.6 | 120,230 |
|
Wind turbine service technicians |
49-9081 | 11.8 | 15.3 | 3.5 | 29.5 | 64,120 |
|
Medical and health services managers |
11-9111 | 640.4 | 795.5 | 155.1 | 24.2 | 123,860 |
|
Physical therapist assistants |
31-2021 | 114.1 | 140.4 | 26.2 | 23.0 | 68,380 |
|
Psychiatric technicians |
29-2053 | 161.5 | 197.5 | 36.0 | 22.3 | 45,130 |
|
Computer and information research scientists |
15-1221 | 38.6 | 47.0 | 8.4 | 21.8 | 140,300 |
|
Occupational therapy assistants |
31-2011 | 52.2 | 63.4 | 11.2 | 21.5 | 72,300 |
|
Ophthalmic medical technicians |
29-2057 | 72.5 | 88.0 | 15.5 | 21.4 | 45,570 |
|
Physician assistants |
29-1071 | 168.9 | 204.6 | 35.7 | 21.1 | 135,880 |
|
Information security analysts |
15-1212 | 192.9 | 233.4 | 40.6 | 21.0 | 129,180 |
|
Occupational health and safety technicians |
19-5012 | 31.2 | 37.2 | 6.1 | 19.4 | 61,560 |
|
Hearing aid specialists |
29-2092 | 11.2 | 13.4 | 2.2 | 19.4 | 65,160 |
|
Epidemiologists |
19-1041 | 12.8 | 15.2 | 2.4 | 18.7 | 87,220 |
|
Occupational health and safety specialists |
19-5011 | 143.1 | 169.6 | 26.4 | 18.5 | 90,150 |
|
Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors |
21-1018 | 533.4 | 631.4 | 98.0 | 18.4 | 59,350 |
|
Home health and personal care aides |
31-1120 | 4,677.1 | 5,524.4 | 847.3 | 18.1 | 35,800 |
|
Health specialties teachers, postsecondary |
25-1071 | 278.4 | 328.3 | 49.9 | 17.9 | 107,310 |
|
Industrial machinery mechanics |
49-9041 | 446.9 | 526.6 | 79.7 | 17.8 | 64,520 |
|
Logisticians |
13-1081 | 255.1 | 300.0 | 44.9 | 17.6 | 82,320 |
|
Nursing instructors and teachers, postsecondary |
25-1072 | 96.1 | 112.6 | 16.5 | 17.1 | 80,250 |
|
Speech-language pathologists |
29-1127 | 193.4 | 225.5 | 32.1 | 16.6 | 97,870 |
|
Health information technologists and medical registrars |
29-9021 | 42.0 | 48.6 | 6.7 | 15.9 | 68,020 |
|
Computer and information systems managers |
11-3021 | 685.8 | 793.9 | 108.1 | 15.8 | 175,140 |
|
Massage therapists |
31-9011 | 155.4 | 179.1 | 23.7 | 15.3 | 58,450 |
|
Occupational therapists |
29-1122 | 169.6 | 194.8 | 25.2 | 14.8 | 100,330 |
|
Diagnostic medical sonographers |
29-2032 | 92.2 | 105.1 | 12.9 | 13.9 | 96,590 |
|
Marriage and family therapists |
21-1013 | 76.3 | 86.6 | 10.3 | 13.5 | 66,940 |
|
Forensic science technicians |
19-4092 | 20.1 | 22.8 | 2.7 | 13.3 | 72,060 |
|
Note: Wage data are from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program. The wage data cover non-farm wage and salary workers and do not cover the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, or household workers. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. |
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Last modified date: August 27, 2026