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Employment Projections
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Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth
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|
Industry Description |
Sector |
2017 NAICS |
Wage and Salary employment, 2020 |
Wage and Salary employment, 2030 |
Wage and Salary employment change, 2020–30 |
Compound annual rate of change, 2020–30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Food services and drinking places |
Leisure and hospitality |
722 |
10022.1 |
12157.4 |
2135.3 |
2.0 |
|
Individual and family services |
Health care and social assistance |
6241 |
2602.1 |
3616.2 |
1014.1 |
3.3 |
|
Computer systems design and related services |
Professional and business services |
5415 |
2188.0 |
2706.0 |
518.0 |
2.1 |
|
Hospitals |
Health care and social assistance |
622 |
5143.2 |
5622.4 |
479.2 |
0.9 |
|
Local government educational services compensation |
State and local government |
NA |
7574.1 |
8016.8 |
442.7 |
0.6 |
|
Home health care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6216 |
1492.4 |
1861.9 |
369.5 |
2.2 |
|
Accommodation |
Leisure and hospitality |
721 |
1522.1 |
1887.8 |
365.7 |
2.2 |
|
Other amusement and recreation industries |
Leisure and hospitality |
7139 |
1063.5 |
1415.6 |
352.1 |
2.9 |
|
Employment services |
Professional and business services |
5613 |
3062.6 |
3399.4 |
336.8 |
1.0 |
|
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services |
Professional and business services |
5416 |
1527.0 |
1856.7 |
329.7 |
2.0 |
|
Nursing and residential care facilities |
Health care and social assistance |
623 |
3209.6 |
3533.0 |
323.4 |
1.0 |
|
Construction |
Construction |
23 |
7269.4 |
7584.4 |
315.0 |
0.4 |
|
Offices of physicians |
Health care and social assistance |
6211 |
2620.2 |
2886.1 |
265.9 |
1.0 |
|
Local government, other compensation |
State and local government |
NA |
4135.3 |
4392.8 |
257.5 |
0.6 |
|
Offices of other health practitioners |
Health care and social assistance |
6213 |
917.7 |
1170.0 |
252.3 |
2.5 |
|
Other educational services |
Educational services |
6114-7 |
723.6 |
935.6 |
212.0 |
2.6 |
|
Outpatient care centers |
Health care and social assistance |
6214 |
973.3 |
1183.4 |
210.1 |
2.0 |
|
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools |
Educational services |
6112, 6113 |
1700.7 |
1896.0 |
195.3 |
1.1 |
|
Personal care services |
Other services |
8121 |
590.3 |
785.2 |
194.9 |
2.9 |
|
Investigation and security services |
Professional and business services |
5616 |
904.2 |
1083.6 |
179.4 |
1.8 |
| Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | ||||||
Last Modified Date: September 8, 2021