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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Employment Projections > Data

Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth

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**Table 2.5 Industries with the largest wage and salary employment growth**
(Employment in thousands of jobs)
Industry Description	Sector	2017 NAICS	Wage and Salary employment, 2021	Wage and Salary employment, 2031	Wage and Salary employment change, 2021–31	Compound annual rate of change, 2021–31
Food services and drinking places	Leisure and hospitality	722	10650.8	11928.2	1277.4	1.1
Individual and family services	Health care and social assistance	6241	2708.4	3558.4	850.0	2.8
Computer systems design and related services	Professional and business services	5415	2301.3	2756.5	455.2	1.8
State and local government educational services	State and local government	NA	10119.9	10474.7	354.8	0.3
Accommodation	Leisure and hospitality	721	1470.6	1804.3	333.7	2.1
Home health care services	Health care and social assistance	6216	1514.3	1844.4	330.1	2.0
Hospitals	Health care and social assistance	622	5126.1	5448.9	322.8	0.6
Offices of physicians	Health care and social assistance	6211	2739.1	3012.5	273.4	1.0
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services	Professional and business services	5416	1634.3	1854.4	220.1	1.3
Offices of other health practitioners	Health care and social assistance	6213	1012.4	1217.9	205.5	1.9
Construction	Construction	23	7413.3	7618.0	204.7	0.3
Outpatient care centers	Health care and social assistance	6214	996.7	1177.8	181.1	1.7
Couriers and messengers	Transportation and warehousing	492	1082.2	1253.0	170.8	1.5
Other educational services; private	Educational services	6114-7	759.9	929.1	169.2	2.0
Other professional, scientific, and technical services	Professional and business services	5419	788.1	932.2	144.1	1.7
Warehousing and storage	Transportation and warehousing	493	1648.2	1789.2	141.0	0.8
Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools; private	Educational services	6112, 6113	1756.2	1894.5	138.3	0.8
Nursing and residential care facilities	Health care and social assistance	623	3022.8	3158.7	135.9	0.4
Wholesale trade	Wholesale trade	42	5677.9	5813.7	135.8	0.2
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts	Financial activities	523, 525	990.0	1123.5	133.5	1.3
Source: Employment Projections program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Last Modified Date: September 8, 2022