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2019 National Employment Matrix title |
2019 National Employment Matrix code |
Employment, 2019 |
Employment, 2029 |
Employment change, numeric, 2019–29 |
Employment change, percent, 2019–29 |
Median annual wage, 2020(1) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total, all occupations |
|
162,795.6 |
168,834.7 |
6,039.2 |
3.7 |
$41,950 |
Home health and personal care aides |
|
3,439.7 |
4,599.2 |
1,159.5 |
33.7 |
$27,080 |
Fast food and counter workers |
|
4,047.7 |
4,508.6 |
460.9 |
11.4 |
$23,860 |
Cooks, restaurant |
|
1,417.3 |
1,744.6 |
327.3 |
23.1 |
$28,800 |
Software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers |
|
1,469.2 |
1,785.2 |
316.0 |
21.5 |
$110,140 |
Registered nurses |
|
3,096.7 |
3,318.7 |
221.9 |
7.2 |
$75,330 |
General and operations managers |
|
2,486.4 |
2,630.2 |
143.8 |
5.8 |
$103,650 |
Medical assistants |
|
725.2 |
864.4 |
139.2 |
19.2 |
$35,850 |
Medical and health services managers |
|
422.3 |
555.5 |
133.2 |
31.5 |
$104,280 |
Market research analysts and marketing specialists |
|
738.1 |
868.4 |
130.3 |
17.7 |
$65,810 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
|
2,986.0 |
3,111.7 |
125.7 |
4.2 |
$31,120 |
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers |
|
1,188.0 |
1,307.9 |
119.9 |
10.1 |
$31,730 |
Nursing assistants |
|
1,528.5 |
1,645.5 |
116.9 |
7.6 |
$30,850 |
Nurse practitioners |
|
211.3 |
322.0 |
110.7 |
52.4 |
$111,680 |
Financial managers |
|
697.9 |
806.0 |
108.1 |
15.5 |
$134,180 |
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners |
|
2,374.2 |
2,479.8 |
105.6 |
4.4 |
$29,080 |
Waiters and waitresses |
|
2,613.8 |
2,711.4 |
97.6 |
3.7 |
$23,740 |
Passenger vehicle drivers, except bus drivers, transit and intercity |
|
853.3 |
947.8 |
94.4 |
11.1 |
$32,320 |
Management analysts |
|
876.3 |
970.2 |
93.8 |
10.7 |
$87,660 |
Project management specialists and business operations specialists, all other |
|
1,361.8 |
1,441.6 |
79.8 |
5.9 |
$77,420 |
Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors |
|
319.4 |
398.4 |
79.0 |
24.7 |
$47,660 |
Construction laborers |
|
1,398.0 |
1,473.4 |
75.4 |
5.4 |
$37,890 |
Social and human service assistants |
|
425.6 |
497.1 |
71.5 |
16.8 |
$35,960 |
Animal caretakers |
|
300.7 |
369.5 |
68.8 |
22.9 |
$26,080 |
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses |
|
721.7 |
787.4 |
65.7 |
9.1 |
$48,820 |
Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel |
|
1,070.5 |
1,134.7 |
64.2 |
6.0 |
$58,770 |
Maintenance and repair workers, general |
|
1,516.4 |
1,579.4 |
63.0 |
4.2 |
$40,850 |
Industrial machinery mechanics |
|
399.4 |
461.7 |
62.3 |
15.6 |
$55,490 |
Electricians |
|
739.2 |
801.4 |
62.2 |
8.4 |
$56,900 |
Accountants and auditors |
|
1,436.1 |
1,497.9 |
61.7 |
4.3 |
$73,560 |
First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers |
|
1,039.3 |
1,100.2 |
60.9 |
5.9 |
$34,570 |
Footnotes: |
Last Modified Date: April 9, 2021