Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 | All Occupations

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Occupations ranked by numerical increase in employment

Change in employment 2002 to 2012

Change in employment	Occupation
1,000	Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
1,000	Agricultural inspectors
1,000	Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
1,000	Airfield operations specialists
1,000	Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
1,000	Animal breeders
1,000	Animal control workers
1,000	Anthropologists and archeologists
1,000	Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
1,000	Atmospheric scientists
1,000	Avionics technicians
1,000	Bailiffs
1,000	Bicycle repairers
1,000	Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
1,000	Cartographers and photogrammetrists
1,000	Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
1,000	Conservation scientists
1,000	Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
1,000	Costume attendants
1,000	Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
1,000	Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
1,000	Embalmers
1,000	Epidemiologists
1,000	Etchers and engravers
1,000	Farm and home management advisors
1,000	Fish and game wardens
1,000	Floor sanders and finishers
1,000	Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders
1,000	Forest and conservation technicians
1,000	Forest and conservation workers
1,000	Foresters
1,000	Foundry mold and coremakers
1,000	Furniture finishers
1,000	Gaming managers
1,000	Gas plant operators
1,000	Helpers — brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
1,000	Helpers — extraction workers
1,000	Hoist and winch operators
1,000	Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
1,000	Legislators
1,000	Materials engineers
1,000	Materials scientists
1,000	Mechanical drafters
1,000	Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations
1,000	Model makers, metal and plastic
1,000	Models
1,000	Orthotists and prosthetists
1,000	Paperhangers
1,000	Parking enforcement workers
1,000	Physicists
1,000	Railcar repairers
1,000	Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
1,000	Sailors and marine oilers
1,000	Statisticians
1,000	Switchboard operators, including answering service
1,000	Terrazzo workers and finishers
1,000	Tire builders
1,000	Traffic technicians
1,000	Transit and railroad police
1,000	Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
1,000	Zoologists and wildlife biologists
2,000	Actuaries
2,000	Agricultural and food science technicians
2,000	Agricultural and food scientists
2,000	Air transportation workers, all other
2,000	Financial, information, and record clerks, all other
2,000	Physical scientists, all other
2,000	Plant and system operators, all other
2,000	Printing workers, all other
2,000	Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other
2,000	Audio-visual collections specialists
2,000	Automotive glass installers and repairers
2,000	Biomedical engineers
2,000	Court reporters
2,000	Cutters and trimmers, hand
2,000	Dancers
2,000	Dental laboratory technicians
2,000	Earth drillers, except oil and gas
2,000	Economists
2,000	Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
2,000	Electrical powerline installers and repairers
2,000	Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals
2,000	Fashion designers
2,000	Fiberglass laminators and fabricators
2,000	Financial examiners
2,000	Fire inspectors
2,000	Forensic science technicians
2,000	Funeral directors
2,000	Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators
2,000	Home appliance repairers
2,000	Hydrologists
2,000	Insurance appraisers, auto damage
2,000	Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers
2,000	Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
2,000	Law clerks
2,000	Lay-out workers, metal and plastic
2,000	Mechanical door repairers
2,000	Medical appliance technicians
2,000	Photographic process workers
2,000	Podiatrists
2,000	Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products
2,000	Real estate brokers
2,000	Recreational therapists
2,000	Riggers
2,000	Roustabouts, oil and gas
2,000	Stonemasons
2,000	Subway, streetcar operators and all other rail transportation workers
2,000	Surveyors
2,000	Transportation inspectors
2,000	Umpires, referees, and other sports officials
2,000	Vocational education teachers, middle school
3,000	Air traffic controllers
3,000	Athletes and sports competitors
3,000	Audiologists
3,000	Chemical technicians
3,000	Choreographers
3,000	Commercial pilots
3,000	Concierges
3,000	Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
3,000	Emergency management specialists
3,000	Farm equipment mechanics
3,000	Food cooking machine operators and tenders
3,000	Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
3,000	Gaming and sports book writers and runners
3,000	Gaming cage workers
3,000	Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
3,000	Graders and sorters, agricultural products
3,000	Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
3,000	Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
3,000	Microbiologists
3,000	Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic
3,000	Motorcycle mechanics
3,000	Numerical tool and process control programmers
3,000	Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
3,000	Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
3,000	Recreational vehicle service technicians
3,000	Set and exhibit designers
3,000	Slot key persons
3,000	Sound engineering technicians
3,000	Urban and regional planners
3,000	Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing
4,000	Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
4,000	Agricultural equipment operators
4,000	Electrical and electronic equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
4,000	Farming, fishing, and forestry workers, all other
4,000	Animal trainers
4,000	Architectural and civil drafters
4,000	Archivists, curators, and museum technicians
4,000	Athletic trainers
4,000	Barbers
4,000	Biochemists and biophysicists
4,000	Broadcast technicians
4,000	Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
4,000	Electrical engineers
4,000	Electro-mechanical technicians
4,000	Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
4,000	Elevator installers and repairers
4,000	Fence erectors
4,000	Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
4,000	Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
4,000	Grinding and polishing workers, hand
4,000	Helpers — roofers
4,000	Manufactured building and mobile home installers
4,000	Medical equipment repairers
4,000	Millwrights
4,000	Motorboat mechanics
4,000	News analysts, reporters and correspondents
4,000	Nuclear medicine technologists
4,000	Occupational therapist aides
4,000	Operations research analysts
4,000	Psychiatric technicians
4,000	Radiation therapists
4,000	Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
4,000	Service station attendants
4,000	Shampooers
4,000	Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
4,000	Tour guides and escorts
5,000	Life scientists, all other
5,000	Media and communication equipment workers, all other
5,000	Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
5,000	Computer hardware engineers
5,000	Control valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
5,000	Couriers and Messengers
5,000	Crane and tower operators
5,000	Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders
5,000	Education administrators, all other
5,000	Environmental engineering technicians
5,000	Film and video editors
5,000	Food batchmakers
5,000	Funeral attendants
5,000	Helpers — painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
5,000	Industrial engineering technicians
5,000	Interpreters and translators
5,000	Job printers
5,000	Landscape architects
5,000	Locksmiths and safe repairers
5,000	Lodging managers
5,000	Maintenance workers, machinery
5,000	Marriage and family therapists
5,000	Natural sciences managers
5,000	Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians
5,000	Optometrists
5,000	Photographic processing machine operators
5,000	Purchasing managers
5,000	Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
5,000	Skin care specialists
5,000	Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters
6,000	Food processing workers, all other
6,000	Transportation workers, all other
6,000	Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers, all other
6,000	Art directors
6,000	Biological scientists, all other
6,000	Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
6,000	Dentists
6,000	Dietetic technicians
6,000	First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers
6,000	Gaming supervisors
6,000	Loan counselors
6,000	Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
6,000	Mechanical engineering technicians
6,000	Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
6,000	Painting, coating, and decorating workers
6,000	Structural metal fabricators and fitters
6,000	Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers
7,000	Metal workers and plastic workers, all other
7,000	Social scientists and related workers, all other
7,000	Civil engineering technicians
7,000	Computer and information scientists, research
7,000	Conveyor operators and tenders
7,000	Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
7,000	Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
7,000	Medical equipment preparers
7,000	Music directors and composers
7,000	Occupational therapist assistants
7,000	Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
7,000	Pipelayers
7,000	Survey researchers
7,000	Tire repairers and changers
7,000	Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
8,000	Legal and related workers, all other
8,000	Baggage porters and bellhops
8,000	Commercial and industrial designers
8,000	Gaming change persons and booth cashiers
8,000	Glaziers
8,000	Insulation workers
8,000	Material moving workers, all other
8,000	Meeting and convention planners
8,000	Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
8,000	Plasterers and stucco masons
8,000	Tapers
9,000	Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other
9,000	Gaming service workers, all other
9,000	Helpers — construction trades, all other
9,000	Biological technicians
9,000	Budget analysts
9,000	Cargo and freight agents
9,000	Cooks, institution and cafeteria
9,000	Diagnostic medical sonographers
9,000	Dietitians and nutritionists
9,000	Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
9,000	Helpers — pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
9,000	Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
9,000	Painters, transportation equipment
9,000	Printing machine operators
9,000	Psychiatric aides
9,000	Respiratory therapy technicians
9,000	Tile and marble setters
10,000	Media and communication workers, all other
10,000	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
10,000	Desktop publishers
10,000	Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
10,000	Health educators
10,000	Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
10,000	Insurance underwriters
10,000	Mechanical engineers
10,000	Pest control workers
10,000	Vocational education teachers, secondary school
11,000	Actors
11,000	Art and design workers, all other
11,000	Audio and video equipment technicians
11,000	Chemists
11,000	Chiropractors
11,000	Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
11,000	Industrial machinery mechanics
11,000	New-accounts clerks
11,000	Opticians, dispensing
11,000	Pharmacy aides
11,000	Tree trimmers and pruners
12,000	Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
12,000	Construction and building inspectors
12,000	Credit analysts
12,000	Crossing guards
12,000	First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
12,000	Manicurists and pedicurists
12,000	Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
12,000	Multi-media artists and animators
12,000	Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
12,000	Private detectives and investigators
12,000	Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
12,000	Structural iron and steel workers
12,000	Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping
13,000	First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
13,000	Court, municipal, and license clerks
13,000	Electronics engineers, except computer
13,000	Floral designers
13,000	Interior designers
13,000	Payroll and timekeeping clerks
13,000	Technical writers
14,000	Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
14,000	Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
14,000	Carpet installers
14,000	Helpers — carpenters
14,000	Industrial production managers
14,000	Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
14,000	Producers and directors
14,000	Security and fire alarm systems installers
14,000	Surveying and mapping technicians
14,000	Veterinarians
15,000	Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
15,000	Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
15,000	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
15,000	Editors
15,000	Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
16,000	Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
16,000	Appraisers and assessors of real estate
16,000	Hazardous materials removal workers
16,000	Highway maintenance workers
16,000	Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
16,000	Public relations managers
16,000	Sales engineers
16,000	Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
16,000	Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
16,000	Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
16,000	Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
17,000	Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians, all other
17,000	First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
17,000	Flight attendants
17,000	Industrial engineers
17,000	Librarians
17,000	Physical therapist aides
18,000	Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
18,000	Civil engineers
18,000	Environmental engineers
18,000	Helpers — electricians
18,000	Photographers
18,000	Real estate sales agents
18,000	Residential advisors
18,000	Tax preparers
19,000	Bakers
19,000	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
19,000	Driver/sales workers
19,000	Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
19,000	Gaming dealers
20,000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance workers, all other
20,000	Architects, except landscape and naval
20,000	Cooks, short order
20,000	Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
20,000	Engineering managers
20,000	First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
20,000	Food servers, nonrestaurant
20,000	Library technicians
20,000	Surgical technologists
21,000	Advertising and promotions managers
21,000	Advertising sales agents
21,000	Brickmasons and blockmasons
21,000	Chefs and head cooks
21,000	Detectives and criminal investigators
21,000	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
21,000	Parking lot attendants
22,000	Physical therapist assistants
22,000	Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
22,000	Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
22,000	Writers and authors
23,000	Library, museum, training, and other education workers, all other
23,000	Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
23,000	Medical transcriptionists
23,000	Mental health counselors
23,000	Slaughterers and meat packers
23,000	Veterinary technologists and technicians
24,000	Engineers, all other
24,000	Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other
24,000	Coaches and scouts
24,000	Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
24,000	Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
24,000	Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse
24,000	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
24,000	Refuse and recyclable material collectors
24,000	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
25,000	Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
25,000	Directors, religious activities and education
25,000	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material moving machine and vehicle operators
25,000	Instructional coordinators
25,000	Massage therapists
25,000	Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
26,000	Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
26,000	Automotive body and related repairers
26,000	Library assistants, clerical
26,000	Speech-language pathologists
27,000	Musicians and singers
27,000	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
28,000	Financial specialists, all other
28,000	Motor vehicle operators, all other
28,000	Nonfarm animal caretakers
29,000	Cooks, fast food
29,000	Drywall and ceiling tile installers
29,000	Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
29,000	Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
29,000	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
29,000	Occupational therapists
29,000	Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
30,000	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
30,000	Demonstrators and product promoters
30,000	Helpers — installation, maintenance, and repair workers
30,000	Respiratory therapists
31,000	Bus drivers, transit and intercity
31,000	Market research analysts
31,000	Medical and public health social workers
31,000	Physician assistants
31,000	Roofers
31,000	Telecommunications line installers and repairers
32,000	Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
32,000	Education administrators, postsecondary
32,000	Financial analysts
32,000	First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
32,000	Insurance sales agents
32,000	Machinists
33,000	Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
33,000	Mental health and substance abuse social workers
34,000	Protective service workers, all other
34,000	Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
34,000	Educational, vocational, and school counselors
35,000	Construction trades and related workers, all other
35,000	Cost estimators
35,000	Personal care and service workers, all other
36,000	Helpers — production workers
36,000	Social and community service managers
37,000	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
37,000	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
37,000	Property, real estate, and community association managers
38,000	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
39,000	Human resources managers
39,000	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
40,000	Bartenders
40,000	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
40,000	Production, planning, and expediting clerks
40,000	Radiologic technologists and technicians
41,000	First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
41,000	Rehabilitation counselors
41,000	Sheet metal workers
42,000	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
42,000	Loan officers
43,000	Marketing managers
44,000	Food service managers
44,000	Personal financial advisors
45,000	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
46,000	Dishwashers
46,000	Graphic designers
46,000	Kindergarten teachers, except special education
47,000	Cement masons and concrete finishers
47,000	Construction managers
48,000	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
48,000	Physical therapists
49,000	Database administrators
49,000	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
50,000	Legal secretaries
50,000	Tellers
51,000	Production workers, all other
52,000	Health practitioners and technical workers, all other
52,000	Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
52,000	Painters, construction and maintenance
52,000	Public relations specialists
53,000	Healthcare support workers, all other
54,000	Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
57,000	Paralegals and legal assistants
58,000	Firefighters
58,000	Medical secretaries
58,000	Training and development specialists
59,000	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
59,000	Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
61,000	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
61,000	Pharmacy technicians
62,000	Clergy
62,000	Recreation workers
63,000	Administrative services managers
64,000	Child, family, and school social workers
64,000	Dental hygienists
65,000	Amusement and recreation attendants
66,000	Industrial truck and tractor operators
66,000	Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
68,000	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
69,000	Managers, all other
69,000	Medical records and health information technicians
69,000	Pharmacists
70,000	Computer specialists, all other
70,000	Counselors, social, and religious workers, all other
70,000	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
71,000	Medical and health services managers
73,000	Computer programmers
76,000	Bus drivers, school
77,000	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
78,000	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
79,000	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
80,000	Self-enrichment education teachers
81,000	Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
82,000	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
86,000	Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
89,000	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
92,000	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
93,000	Chief executives
94,000	Network and computer systems administrators
96,000	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
101,000	Automotive service technicians and mechanics
101,000	Bill and account collectors
103,000	Computer and information systems managers
103,000	Correctional officers and jailers
105,000	Sales managers
106,000	Network systems and data communications analysts
107,000	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
109,000	Financial managers
113,000	Dental assistants
114,000	Counter and rental clerks
114,000	Physicians and surgeons
116,000	Cooks, restaurant
118,000	Lawyers
122,000	Carpenters
128,000	Computer software engineers, systems software
130,000	Special education teachers
132,000	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
132,000	Packers and packagers, hand
133,000	Construction laborers
137,000	Maids and housekeeping cleaners
140,000	Sales and related workers, all other
142,000	Childcare workers
142,000	Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
147,000	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
149,000	Social and human service assistants
153,000	Computer support specialists
153,000	Police and sheriff's patrol officers
153,000	Preschool teachers, except special education
154,000	Electricians
163,000	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
172,000	Food preparation workers
176,000	Management analysts
179,000	Computer software engineers, applications
180,000	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
184,000	Computer systems analysts
205,000	Accountants and auditors
207,000	Maintenance and repair workers, general
215,000	Medical assistants
223,000	Elementary school teachers, except special education
229,000	Teachers, primary, secondary, and adult, all other
237,000	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
237,000	Truck drivers, light or delivery services
246,000	Personal and home care aides
279,000	Home health aides
279,000	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
290,000	Business operations specialists, all other
294,000	Teacher assistants
310,000	Office clerks, general
317,000	Security guards
325,000	Receptionists and information clerks
337,000	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
343,000	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
367,000	Waiters and waitresses
376,000	General and operations managers
414,000	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
454,000	Cashiers, except gaming
454,000	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
460,000	Customer service representatives
596,000	Retail salespersons
603,000	Postsecondary teachers
623,000	Registered nurses
21,305,000	Total, all occupations

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