Web www.ocouha.com

www.ocouha.com

An internet presentation of the Occupational Outlook Handbook plus related career guidance information

Occupations ranked by Percentage Increase in Employment

Percent change in employment 2004 to 2014

Change in employment (percent)Occupation
0.1%Rotary drill operators, oil and gas
0.2%Engine and other machine assemblers
0.3%Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
0.3%Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers
0.4%Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders
0.6%Watch repairers
0.8%Industrial production managers
0.8%Crushing, grinding, and polishing machine setters, operators, and tenders
0.8%Cooling and freezing equipment operators and tenders
0.9%Farmworkers, farm and ranch animals
0.9%Title examiners, abstractors, and searchers
0.9%Mining machine operators, all other
1.0%Roustabouts, oil and gas
1.0%Insulation workers, mechanical
1.0%Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders
1.2%Electrical and electronics drafters
1.4%Cooks, institution and cafeteria
1.6%Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders
1.7%New accounts clerks
1.7%Proofreaders and copy markers
1.7%Log graders and scalers
1.8%Job printers
1.8%Helpers, construction trades, all other
1.9%First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers
1.9%Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders
2.0%Computer programmers
2.0%Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders
2.0%Legislators
2.1%Etchers and engravers
2.2%Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters
2.3%Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
2.3%Psychiatric aides
2.3%Signal and track switch repairers
2.4%Reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks
2.4%Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
2.4%Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers
2.4%Cutters and trimmers, hand
2.5%Electrical power-line installers and repairers
2.6%Home appliance repairers
2.7%First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers
2.8%Maintenance workers, machinery
2.8%Musical instrument repairers and tuners
2.9%Printing machine operators
2.9%Structural metal fabricators and fitters
2.9%Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials
2.9%Food cooking machine operators and tenders
3.0%Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall
3.1%Cashiers, except gaming
3.2%Psychiatric technicians
3.2%Paperhangers
3.2%Patternmakers, wood
3.3%Farm equipment mechanics
3.3%Respiratory therapy technicians
3.4%Billing and posting clerks and machine operators
3.4%Stationary engineers and boiler operators
3.4%Logging equipment operators
3.4%Mathematical technicians
3.6%Credit analysts
3.6%Supervisors, farming, fishing, and forestry workers
3.7%Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks
3.7%Dredge operators
3.8%First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
3.8%Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers
3.8%Public address system and other announcers
4.0%Farm, ranch, and other agricultural managers
4.0%Helpers—Electricians
4.0%Fiberglass laminators and fabricators
4.1%Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters
4.1%Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers
4.1%Rock splitters, quarry
4.3%Machinists
4.3%Agricultural workers, all other
4.3%Broadcast news analysts
4.3%Historians
4.4%Chemical technicians
4.4%Motorboat operators
4.5%Assemblers and fabricators, all other
4.5%Insurance claims and policy processing clerks
4.5%Tire repairers and changers
4.6%Architectural and civil drafters
4.6%Statisticians
4.7%Electronic home entertainment equipment installers and repairers
4.7%Food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders
4.7%Sociologists
4.8%Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels
4.9%Librarians
4.9%Reporters and correspondents
4.9%Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door
5.0%Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
5.1%Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents
5.2%Sailors and marine oilers
5.2%Hunters and trappers
5.5%Mechanical drafters
5.6%Economists
5.6%Animal breeders
5.7%Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance
5.7%Recreational therapists
5.7%Statistical assistants
5.7%Cooks, all other
5.9%Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
5.9%Construction laborers
5.9%Millwrights
5.9%Tapers
6.0%Forest and conservation workers
6.2%Mathematical scientists, all other
6.3%Conservation scientists
6.5%Geological and petroleum technicians
6.6%Insurance sales agents
6.6%Forest and conservation technicians
6.6%Electrical and electronics installers and repairers, transportation equipment
6.7%Correctional officers and jailers
6.7%Funeral directors
6.7%Foresters
6.8%Tellers
6.8%Agricultural inspectors
6.8%Geographers
6.9%Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates
7.0%Purchasing managers
7.0%Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products
7.0%Physicists
7.0%Hoist and winch operators
7.1%Legal support workers, all other
7.1%Plant and system operators, all other
7.2%Bridge and lock tenders
7.3%Team assemblers
7.3%Chemists
7.3%Nuclear engineers
7.3%Political scientists
7.4%Religious workers, all other
7.5%Service station attendants
7.5%Brokerage clerks
7.6%Dental laboratory technicians
7.7%Production, planning, and expediting clerks
7.7%Conveyor operators and tenders
7.7%Law clerks
7.7%Precision instrument and equipment repairers, all other
7.7%Farm and home management advisors
7.7%Gas plant operators
7.8%Managers, all other
7.8%Real estate brokers
7.8%Ophthalmic laboratory technicians
7.8%Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, and systems assemblers
7.9%Industrial truck and tractor operators
7.9%Helpers--Production workers
7.9%Butchers and meat cutters
7.9%Food batchmakers
7.9%Graders and sorters, agricultural products
7.9%Painting, coating, and decorating workers
7.9%Earth drillers, except oil and gas
7.9%Manufactured building and mobile home installers
8.0%Insurance underwriters
8.0%Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators
8.0%Materials scientists
8.1%First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers
8.1%Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products
8.1%First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand
8.2%Barbers
8.2%Plasterers and stucco masons
8.2%Crane and tower operators
8.2%Floor sanders and finishers
8.3%Cleaners of vehicles and equipment
8.3%Loan officers
8.3%Aerospace engineers
8.3%Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers
8.4%Office clerks, general
8.4%Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products
8.4%Carpet installers
8.4%Operations research analysts
8.4%Fashion designers
8.5%Aerospace engineering and operations technicians
8.5%Marine engineers and naval architects
8.7%First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other
8.7%Boilermakers
8.8%Food servers, nonrestaurant
8.8%Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
8.9%Refuse and recyclable material collectors
9.0%Drywall and ceiling tile installers
9.0%Model makers, wood
9.1%Vocational education teachers, secondary school
9.1%Avionics technicians
9.1%Audiologists
9.2%Transit and railroad police
9.3%Set and exhibit designers
9.4%First-line supervisors/managers of correctional officers
9.4%Commercial divers
9.5%Financial examiners
9.6%Protective service workers, all other
9.6%Surveying and mapping technicians
9.6%Travel guides
9.7%Electronics engineers, except computer
9.7%Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment
9.7%Electro-mechanical technicians
9.8%Electrical and electronic engineering technicians
9.8%Broadcast technicians
9.9%Pipelayers
9.9%Fence erectors
9.9%Psychologists, all other
10.0%Office and administrative support workers, all other
10.0%Artists and related workers, all other
10.1%Packers and packagers, hand
10.1%Computer hardware engineers
10.1%Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers
10.2%Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand
10.2%Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles
10.2%Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators
10.3%Automotive body and related repairers
10.3%Floral designers
10.3%Merchandise displayers and window trimmers
10.4%Construction managers
10.4%Education administrators, elementary and secondary school
10.4%Music directors and composers
10.5%Industrial engineering technicians
10.5%Fish and game wardens
10.6%Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers
10.6%Tax preparers
10.6%Chemical engineers
10.6%Craft artists
10.8%Telecommunications line installers and repairers
10.8%Commercial and industrial designers
10.9%First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
10.9%Food scientists and technologists
11.0%Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other
11.1%Mechanical engineers
11.4%Transportation inspectors
11.5%Food service managers
11.5%Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents
11.5%Art directors
11.5%Helpers—Painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons
11.6%Maids and housekeeping cleaners
11.6%Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators
11.6%Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation
11.8%Electricians
11.8%Cooks, short order
11.8%Electrical engineers
11.8%Agents and business managers of artists, performers, and athletes
11.9%Pile-driver operators
12.0%Brickmasons and blockmasons
12.0%Agricultural engineers
12.2%Sheet metal workers
12.2%Materials engineers
12.2%Dentists, all other specialists
12.3%Photographers
12.3%Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other
12.3%Mechanical engineering technicians
12.3%Social scientists and related workers, all other
12.4%Executive secretaries and administrative assistants
12.4%First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers
12.4%Clergy
12.4%Occupational health and safety specialists
12.5%Library assistants, clerical
12.6%Security guards
12.6%Painters, construction and maintenance
12.6%Segmental pavers
12.7%Laundry and dry-cleaning workers
12.7%Transportation, storage, and distribution managers
12.7%Ship engineers
12.8%Probation officers and correctional treatment specialists
12.8%Orthodontists
12.9%Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
12.9%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products
12.9%Animal scientists
13.0%Total, all occupations
13.0%Engineering managers
13.0%Stonemasons
13.0%Zoologists and wildlife biologists
13.1%Shampooers
13.2%Logisticians
13.2%Bailiffs
13.2%Makeup artists, theatrical and performance
13.3%Medical appliance technicians
13.4%Library technicians
13.4%Aircraft mechanics and service technicians
13.4%Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors
13.4%Agricultural and food science technicians
13.4%Archivists
13.5%Dentists, general
13.5%Budget analysts
13.6%Bus drivers, school
13.6%Opticians, dispensing
13.6%Natural sciences managers
13.6%Electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles
13.6%Designers, all other
13.6%Prosthodontists
13.7%Middle school teachers, except special and vocational education
13.7%Motorcycle mechanics
13.7%Subway and streetcar operators
13.7%Nuclear technicians
13.8%Carpenters
13.8%Child care workers
13.8%Driver/sales workers
13.8%Slaughterers and meat packers
13.9%Transportation workers, all other
13.9%Soil and plant Scientists
13.9%Riggers
14.0%Musicians and singers
14.0%Sales engineers
14.0%Baggage porters and bellhops
14.0%Outdoor power equipment and other small engine mechanics
14.0%Drafters, all other
14.1%Teacher assistants
14.1%Multi-media artists and animators
14.1%Civil engineering technicians
14.1%Painters, transportation equipment
14.1%Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
14.1%Museum Technicians and Conservators
14.1%Traffic technicians
14.2%Glaziers
14.2%Camera operators, television, video, and motion picture
14.3%Air traffic controllers
14.3%Bicycle repairers
14.4%Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education
14.4%Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products
14.4%Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists
14.4%Financial specialists, all other
14.4%Animal control workers
14.5%Helpers—Carpenters
14.6%Speech-language pathologists
14.6%Physical scientists, all other
14.7%Real estate sales agents
14.8%Financial managers
14.8%Bartenders
14.8%Educational, vocational, and school counselors
14.8%Editors
14.8%Medical equipment repairers
14.8%Elevator installers and repairers
14.8%Court reporters
14.9%Teachers and instructors, all other
14.9%Chief executives
14.9%Helpers—Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
15.0%Lawyers
15.0%Structural iron and steel workers
15.0%Therapists, all other
15.0%Airfield operations specialists
15.1%Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
15.1%Motorboat mechanics
15.1%Automotive glass installers and repairers
15.1%Parking enforcement workers
15.2%Maintenance and repair workers, general
15.2%Graphic designers
15.2%Bakers
15.2%Urban and regional planners
15.2%Cartographers and photogrammetrists
15.2%Terrazzo workers and finishers
15.3%Property, real estate, and community association managers
15.3%First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators
15.4%Engineers, all other
15.5%Police and sheriff's patrol officers
15.5%First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives
15.5%Interior designers
15.5%Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators
15.6%Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
15.6%Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors
15.6%Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators
15.7%Truck drivers, light or delivery services
15.7%Automotive service technicians and mechanics
15.7%Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
15.7%Media and communication workers, all other
15.7%Curators
15.7%Embalmers
15.7%Models
15.8%Dishwashers
15.8%Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
15.8%Mechanical door repairers
15.9%Cement masons and concrete finishers
15.9%Personal care and service workers, all other
15.9%Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers
15.9%Human resources managers, all other
15.9%Surveyors
15.9%Transportation attendants, except flight attendants and baggage porters
16.0%Industrial engineers
16.0%Concierges
16.1%Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists
16.1%Actors
16.1%Locksmiths and safe repairers
16.2%Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators
16.2%Podiatrists
16.2%Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
16.3%Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
16.3%Advertising sales agents
16.3%Flight attendants
16.3%Detectives and criminal investigators
16.3%Gaming supervisors
16.3%Environmental science and protection technicians, including health
16.4%Cooks, fast food
16.4%Helpers--Installation, maintenance, and repair workers
16.5%Civil engineers
16.5%Demonstrators and product promoters
16.5%Tree trimmers and pruners
16.5%Helpers—Roofers
16.5%Atmospheric and space scientists
16.6%Cooks, restaurant
16.6%First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers
16.6%Producers and directors
16.6%Helpers—Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
16.6%Lodging managers
16.6%Tour guides and escorts
16.6%Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation
16.6%Insurance appraisers, auto damage
16.7%Waiters and waitresses
16.7%Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
16.7%Chefs and head cooks
16.7%Food preparation and serving related workers, all other
16.8%Roofers
16.8%Commercial pilots
16.8%Choreographers
16.8%Dancers
16.9%Administrative services managers
17.0%General and operations managers
17.0%Medical secretaries
17.0%Biological scientists, all other
17.0%Gaming cage workers
17.0%Media and communication equipment workers, all other
17.0%Anthropologists and archeologists
17.1%Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
17.1%Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses
17.1%Environmental scientists and specialists, including health
17.1%Occupational health and safety technicians
17.2%Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks
17.2%Airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers
17.2%Biological technicians
17.2%Microbiologists
17.3%Retail salespersons
17.3%Recreation workers
17.3%Payroll and timekeeping clerks
17.3%Financial analysts
17.3%Architects, except landscape and naval
17.3%Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants
17.4%Legal secretaries
17.4%Veterinarians
17.4%Pharmacy aides
17.4%Social science research assistants
17.4%Aircraft cargo handling supervisors
17.5%Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop
17.7%Writers and authors
17.7%Private detectives and investigators
17.7%Loan counselors
17.8%First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers
17.9%Special education teachers, secondary school
18.0%Orthotists and prosthetists
18.1%Audio and video equipment technicians
18.2%Elementary school teachers, except special education
18.2%Cost estimators
18.3%First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers
18.3%Dietitians and nutritionists
18.4%Sales and related workers, all other
18.4%Pest control workers
18.4%Sound engineering technicians
18.5%Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
18.5%Directors, religious activities and education
18.5%Gaming change persons and booth cashiers
18.6%Court, municipal, and license clerks
18.6%Film and video editors
18.6%Audio-visual collections specialists
18.7%Sales representatives, services, all other
19.0%Child, family, and school social workers
19.0%Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
19.0%First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers
19.0%Computer specialists, all other
19.0%Umpires, referees, and other sports officials
19.1%Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists
19.1%Dietetic technicians
19.4%Landscape architects
19.5%Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
19.5%Recreational vehicle service technicians
19.6%Market research analysts
19.6%Social workers, all other
19.7%Food preparation workers
19.7%Sales managers
19.7%Crossing guards
19.7%Optometrists
19.8%Building cleaning workers, all other
19.9%Special education teachers, middle school
19.9%Interpreters and translators
20.0%Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other
20.0%Medical equipment preparers
20.0%Entertainment attendants and related workers, all other
20.1%Management analysts
20.2%Railroad conductors and yardmasters
20.3%Advertising and promotions managers
20.3%Animal trainers
20.3%Education administrators, all other
20.4%Coaches and scouts
20.4%Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers
20.4%Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists
20.4%Skin care specialists
20.4%Industrial-organizational psychologists
20.5%Medical and clinical laboratory technologists
20.5%Education, training, and library workers, all other
20.6%Life scientists, all other
20.8%Training and development specialists
20.8%Marketing managers
20.8%Funeral attendants
20.9%Healthcare support workers, all other
21.0%Entertainers and performers, sports and related workers, all other
21.0%Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers
21.0%Manicurists and pedicurists
21.0%Biochemists and biophysicists
21.1%First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers
21.1%Athletes and sports competitors
21.3%Education administrators, postsecondary
21.4%Bill and account collectors
21.5%Compensation and benefits managers
21.5%Nuclear medicine technologists
21.7%Receptionists and information clerks
21.7%Bus drivers, transit and intercity
21.7%Public relations managers
21.7%Security and fire alarm systems installers
21.8%Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners
22.1%Gaming and sports book writers and runners
22.2%Meeting and convention planners
22.3%Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants
22.3%Construction and building inspectors
22.4%Accountants and auditors
22.4%Kindergarten teachers, except special education
22.4%Chiropractors
22.5%Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other
22.5%Health educators
22.6%Gaming managers
22.8%Customer service representatives
22.8%Medical and health services managers
22.8%Appraisers and assessors of real estate
22.8%Emergency management specialists
22.9%Public relations specialists
22.9%Healthcare technologists and technicians, all other
22.9%Tile and marble setters
23.0%Computer support specialists
23.0%Slot key persons
23.1%Counter and rental clerks
23.1%Counselors, all other
23.2%Radiologic technologists and technicians
23.2%Technical writers
23.2%Desktop publishers
23.2%Actuaries
23.3%Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school
23.3%Highway maintenance workers
23.3%Medical transcriptionists
23.4%Costume attendants
23.6%Massage therapists
23.8%Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other
23.9%Rehabilitation counselors
24.0%Physicians and surgeons
24.1%Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other
24.2%Gaming service workers, all other
24.3%Fire fighters
24.4%Environmental engineering technicians
24.5%Gaming surveillance officers and gaming investigators
24.6%Pharmacists
24.8%Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
25.0%Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
25.3%Self-enrichment education teachers
25.4%Marriage and family therapists
25.5%Social and community service managers
25.6%Nonfarm animal caretakers
25.6%Computer and information scientists, research
25.7%Motor vehicle operators, all other
25.9%Computer and information systems managers
25.9%Personal financial advisors
25.9%Medical and public health social workers
25.9%Training and development managers
25.9%Survey researchers
26.0%Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
26.2%Epidemiologists
26.3%Grounds maintenance workers, all other
26.3%Radiation therapists
26.3%Occupational therapist aides
26.7%Mental health and substance abuse social workers
27.0%Business operation specialists, all other
27.1%Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
27.2%Mental health counselors
27.3%Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
27.5%Instructional coordinators
27.5%Construction and related workers, all other
27.9%Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program
28.0%Amusement and recreation attendants
28.0%Gaming dealers
28.0%Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians
28.4%Respiratory therapists
28.6%Pharmacy technicians
28.7%Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors
28.9%Medical records and health information technicians
28.9%Residential advisors
29.3%Athletic trainers
29.4%Registered nurses
29.5%Surgical technologists
29.7%Social and human service assistants
29.7%Paralegals and legal assistants
30.0%Environmental engineers
30.5%Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists
30.7%Biomedical engineers
31.2%Hazardous materials removal workers
31.4%Computer systems analysts
31.6%Hydrologists
32.0%Community and social service specialists, all other
32.2%Postsecondary teachers
32.6%Cardiovascular technologists and technicians
33.1%Preschool teachers, except special education
33.6%Occupational therapists
34.1%Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
34.1%Occupational therapist assistants
34.4%Physical therapist aides
34.8%Diagnostic medical sonographers
35.3%Veterinary technologists and technicians
36.4%Forensic science technicians
36.7%Physical therapists
38.2%Database administrators
38.4%Network and computer systems administrators
41.0%Personal and home care aides
42.7%Dental assistants
43.0%Computer software engineers, systems software
43.3%Dental hygienists
44.2%Physical therapist assistants
48.4%Computer software engineers, applications
49.6%Physician assistants
52.1%Medical assistants
54.6%Network systems and data communications analysts
56.0%Home health aides

source: Employment Matrix; about this section

Also see Occupations ranked by percentage increase in employment in the 2004-05 edition of the Occupational Outlook Handbook
Visit the ocouha weblog