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(2010-2020)		 Projected Job Openings
(2010-2020)
31% 13-2011.00 Accountants and Auditors   Bright Outlook Bright Outlook    Average   Average 452,100
  13-2011.01 Accountants Bright Outlook    
  13-2011.02 Auditors Bright Outlook    
26% 27-2011.00 Actors  Slower than average   Slower than average 20,300
14% 15-2011.00 Actuaries  Faster than average   Faster than average 18,900
27% 11-2011.00 Advertising and Promotions Managers  Average   Average 16,200
  11-2011.01 Green Marketers Bright Outlook   Green Occupation Green    
35% 41-3011.00 Advertising Sales Agents  Average   Average 69,900
22% 17-3021.00 Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians  Little or no change   Little or no change 1,700
33% 17-2011.00 Aerospace Engineers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 21,800
14% 19-4011.00 Agricultural and Food Science Technicians  Slower than average   Slower than average 8,700
  19-4011.01 Agricultural Technicians Green Occupation    
  19-4011.02 Food Science Technicians    
23% 17-2021.00 Agricultural Engineers  Slower than average   Slower than average 800
13% 19-1011.00 Animal Scientists  Average   Average 1,800
46% 19-3091.00 Anthropologists and Archeologists  Faster than average   Faster than average 3,800
  19-3091.01 Anthropologists    
  19-3091.02 Archeologists    
22% 23-1022.00 Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators Green Occupation  Average   Average 3,200
66% 17-1011.00 Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 50,900
77% 17-3011.00 Architectural and Civil Drafters  Slower than average   Slower than average 20,900
  17-3011.01 Architectural Drafters Green Occupation    
  17-3011.02 Civil Drafters    
32% 11-9041.00 Architectural and Engineering Managers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 49,700
  11-9041.01 Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
20% 27-1011.00 Art Directors  Slower than average   Slower than average 24,300
22% 19-2011.00 Astronomers  Average   Average 900
31% 19-2021.00 Atmospheric and Space Scientists Green Occupation  Average   Average 2,100
12% 43-3021.00 Billing and Posting Clerks Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 187,600
  43-3021.01 Statement Clerks Bright Outlook    
  43-3021.02 Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks Bright Outlook    
49% 19-1021.00 Biochemists and Biophysicists Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 13,400
12% 19-1029.00 Biological Scientists, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 10,300
  19-1029.01 Bioinformatics Scientists Bright Outlook    
  19-1029.02 Molecular and Cellular Biologists Bright Outlook    
  19-1029.03 Geneticists Bright Outlook    
30% 19-4021.00 Biological Technicians  Average   Average 37,900
22% 17-2031.00 Biomedical Engineers Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 13,100
11% 43-3031.00 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Bright Outlook  Average   Average 467,800
10% 13-2031.00 Budget Analysts  Average   Average 19,600
10% 13-1199.00 Business Operations Specialists, All Other Bright Outlook  Average   Average 327,200
  13-1199.01 Energy Auditors Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  13-1199.02 Security Management Specialists Bright Outlook    
  13-1199.03 Customs Brokers Bright Outlook    
  13-1199.04 Business Continuity Planners Bright Outlook    
  13-1199.05 Sustainability Specialists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  13-1199.06 Online Merchants Bright Outlook    
39% 17-1021.00 Cartographers and Photogrammetrists  Faster than average   Faster than average 6,100
30% 17-2041.00 Chemical Engineers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 11,400
33% 19-4031.00 Chemical Technicians Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 12,900
33% 19-2031.00 Chemists Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 29,900
45% 17-3022.00 Civil Engineering Technicians  Average   Average 24,600
51% 17-2051.00 Civil Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Average   Average 104,400
  17-2051.01 Transportation Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
18% 27-1021.00 Commercial and Industrial Designers Green Occupation  Average   Average 16,900
12% 11-3111.00 Compensation and Benefits Managers  Slower than average   Slower than average 8,700
11% 13-1141.00 Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists  Slower than average   Slower than average 24,000
43% 15-1111.00 Computer and Information Research Scientists  Average   Average 10,600
25% 11-3021.00 Computer and Information Systems Managers Bright Outlook  Average   Average 102,800
37% 17-2061.00 Computer Hardware Engineers  Slower than average   Slower than average 22,900
15% 15-1199.00 Computer Occupations, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 51,600
  15-1199.01 * Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers Bright Outlook    
  15-1199.02 Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Bright Outlook    
  15-1199.03 Web Administrators Bright Outlook    
  15-1199.04 Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  15-1199.05 Geographic Information Systems Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  15-1199.06 Database Architects Bright Outlook    
  15-1199.07 Data Warehousing Specialists Bright Outlook    
  15-1199.08 Business Intelligence Analysts Bright Outlook    
  15-1199.09 Information Technology Project Managers Bright Outlook    
  15-1199.10 Search Marketing Strategists Bright Outlook    
  15-1199.11 Video Game Designers Bright Outlook    
  15-1199.12 Document Management Specialists Bright Outlook    
13% 43-9011.00 Computer Operators  Decline slowly or moderately   Decline slowly or moderately 8,300
40% 15-1131.00 Computer Programmers Bright Outlook  Average   Average 128,000
24% Computer Support Specialists  Average   Average 269,500
  15-1151.00 Computer User Support Specialists Bright Outlook    
  15-1152.00 Computer Network Support Specialists Bright Outlook    
33% 15-1121.00 Computer Systems Analysts Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 222,500
  15-1121.01 Informatics Nurse Specialists Bright Outlook    
10% 49-2011.00 Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers  Slower than average   Slower than average 45,400
28% 47-4011.00 Construction and Building Inspectors Green Occupation  Average   Average 48,600
11% 43-5021.00 Couriers and Messengers  Average   Average 43,000
13% 43-9021.00 Data Entry Keyers  Decline slowly or moderately   Decline slowly or moderately 41,200
26% 15-1141.00 Database Administrators Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 52,700
26% 41-9011.00 Demonstrators and Product Promoters  Average   Average 42,100
15% 27-1029.00 Designers, All Other  Average   Average 5,400
37% 17-3019.00 Drafters, All Other  Decline slowly or moderately   Decline slowly or moderately 3,100
22% 19-3011.00 Economists  Slower than average   Slower than average 5,800
  19-3011.01 Environmental Economists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
19% 17-3023.00 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians  Little or no change   Little or no change 31,800
  17-3023.01 Electronics Engineering Technicians Green Occupation    
  17-3023.03 Electrical Engineering Technicians Green Occupation    
37% 17-3012.00 Electrical and Electronics Drafters  Slower than average   Slower than average 7,200
  17-3012.01 Electronic Drafters    
  17-3012.02 Electrical Drafters    
31% 17-2071.00 Electrical Engineers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 47,800
19% 17-3024.00 Electro-Mechanical Technicians Green Occupation  Little or no change   Little or no change 3,200
  17-3024.01 Robotics Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
19% 17-2072.00 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 40,600
  17-2072.01 Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists Bright Outlook    
19% 17-3029.00 Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 16,800
  17-3029.01 Non-Destructive Testing Specialists Bright Outlook    
  17-3029.02 Electrical Engineering Technologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.03 Electromechanical Engineering Technologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.04 Electronics Engineering Technologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.05 Industrial Engineering Technologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.06 Manufacturing Engineering Technologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.07 Mechanical Engineering Technologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.08 Photonics Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.09 Manufacturing Production Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.10 Fuel Cell Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.11 Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-3029.12 Nanotechnology Engineering Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
21% 17-2199.00 Engineers, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 44,800
  17-2199.01 Biochemical Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.02 Validation Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.03 Energy Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.04 Manufacturing Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.05 Mechatronics Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.06 Microsystems Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.07 Photonics Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.08 Robotics Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.09 Nanosystems Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.10 Wind Energy Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2199.11 Solar Energy Systems Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
54% 17-3025.00 Environmental Engineering Technicians Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 8,200
50% 17-2081.00 Environmental Engineers Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 22,600
  17-2081.01 Water/Wastewater Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
45% 19-4091.00 Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 19,500
37% 19-2041.00 Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Green Occupation  Average   Average 43,200
  19-2041.01 Climate Change Analysts Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  19-2041.02 Environmental Restoration Planners Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  19-2041.03 Industrial Ecologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
12% 19-1041.00 Epidemiologists  Faster than average   Faster than average 1,500
12% 43-6011.00 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants Bright Outlook  Average   Average 321,800
15% 43-4071.00 File Clerks  Decline slowly or moderately   Decline slowly or moderately 48,700
11% 13-2051.00 Financial Analysts Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 104,200
17% 19-1012.00 Food Scientists and Technologists  Slower than average   Slower than average 6,800
10% 11-1021.00 General and Operations Managers Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 410,100
19% 19-3092.00 Geographers Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 1,300
24% 19-4041.00 Geological and Petroleum Technicians  Average   Average 7,000
  19-4041.01 Geophysical Data Technicians Green Occupation    
  19-4041.02 Geological Sample Test Technicians Green Occupation    
39% 19-2042.00 Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 17,100
25% 27-1024.00 Graphic Designers Bright Outlook  Average   Average 123,800
19% 17-2111.00 Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors  Average   Average 8,200
  17-2111.01 Industrial Safety and Health Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2111.02 Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers    
  17-2111.03 Product Safety Engineers    
14% 19-3093.00 Historians  Average   Average 2,400
10% 11-3121.00 Human Resources Managers  Average   Average 26,900
43% 19-2043.00 Hydrologists Green Occupation  Average   Average 3,600
14% 17-2112.00 Industrial Engineers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 57,500
  17-2112.01 Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists Bright Outlook    
39% 19-3032.00 Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 1,500
27% Information Security Analysts, Web Developers, and Computer Network Architects  Faster than average   Faster than average 110,300
  15-1122.00 Information Security Analysts    
  15-1134.00 Web Developers    
  15-1143.00 Computer Network Architects    
  15-1143.01 Telecommunications Engineering Specialists Bright Outlook    
42% 27-1025.00 Interior Designers  Average   Average 28,400
26% 27-3091.00 Interpreters and Translators Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 40,300
21% 43-4111.00 Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan  Average   Average 79,600
37% 23-1012.00 Judicial Law Clerks  Slower than average   Slower than average 6,800
49% 17-1012.00 Landscape Architects Green Occupation  Average   Average 7,800
52% 23-1011.00 Lawyers Bright Outlook  Average   Average 212,000
85% 43-6012.00 Legal Secretaries  Slower than average   Slower than average 39,400
16% 23-2099.00 Legal Support Workers, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 9,600
21% 19-1099.00 Life Scientists, All Other  Average   Average 2,100
25% 19-4099.00 Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other  Average   Average 33,500
  19-4099.01 Quality Control Analysts Bright Outlook    
  19-4099.02 Precision Agriculture Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  19-4099.03 Remote Sensing Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
16% 13-1081.00 Logisticians  Faster than average   Faster than average 48,700
  13-1081.01 Logistics Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  13-1081.02 Logistics Analysts Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
17% 43-9051.00 Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service  Average   Average 39,600
29% 13-1111.00 Management Analysts Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 274,300
56% 17-2121.00 Marine Engineers and Naval Architects  Average   Average 2,300
  17-2121.01 Marine Engineers    
  17-2121.02 Marine Architects    
29% 13-1161.00 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 191,800
18% 11-2021.00 Marketing Managers Green Occupation  Average   Average 76,000
17% 17-2131.00 Materials Engineers  Slower than average   Slower than average 8,100
37% 19-2032.00 Materials Scientists Green Occupation  Average   Average 3,700
36% 15-2099.00 Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other  Average   Average 1,000
15% 15-2091.00 Mathematical Technicians  Slower than average   Slower than average 700
40% 15-2021.00 Mathematicians  Average   Average 2,300
29% 17-3013.00 Mechanical Drafters  Average   Average 20,500
34% 17-3027.00 Mechanical Engineering Technicians  Slower than average   Slower than average 10,400
  17-3027.01 Automotive Engineering Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
29% 17-2141.00 Mechanical Engineers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 99,600
  17-2141.01 Fuel Cell Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  17-2141.02 Automotive Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
10% 27-3099.00 Media and Communication Workers, All Other  Average   Average 12,400
38% 19-1042.00 Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 42,600
10% 27-1026.00 Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers  Average   Average 40,000
29% 19-1022.00 Microbiologists  Average   Average 7,200
35% 17-2151.00 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers  Average   Average 2,000
12% 27-1014.00 Multimedia Artists and Animators  Slower than average   Slower than average 21,400
32% 11-9121.00 Natural Sciences Managers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 33,500
  11-9121.01 Clinical Research Coordinators Bright Outlook    
  11-9121.02 Water Resource Specialists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
24% 15-1142.00 Network and Computer Systems Administrators Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 155,300
15% 39-2021.00 Nonfarm Animal Caretakers  Faster than average   Faster than average 94,400
32% 17-2161.00 Nuclear Engineers Green Occupation  Average   Average 6,200
30% 19-4051.00 Nuclear Technicians  Average   Average 3,300
  19-4051.01 Nuclear Equipment Operation Technicians Green Occupation    
  19-4051.02 Nuclear Monitoring Technicians    
11% 29-9012.00 Occupational Health and Safety Technicians Green Occupation  Average   Average 5,100
23% 15-2031.00 Operations Research Analysts  Average   Average 30,000
14% 47-2142.00 Paperhangers  Average   Average 1,900
71% 23-2011.00 Paralegals and Legal Assistants  Average   Average 83,400
13% 43-3051.00 Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks  Average   Average 65,700
14% 17-2171.00 Petroleum Engineers  Average   Average 11,800
25% 27-4021.00 Photographers  Average   Average 31,000
10% 51-9151.00 Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators  Decline slowly or moderately   Decline slowly or moderately 14,700
25% 19-2099.00 Physical Scientists, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 13,300
  19-2099.01 Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
47% 19-2012.00 Physicists  Average   Average 8,000
20% 19-3094.00 Political Scientists  Slower than average   Slower than average 2,800
18% 43-9081.00 Proofreaders and Copy Markers  Slower than average   Slower than average 3,300
13% 11-2031.00 Public Relations and Fundraising Managers  Average   Average 27,900
19% 27-3031.00 Public Relations Specialists Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 127,200
10% 43-4171.00 Receptionists and Information Clerks Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 565,600
23% 41-9031.00 Sales Engineers  Average   Average 32,100
16% 41-3099.00 Sales Representatives, Services, All Other Bright Outlook  Average   Average 270,100
  41-3099.01 Energy Brokers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
12% 41-4011.00 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Average   Average 159,700
  41-4011.07 Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
35% 19-4061.00 Social Science Research Assistants  Average   Average 17,000
  19-4061.01 City and Regional Planning Aides    
17% 19-3099.00 Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 17,600
  19-3099.01 Transportation Planners Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
48% 19-3041.00 Sociologists  Average   Average 1,800
42% 15-1132.00 Software Developers, Applications Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 197,900
43% 15-1133.00 Software Developers, Systems Software Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 168,000
24% 19-1013.00 Soil and Plant Scientists Green Occupation  Average   Average 8,600
10% 43-9111.00 Statistical Assistants  Slower than average   Slower than average 4,100
  43-9111.01 Bioinformatics Technicians Bright Outlook    
22% 15-2041.00 Statisticians  Average   Average 18,700
  15-2041.01 Biostatisticians Bright Outlook    
  15-2041.02 Clinical Data Managers Bright Outlook    
70% 19-3022.00 Survey Researchers  Faster than average   Faster than average 9,900
63% 17-3031.00 Surveying and Mapping Technicians  Average   Average 20,000
  17-3031.01 Surveying Technicians    
  17-3031.02 Mapping Technicians    
66% 17-1022.00 Surveyors  Faster than average   Faster than average 24,200
  17-1022.01 Geodetic Surveyors Bright Outlook    
73% 13-2082.00 Tax Preparers  Average   Average 26,300
36% 27-3042.00 Technical Writers  Average   Average 18,300
41% 23-2093.00 Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers  Little or no change   Little or no change 8,900
14% 53-6041.00 Traffic Technicians  Average   Average 2,800
10% 11-3131.00 Training and Development Managers  Average   Average 11,600
12% 13-1151.00 Training and Development Specialists Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 98,300
21% 19-3051.00 Urban and Regional Planners Green Occupation  Average   Average 16,800
81% 29-1131.00 Veterinarians Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 34,200
87% 31-9096.00 Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers  Average   Average 21,600
92% 29-2056.00 Veterinary Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 55,700
17% 19-1023.00 Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 5,900

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics external site 2010-2020 employment projections. "Projected Growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2010-2020). "Projected Job Openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.