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Employed by this Industry	Code	Occupation	Projected Growth (2025-2035)	Projected Job Openings (2025-2035)
90%	29-2056.00	Veterinary Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	13,400
87%	31-9096.00	Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	23,200
84%	29-1131.00	Veterinarians Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	3,100
81%	43-6012.00	Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	Decline	18,100
80%	13-2082.00	Tax Preparers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	9,400
77%	23-2011.00	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	Little or no change	40,800
76%	17-1011.00	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	Average	6,900
73%	17-1022.00	Surveyors Bright Outlook Geodetic Surveyors Bright Outlook	Faster than average	3,100
72%	17-3011.00	Architectural and Civil Drafters Bright Outlook	Faster than average	9,100
66%	19-1021.00	Biochemists and Biophysicists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	2,900
65%	17-3031.00	Surveying and Mapping Technicians Bright Outlook	Faster than average	6,900
59%	19-3091.00	Anthropologists and Archeologists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	800
55%	17-2051.00	Civil Engineers Bright Outlook Transportation Engineers Bright Outlook Water/Wastewater Engineers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	22,700
54%	23-1011.00	Lawyers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	28,700
54%	17-3025.00	Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians	Average	1,100
52%	19-4043.00	Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians	Average	1,000
51%	17-3022.00	Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	Average	6,100
51%	17-1012.00	Landscape Architects	Average	1,700
49%	41-3011.00	Advertising Sales Agents	Decline	7,800
49%	19-3022.00	Survey Researchers	Decline	600
47%	17-2081.00	Environmental Engineers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	2,300
47%	19-2011.00	Astronomers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	100
46%	11-9121.00	Natural Sciences Managers Bright Outlook Clinical Research Coordinators Bright Outlook Water Resource Specialists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	9,200
46%	19-4042.00	Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	5,300
46%	19-2042.00	Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	1,800
45%	27-1025.00	Interior Designers	Average	7,700
45%	47-2142.00	Paperhangers	Average	200
43%	19-2032.00	Materials Scientists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	600
43%	23-1022.00	Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators Bright Outlook	Faster than average	300
43%	19-1011.00	Animal Scientists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	200
42%	19-2012.00	Physicists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	1,300
41%	15-1212.00	Information Security Analysts Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	14,100
41%	15-1253.00	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	10,700
40%	15-1252.00	Software Developers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	95,300
40%	15-1221.00	Computer and Information Research Scientists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	2,900
39%	19-4021.00	Biological Technicians Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	9,400
39%	17-2061.00	Computer Hardware Engineers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	4,100
39%	27-3042.00	Technical Writers	Slower than average	3,200
39%	17-2161.00	Nuclear Engineers	Little or no change	800
39%	51-9151.00	Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators	Decline	600
38%	17-2151.00	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	Average	300
37%	47-4011.00	Construction and Building Inspectors Energy Auditors	Little or no change	14,800
37%	19-2041.00	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Bright Outlook Climate Change Policy Analysts Bright Outlook Environmental Restoration Planners Bright Outlook Industrial Ecologists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	7,300
36%	11-9041.00	Architectural and Engineering Managers Bright Outlook Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	14,900
36%	15-1241.00	Computer Network Architects Bright Outlook Telecommunications Engineering Specialists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	9,600
36%	15-2099.00	Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other Bright Outlook Bioinformatics Technicians Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	200
35%	17-2071.00	Electrical Engineers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	11,400
35%	19-1042.00	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	10,500
35%	15-1254.00	Web Developers	Average	5,300
35%	23-2093.00	Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	Slower than average	5,300
35%	15-1251.00	Computer Programmers	Decline	4,400
35%	15-1243.00	Database Architects Bright Outlook Data Warehousing Specialists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	3,900
35%	17-3021.00	Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	1,100
34%	41-9011.00	Demonstrators and Product Promoters	Little or no change	11,400
34%	19-1029.00	Biological Scientists, All Other Bright Outlook Bioinformatics Scientists Bright Outlook Molecular and Cellular Biologists Bright Outlook Geneticists Bright Outlook Biologists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	4,300
34%	19-1022.00	Microbiologists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	1,500
34%	17-1021.00	Cartographers and Photogrammetrists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	900
34%	19-2021.00	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	Average	800
33%	13-1111.00	Management Analysts Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	94,100
33%	15-1211.00	Computer Systems Analysts Bright Outlook Health Informatics Specialists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	32,900
33%	17-3012.00	Electrical and Electronics Drafters	Decline	1,400
32%	17-2141.00	Mechanical Engineers Bright Outlook Fuel Cell Engineers Bright Outlook Automotive Engineers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	17,800
32%	11-2011.00	Advertising and Promotions Managers	Decline	2,300
32%	19-1099.00	Life Scientists, All Other Bright Outlook	Faster than average	400
32%	19-3041.00	Sociologists	Average	200
31%	19-4031.00	Chemical Technicians Bright Outlook	Faster than average	7,600
31%	19-3011.00	Economists Bright Outlook Environmental Economists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	1,100
31%	51-4061.00	Model Makers, Metal and Plastic	Decline	200
30%	13-2011.00	Accountants and Auditors Bright Outlook	Faster than average	115,300
30%	11-3021.00	Computer and Information Systems Managers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	53,500
30%	27-3091.00	Interpreters and Translators	Slower than average	6,000
30%	17-3027.00	Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians Automotive Engineering Technicians	Slower than average	3,100
30%	15-2041.00	Statisticians Bright Outlook Biostatisticians Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	1,900
29%	19-2031.00	Chemists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	5,900
29%	19-4061.00	Social Science Research Assistants Bright Outlook	Faster than average	4,900
29%	17-2011.00	Aerospace Engineers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	3,800
28%	13-1082.00	Project Management Specialists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	76,500
28%	15-1232.00	Computer User Support Specialists	Decline	39,700
28%	15-1231.00	Computer Network Support Specialists	Slower than average	9,000
28%	19-2043.00	Hydrologists	Slower than average	400
27%	27-1024.00	Graphic Designers	Decline	16,000
27%	17-3024.00	Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Robotics Technicians	Average	1,400
27%	17-2031.00	Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	1,200
27%	17-2021.00	Agricultural Engineers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	100
26%	13-1161.00	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists Bright Outlook Search Marketing Strategists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	82,000
26%	15-1299.00	Computer Occupations, All Other Bright Outlook Web Administrators Bright Outlook Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook Document Management Specialists Bright Outlook Penetration Testers Bright Outlook Information Security Engineers Bright Outlook Digital Forensics Analysts Bright Outlook Blockchain Engineers Bright Outlook Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Bright Outlook Information Technology Project Managers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	27,000
26%	17-2199.00	Engineers, All Other Energy Engineers, Except Wind and Solar Mechatronics Engineers Microsystems Engineers Photonics Engineers Robotics Engineers Nanosystems Engineers Wind Energy Engineers Solar Energy Systems Engineers	Average	8,800
26%	17-3029.00	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other Non-Destructive Testing Specialists Photonics Technicians	Average	5,400
26%	17-3028.00	Calibration Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook	Faster than average	1,500
26%	19-1013.00	Soil and Plant Scientists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	1,400
26%	19-4051.00	Nuclear Technicians Nuclear Monitoring Technicians	Slower than average	900
25%	15-2051.00	Data Scientists Bright Outlook Business Intelligence Analysts Bright Outlook Clinical Data Managers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	24,800
25%	15-1244.00	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	Decline	13,400
25%	15-1255.00	Web and Digital Interface Designers Bright Outlook Video Game Designers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	8,300
25%	41-9031.00	Sales Engineers	Average	3,800
24%	23-2099.00	Legal Support Workers, All Other	Little or no change	4,700
24%	17-2131.00	Materials Engineers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	1,300
24%	17-2041.00	Chemical Engineers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	1,100
24%	19-3093.00	Historians	Average	300
23%	41-3091.00	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel Bright Outlook	Average	115,700
23%	11-2021.00	Marketing Managers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	34,000
23%	17-2072.00	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists	Average	4,900
23%	15-1242.00	Database Administrators	Little or no change	3,300
23%	19-4012.00	Agricultural Technicians Bright Outlook Precision Agriculture Technicians Bright Outlook	Faster than average	2,800
23%	27-1021.00	Commercial and Industrial Designers	Slower than average	2,800
22%	15-2031.00	Operations Research Analysts Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	7,500
22%	17-3013.00	Mechanical Drafters	Decline	2,900
22%	17-2111.00	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors Bright Outlook Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	1,200
22%	17-2121.00	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	500
21%	17-3023.00	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	Slower than average	8,100
20%	27-3031.00	Public Relations Specialists	Slower than average	23,000
20%	27-1011.00	Art Directors	Average	12,200
20%	17-3019.00	Drafters, All Other	Decline	1,000
19%	27-4021.00	Photographers	Decline	10,700
19%	43-9021.00	Data Entry Keyers	Decline	7,700
19%	11-2032.00	Public Relations Managers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	6,100
19%	17-2171.00	Petroleum Engineers	Slower than average	1,000
18%	19-4099.00	Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other Quality Control Analysts Remote Sensing Technicians	Average	11,200
18%	43-4071.00	File Clerks	Decline	5,600
17%	27-3041.00	Editors	Decline	7,900
16%	19-2099.00	Physical Scientists, All Other Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists	Slower than average	1,400
16%	43-9111.00	Statistical Assistants	Decline	500
15%	43-3021.00	Billing and Posting Clerks	Little or no change	37,000
15%	13-1081.00	Logisticians Bright Outlook Logistics Engineers Bright Outlook Logistics Analysts Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	26,600
15%	11-3121.00	Human Resources Managers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	16,800
15%	43-3051.00	Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	Decline	11,400
15%	19-1023.00	Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists	Average	1,400
15%	19-3032.00	Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	300
14%	43-3031.00	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Bright Outlook	Decline	144,100
14%	11-3031.00	Financial Managers Bright Outlook Treasurers and Controllers Bright Outlook Investment Fund Managers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	65,600
14%	13-2051.00	Financial and Investment Analysts Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	24,700
14%	17-2112.00	Industrial Engineers Bright Outlook Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists Bright Outlook Validation Engineers Bright Outlook Manufacturing Engineers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	23,100
14%	11-1011.00	Chief Executives Chief Sustainability Officers	Average	19,100
14%	43-9051.00	Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	Decline	4,700
13%	13-1199.00	Business Operations Specialists, All Other Bright Outlook Business Continuity Planners Bright Outlook Sustainability Specialists Bright Outlook Online Merchants Bright Outlook Security Management Specialists Bright Outlook	Average	98,700
13%	13-1071.00	Human Resources Specialists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	73,700
13%	11-2022.00	Sales Managers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	47,300
13%	27-1026.00	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	Average	17,200
13%	13-1141.00	Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	9,000
13%	11-3131.00	Training and Development Managers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	4,100
13%	19-3099.00	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other Transportation Planners	Little or no change	2,700
13%	11-3111.00	Compensation and Benefits Managers	Slower than average	1,600
13%	15-2011.00	Actuaries Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	1,500
13%	43-9081.00	Proofreaders and Copy Markers	Decline	1,100
13%	19-1012.00	Food Scientists and Technologists Bright Outlook	Faster than average	1,000
13%	53-6041.00	Traffic Technicians	Average	900
13%	19-1041.00	Epidemiologists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	800
13%	43-4021.00	Correspondence Clerks	Decline	500
12%	11-1021.00	General and Operations Managers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	285,000
12%	43-6011.00	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	Little or no change	43,300
12%	41-4011.00	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors	Slower than average	23,600
12%	19-5012.00	Occupational Health and Safety Technicians Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	3,800
12%	15-2021.00	Mathematicians	Slower than average	100
11%	43-4171.00	Receptionists and Information Clerks Bright Outlook	Decline	105,100
11%	13-1151.00	Training and Development Specialists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	46,000
11%	11-3012.00	Administrative Services Managers Bright Outlook	Faster than average	22,000
11%	43-4111.00	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	Decline	13,200
11%	17-3026.00	Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians	Average	6,600
11%	19-3051.00	Urban and Regional Planners	Average	3,200
11%	19-3094.00	Political Scientists	Decline	400
11%	19-4044.00	Hydrologic Technicians	Decline	400
10%	43-6014.00	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Bright Outlook	Decline	163,900
10%	51-9061.00	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	Average	66,700
10%	39-2021.00	Animal Caretakers Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	62,800
10%	13-1041.00	Compliance Officers Environmental Compliance Inspectors Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers Government Property Inspectors and Investigators Coroners Regulatory Affairs Specialists Customs Brokers	Average	32,700
10%	19-5011.00	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	17,100
10%	29-2072.00	Medical Records Specialists Bright Outlook	Much faster than average	14,000
10%	27-2012.00	Producers and Directors Media Programming Directors Talent Directors Media Technical Directors/Managers	Average	12,100
10%	13-2071.00	Credit Counselors	Average	2,000
10%	27-4015.00	Lighting Technicians	Decline	600

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics external site 2025-2035 employment projections. “Projected Growth” represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period 2025-2035 for the US nationwide. “Projected Job Openings” represent openings due to growth and replacement.