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(2018-2028)		 Projected Job Openings
(2018-2028)
32% 13-2011.00 Accountants and Auditors   Bright Outlook Bright Outlook    Average   Average 146,000
  13-2011.01 Accountants Bright Outlook    
  13-2011.02 Auditors Bright Outlook    
15% 15-2011.00 Actuaries Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 2,200
11% 11-3011.00 Administrative Services Managers Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 28,100
47% 11-2011.00 Advertising and Promotions Managers  Slower than average   Slower than average 2,700
  11-2011.01 Green Marketers   Green Occupation Green    
39% 41-3011.00 Advertising Sales Agents  Decline   Decline 19,500
42% 17-3021.00 Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technicians  Average   Average 1,100
28% 17-2011.00 Aerospace Engineers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 4,500
16% 19-4011.00 Agricultural and Food Science Technicians  Average   Average 3,800
  19-4011.01 Agricultural Technicians Green Occupation    
  19-4011.02 Food Science Technicians    
18% 17-2021.00 Agricultural Engineers  Average   Average 200
16% 19-1011.00 Animal Scientists Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 300
58% 19-3091.00 Anthropologists and Archeologists Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 800
  19-3091.01 Anthropologists Bright Outlook    
  19-3091.02 Archeologists Bright Outlook    
21% 23-1022.00 Arbitrators, Mediators, and Conciliators Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 400
70% 17-1011.00 Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 11,800
75% 17-3011.00 Architectural and Civil Drafters  Slower than average   Slower than average 10,700
  17-3011.01 Architectural Drafters Green Occupation    
  17-3011.02 Civil Drafters    
36% 11-9041.00 Architectural and Engineering Managers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 14,600
  11-9041.01 Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers Green Occupation    
19% 27-1011.00 Art Directors  Little or no change   Little or no change 11,100
37% 19-2011.00 Astronomers  Average   Average 200
39% 19-2021.00 Atmospheric and Space Scientists Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 1,100
12% 43-3021.00 Billing and Posting Clerks Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 60,500
  43-3021.01 Statement Clerks Bright Outlook    
  43-3021.02 Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks Bright Outlook    
63% 19-1021.00 Biochemists and Biophysicists  Average   Average 3,100
27% 19-1029.00 Biological Scientists, All Other  Average   Average 4,700
  19-1029.01 Bioinformatics Scientists    
  19-1029.02 Molecular and Cellular Biologists    
  19-1029.03 Geneticists    
34% 19-4021.00 Biological Technicians Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 9,800
20% 17-2031.00 Biomedical Engineers  Average   Average 1,500
13% 43-3031.00 Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks Bright Outlook  Decline   Decline 188,500
11% 13-2031.00 Budget Analysts  Average   Average 4,800
12% 13-1199.00 Business Operations Specialists, All Other Bright Outlook  Average   Average 119,600
  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    
35% 17-1021.00 Cartographers and Photogrammetrists Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 1,100
23% 17-2041.00 Chemical Engineers Green Occupation  Average   Average 2,400
29% 19-4031.00 Chemical Technicians Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 7,200
27% 19-2031.00 Chemists Green Occupation  Average   Average 8,400
11% 11-1011.00 Chief Executives  Decline   Decline 16,800
  11-1011.03 Chief Sustainability Officers Green Occupation    
48% 17-3022.00 Civil Engineering Technicians  Average   Average 7,700
55% 17-2051.00 Civil Engineers Green Occupation  Average   Average 28,300
  17-2051.01 Transportation Engineers Green Occupation    
20% 27-1021.00 Commercial and Industrial Designers Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 4,600
16% 11-3111.00 Compensation and Benefits Managers  Slower than average   Slower than average 1,400
15% 13-1141.00 Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists  Average   Average 9,200
10% 13-1041.00 Compliance Officers  Average   Average 30,700
  13-1041.01 Environmental Compliance Inspectors    
  13-1041.02 Licensing Examiners and Inspectors    
  13-1041.03 Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers    
  13-1041.04 Government Property Inspectors and Investigators    
  13-1041.06 Coroners    
  13-1041.07 Regulatory Affairs Specialists Green Occupation    
43% 15-1111.00 Computer and Information Research Scientists Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 3,200
32% 11-3021.00 Computer and Information Systems Managers Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 38,800
43% 17-2061.00 Computer Hardware Engineers  Average   Average 5,200
35% 15-1143.00 Computer Network Architects  Average   Average 12,200
  15-1143.01 Telecommunications Engineering Specialists    
23% 15-1152.00 Computer Network Support Specialists  Average   Average 17,400
31% 15-1199.00 Computer Occupations, All Other Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 35,700
  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    
22% 43-9011.00 Computer Operators  Decline   Decline 3,100
45% 15-1131.00 Computer Programmers  Decline   Decline 15,100
37% 15-1121.00 Computer Systems Analysts Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 53,400
  15-1121.01 Informatics Nurse Specialists Bright Outlook    
29% 15-1151.00 Computer User Support Specialists Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 65,100
32% 47-4011.00 Construction and Building Inspectors Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 15,800
12% 43-4021.00 Correspondence Clerks  Decline   Decline 700
10% 13-2071.00 Credit Counselors Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 3,800
  13-2071.01 Loan Counselors Bright Outlook    
15% 43-9021.00 Data Entry Keyers  Decline   Decline 14,800
24% 15-1141.00 Database Administrators Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 9,700
35% 41-9011.00 Demonstrators and Product Promoters  Average   Average 15,800
18% 27-1029.00 Designers, All Other  Average   Average 1,200
13% 43-9031.00 Desktop Publishers  Decline   Decline 1,200
29% 17-3019.00 Drafters, All Other  Average   Average 1,700
36% 19-3011.00 Economists Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 1,800
  19-3011.01 Environmental Economists Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
25% 17-3023.00 Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians  Little or no change   Little or no change 12,700
  17-3023.01 Electronics Engineering Technicians Green Occupation    
  17-3023.03 Electrical Engineering Technicians Green Occupation    
36% 17-3012.00 Electrical and Electronics Drafters  Slower than average   Slower than average 2,800
  17-3012.01 Electronic Drafters    
  17-3012.02 Electrical Drafters    
33% 17-2071.00 Electrical Engineers Green Occupation  Average   Average 13,900
20% 17-3024.00 Electro-Mechanical Technicians Green Occupation  Little or no change   Little or no change 1,400
  17-3024.01 Robotics Technicians Green Occupation    
20% 17-2072.00 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Green Occupation  Little or no change   Little or no change 9,000
  17-2072.01 Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists    
27% 17-3029.00 Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 8,800
  17-3029.01 Non-Destructive Testing Specialists    
  17-3029.02 Electrical Engineering Technologists Green Occupation    
  17-3029.03 Electromechanical Engineering Technologists Green Occupation    
  17-3029.04 Electronics Engineering Technologists Green Occupation    
  17-3029.05 Industrial Engineering Technologists Green Occupation    
  17-3029.06 Manufacturing Engineering Technologists Green Occupation    
  17-3029.07 Mechanical Engineering Technologists Green Occupation    
  17-3029.08 Photonics Technicians Green Occupation    
  17-3029.09 Manufacturing Production Technicians Green Occupation    
  17-3029.10 Fuel Cell Technicians Green Occupation    
  17-3029.11 Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists Green Occupation    
  17-3029.12 Nanotechnology Engineering Technicians Green Occupation    
24% 17-2199.00 Engineers, All Other  Average   Average 11,700
  17-2199.01 Biochemical Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.02 Validation Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.03 Energy Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.04 Manufacturing Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.05 Mechatronics Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.06 Microsystems Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.07 Photonics Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.08 Robotics Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.09 Nanosystems Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.10 Wind Energy Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2199.11 Solar Energy Systems Engineers Green Occupation    
52% 17-3025.00 Environmental Engineering Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 2,000
50% 17-2081.00 Environmental Engineers Green Occupation  Average   Average 4,600
  17-2081.01 Water/Wastewater Engineers Green Occupation    
45% 19-4091.00 Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 4,600
40% 19-2041.00 Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 10,300
  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    
10% 19-1041.00 Epidemiologists  Average   Average 700
12% 43-6011.00 Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants  Decline   Decline 50,500
10% 47-5031.00 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters  Average   Average 800
18% 43-4071.00 File Clerks  Decline   Decline 11,900
13% 13-2051.00 Financial Analysts Green Occupation  Average   Average 30,900
14% 11-3031.00 Financial Managers Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 64,900
  11-3031.01 Treasurers and Controllers Bright Outlook    
  11-3031.02 Financial Managers, Branch or Department Bright Outlook    
14% 19-1012.00 Food Scientists and Technologists  Average   Average 1,800
11% 11-1021.00 General and Operations Managers Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 230,000
11% 19-3092.00 Geographers  Slower than average   Slower than average 200
36% 19-4041.00 Geological and Petroleum Technicians Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 1,800
  19-4041.01 Geophysical Data Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
  19-4041.02 Geological Sample Test Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
44% 19-2042.00 Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers Green Occupation  Average   Average 3,600
27% 27-1024.00 Graphic Designers  Slower than average   Slower than average 30,300
19% 17-2111.00 Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors  Average   Average 2,000
  17-2111.01 Industrial Safety and Health Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2111.02 Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers    
  17-2111.03 Product Safety Engineers    
18% 19-3093.00 Historians  Average   Average 400
14% 11-3121.00 Human Resources Managers Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 14,400
13% 13-1071.00 Human Resources Specialists  Average   Average 67,700
33% 19-2043.00 Hydrologists Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 800
12% 17-2112.00 Industrial Engineers Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 22,600
  17-2112.01 Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists Bright Outlook    
29% 19-3032.00 Industrial-Organizational Psychologists Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 100
39% 15-1122.00 Information Security Analysts Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 12,800
46% 27-1025.00 Interior Designers  Average   Average 8,000
33% 27-3091.00 Interpreters and Translators Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 9,800
19% 43-4111.00 Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan  Slower than average   Slower than average 26,200
55% 17-1012.00 Landscape Architects Green Occupation  Average   Average 1,900
50% 23-1011.00 Lawyers  Average   Average 45,700
83% 43-6012.00 Legal Secretaries  Decline   Decline 14,300
23% 23-2099.00 Legal Support Workers, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 4,400
20% 19-1099.00 Life Scientists, All Other  Average   Average 700
19% 19-4099.00 Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 9,400
  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  Average   Average 17,900
  13-1081.01 Logistics Engineers Green Occupation    
  13-1081.02 Logistics Analysts Green Occupation    
18% 43-9051.00 Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service  Decline   Decline 9,100
30% 13-1111.00 Management Analysts Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 99,900
40% 17-2121.00 Marine Engineers and Naval Architects Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 800
  17-2121.01 Marine Engineers Bright Outlook    
  17-2121.02 Marine Architects Bright Outlook    
28% 13-1161.00 Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 90,700
23% 11-2021.00 Marketing Managers Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 26,000
23% 17-2131.00 Materials Engineers  Little or no change   Little or no change 1,700
38% 19-2032.00 Materials Scientists Green Occupation  Slower than average   Slower than average 800
26% 15-2021.00 Mathematicians Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 300
24% 17-3013.00 Mechanical Drafters  Decline   Decline 5,400
28% 17-3027.00 Mechanical Engineering Technicians  Slower than average   Slower than average 4,300
  17-3027.01 Automotive Engineering Technicians Green Occupation    
28% 17-2141.00 Mechanical Engineers Green Occupation  Average   Average 22,900
  17-2141.01 Fuel Cell Engineers Green Occupation    
  17-2141.02 Automotive Engineers Green Occupation    
38% 19-1042.00 Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 13,200
17% 27-1026.00 Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers  Slower than average   Slower than average 17,300
32% 19-1022.00 Microbiologists  Average   Average 2,100
34% 17-2151.00 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers  Slower than average   Slower than average 500
22% 51-4061.00 Model Makers, Metal and Plastic  Decline   Decline 500
13% 27-1014.00 Multimedia Artists and Animators  Average   Average 8,300
39% 11-9121.00 Natural Sciences Managers Green Occupation  Average   Average 6,100
  11-9121.01 Clinical Research Coordinators    
  11-9121.02 Water Resource Specialists Green Occupation    
27% 15-1142.00 Network and Computer Systems Administrators  Average   Average 29,300
13% 39-2021.00 Nonfarm Animal Caretakers Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 54,500
24% 17-2161.00 Nuclear Engineers Green Occupation  Little or no change   Little or no change 1,100
13% 19-4051.00 Nuclear Technicians  Decline   Decline 900
  19-4051.01 Nuclear Equipment Operation Technicians Green Occupation    
  19-4051.02 Nuclear Monitoring Technicians    
10% 29-9011.00 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Green Occupation  Average   Average 6,300
10% 29-9012.00 Occupational Health and Safety Technicians Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 1,300
23% 15-2031.00 Operations Research Analysts Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 10,900
27% 47-2142.00 Paperhangers  Average   Average 500
75% 23-2011.00 Paralegals and Legal Assistants Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 40,400
14% 43-3051.00 Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks  Decline   Decline 15,800
15% 17-2171.00 Petroleum Engineers  Slower than average   Slower than average 2,500
22% 27-4021.00 Photographers  Decline   Decline 11,800
22% 51-9151.00 Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators  Decline   Decline 2,000
18% 19-2099.00 Physical Scientists, All Other  Slower than average   Slower than average 1,900
  19-2099.01 Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists Green Occupation    
40% 19-2012.00 Physicists Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 1,800
26% 19-3094.00 Political Scientists  Average   Average 800
10% 33-9021.00 Private Detectives and Investigators Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 3,300
17% 43-9081.00 Proofreaders and Copy Markers  Average   Average 2,100
15% 11-2031.00 Public Relations and Fundraising Managers Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 7,800
21% 27-3031.00 Public Relations Specialists Green Occupation  Average   Average 30,700
11% 43-4171.00 Receptionists and Information Clerks Bright Outlook  Average   Average 157,900
25% 41-9031.00 Sales Engineers  Average   Average 7,900
11% 11-2022.00 Sales Managers  Average   Average 39,000
18% 41-3099.00 Sales Representatives, Services, All Other Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 146,800
  41-3099.01 Energy Brokers Bright Outlook Green Occupation    
12% 41-4011.00 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Green Occupation  Average   Average 36,000
  41-4011.07 Solar Sales Representatives and Assessors Green Occupation    
10% 43-6014.00 Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive Bright Outlook  Decline   Decline 233,500
42% 19-4061.00 Social Science Research Assistants Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 5,300
  19-4061.01 City and Regional Planning Aides Bright Outlook    
15% 19-3099.00 Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other  Average   Average 4,800
  19-3099.01 Transportation Planners Green Occupation    
48% 19-3041.00 Sociologists Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 400
42% 15-1132.00 Software Developers, Applications Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 99,200
42% 15-1133.00 Software Developers, Systems Software Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 35,400
29% 19-1013.00 Soil and Plant Scientists Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 2,200
18% 43-9111.00 Statistical Assistants Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 1,800
  43-9111.01 Bioinformatics Technicians Bright Outlook    
32% 15-2041.00 Statisticians Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 5,300
  15-2041.01 Biostatisticians Bright Outlook    
  15-2041.02 Clinical Data Managers Bright Outlook    
70% 19-3022.00 Survey Researchers  Little or no change   Little or no change 1,500
64% 17-3031.00 Surveying and Mapping Technicians  Average   Average 7,200
  17-3031.01 Surveying Technicians    
  17-3031.02 Mapping Technicians    
72% 17-1022.00 Surveyors  Average   Average 4,000
  17-1022.01 Geodetic Surveyors    
82% 13-2082.00 Tax Preparers  Average   Average 10,600
36% 27-3042.00 Technical Writers Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 6,100
38% 23-2093.00 Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers  Little or no change   Little or no change 5,500
12% 53-6041.00 Traffic Technicians  Average   Average 900
15% 11-3131.00 Training and Development Managers Bright Outlook  Faster than average   Faster than average 3,800
13% 13-1151.00 Training and Development Specialists Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Faster than average   Faster than average 37,300
15% 19-3051.00 Urban and Regional Planners Bright Outlook Green Occupation  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 4,200
79% 29-1131.00 Veterinarians Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 5,100
90% 31-9096.00 Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 18,100
91% 29-2056.00 Veterinary Technologists and Technicians Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 11,800
29% 15-1134.00 Web Developers Bright Outlook  Much faster than average   Much faster than average 15,100
11% 27-3043.00 Writers and Authors  Little or no change   Little or no change 12,800
  27-3043.04 Copy Writers    
  27-3043.05 Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers    
15% 19-1023.00 Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists Green Occupation  Average   Average 1,900

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics external site 2018-2028 employment projections. "Projected Growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected Job Openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.