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October 2010, Vol. 133, No. 10 | Return to article

Disability and occupational projections

Table 3. Employment of people with disabilities, by type of disability, 2008 and 2018 (projected)(1)
[Numbers in thousands]
Type of disability Number employed Change, 2008-18 Growth rate (percent) Additional jobs if disability growth rate matched overall growth rate
2008 2018

All people

 150,932 166,206 15,274 10.1 …

 

          

People with disabilities:

          

All disabilities

 9,176 10,001 825 9.0 104

Vision impairment

 1,771 1,935 164 9.3 15

Hearing impairment

 2,887 3,129 241 8.4 51

Mobility impairment

 3,486 3,817 331 9.5 22

Cognitive impairment

 2,603 2,824 221 8.5 43

Footnotes:
(1) Based on BLS occupational projections. Calculations assume that the percentage of workers who have disabilities stays constant within each occupation.
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