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Most new jobs: 20 occupations with the highest projected numeric change in employment.

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OCCUPATION	NUMBER OF NEW JOBS (PROJECTED), 2016-26	2017 MEDIAN PAY
Personal care aides	777,600	$23,100 per year
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	579,900	$20,180 per year
Registered nurses	438,100	$70,000 per year
Home health aides	431,200	$23,210 per year
Software developers, applications	255,400	$101,790 per year
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	236,500	$24,990 per year
General and operations managers	205,200	$100,410 per year
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	199,700	$27,040 per year
Medical assistants	183,900	$32,480 per year
Waiters and waitresses	182,500	$20,820 per year
Nursing assistants	173,400	$27,520 per year
Construction laborers	150,400	$34,530 per year
Cooks, restaurant	145,300	$25,180 per year
Accountants and auditors	139,900	$69,350 per year
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	138,300	$63,230 per year
Customer service representatives	136,300	$32,890 per year
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	135,200	$27,670 per year
Medical secretaries	129,000	$34,610 per year
Management analysts	115,200	$82,450 per year
Maintenance and repair workers, general	112,500	$37,670 per year

Last Modified Date: Friday, April 13, 2018