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Most New Jobs

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

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OCCUPATION	NUMBER OF NEW JOBS (PROJECTED), 2019-29	2019 MEDIAN PAY
Home health and personal care aides	1,159,500	$25,280 per year
Fast food and counter workers	460,900	$22,740 per year
Cooks, restaurant	327,300	$27,790 per year
Software developers and software quality assurance analysts and testers	316,000	$107,510 per year
Registered nurses	221,900	$73,300 per year
General and operations managers	143,800	$100,780 per year
Medical assistants	139,200	$34,800 per year
Medical and health services managers	133,200	$100,980 per year
Market research analysts and marketing specialists	130,300	$63,790 per year
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	125,700	$29,510 per year
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	119,900	$30,440 per year
Nursing assistants	116,900	$29,660 per year
Nurse practitioners	110,700	$109,820 per year
Financial managers	108,100	$129,890 per year
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	105,600	$27,430 per year
Waiters and waitresses	97,600	$22,890 per year
Passenger vehicle drivers, except bus drivers, transit and intercity	94,400	$31,340 per year
Management analysts	93,800	$85,260 per year
Project management specialists and business operations specialists, all other	79,800	$73,570 per year
Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors	79,000	$46,240 per year

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2020