The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its updated projections of the 20 occupations with the fastest-growing employment between 2010-20. When you look over the list, you’ll notice that many of the top professions are in the field of healthcare. How many times have you heard that if you want a “safe” career, enter healthcare? Well, it sounds like that refrain is going to continue into the next decade.
Obviously, you should follow the path that is going to make you happy, but if you are on the fence about what kind of education you should pursue, check out this list of the 20 fastest-growing professions:
- Personal care aides
- Home health aides
- Biomedical engineers
- Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters
- Carpenters
- Veterinary technologists and technicians
- Reinforcing iron and rebar workers
- Physical therapist assistants
- Pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
- Meeting, convention, and event planners
- Diagnostic medical sonographers
- Occupational therapy assistants
- Physical therapist aides
- Glaziers
- Interpreters and translators
- Medical secretaries
- Market research analysts and marketing specialists
- Marriage and family therapists
- Brickmasons and blockmasons
- Physical therapists
Is the career you want on this list? If so, then you might be headed in a great direction. If not, don’t worry, there are many other promising careers beyond the ones that made the cut. If you aren’t sure what to do next, search for a college near you that offers programs in your area of interest. They can help you plan a strategy for pursuing your next career.