Thanks to a larger aging population, advances in technology and a focus on preventative care, health care is the most rapidly expanding industry in the US. Many career options are available in this popular industry, attracting workers from all types of backgrounds.
Here is a projection of the fastest growing health care jobs between 2006 and 2016, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Occupation | Job Growth, 2006-2016 |
---|---|
Personal and home care aides | 53.0% |
Home health aides | 46.9% |
Medical assistants | 36.1% |
Pharmacy technicians | 31.6% |
Dental hygienists | 30.4% |
Physical therapists | 30.4% |
Dental assistants | 30.3% |
Physical therapist assistants | 29.7% |
Physician assistants | 29.6% |
Counselors | 29.3% |
Social and human service assistants | 28.9% |
Occupational therapists | 28.4% |
Cardiovascular technologists | 25.5% |
Registered Nurses | 25.2% |
Surgical technologists | 24.6% |
Respiratory therapists | 23.4% |
Paramedics and EMTs | 22.3% |
Pharmacists | 22.2% |
Food servers | 20.0% |
Ultrasound technologists | 19.2% |
Medical billing and coding | 18.6% |
Nurse assistants | 18.3% |
Management | 18.2% |
Physicians and surgeons | 17.1% |
X-ray technologists | 15.4% |
Administrative support | 14.4% |
Clinical lab technicians | 14.3% |
Licensed practical nurses | 13.4% |
Medical transcriptionists | 10.5% |
Dentists | 7.5% |