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Where the Job Openings Will Be

Projected job openings a year over the next decade, the 20 occupations with the most, thousands

Fast food and counter workers leads at 827
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Current·Data to 2025

Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where a new leader takes first place.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Openings: Employment Projections, the average a year over the ten-year projection, counting new jobs and replacements for workers who retire or change occupation. Women and men: Palanor calculation, openings times each sex's share of the occupation's workers in the Current Population Survey for the projection's base year, so they show who would fill the openings if each occupation hires in today's mix. The CPS has no separate rows for restaurant cooks, heavy truck drivers or security guards; their shares are for all cooks, all truck drivers and guards with gambling surveillance officers.

The jobs employers will be filling most often over the next decade, from the BLS Employment Projections. Most openings replace workers who leave rather than add new jobs, so high-turnover service jobs (fast food, home care, retail) lead the list even where employment is barely growing.

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Projected Annual Job Openings: Fast food and counter workers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Home health and personal care aides (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Cashiers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Retail salespersons (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Stockers and order fillers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Waiters and waitresses (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Laborers and material movers, hand (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Janitors and cleaners (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Customer service representatives (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: General and operations managers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Office clerks, general (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Restaurant cooks (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Nursing assistants (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Registered nurses (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Teaching assistants (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Maids and housekeeping cleaners (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Food service supervisors (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Secretaries and administrative assistants (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

Projected Annual Job Openings: Security guards (U.S.). Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.10 (occupational separations and openings). Public domain.

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