The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the top 30 occupations in employment growth through 2018. There is more detail on the BLS web site. This is a sortable listing using Microsoft Excel. You can copy this listing into Excel.
| Occupation | Employment | Change | ||
| 2008 | 2018 | Number | Percent | |
| (In thousands) | ||||
| Registered nurses | 2,619 | 3,200 | 582 | 22.2 |
| Home health aides | 922 | 1,383 | 461 | 50.0 |
| Customer service representatives | 2,252 | 2,652 | 400 | 17.7 |
| Combined food preparation and | 2,702 | 3,096 | 394 | 14.6 |
| serving workers, including fast food | ||||
| Personal and home care aides | 817 | 1,193 | 376 | 46.0 |
| Retail salespersons | 4,489 | 4,864 | 375 | 8.4 |
| Office clerks, general | 3,024 | 3,383 | 359 | 11.9 |
| Accountants and auditors | 1,291 | 1,570 | 279 | 21.7 |
| Nursing aides, orderlies, and | 1,470 | 1,746 | 276 | 18.8 |
| attendants | ||||
| Postsecondary teachers | 1,699 | 1,956 | 257 | 15.1 |
| Construction laborers | 1,249 | 1,505 | 256 | 20.5 |
| Elementary school teachers, | 1,550 | 1,794 | 244 | 15.8 |
| except special education | ||||
| Truck drivers, heavy and | 1,798 | 2,031 | 233 | 13.0 |
| tractor-trailer | ||||
| Landscaping and groundskeeping | 1,206 | 1,423 | 217 | 18.0 |
| workers | ||||
| Bookkeeping, accounting, | 2,064 | 2,276 | 212 | 10.3 |
| and auditing clerks | ||||
| Executive secretaries and | 1,594 | 1,799 | 204 | 12.8 |
| administrative assistants | ||||
| Management analysts | 747 | 925 | 178 | 23.9 |
| Computer software engineers, | 515 | 690 | 175 | 34.0 |
| applications | ||||
| Receptionists and information clerks | 1,139 | 1,312 | 173 | 15.2 |
| Carpenters | 1,285 | 1,450 | 165 | 12.9 |
| Medical assistants | 484 | 648 | 164 | 33.9 |
| First-line supervisors/managers of | 1,457 | 1,618 | 160 | 11.0 |
| office and administrative support | ||||
| workers | ||||
| Network systems and data | 292 | 448 | 156 | 53.4 |
| communications analysts | ||||
| Licensed practical and licensed | 754 | 909 | 156 | 20.7 |
| vocational nurses | ||||
| Security guards | 1,077 | 1,229 | 153 | 14.2 |
| Waiters and waitresses | 2,382 | 2,533 | 152 | 6.4 |
| Maintenance and repair workers, | 1,361 | 1,509 | 148 | 10.9 |
| general | ||||
| Physicians and surgeons | 661 | 806 | 144 | 21.8 |
| Child care workers | 1,302 | 1,444 | 142 | 10.9 |
| Teacher assistants | 1,313 | 1,448 | 135 | 10.3 |
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