25 Hottest Careers for
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| Occupation | Employment (in thousands) | Employment Change, 2008-2018 | 2008 Median annual wages (Dollars) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2018 | Number (in thousands) | Percent | ||
| Clergy | 670.1 | 755.2 | 85.1 | 12.7 | 41,730 |
| Physical therapists | 185.5 | 241.7 | 56.2 | 30.3 | 72,790 |
| Educational, vocational, and school counselors | 275.8 | 314.4 | 38.6 | 14.0 | 51,050 |
| Instructional coordinators | 133.9 | 165.0 | 31.1 | 23.2 | 56,880 |
| Physician assistants | 74.8 | 103.9 | 29.2 | 39.0 | 81,230 |
| Mental health counselors | 113.3 | 140.4 | 27.2 | 24.0 | 36,810 |
| Occupational therapists | 104.5 | 131.3 | 26.8 | 25.6 | 66,780 |
| Mental health and substance abuse social workers | 137.3 | 164.1 | 26.8 | 19.5 | 37,210 |
| Rehabilitation counselors | 129.5 | 154.1 | 24.5 | 19.0 | 30,930 |
| Environmental scientists and specialists, including health | 85.9 | 109.8 | 23.9 | 27.9 | 59,750 |
| Speech-language pathologists | 119.3 | 141.4 | 22.1 | 18.5 | 62,930 |
| Operations research analysts | 63.0 | 76.9 | 13.9 | 22.0 | 69,000 |
| Librarians | 159.9 | 172.4 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 52,530 |
| Social scientists and related workers, all other | 32.8 | 40.1 | 7.4 | 22.4 | 68,720 |
| Urban and regional planners | 38.4 | 45.7 | 7.3 | 19.0 | 59,810 |
| Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers | 33.6 | 39.4 | 5.9 | 17.5 | 79,160 |
| Counselors, all other | 33.4 | 37.8 | 4.4 | 13.1 | 39,930 |
| Marriage and family therapists | 27.3 | 31.3 | 3.9 | 14.5 | 44,590 |
| Statisticians | 22.6 | 25.5 | 2.9 | 13.1 | 72,610 |
| Curators | 11.7 | 14.4 | 2.7 | 23.0 | 47,220 |
| Psychologists, all other | 15.9 | 18.3 | 2.3 | 14.4 | 86,120 |
| Anthropologists and archeologists | 5.8 | 7.4 | 1.6 | 28.1 | 53,910 |
| Hydrologists | 8.1 | 9.6 | 1.5 | 18.3 | 71,450 |
| Mathematical scientists, all other | 6.6 | 7.8 | 1.2 | 17.6 | 54,990 |
| Sociologists | 4.9 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 21.9 | 68,570 |