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Healthcare Jobs Will See Fastest Growth Through 2018

Jobs in healthcare are apart of the top fastest-growing jobs by 2018.

Newly released job numbers from the White House showed that despite a recovering stock market, there is still a long way to go for the economy to fully recover. Only 18,000 private sector jobs were created in June, causing the unemployment rate to rise to 9.2%.

With the job market is in turmoil, the BLS Occupational Employment Statistics and Division of Occupational Outlook estimates that half of the twenty fastest growing occupations in the economy are related to healthcare. The healthcare industry is experiencing rapid growth due to the aging of the baby-boom generation.  

Here is a look at the top 20 fastest growing occupations through 2018.

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Occupations:

  • Biomedical engineers - 11.6 thousand jobs will be added, $ 77,400 medium salary, Bachelor's degree education requirement
  • Network systems and data communications analysts - 155.8 thousand jobs will be added, $71,100 medium salary, Bachelors Degree education requirement 
  • Home health aides -460.9 thousand jobs will be added, $20,460 medium salary, Short-term-on-the-job training
  • Personal and home care aides - 375.8 thousand jobs will be added, $19,180, Short-term on-the-job training
  • Financial examiners - 11.1 thousand jobs to be added, $70,930 medium salary, Bachelor's degree education requirement
  • Medical scientists, except epidemiologists - 44.2 thousand jobs will be added, $72,590, medium salary, Doctoral degree education requirement.
  • Physician assistants - 29.2 thousand jobs to be added, $81,230 medium salary, Master's degree education requirement 
  • Skin care specialist - 14.7 thousand jobs to be added, $28,730 medium salary, Postsecondary vocational award
  • Biochemists and biophysicists- 8.7 thousand jobs to be added, $82,840 medium salary, Doctoral degree
  • Athletic trainers -6.0 thousand jobs to be added, $39,640 medium salary, Bachelor's degree
  • Physical therapist aides - 16.7 thousand jobs to be added, $23,760 medium salary, Short-term on-the-job training
  • Dental hygienists -62.9 thousand jobs to be added, $66,570 medium salary, Associate degree
  • Veterinary technologists and technicians - 28.5 thousand jobs to be added, $28,900 medium salary, Associate degree
  • Dental assistants - 105.6 thousand jobs to be added, $32,380 medium salary, Moderate-term on-the-job training
  • Computer software engineers, applications -175.1 thousand jobs to be added, $85,430 medium salary, Bachelor's degree
  • Medical assistants - 163.9 thousand jobs to be added, $28,300, Moderate-term on-the-job training
  • Physical therapist assistants -21.2 thousand jobs to be added, $46,140, Associate degree
  • Veterinarians - 19.7 thousand jobs to be added, $79,050 medium salary, First professional degree
  • Self-enrichment education teachers, 81.3 thousand jobs to be added, $35,720 medium salary, Work experience in a related occupation
  • Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation -80.8 thousand jobs to be added, $48,890, Long-term on-the-job training

*Source: BLS Occupational Employment Statistics and Division of Occupational Outlook.

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