                     WHAT  CAREERS  WILL  GROW?

Nearly 70% of all workers work in one of the following 240 career
groups.  The list is grouped by career types and provides figures on
percentage of job increases and the increase in the number of jobs
over the next 18 years.

The Department of Labor: Occupational Outlook Book provides complete
descriptions on each of these job groups.


                                   % Increase    Increase
ARTISTIC
Actors, directors, producers            34       24,000
Dancers and choreographers              31        4,300
Designers                               32       84,000
Musicians                               23       42,000
Photographers and camera operators      33       37,000
Radio and TV announcers & newscasters   24       15,000
Reporters and correspondents            18       13,000
Visual artists                          34       59,000


CLERICAL
Bank tellers                            13       71,000
Bookkeepers and accounting clerks        4       92,000
Clerical supervisors and managers       21      205,000
Computer and peripheral operators       48      148,000
Computer programmers                    70      335,000
Data entry keyers                      -16      -66,000
File clerks                             13       32,000
Office clerks                           20      462,000
Insurance claims & policy occupations   11       42,000
Postal clerks and mail carriers          6       40,000
Receptionists and information clerks    41      282,000
Reservation agents & travel clerks      20       24,000
Secretaries                             13      424,000
Statistical clerks                     -26      -19,000
Stenographers                          -28      -50,000
Stock clerks                            11      202,000
Shipping and receiving clerks            7       38,000
Typists and word processors            -14     -140,000


INVESTIGATIVE
Actuaries                               48        4,500
Aerospace engineers                     11        5,800
Agricultural scientists                 22        6,300
Architects                              30       25,000
Biological scientists                   23       14,000
Chemical engineers                      16        8,100
Chemists                                11        9,800
Civil engineers                         25       50,000
Computer systems analysts               76      251,000
Dentists                                30       45,000
Electrical and electronics engineers    48      192,000
Foresters and conservationists          10        2,300
Geologists and geophysicists            13        5,800
Industrial engineers                    30       35,000
Landscape architects                    38        7,000
Mathematicians                          24        4,800
Mechanical engineers                    33       76,000
Metallurgical, ceramic engineers        25        4,500
Meteorologists                          29        1,600
Mining engineers                         0            0
Nuclear engineers                        0            0
Operations research analysts            54       21,000
Optometrists                            49       18,000
Petroleum engineers                      8        1,700
Physicians                              38      188,000
Physicists and astronomers              17        3,700
Podiatrists                             77       10,000
Statisticians                           24        4,400
Surveyors                               20       19,000
Veterinarians                           46       17,000


OPERATION
Aircraft pilots                         29       22,000
Bus drivers                             16       77,000
Material moving equipment operators     -9      -93,000
Truck drivers                           21      505,000


MANAGEMENT
Accounting and auditors                 40      376,000
Cost estimators                         20       31,000
Education administrators                13       37,000
Employment interviewers                 71       54,000
Financial managers                      24      154,000
General managers and top executives     24      582,000
Health service managers                 56      153,000
Hotel managers and assistants           50       39,000
Inspectors and Compliance officers      13       17,000
Management analysts and consultants     31       40,000
Marketing, advertising, and PR          32      105,000
Personnel, training, labor relations    24       91,000
Property and real estate managers       39       50,000
Purchasing agents and managers           8       35,000
Restaurant and food service managers    28      133,000
Underwriters                            34       34,000
Wholesale and retail buyers              9       17,000


MECHANICAL
Aircraft mechanic/engine specialists    20       22,000              
Air traffic controller                   8        2,100
Apparel workers                         -9      -97,000              
Automotive body repairs                 12       25,000
Automotive mechanics                     8       60,000              
Bindery workers                         22       18,000
Blue-collar worker supervisors           8      144,000              
Boilermakers                             5        1,600
Bricklayers and stonemasons             16       26,000              
Broadcast technicians                   20        5,400
Butchers and meatcutters                 4       11,000              
Carpenters                              18      182,000
Carpet layers                           26       17,000              
Cement masons and terrazzo workers      21       24,000
Communications equipment mechanics     -21      -23,000              
Compositors and typesetters              9        8,300
Computer service technicians            80       56,000
Construction and building inspectors    11       15,400
Clinical laboratory technicians         24       57,000
Dental hygienists                       63       54,000
Dental laboratory technicians           39       18,000
Diesel mechanics                        24       63,000
Drafters                                 2        5,500
Drywall workers and lathers             24       37,000
EEG technologists & technicians         42        2,500
EKG technicians                         16        2,900
Electric power operators/dispatchers    11        4,900
Electricians                            16       89,000
Electronic equipment repairers          28       23,000
Emergency medical technicians           15        9,800
Engineering technicians                 35      245,000
Elevator installers and repairers       22        3,400
Farm equipment mechanics                 4        1,900
Farm operators and managers            -21     -285,000
General maintenance mechanics           22      232,000
Glazers                                 19        9,100
Heating and AC mechanics                22       50,000
Home appliance/power tool repairers     10        7,700
Home entertainment equipment repairers  20        9,900
Industrial machinery repairers           6       26,000
Inspectors, testers and graders          0            0
Insulation workers                      22       13,000
Jewelers                                22        8,100
Legal assistants                       104       64,000
Library technicians                     13        6,600
Licensed practical nurses               38      238,000
Line installers and cable splicers       0            0
Lithographic & photoengravers           25       19,000
Machinists                              -1       -5,500
Medical recording technicians           75       30,000
Metal/plastic machine operators         -5      -60,000
Millwrights                              8        7,200
Mobile heavy equipment mechanics        24       25,000
Motorcycle, boat & small engine mech.   21       10,000
Musical instrument repairers & tuners    7          600
Nuclear medical technologists           23        2,200
Numerical machine-tool operators         7        3,700
Office machine/cash register servicers  40       22,000
Ophthalmic process workers              29       16,000
Painters and paperhangers               22       90,000
Painting & coating machine operators     1        1,400
Photographic process workers            29       16,000
Plasterers                              12        3,300
Plumbers and pipefitters                17       69,000
Precision assemblers                    -1       -2,700
Printing press operators                18       40,000
Radiological technologists              65       75,000
Roofers                                 28       39,000
Roustabouts                             -7       -4,200
Science technicians                     15       35,000
Sheet-metal workers                     22       20,000
Shoe leatherworkers and repairers      -17       -5,900
Stationary engineers                     5        8,300
Structural metal workers                20       17,000
Surgical technicians                    33       12,000
Telephone installers and repairers     -32      -18,000
Timber cutting and logging              -7       -6,900
Tilesetters                             25        7,800
Tool programmers, numerical controlers  15        1,300
Vending machine service/repairers       12        3,100
Upholsters                              10        7,600
Water/wastewater plant operators        15       11,000
Welders, welding machine operators       1        4,600
Wood working occupations                12       42,000


PERSUASIVE
Cashiers                                27      575,000
Counter and rental clerks               34       60,000
Insurance sales workers                 22      102,000
Manufacturers' sales workers             3       18,000
Public relations specialists            40       35,000
Real estate agents and brokers          44      166,000
Retail sales workers                    32    1,345,000
Securities/financial sales rep.         42       82,000
Sales/service representatives           56      237,000
Travel agents                           46       49,000
Wholesale trade sales workers           33      405,000
Writers and editors                     34       73,000


SOCIAL
Adult and vocational teachers           19       82,000
Archivists and curators                 22        1,800
Barbers                                  1          800
Chefs, cooks, and kitchen workers       34      864,000
Childcare workers                       20      118,000
College and university faculty          -4      -32,000
Construction trade helpers              13       68,000
Correction officers                     34       60,000
Cosmetologists and related workers      18      107,000
Counselors                              21       25,000
Dental assistants                       57       88,000
Dietitians and nutritionists            34       14,000
Dispensing opticians                    46       23,000
Economists                              34       13,000
Food and beverage service workers       39    1,628,000
Firefighting occupations                17       47,000
Flight attendants                       32       26,000
Guards                                  48      383,000
Homemaker-home health aides             71      139,000
Human service workers                   38       34,000
Janitors and cleaners                   23      604,000
Kindergarten and elementary teachers    20      299,000
Lawyers                                 36      191,000
Librarians                              13       18,000
Medical assistants                      90      119,000
Nursing aides and psychiatric aides     33      437,000
Occupational therapists                 52       15,000
Pharmacists                             24       36,000
Physician assistants                    57       15,000
Physical therapists                     87       53,000
Police, detectives, & special agents    18       87,000
Private household workers               -3      -26,000
Psychologists                           34       37,000
Recreational therapists                 49       14,000
Registered nurses                       44      612,000
Respiratory therapists                  34       19,000
Secondary school teachers               13      152,000
Social workers                          33      120,000
Speech pathologists/audiologists        34       15,000
Teachers aides                          19      125,000
Telephone operators                     11       38,000
Urban and regional planners             19        4,000



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