20 of the fastest-growing occupations in the U.S.

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While the U.S. economy has seemingly teetered on the edge of a recession over the last year, there is some good news for workers: job growth hasn’t been completely stunted. 

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of jobs will increase by 8.3 million by 2031. But different occupations — a term for a broad category of jobs that share similar skills, education or training — are bound to grow at different rates. USAFacts, a non-partisan and non-profit organization dedicated to providing data and research on U.S. issues, ranked the top 20 occupations for projected job growth. 

Demand will grow by 45.7%

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Deanna Cuadra
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Deanna Cuadra is a senior reporter at Employee Benefit News. Her work covers healthcare, U.S. policy and reform, challenges faced by women and parents in the workplace and innovation in work culture … Read full bio


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