Fastest-Growing Jobs, 2025-2035
Answer
Nurse Practitioners (+41.0%), Solar Photovoltaic Installers (+36.5%) and Data Scientists (+34.6%) top this list. Growth is BLS's projected percent change in employment from 2025 to 2035. Fast growth in a small occupation adds fewer jobs than slow growth in a large one, so check the openings column, which counts new jobs plus replacements for people who leave.
How this ranking works
Includes: Occupations with at least 10,000 jobs in 2025. Ranked by: Projected employment change, 2025-35 (BLS Employment Projections). Data: BLS Employment Projections 2025–35; pay from BLS OEWS, May 2025. Occupations without a published median and the residual “all other” categories are left out. Methodology
| 1 | Nurse Practitioners | +41.0% | 29,400 | $132,300 | 323,040 | Master's degree |
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| 2 | Solar Photovoltaic Installers | +36.5% | 4,200 | $53,140 | 31,350 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 3 | Data Scientists | +34.6% | 24,800 | $120,230 | 262,440 | Bachelor's degree |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | +24.2% | 62,300 | $123,860 | 597,080 | Bachelor's degree |
| 5 | Physical Therapist Assistants | +23.0% | 18,500 | $68,380 | 112,430 | Associate's degree |
| 6 | Psychiatric Technicians | +22.3% | 17,000 | $45,130 | 156,960 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| 7 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | +21.8% | 2,900 | $140,300 | 37,200 | Master's degree |
| 8 | Occupational Therapy Assistants | +21.5% | 8,100 | $72,300 | 51,290 | Associate's degree |
| 9 | Ophthalmic Medical Technicians | +21.4% | 11,800 | $45,570 | 71,010 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| 10 | Physician Assistants | +21.1% | 11,500 | $135,880 | 162,150 | Master's degree |
| 11 | Information Security Analysts | +21.0% | 14,100 | $129,180 | 190,650 | Bachelor's degree |
| 12 | Occupational Health and Safety Technicians | +19.4% | 3,800 | $61,560 | 30,590 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 13 | Hearing Aid Specialists | +19.4% | 900 | $65,160 | 11,270 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 14 | Epidemiologists | +18.7% | 800 | $87,220 | 12,090 | Master's degree |
| 15 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | +18.5% | 17,100 | $90,150 | 140,610 | Bachelor's degree |
| 16 | Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors | +18.4% | 50,500 | $59,350 | 491,930 | Master's degree |
| 17 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | +18.1% | 760,500 | $35,800 | 4,305,810 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 18 | Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | +17.9% | 24,900 | $107,310 | 221,270 | Doctoral or professional degree |
| 19 | Industrial Machinery Mechanics | +17.8% | 44,400 | $64,520 | 439,640 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 20 | Logisticians | +17.6% | 26,600 | $82,320 | 251,040 | Bachelor's degree |
| 21 | Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary | +17.1% | 8,500 | $80,250 | 77,960 | Doctoral or professional degree |
| 22 | Speech-Language Pathologists | +16.6% | 12,500 | $97,870 | 183,390 | Master's degree |
| 23 | Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars | +15.9% | 3,000 | $68,020 | 38,100 | Associate's degree |
| 24 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | +15.8% | 53,500 | $175,140 | 670,570 | Bachelor's degree |
| 25 | Massage Therapists | +15.3% | 20,400 | $58,450 | 98,790 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| 26 | Occupational Therapists | +14.8% | 10,000 | $100,330 | 162,450 | Master's degree |
| 27 | Diagnostic Medical Sonographers | +13.9% | 6,000 | $96,590 | 90,160 | Associate's degree |
| 28 | Marriage and Family Therapists | +13.5% | 6,900 | $66,940 | 66,740 | Master's degree |
| 29 | Forensic Science Technicians | +13.3% | 2,800 | $72,060 | 19,120 | Bachelor's degree |
| 30 | Medical Assistants | +12.9% | 109,700 | $45,690 | 817,870 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| 31 | Community Health Workers | +12.7% | 7,000 | $51,850 | 61,660 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 32 | Athletic Trainers | +12.7% | 2,400 | $62,520 | 30,500 | Master's degree |
| 33 | Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | +12.6% | 10,500 | $103,410 | 172,340 | Doctoral or professional degree |
| 34 | Medical Equipment Repairers | +12.6% | 8,200 | $61,660 | 65,990 | Associate's degree |
| 35 | Industrial Engineers | +12.4% | 23,100 | $102,440 | 365,740 | Bachelor's degree |
| 36 | Biochemists and Biophysicists | +12.3% | 2,900 | $127,410 | 33,830 | Doctoral or professional degree |
| 37 | Cooks, Restaurant | +12.1% | 218,600 | $37,390 | 1,409,890 | No formal educational credential |
| 38 | Animal Caretakers | +12.1% | 62,800 | $35,360 | 266,910 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 39 | Operations Research Analysts | +11.9% | 7,500 | $88,940 | 108,510 | Bachelor's degree |
| 40 | Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians | +11.9% | 1,100 | $82,890 | 11,280 | Associate's degree |
BLS OEWS, May 2025, national cross-industry estimates; projections and typical entry education from BLS Employment Projections 2025–35. Occupation names are the official BLS titles; linked names have a full pay and how-to-become page on this site.