Jobs With the Most Openings Each Year
Answer
Fast Food and Counter Workers (827,400), Home Health and Personal Care Aides (760,500), Cashiers (521,300) top this list. Openings include new jobs plus the replacement of workers who retire or move to other occupations, so large, high-turnover jobs lead even when they are not growing. Many of these openings are entry-level and part-time.
How this ranking works
Includes: All occupations in the BLS projections. Ranked by: Average annual occupational openings, 2025-35 (growth plus replacement of workers who leave). 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 | Fast Food and Counter Workers | 827,400 | +5.8% | $31,200 | 3,854,050 | No formal educational credential |
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| 2 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 760,500 | +18.1% | $35,800 | 4,305,810 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 3 | Cashiers | 521,300 | −6.5% | $32,880 | 3,089,410 | No formal educational credential |
| 4 | Retail Salespersons | 520,600 | −0.3% | $35,410 | 3,897,860 | No formal educational credential |
| 5 | Stockers and Order Fillers | 430,700 | +8.9% | $37,330 | 2,833,810 | No formal educational credential |
| 6 | Waiters and Waitresses | 423,100 | +2.0% | $35,230 | 2,270,910 | No formal educational credential |
| 7 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 340,500 | +1.8% | $40,240 | 2,950,280 | No formal educational credential |
| 8 | Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 321,800 | +2.2% | $36,840 | 2,209,760 | No formal educational credential |
| 9 | Customer Service Representatives | 289,500 | −5.3% | $44,770 | 2,595,750 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 10 | General and Operations Managers | 285,000 | +5.0% | $105,770 | 3,503,020 | Bachelor's degree |
| 11 | Office Clerks, General | 249,000 | −6.0% | $45,010 | 2,464,940 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 12 | Cooks, Restaurant | 218,600 | +12.1% | $37,390 | 1,409,890 | No formal educational credential |
| 13 | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 214,500 | +3.8% | $58,640 | 2,062,040 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| 14 | Nursing Assistants | 196,200 | +2.6% | $42,260 | 1,448,910 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| 15 | Registered Nurses | 180,800 | +5.6% | $97,550 | 3,379,720 | Bachelor's degree |
| 16 | Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary | 176,200 | −0.3% | $36,780 | 1,420,350 | Some college, no degree |
| 17 | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 175,500 | +0.6% | $35,510 | 860,670 | No formal educational credential |
| 18 | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 171,500 | +5.4% | $44,080 | 1,223,240 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 19 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 163,900 | −6.0% | $47,540 | 1,706,790 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 20 | Security Guards | 156,000 | +0.9% | $38,020 | 1,283,470 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 21 | Childcare Workers | 150,300 | −2.0% | $34,980 | 518,910 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 22 | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 149,500 | +4.7% | $39,150 | 952,640 | No formal educational credential |
| 23 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | 148,700 | +4.2% | $49,590 | 1,529,700 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 24 | Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks | 144,100 | −5.6% | $50,670 | 1,373,680 | Some college, no degree |
| 25 | Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators | 138,700 | +1.1% | $44,650 | 1,405,030 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 26 | Food Preparation Workers | 135,700 | −3.0% | $35,320 | 893,600 | No formal educational credential |
| 27 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 127,400 | +0.1% | $69,500 | 1,436,680 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 28 | Bartenders | 121,200 | +5.0% | $34,340 | 756,390 | No formal educational credential |
| 29 | Construction Laborers | 120,000 | +7.3% | $47,120 | 1,096,780 | No formal educational credential |
| 30 | Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 115,700 | +2.7% | $69,990 | 1,256,010 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 31 | Accountants and Auditors | 115,300 | +5.0% | $83,680 | 1,449,500 | Bachelor's degree |
| 32 | First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | 113,500 | −3.7% | $48,520 | 1,121,800 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 33 | Medical Assistants | 109,700 | +12.9% | $45,690 | 817,870 | Postsecondary nondegree award |
| 34 | Light Truck Drivers | 107,200 | +6.3% | $44,860 | 983,300 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 35 | Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | 107,100 | +3.4% | $31,200 | 432,690 | No formal educational credential |
| 36 | Receptionists and Information Clerks | 105,100 | −1.7% | $38,010 | 910,180 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 37 | Amusement and Recreation Attendants | 100,400 | +3.7% | $32,150 | 397,830 | No formal educational credential |
| 38 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 99,800 | −0.9% | $72,080 | 1,238,190 | High school diploma or equivalent |
| 39 | Software Developers | 95,300 | +10.2% | $135,980 | 1,687,890 | Bachelor's degree |
| 40 | Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | 95,300 | +5.3% | $33,980 | 542,750 | No formal educational credential |
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.