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Career Forecast Reports

OCCUPATIONS WITH THE LARGEST JOB GROWTH 2002-2012
*Source: U.S. Dept. of Labor Bureau of Statistics as published in the
February 2004 Monthly Labor Review

The numbers below are in thousands of jobs:

Registered nurses

Postsecondary teachers

Retail salespersons

Customer service representatives

Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food

Cashiers, except gaming

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners

General and operations managers

Waiters and waitresses

Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants

Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer

Receptionists and information clerks

Security guards

Office clerks, general

Teacher assistants

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Home health aides

Personal and home care aides

Truck drivers, light or delivery services

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

Elementary school teachers, except special education

Medical assistants

Maintenance and repair workers, general

Accountants and auditors

Computer systems analysts

Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education

Computer software engineers, applications

Management analysts

Food preparation workers

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers



MORE REPORTS:
Employment by Major Occupational Group
Occupations with the Largest Job Decline, 2002-2012
Employment by Occupation, 2002 and projected 2012