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:
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Registered
nurses
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Postsecondary
teachers
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Retail
salespersons
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Customer
service representatives
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Combined
food preparation and serving workers, including fast food
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Cashiers,
except gaming
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Janitors
and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners
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General
and operations managers
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Waiters
and waitresses
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Nursing
aides, orderlies, and attendants
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Truck
drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer
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Receptionists
and information clerks
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Security
guards
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Office
clerks, general
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Teacher
assistants
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Sales
representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific
products
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Home
health aides
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Personal
and home care aides
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Truck
drivers, light or delivery services
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Landscaping
and groundskeeping workers
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Elementary
school teachers, except special education
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Medical
assistants
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Maintenance
and repair workers, general
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Accountants
and auditors
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Computer
systems analysts
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Secondary
school teachers, except special and vocational education
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Computer
software engineers, applications
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Management
analysts
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Food
preparation workers
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First-line
supervisors/managers of retail sales workers
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