Buried in a vast government database is a revelation about two dozen careers forecast to grow well in the next decade. Most pay more than $45,000 a year.
Roughly once every ten years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reviews and changes its manual of Standard Occupational Classifications (SOCs), basing those changes on information it receives about emerging and declining jobs. It then assigns emerging jobs a new SOC. To get an SOC, a job must already employ enough workers for the BLS to collect data; these jobs also usually have an outlook for future growth, says BLS assistant commissioner of occupational statistics Dixie Sommers.
In the next few weeks, the full version of the new manual will be released and published on the BLS's Web site. Some introductory information on the new SOCs is already posted there. Here's a sneak peek at some of the best-paying occupations that BLS analysts have identified as likely to see rapid growth in the next decade.
1. Computers: Growing specialization within the information-technology field has brought several new occupations to the BLS's attention, including information security analyst, web developer, and computer network architect.
(IT security consultant, $80,771; web developer, $61,402; IT network administrator, $55,181)
2. Nursing: The healthcare boom has brought forward several expertise areas that are now being tracked as individual jobs, including nurse anesthetist, nurse midwife, and nurse practitioner.
(certified registered nurse anesthetist, $142,800; certified nurse midwife, $91,600; nurse practitioner, $86,400)
3. Healthcare: The BLS identified well-paid new jobs in a wide range of healthcare specialties, including magnetic resonance imaging technologist, which previously hadn't been differentiated from the "radiology technician" classification, Sommers says. The growing sophistication of MRI equipment and the more-advanced images it creates prompted the breakout to a separate category.
(magnetic resonance imaging technologist, $61,650)
Other growing niches in healthcare include community health worker, genetic counselor, and hearing aid specialist. Of this last category, Sommers says, "Just because of the demographics of the aging population, we judged it likely to be growing."
(community health advocate $55,181; genetic counselor, $63,199; hearing instrument specialist, $45,938)
An unusual new niche in this category is exercise physiologist. Sommers says these workers assess patients--including athletes and people who need to improve their fitness--and design programs that will address their needs.
(exercise physiologist, $51,500)
4. Teaching: Growing needs in special education led to the breakout of two specialties within this area, special education teacher-preschool and special education teachers-middle school.
(special education teacher-preschool, $45,500; special education teacher-middle school $47,700)
5. Green Jobs: As the solar and wind energy industries grow--helped by funding from the 2009 federal stimulus bill--an increasing need for solar photovoltaic installers and wind turbine service technicians is expected.
(solar energy system installer, $47,658; wind turbine technician, $49,990)
6. Charitable Fundraising: Explosive growth in the nonprofit sector--which now includes more than 1.5 million organizations, according to the National Center for Charitable Statistics--has brought increasing demand for the fundraisers who bring in money needed to fulfill charities' missions. Previously, fundraisers were lumped into the catchall "sales and related workers" category, Sommers notes.
(fundraiser, $56,163)
7. Transportation Security Screening: Heightened security needs have meant a bigger role for security screeners at airports around the country. Since these people are usually federal employees, Sommers says the BLS should soon have more precise salary information.
(airline security screener, $48,392)
8. Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors: As the giant baby-boom generation reaches the end of life, demand for these jobs is growing. Sommers says the BLS felt it was time to separate out funeral directors, who serve in purely a managerial role, planning funerals and talking with the bereaved. Previously, most funeral-related roles were included in the "mortician" classification, and funeral directors were part of a larger managerial category.
Business writer Carol Tice is a regular contributor to "Entrepreneur," the "Seattle Times," and other major publications.
Source: All salary data is from leading online salary database PayScale.com. The salaries listed are median, annual salaries for full-time workers with 5-8 years of experience and include any bonuses, commissions, or profit sharing.
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