In 2034, there may be about 740 thousand in the USA. More health and personal carers than in 2024, which is a huge jump compared to other professions.
The work statistics office has published new employment forecasts, emphasizing how industry and competitions can change over the next decade. In general, it predicts that employment will increase by 5 million in 2024–2034, and in 13 professions The increase in the number of jobs exceeds 100,000.
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In the top 15 there were several positions in healthcare. There are also Programmers or restaurant chefs. There are also several managerial positions.
Forecasts of the American Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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*Nurses appear twice in the list; explanation at the end of the text
Cory Stahle, economist from Indeed Hering Lab, He is not surprised by the mixture of competitions, which according to forecasts are to grow the most due to demographic, technological trends and changes in the working strength.
“Work in gastronomy is everywhere,” says Stahle. – Healthcare competitions will probably develop as the population ages, and developers should grow in connection with the growing interest in AI technologies – he adds.
The Office of Labor Statistics said that There will be many new employment opportunities for guardians due to the transfer of long -term care services from nursing homes and similar facilities to the home and social environment.
These professions differ significantly in terms of remuneration. For example, programmers last year could count on an annual median of $ 133,080. Meanwhile, the median annual salary of health and personal carers in 2024 was 34 thousand. $ 900, which is less than a domestic median of 49 thousand. $ 500 Stahle says that employees of fast food, track service and restaurant chefs also usually belong to low -paid professions. These competitions related to gastronomy are expected to increase by over 200,000. Everyone's jobs.
Recent demographic changes may complicate these forecasts. “Although employers may be able to add these jobs in the coming years, they will probably have to face difficulties,” Stahle emphasizes. – A forecast decrease in immigration and supply of labor, in the face of the growing demand for this competition – he explains.
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15 professions, which according to forecasts are to grow the most, also differ in terms of the required education, according to the work statistics office. Several of them do not require formal education, such as warehousemen or completing orders. While qualified nurses usually need a bachelor's degree, and specialist nurses usually have to use a master's degree. Several professions that are to grow the most are managerial positions; Those that were in the top 15 usually require a bachelor's degree.
The above text is a translation with American Business Insider edition
*In Polish there are no direct counterparts for the titles of Registered Nurse (RN) and Nurse Practitioner (e.g.), because the nursing system and nursing rights in Poland differ from that in the USA. For the needs of the text, we adopted the concepts of “qualified” and “specialized” nurses.
RN (Registered Nurse):
Executes doctors or specialist nurses;
Gives medicines, monitors the patient's condition, performs basic medical procedures;
Educates patients and their families;
He cannot diagnose or prescribe medications on his own
E.g. (Nurse Practitioner):
Diagnoses diseases, orders tests, interprets the results;
Can prescribe medication and create treatment plans;
In many US states, it can conduct an independent practice without a doctor's supervision.
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