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There are likely to be a lot more software developers in ten years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' recently released projections for how the US workforce is likely to change over the next decade, we found 30 high-paying jobs that are predicted to see a large amount of employment growth.
- Several medical and tech jobs show up on the list.
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The future is looking pretty good for software developers and nurses.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released projections for how the US workforce is likely to change between 2018 and 2028. One of the tables in the release shows the BLS' estimates for the net increase or decrease in the number of people employed in hundreds of occupational categories over that decade.
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We combined those job growth projections with 2018 median annual earnings for each occupation from the Bureau's Occupational Employment Statistics program, using the geometric mean of the two numbers, to find roles that are both growing and high-paying.
Since we are focused on high-paying jobs, we restricted our ranking to occupations with 2018 median earnings above the median among all occupations of $38,640.
Here are the 30 best jobs of the next decade or so: