Career Top 100 Growth Rank Projected Increase (%) Projected Work Force Average Starting Salary Management Analysts 40 43 297,000 $39,000 Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations Managers 63 36 588,000 $41,000 Medical Assistants 10 71 308,000 $18,000 Medical Record Technicians 18 62 123,000 $20,800 Metallurgical, Ceramic, and Materials Engineers 98 28 24,000 $34,000 Nursery Workers 17 62 116,000 $30,000 Occupational Therapists 20 60 64,000 $35,000 Offset Lithographic Press Operators 61 37 108,000 $21,840 Operations Research Analysts 19 61 72,000 $30,000 Painters and Paperhangers 96 29 569,000 $19,500 Paralegals 8 86 176,000 $28,300 Parking Lot Attendants 75 35 85,000 $10,900 Paving, Surfacing, Tamping Operators 29 48 107,000 $29,000 Personal Home Care Aides 3 130 293,000 $14,500 Personnel Training, Labor Relations Specialists and Managers 64 36 241,000 $25,000 Pharmacists 94 29 211,000 $45,000 Pharmacy Technicians and Assistants 41 42 76,000 $20,000 Physical, Corrective Therapy Assistants and Aides 6 93 118,000 $15,600 Physical Therapists 7 88 170,000 $37,000 Physicians 72 35 751,000 $170,600 Physician Assistants 76 34 78,000 $41,000 Podiatrists 58 37 20,000 $100,000 Preschool, Kindergarten Teachers 21 54 669,000 $34,800 Private Detectives and Investigators 12 70 100,000 $20,000 Producers, Directors, Actors, Entertainers 22 54 198,000 $17,600 Property, Real Estate Managers 71 35 328,000 $21,800 Psychiatric and Nursing Aides 34 45 2,006,000 $13,800 Psychologists 28 48 212,000 $40,000 Radiological Technologists and Technicians 16 63 264,000 $28,000 Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters 100 28 37,000 $59,600 Real Estate Appraisers 55 38 63,000 $26,300 Real Estate Clerks 37 44 35,000 $12,000 Recreation Workers 53 38 282,000 $14,900 Recreational Therapists 48 40 42,000 $20,000 Registered Nurses 43 42 2,601,000 $34,400 Religious Workers 90 30 450,983 $30,000 Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents 93 30 171,000 $32,000 Respiratory Therapists 27 48 109,000 $29,000 Secondary School Teachers 56 37 1,724,000 $36,000 Secretaries 5 102 3,710,000 $26,000 Securities and Financial Services Sales Workers 81 33 265,000 $40,300 Social Workers 49 40 676,000 $20,000 Special Education Teachers 9 75 625,000 $34,800 Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists 23 51 110,000 $36,000 Surgical Technologists 42 42 62,000 $21,700 Teacher Aides 38 43 1,266,000 $16,600 Travel Agents 15 66 191,000 $12,000 Veterinarians 80 33 58,000 $27,900 Wood Machinists, Woodworkers 99 28 332,000 $20,000

* Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics   Career Listing A to L