Economy
Where the Good and Bad Jobs Will Be, 10 Years From Now
The places creative, service, and working class jobs will grow the most by 2022.
Home health aides, administrative assistants, and fast food servers: these are some of the occupations that are going to grow the most in the coming years. As the Atlantic’s Derek Thompson explained last month, "just a handful of occupations—personal care aides, registered nurses, nursing assistants, and home health aides (all in health care), along with retail salespeople and food-prep workers—will account for one-in-six new jobs in the next decade."
This analysis comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics's latest ten-year projections, which provide a broad picture of what America’s workers will be doing in the future.