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Nurse category to add most jobs

December 10, 2009
Staffing Industry Analysts North American Daily News

The registered nurse occupation will add the most jobs, 582,000, of any U.S. occupation between 2008 and 2018, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Home health aides will add the second most, 461,000; and the occupation of customer service representative will add the third most at 400,000.

The farmers and ranchers occupation will see the largest decline, down 79,000 jobs, from 2008 to 2018.

Total employment will rise by 15.3 million jobs, or 10.1%, between 2008 and 2018 to 140.6 million.