Healthcare

Median annual pay: $120,680
Job growth outlook: 46%
Master’s in nursing
Job description: Nurse practitioner (NP) is one of the fastest-growing healthcare jobs. NPs can act as primary care providers or specialty care providers in doctor’s offices, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. NPs may specialize in a particular type of care, such as geriatrics or pediatrics.
Job duties:
•   Assess patients to determine care needs
•   Determine how to improve or manage patient health
•   Develop strategies for implementing a plan of care
Pros:
•   High earning potential
•   Well above-average job growth
•   Opportunity to specialize
Cons:
•   Potentially a highly stressful job
•   Requires advanced education
•   May require working long shifts

Growth Rate: (2021-31): +28%
Median Pay: $101,340 per year
Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree
Career Overview: Medical and health services managers are responsible for planning, directing and coordinating healthcare providers’ business activities. They usually manage an entire facility, a clinical area or department or a physician group medical practice.
Medical and health service managers wear many hats. Overall, they play a crucial role in ensuring their facilities run smoothly and efficiently. It’s up to these professionals to set departmental goals and objectives and ensure that their staff meets those goals. They also make sure their facilities are up to date with codes and regulations.
These managers recruit and supervise staff, manage facility finances, create work schedules, prepare and monitor budgets and stay in close contact with medical staff and department heads.

Growth Rate: (2021-31): +28%
Median Pay: $121,530 per year
Education Requirements: Master’s degree
Career Overview: Physician assistants support physicians in examining, diagnosing and treating patients in a variety of healthcare settings, including primary care and family medicine, emergency medicine and psychiatry. Some physician assistants make house calls or visit patients in nursing homes.
Under the supervision of a physician, physician assistants are responsible for educating and counseling patients and their families, prescribing medication, assessing and recording a patient’s healing progress and researching various treatments.

Tech

Data Scientists
Growth Rate: (2021-31): +36%
Median Pay: $100,910 per year
Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree
Career Overview: Data scientists extract insights and knowledge from large, complex data sets. They leverage that data to make intelligent, informed decisions to help organizations improve their performance and achieve their goals.
Conducting surveys or scraping the web to collect data is a key component of a data scientist’s job. From there, data scientists clean and classify raw data, using machine learning and data visualization software to demonstrate their findings. It’s paramount that data scientists know how to communicate their findings effectively and in a way that’s accessible to a general audience.

Information Security Analysts
Growth Rate (2021-31): +35%
Median Pay: $102,600 per year
Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity or a related field
Career Overview: Information security analysts are responsible for ensuring the safety and security of an organization’s sensitive information and computer systems. They rigorously monitor networks for security breaches and investigate any attacks that may occur.
Information security analysts use software like firewalls and data encryption programs to safeguard sensitive assets. They are also responsible for documenting metrics and reporting attempted attacks. Information security analysts recommend security enhancements to management or senior IT staff, and they help other employees gain their footing with new security products and procedures.

Cybersecurity analysts are a type of information security analyst. For more information, check out our guides on information security vs. cybersecurity and how to become a cybersecurity analyst.

Web Developers
Growth Rate:  (2021-31): +30%
Median Pay: $77,030 per year
Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree
Career Overview: What is web development? Web development is a multidisciplinary field that involves a combination of technical and creative skills.
Web developers build websites that align with a client’s vision and business goals. These professionals must understand how to write code using programming languages such as HTML or XML. They also create and test website applications, interfaces, and navigation menus, as well as collaborate with designers to determine a website’s layout and functionality.
Some web developers build the entire site; others specialize in building out particular components. For example, back-end web developers create the basic architecture of a site. Front-end developers are responsible for a site’s layout and visual features. For more information, see our guide on how to become a web developer.

2022 employment: 25,80
May 2022 median annual wage: $65,000
Number of new jobs: 1,100
Growth rate: 4 percent (As fast as average)
Education and training: Typical entry-level education: High school diploma or equivalent
Work experience in a related occupation: None
Typical on-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training
What kind of jobs are in media and communication?
Social media manager
Journalist
Video producer
Media content coordinator
Public relations professional
Digital communications strategist
Researcher
Media educator

Trade

Wind Turbine Service Technicians
Growth Rate: (2021-31): +44%
Median Pay: $56,260 per year
Education Requirements: Professional certificate
Career Overview: Also known as wind techs, wind turbine service technicians install, maintain, and repair wind turbines. The bulk of their work centers around maintaining wind turbines that have already been built, though these professionals may occasionally install new turbines when needed.
Wind techs inspect the exterior and physical integrity of wind turbines. They test and troubleshoot electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic components and systems. They’re also responsible for replacing worn or malfunctioning equipment or components, collecting turbine data, and servicing underground transmission systems.
Wind techs must be comfortable working outdoors, in confined spaces, and at significant heights.

Solar Photovoltaic Installers
Growth Rate: (2021-31): +27%
Median Pay: $47,670 per year
Education Requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
Career Overview: Solar photovoltaic installers assemble, install, and maintain photovoltaic (PV) systems that convert sunlight into energy. These systems might be needed in commercial, industrial, or residential settings. Some are installed on rooftops; others sprawl on the ground.
Solar photovoltaic installers plan out PV system configurations based on site conditions and their customers’ needs. Once a PV system is installed, the technicians hook it up to the electrical system and apply weather sealant to the equipment exposed to the elements. PV installers then test the system to ensure everything works properly.
Sometimes, installers connect the PV system to the grid, but in other cases, electricians are called in. Solar photovoltaic installers must be comfortable using a variety of power tools on the job, such as drills, wrenches, saws, and screwdrivers.

Sports

Athletes
2022 Median Pay: $94,270 per year
Typical Entry-Level Education:    No formal educational credential
Work Experience: None
On-the-job Training: Long-term on-the-job training
Job Outlook, 2022-32:    9% (Much faster than average)
Employment Change: 2022-32   1,300
Athletes and sports competitors participate in organized, officiated sporting events to entertain spectators.
Fewer than 2 percent of NCAA student-athletes go on to be professional athletes. Most student-athletes depend on academics to prepare them for life after college. Education is important. There are more than 460,000 NCAA student-athletes, and most of them will go pro in something other than sports.
Work Environment: Athletes and sports competitors may work irregular schedules, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. They typically work more than 40 hours per week for several months during their sports season. They frequently work outside, so they may be exposed to all weather conditions.
How to Become an Athlete or Sports Competitor: No formal educational credential is typically required to become an athlete or sports competitor. Athletes must have athletic talent and an extensive knowledge of their sport. They typically get such knowledge through years of practice and experience at lower levels of competition.
Salary: The median annual wage for athletes and sports competitors was $94,270 in May 2022.
Job Outlook
Employment of athletes and sports competitors is projected to grow 9 percent from 2022 to 2032, much faster than the average for all occupations.
About 1,900 openings for athletes and sports competitors are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.
How many athletes actually make it to the pros?
Fewer than 2 percent of NCAA student-athletes go on to be professional athletes. In reality, most student-athletes depend on academics to prepare them for life after college. Education is important. There are more than 460,000 NCAA student-athletes, and most of them will go pro in something other than sports.

Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials 2022 Median Pay: $36,010 per year.
Typical Entry-Level Education: High school diploma or equivalent
Work Experience in a Related Occupation: None
On-the-job Training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
Number of Jobs, 2022: 20,400
Job Outlook, 2022-32: 10% (Much faster than average)
Employment Change, 2022-32: 2,000
Umpires, referees, and other sports officials preside over competitive athletic or sporting events to help maintain standards of play.
Part-time, seasonal work is common for umpires, referees, and other sports officials. Schedules may vary, and they often work irregular hours including evenings, weekends, and holidays. Officials working outdoors are exposed to all types of weather conditions.
How to Become an Umpire, Referee, or Other Sports Official
Requirements for umpires, referees, and other sports officials typically vary by state and local sports association. Although some positions have no formal education requirements, others may require a high school diploma.
Job Outlook: Employment of umpires, referees, and other sports officials is projected to grow 10 percent from 2022 to 2032, much faster than the average for all occupations.
About 5,000 openings for umpires, referees, and other sports officials are projected each year, on average, over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.

Service

Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers
Demand for is expected to go up, with an expected 48,110 new jobs filled by 2029. This represents an annual increase of 5.59 percent over the next few years.
No formal education is required. Most provide short-term on-the-job training.

What is the average wage of a cook?
As of Oct 10, 2023, the average hourly pay for a Cook in the United States is $15.57 an hour
Duties: Prepare, season, and cook dishes such as soups, meats, vegetables, or desserts in restaurants. May order supplies, keep records and accounts, price or plan menu.
Industries with the highest levels of employment:
Industry                                                            Employment      Hrly Wage        Annual Wage
Restaurants and Other Eating Places          1,114,450           16.10               33,500
Traveler Accommodation                                       62,060           18.93               39,380
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)               38,930           15.50               32,240
Other Amusement and                                           29,330           17.27               35,920
Recreation Industries
Special Food Services                                              22,100           17.99               37,420

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