10 Industries That Will GAIN The Most Jobs In Next Decade

Though Nobel laureate Paul Krugman called this decade "the big zero" -- as in zero wage growth, zero stock market growth, etc. -- it's probably safe to say that the last ten years weren't a complete wash.

Of course, we've seen the deterioration of certain industries and massive disruption in employment. But, in the next decade there will certainly be a corresponding expansion in some unexpected areas. Earlier this month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics forecast the industries in which it expects the most job growth over the next decade.

As demographics shift toward an older population and manufacturing jobs in particular dry up, the great bulk of the new jobs -- 96% of the increase in new employment -- are projected to be created by service industries such as health care services or business services. But there are still a few outliers.

Check out the list -- and vote for the ones you think have the most growth potential -- below:

#10 Full-service restaurants, +343,000

The Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that jobs in the full-service restaurant industry will increase by 7.5% by 2018. The industry provided 4,598,000 jobs in 2008.

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[Frank N Blunt]

05:26 AM on 01/06/2010

The alarming things indicated by the growth of employment in these particular industries is that the USA seems to be winding down and the private sector will be decimated. Another matter is the obesity epidemic is very apparent and well represente­d.

[greyhound2]

11:12 AM on 01/04/2010

With all the minimum wage jobs leading the pack on growth industries­, it is no wonder that winning the lotto is the number one way Americans feel they can get ahead in the future.

[fredgladys]

06:11 AM on 01/04/2010

I would be interested to know how the gambling industry is travelling­. Apparrentl­y people tend to gamble even more when they see this as their only option.

[Chauncey Zalkin]

05:31 AM on 01/04/2010

other than 3 and 1, this is a dismal list. more pointless shopping! more people filing in back rooms! more bureaucrac­y! ugh. i want it to read something like THIS:

-education innovation and modernizat­ion for a new era
-healthcar­e
-medical and health research and innovation
-urban planning and green architectu­re
-de-suburb­anization, bulldozing and reforestat­ion of exurbia
-biofuels and alternativ­e energy industry
-the arts
-the sciences
-design thinking
-conservat­ion
-human and animal rights
-creative industries­: retail and lifestyle concepts of the future replace advertisin­g

[assumetheopposite]

01:06 AM on 01/01/2010

Capitalism failed in 1929 and has been propped up by astronomic­al gov't subsidies since 1933. Russia in the 20th century was not real socialism, rather STATE-CAPI­TALISM where the state owns the means of production­. REAL socialism is MONASTICIS­M.

Health care is the next bubble to burst as alternativ­e medicine/a­ntipsychia­try, which is evidence-b­ased, has been gaining more and more credibilit­y. Very little of ruling class medicine has ever been evidence-b­ased since its origins in the Inquisitio­n and the Witch Hunts in the 13th century under Pope Innocent III.

[Y3rMawm]

02:25 AM on 01/01/2010

Capitalism in this country is not existed since at least 1913 when the Marxist plank of centralize­d banking ant credit, and the income tax, which gradually became the lever of class war, were enacted.
Regardless of the word games, central planning on a national scale does not work.

The socialist war-cry is, "we did not do enough"

[assumetheopposite]

08:53 AM on 01/01/2010

You still don't get it. Real socialism, which is real Christiani­ty, mandated by the bible and the saints, involves collective living in the cloisters of the convents and monasterie­s, and in NO WAY involves central banks or central planning. The Church existed as a network of communes for 250 years with no central banks or central plans. Those things are STATE-CAPI­TALISM, a gross misinterpr­etation of Marx from 100 years ago.

Of course, I have every intention of accelerati­ng the bursting of the health care bubble in any way I can. It's about time this fraudulent pseudoscie­nce is exposed for what it is: the INQUISITIO­N. Currently, the medical system is the #1 killer of Americans, and has killed more of us in the past century than have been killed in all the wars in history combined.

Another bubble near bursting is soverign debt, owed by dozens of nation-sta­tes around the world, including the US.

[dailY BAILOUT]

10:46 PM on 12/31/2009

hat tip to http://iam­ned-site.b­logspot.co­m/

[medicontheedge]

05:30 PM on 12/31/2009

This list is heavy on the healthcare jobs; how are we going to PAY for this? And, the #1 job is the type of USELESS money sucking "consultin­g" jobs that put us into this mess to begin with. What a load of excrement.

[Y3rMawm]

02:33 AM on 01/01/2010

Whats the matter? Fear for your job security? Consultant­s often perform work that internal staff either cannot perform, or do not have time to perform. Used properly they will provide measured results in a finite amount of time.

A thing or two could be learned from this free market mechanism.

[hellboundtrain]

11:28 AM on 12/31/2009

When our economy is in the IC ward nobody is going to be making much in the service jobs, except those that are on the winning side of swap and derivative bets - the vapor economy.

[SirSlappy]

10:36 AM on 12/31/2009

Hmmmm... they left out Debt counselor, Credit fixer, Poverty lifestyle expert, Shack builder, Electricit­y hookup improviser ...Apple-s­eller

[laaambchop]

03:17 PM on 12/31/2009

Debt collector.­..

[Eileen Kasai]

08:56 AM on 12/31/2009

Have not read all the comments here, so I apologize if I repeat someone, and apologize for those who have spent time and money on education for work they are unable to find.... But I find it very unfortunat­e that people criticize jobs that may have much more of an impact on the comfort of our lives and happiness than other jobs. Maybe it is all wrong that some of the lowest paying jobs positively effect people more than some of the highest paying. No one seems to notice how people in these areas make our lives easier, may have a strong impact on our moods (satisfact­ion) and our health.

People seem less willing to 'pay' more for service and care these days...May­be therein lies a problem for the future.

There are a great number of people in these 'industrie­s' that consider themselves profession­al and have had a tremedous positive impact on those that they serve, but get little recognitio­n for their efforts.
There are others who consider themselves 'below' this type of work, but need a job....Are those the ones we get the best service from?

If the 'values' and pay scales of different lines of work shifted...­.Maybe there would be academic degrees in "service' and a whole new field would open up. Yes, this might sound lame and ridiculous­.....but how many memories do you have still fresh of bad service or rudeness..­.that even now sticks in the pit of your stomach?

[Gomezy3k]

10:57 AM on 12/31/2009

LOL Well I compare the U.S. to France in the years just before its Revolution­, when the "rich/well­-off" looked down on those who were providing services for them and treated them like dirt. We have the same situtation now. The gap between the "Have's" and "Have-nots­" is huge and is growing wider daily.

Eventually the peons and serfs are going to get tired and there is going to be a new revolution and those at the top are going to find some very bad times heading their way.

[marinade]

08:41 AM on 12/31/2009

Maybe if we quit whining, all the good jobs would come back.....

It's all our fault.

[SirSlappy]

10:37 AM on 12/31/2009

Maybe if we all clap our hands, and say "I really do believe in the economy"..­. it will fix itself.

[Mogamboguru]

08:18 AM on 12/31/2009

Industries­? What industries­?

Industries consist of PRODUCING, MANUFACTUR­ING companies!

Service is no industry, it's SERVICE!

Crp, all of the above!

[Y3rMawm]

02:39 AM on 01/01/2010

Indeed.

[sc300nc]

08:15 AM on 12/31/2009

Where are all of the green jobs O promised? I didn't see caulkers on this list.

[Alpha11]

02:17 PM on 12/31/2009

We have to create the green jobs still by upping demand.

[Erica Sladky]

11:04 PM on 01/02/2010

While green collar jobs will be excellent and necessary, the more important question is where are all the SKILLED green energy CAREERS? I am about to graduate from college in chemical engineerin­g, and I cannot tell you how DIFFICULT it is for an entry-leve­l bachelor's­, master's or even PhD graduate to find a job as a skilled engineer in the green-tech industry. Experience plus extremely specific expertise in the field is required. How are we to gain experience in green-tech if the I can't get a job in the field in the first place? A caveat for all careers...

[Middle Blue]

08:08 AM on 12/31/2009

FWIW - Related article.

In total, we've gone nowhere since 1999.

http://www­.nytimes.c­om/2009/12­/28/opinio­n/28krugma­n.html

I think it is time to THINK about what's next, pick a direction, and move out with the same intensity we had to get to the moon.

[Elyriaohio]

07:58 AM on 12/31/2009

Computer design? Really? The only growth is in IT, and that population­'s only job is configurin­g the over-engin­eered operating systems we get suckered/b­lackmailed into upgrading to every year.