The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently published its employment/wage projections for the years 2010-2020. The following table lists the 30 occupations that the BLS believes will have the largest numerical growth in employment over the period.
The table is worth a long look. Among other things it challenges the assertion that more education is the key to a better employment future. More education is, of course, generally a good thing. But given BLS projections, it appears that our corporations have little interest in creating jobs requiring (and thus paying) a more highly educated workforce.
Of the 30 occupations with the largest projected numerical employment growth, 10 require less than a high school education and an additional 13 require only a high school diploma or its equivalent. Only 4 require a bachelor’s degree or higher.
The following table, which comes from the same report, shows the distribution of projected job openings by education level for all occupations: 79.7% of all projected jobs will require less than a bachelor’s degree.
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Jose Rivera — February 23, 2012
Are these facts a reflection of the decline of the USA economy as a world leader and power? Less-developed countries are generally characterized by a workforce with lower level educational profile. The jobs available in such countries are also low-skills jobs. Is this what will happen in the USA?
Anonymous — February 24, 2012
Education might not be the key to a better employment future, but it appears to be key to a better earning future.
Only four of those occupations require a bachelor's degree or higher, but three of those four are among the top five by median annual wage.
Jtomp — February 26, 2012
Martin,
Sorry, but your take on this is fantastically (and hilariously) wrong. Consider Table 6, where you note that "79.7% of all projected jobs will require less than a bachelor’s degree." Presumably, this is meant to constitute further evidence that "our corporations have little interest in creating jobs requiring (and thus paying) a more highly educated workforce." Perhaps, but might it not also result from the fact that, in 2010, 80.1% of all jobs required less than a bachelor's degree? Long story short, by 2020, FEWER jobs will require less than a bachelors degree than was the case in 2010, from 80.1% to 79.6%. In taking a "long look" at tables such as these, it is always important to consider the margins.
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River Hughes — November 22, 2021
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