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Article Excerpt
In almost anything you do, you're more likely to succeed if you have a plan. Deciding on a career is no exception.
If you're making a decision about education, training, or a career--or if you are helping someone else who is making such decisions--you need to know what is going on in the labor market. How many jobs are likely to be available in the career you want? How much will those jobs pay? What kind of training will you need?
Projections and related information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) provide the answers to these questions. In a changing economy, these projections help you to glimpse the future--and to plan for it.
This special issue of the Occupational Outlook Quarterly provides a graphic summary of the latest projections, those covering the decade from 2006 to 2016. We also invite readers to examine our detailed profiles of occupations in the 2008-09 Occupational Outlook Handbook and of industries in the 2008-09 Career Guide to Industries. The November 2007 issue of the Monthly Labor Review includes more detailed descriptions of the data, analysis, and methodology that BLS uses in the projections. (For details about these and related publications, see "Other BLS publications describing the 2006-16 projections" on page 39.)
Highlights of the 2006-16 projections
The charts depict trends and major findings in four areas: occupations, industries, the labor force, and the overall economy.
Occupations
* By 2016, the total number of jobs is projected to reach 166 million, reflecting the addition of nearly 16 million new jobs between 2006 and 2016. (See page 8.)
* Among occupational groups, the professional and related occupations group and the services group are expected to increase the fastest and gain the most new jobs. (See page 10.)
* Within the professional and related...
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