On January 9, 2014, Eric Morath writes in the Real Time Economics section of the Wall Street Journal:
Elder care and other low-wage jobs will be among the fastest growing career fields over the next decade. Postal carriers and journalists might have a harder time finding work.
- Associated Press
Personal-care aide will be the fastest growing job from 2012 to 2022, among categories with more than 25,000 positions, the Labor Department said in a new report. The field will grow by nearly 50% to 1.8 million jobs.
Personal-care aides help clients “with self-care and everyday tasks, and provide companionship,” the newly released Occupational Outlook Handbook said. The job requires no formal education, but most aides have a high school diploma. Workers in the field earned an average annual income of $19,910. “As the baby-boom population ages, there will be an increase in the number of clients requiring assistance,” the handbook said.
The most job openings, due to both growth in the sector and employee turnover, will come for workers in retail sales and food and beverage service. Average income in those fields is less than $20,000 per year.
Postal and media sectors are likely to shed jobs in the next decade.
Employment among U.S. Postal Service workers is expected to decline 28%. Reporter and correspondent jobs will contract nearly 14%.
Here’s a sortable table of the career fields that will grow and shrink in the next decade. All levels in thousands:
