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- whazup911, on 07/05/2008, -4/+106Top 20 Growing Jobs:
20) Personal Financial Advisors
Advise clients on financial plans utilizing knowledge of tax and investment strategies, securities, insurance, pension plans and real estate. Duties include assessing clients' assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status and financial objectives in order to establish investment strategies.
Mean wage: $89,220
No of Jobs 2007: 132,460
No of Jobs 2006: 119,690
Gain: 12,770
% Gain: 10.67%
19) Non-specialist Service Industry Sales Representatives
Non specialist service industry sales representatives.
Mean wage: $57,480
No of Jobs 2007: 556,430
No of Jobs 2006: 501,850
Gain: 54,580
% Gain: 10.88%
18) Non-specialist Transportation Workers
Non-specialist transportation workers.
Mean wage: $34,330
No of Jobs 2007: 46,720
No of Jobs 2006: 42,130
Gain: 4,590
% Gain: 10.89%
17)Home Health Aides
Provide routine, personal healthcare like bathing, dressing or grooming, to elderly, convalescent or disabled persons in the home of patients or in a residential care facility.
Mean wage: $20,850
No of Jobs 2007: 834,580
No of Jobs 2006: 751,480
Gain: 83,100
% Gain: 11.06%
16) Manicurists and Pedicurists
Clean and shape customers' fingernails and toenails. May polish or decorate nails.
Mean wage: $22,020
No of Jobs 2007: 52,730
No of Jobs 2006: 47,450
Gain: 5,280
% Gain: 11.13%
15) Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Conduct research dealing with the understanding of human diseases and the improvement of human health. Engage in clinical investigation or other research, production, technical writing or related activities. Excludes microbiologists and practitioners who provide medical or dental care or dispense drugs.
Mean wage: $74,160
No of Jobs 2007: 87,440
No of Jobs 2006: 78,210
Gain: 9,230
% Gain: 11.8%
14) Multi-media Artists and Animators
Create special effects, animation or other visual images using film, video, computers or other electronic tools and media for use in products or creations like computer games, movies, music videos and commercials.
Mean wage: $61,010
No of Jobs 2007: 29,440
No of Jobs 2006: 26,260
Gain: 3,180
% Gain: 12.11%
13) Financial Specialists, Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous financial specialists that don't fall within the main categories.
Mean wage: $61,760
No of Jobs 2007: 136,570
No of Jobs 2006: 120,790
Gain: 15,780
% Gain: 13.06%
12) Locomotive Engineers
Drive electric, diesel-electric, steam or gas-turbine-electric locomotives to transport passengers or freight. Interpret train orders, electronic or manual signals and railroad rules and regulations.
Mean wage: $63,180
No of Jobs 2007: 41,760
No of Jobs 2006: 36,870
Gain: 4,890
% Gain: 13.26%
11)Producers and Directors
Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video or motion picture productions for entertainment, information or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions like the interpretation of script, choice of guests, set design, sound, special effects and choreography.
Mean wage: $77,070
No of Jobs 2007: 72,390
No of Jobs 2006: 63,840
Gain: 8,550
% Gain: 13.39%
10)Logisticians
Analyze and coordinate the logistical functions of a firm or organization. Responsible for the life cycle of a product, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation and delivery.
Mean wage: $66,240
No of Jobs 2007: 90,340
No of Jobs 2006: 79,570
Gain: 10,770
% Gain: 13.54%
9) Physicians and Surgeons, Miscellaneous
Non-specialist physicians and surgeons.
Mean wage: $155,150
No of Jobs 2007: 237,400
No of Jobs 2006: 208,960
Gain: 28,440
% Gain: 13.61%
8)Assemblers and Fabricators, Miscellaneous
Non-specialist assemblers and fabricators.
Mean wage: $32,700
No of Jobs 2007: 330,940
No of Jobs 2006: 288,370
Gain: 42,570
% Gain: 14.76%
7) Financial Analysts
Conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private institutions.
Mean wage: $81,700
No of Jobs 2007: 228,300
No of Jobs 2006: 196,960
Gain: 31,340
% Gain: 15.91%
6) Non-specialist Education, Training and Library Workers
All non-specialist education, training and library workers.
Mean wage: $36,950
No of Jobs 2007: 98,790
No of Jobs 2006: 84,390
Gain: 14,400
% Gain: 17.06%
5) Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers
Install, program, maintain and repair security and fire alarm wiring and equipment. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. Excludes electricians who do a broad range of electrical wiring.
Mean wage: $37,290
No of Jobs 2007: 60,700
No of Jobs 2006: 51,740
Gain: 8,960
% Gain: 17.32%
4) Counselors, Miscellaneous
All counselors; not substance abuse, educational, family, mental health or rehabilitation counselors.
Mean wage: $40,710
No of Jobs 2007: 28,900
No of Jobs 2006: 24,260
Gain: 4,640
% Gain: 19.13%
3) Service Unit Operators, Oil, Gas and Mining
Set up or operate a variety of drills to remove petroleum products from the earth and to find and remove core samples for testing during oil and gas exploration.
Mean wage: $45,560
No of Jobs 2007: 30,440
No of Jobs 2006: 25,360
Gain: 5,080
% Gain: 20.03%
2) Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging and Systems Assemblers
Assemble, fit, fasten and install parts of airplanes, space vehicles or missiles like tails, wings, rigging and control equipment or heating and ventilating systems.
Mean wage: $44,180
No of Jobs 2007: 34,410
No of Jobs 2006: 27,680
Gain: 6,730
% Gain: 24.31%
1) Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
Assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools. Perform other tasks as needed.
Mean wage: $30,480
No of Jobs 2007: 54,200
No of Jobs 2006: 41,120
Gain: 13,080
% Gain: 31.81%
America's Top 20 Disappearing Jobs:
20) Sewing Machine Operators
Operate or tend sewing machines to join, reinforce, decorate or perform related sewing operations in the manufacture of garment or non-garment products.
Mean wage: $21,080
No of Jobs 2007: 200,340
No of Jobs 2006: 219,080
Loss: -18,740
% Loss: -8.55%
19) Home Appliance Repairers
Repair, adjust or install all types of electric or gas household appliances, such as refrigerators, washers, dryers and ovens.
Mean wage: $35,200
No of Jobs 2007: 39,130
No of Jobs 2006: 42,810
Loss: -3,680
% Loss: -8.60%
18) Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
Construct, assemble or rebuild machines like engines, turbines and similar equipment used in industries like construction, extraction, textiles and paper manufacturing.
Mean wage: $33,260
No of Jobs 2007: 41,100
No of Jobs 2006: 45,120
Loss: -4,020
% Loss: -8.91%
17) Conveyor Operators and Tenders
Control or tend conveyors or conveyor systems that move materials or products to and from stockpiles, processing stations, departments or vehicles. May control speed and routing of materials or products.
Mean wage: $29,020
No of Jobs 2007: 45,580
No of Jobs 2006: 50,080
Loss: -4,500
% Loss: -8.99%
16) Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove or profile metal or plastic work pieces.
Mean wage: $33,100
No of Jobs 2007: 26,430
No of Jobs 2006: 29,040
Loss: -2,610
% Loss: -8.99%
15) Cutters and Trimmers, Hand
Use hand tools or hand-held power tools to cut and trim a variety of manufactured items, such as carpet, fabric, stone, glass or rubber.
Mean wage: $25,480
No of Jobs 2007: 26,180
No of Jobs 2006: 28,790
Loss: -2,610
% Loss: -9.07%
14) Word Processors and Typists
Use word processor/computer or typewriter to type letters, reports, forms or other material from rough draft, corrected copy or voice recording. May perform other clerical duties as assigned. Excludes data enterers, secretaries and administrative assistants, court reporters and medical transcriptionists.
Mean wage: $31,580
No of Jobs 2007: 139,420
No of Jobs 2006: 153,530
Loss: -14,110
% Loss: -9.19%
13) Chemical Plant and System Operators
Control or operate an entire chemical process or system of machines.
Mean wage: $50,950
No of Jobs 2007: 48,030
No of Jobs 2006: 52,970
Loss: -4,940
% Loss: -9.33%
12) Farm workers, Farm and Ranch Animals
Attend to live farm, ranch or aqua-cultural animals. Attend to animals produced for animal products like meat, fur, skins, feathers, eggs, milk and honey. May maintain records on animals, examine animals to detect diseases and injuries, assist in birth deliveries and administer medications, vaccinations or insecticides as appropriate. May clean and maintain animal housing areas.
Mean wage: $21,860
No of Jobs 2007: 43,120
No of Jobs 2006: 47,870
Loss: -4,750
% Loss: -9.92%
11) Compensation and Benefits Managers
Plan, direct or coordinate compensation and benefits activities and staff of an organization. Include job analysis and position description managers.
Mean wage: $88,400
No of Jobs 2007: 41,780
No of Jobs 2006: 46,640
Loss: -4,860
% Loss: -10.42%
10) Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products
Grade, sort or classify unprocessed food and other agricultural products by size, weight, color or condition. Excludes "Agricultural Inspectors."
Mean wage: $19,590
No of Jobs 2007: 40,770
No of Jobs 2006: 45,890
Loss: -5,120
% Loss: -11.16%
9) Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Set up, operate or tend drilling machines to drill, bore, ream, mill or countersink metal or plastic work pieces.
Mean wage: $32,050
No of Jobs 2007: 37,680
No of Jobs 2006: 42,480
Loss: -4,800
% Loss: -11.3%
8) Semiconductor Processors
Perform any or all of the following functions in the manufacture of electronic semiconductors: load semiconductor material into furnace; saw formed ingots into segments; load individual segments into crystal growing chamber and monitor controls; locate crystal axis in ingot using X-ray equipment and saw ingots into wafers; clean, polish and load wafers into equipment used to form circuitry and change conductive properties.
Mean wage: $34,820
No of Jobs 2007: 36,690
No of Jobs 2006: 41,520
Loss: -4,830
% Loss: -11.63%
7) Forest and Conservation Technicians
Compile data pertaining to size, content, condition and other characteristics of forest tracts under direction of foresters; train and lead forest workers in forest propagation, fire prevention and suppression. May assist conservation scientists in managing, improving and protecting rangelands and wildlife habitats and help provide technical assistance regarding the conservation of soil, water and related natural resources.
Mean wage: $35,770
No of Jobs 2007: 26,900
No of Jobs 2006: 30,580
Loss: -3,680
% Loss: -12.03%
6) Tax Examiners, Collectors and Revenue Agents
Determine tax liability or collect taxes from individuals or business firms according to prescribed laws and regulations.
Mean wage: $51,510
No of Jobs 2007: 65,750
No of Jobs 2006: 75,160
Loss: -9,410
% Loss: -12.52%
5) Actors
Play parts in stage, television, radio, video or motion picture productions for entertainment, information or instruction. Interpret serious or comic role by speech, gesture and body movement to entertain or inform audience. May dance and sing.
Mean wage: $49,730
No of Jobs 2007: 44,860
No of Jobs 2006: 51,880
Loss: -7,020
% Loss: -13.53%
4) Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators and Tenders
Set up, operate or tend machines that knit, loop, weave or draw in textiles. Excludes sewing machine operators.
Mean wage: $24,960
No of Jobs 2007: 33,400
No of Jobs 2006: 38,900
Loss: -5,500
% Loss: -14.14%
3) Material Moving Workers, Miscellaneous
Non-specialist material moving workers.
Mean wage: $33,170
No of Jobs 2007: 43,840
No of Jobs 2006: 52,120
Loss: -8,280
% Loss: -15.89%
2) Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, Miscellaneous
Non-specialist health diagnosing and treating practitioners.
Mean wage: $80,980
No of Jobs 2007: 44,350
No of Jobs 2006: 53,270
Loss: -8,920
% Loss: -16.74%
1) Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers, Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous entertainers and performers, sports and related workers not listed separately.
Mean wage: $31,550
No of Jobs 2007: 32,040
No of Jobs 2006: 59,450
Loss: -27,410
% Loss: -46.11% - phogasmic, on 07/06/2008, -0/+54FORBES!!!!!!!! Can't we get this list one one page, if that is too much for you, how about three or four???? At the very least can you stop the slideshow by default and let me decide if I want it to be automatic? Forbes slideshows are a usability nightmare. Advertisers should feel cheated because Forbes is inflating their page views with these slideshows so they can charge more.
Its total waste, I totally have my ad blinders on when I visit Forbes, I am to busy focusing on how to skip they're Pre Roll Ad and then turning off that blasted Slideshow. - elektronjunge, on 07/06/2008, -0/+28Anyone else find it odd that producer/directors up but entertainers and actors are down?
- RBrenner14, on 07/06/2008, -1/+27*****, now my degree in textile knitting and weaving machine knitting is useless! My life is ruined!
- aragolas, on 07/05/2008, -5/+30Counselors - Mean wage: $40,710. 40 grand to sit down and listen to somebody wine about how ***** their life is, then tell them that everything will be OK. Then bend them over and say "I charge $100/hour, thank you very much." Damn, I want that job.
- Marumekomu, on 07/06/2008, -0/+24Thank you.
- RyKSych, on 07/06/2008, -0/+19What the ***** Forbes... Put 20 things on one page, people seem to manage it just fine but you... you can't! I mean I can't believe I clicked through 40 pages but my god, or at least a slide show that doesn't seem to make a new page every time I mean other companies can do it...
- BobMysterioso, on 07/06/2008, -0/+16longest post I've ever seen.
Thanks, that saved me some time. - GJBlizzard, on 07/06/2008, -0/+14I'd like to meet the counselor whose mean wage is 40k and is charging their clients $100.00 an hour. They must pay some crazy taxes.
- davepederson, on 07/06/2008, -0/+11Two words -- reality tv
- mateo60, on 07/06/2008, -0/+10Where is "Cowboy" or "Sad Clown"?
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -1/+10Most of these are shipped away and can be easily done by someone in the third world.
- dakbonsa, on 07/06/2008, -0/+8=======
7) Financial Analysts
No of Jobs 2007: 228,300
No of Jobs 2006: 196,960
Gain: 31,340
% Gain: 15.91%
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As a financial analyst, I can tell you:
No of Jobs 2006: 196,960
No of Jobs 2007: 228,300
No of Jobs 2008: like 150,000
Hope I can still keep my job by the end of this year.... (crosses fingers). My company's fixed income is out and they are cutting investment bank by like 30%. (no more cheap money, no more leveraged financing, no more big buyout deals) - ericjohnson0, on 07/06/2008, -1/+9Hmmm... I don't see 'fluffer' at either end of the list. Business must be pretty stable for that vocation.
- 13tongimp, on 07/06/2008, -0/+7Terrible layout for this story....don't make me jump through hoops just to read the article.
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -0/+6You should watch the movie "falling down"
- cheezintern, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5mmm I want some wine..
- stfucupcake, on 07/06/2008, -0/+5Argon gas + mercury vapor makes yellow (with a phosphorus coating inside the clear glass).
Yep, I'm retraining along those lines but will probably always have my hand in the fires making glass. :) - evilgourmet, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4are those jobs related? or in this economy do you think they are the SAME job?
- Craigistired, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4This is what I don't like about Forbes, they only take results from a very short period of time. Not even a five year period.
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -3/+7Well higher demand = Higher pay.
Plus they're mostly high skilled positions. - inactive, on 07/06/2008, -1/+5Maybe they are producing games and animations and don't need human actors? =p
- BoneStamp, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4I picture you bending a sad face neon sign right now... lit with whatever gas makes it yellow. Hopefully you're embracing LED sign technology and changing with the market. If you like computers, you can be the best LED sign / computer system integration guy in your area and you'll still be able to bend neon when it's the cool retro thing to have.
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4Because there's a finite number of law school positions available, and you don't just randomly become a lawyer on a lark, it takes at least 3 years... the number of lawyers doesn't fluctuate wildly.
- BoneStamp, on 07/06/2008, -0/+4I love how "Film Director" is growing in jobs while "Actor" is falling in demand... sure says a lot about the movies we're making.
- dood, on 07/06/2008, -2/+5They probably work fewer than 40 hours per week.
- bdbr, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3These appear to be the most "growing" or "disappearing" in terms of percentages, not actual numbers. If there are 3,000 jobs being created and 100,000 people wanting those jobs, it won't feel much like growth.
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3That's referring to just random people who call themselves "counselors", it probably includes high school guidance counselors and all kinds of stuff. Psychiatrists and other actually licensed therapists and so on who can prescribe meds are the ones charging $100/hour and they make well over $40k.
- byrdgang, on 07/06/2008, -1/+4I don't know how Forbes stays in business with its unbelievably terrible slideshows. In every Forbes submission, Diggers point this out.
Who is the webmaster who thought of this? This guy should be fired immediately.
I don't even bother with Forbes anymore. The website is like a jungle of ads; you're trying to dodge the ads left and right. - emjaymj, on 07/06/2008, -2/+5Well it's great to know that the world authority on personal problems, 19 year old Dr. Dohko Xar is here to help.
- BoneStamp, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3Ya, computer systems are all about information management and storage. Add a study of disk systems and database systems to your education and you'll never be out of a job... seriously.
- GJBlizzard, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3They would have to work approximately 8 hours a week to make 40k a year while charging $100.00 an hour.
- aywwts4, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3I think those people with FRIENDS, would soon find themselves without many, were they to hoist their marital issues and other things upon said FRIENDS.
- stfucupcake, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3Neon glass tube bending jobs are down as the industry adopts led lighting in it's place.
Sad for me. - digggthat, on 07/06/2008, -1/+4wow..3 finance posts in the top 20 netting on average 70K. thoughts anyone? i thought this was a 50K field with long working hours except maybe for the accountants and actuaries
and ***** forbes slide show - superkendall, on 07/06/2008, -2/+5The very definition of Rocket Scientist implies working around large explosive things, so indeed your job *is* danger!
- Pinkertinkle, on 07/06/2008, -0/+3Sign me up for physician and/or surgeon!
- thomleidner, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2A lot of those people become Directors/Producers so it's kinda net/net
- deathfix, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2I was smart enough to major in riding the train. Joke's on you!
- spoonchucks, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2You are the freakin man.
- davewelsh79, on 07/07/2008, -0/+2Disappearing Job 21: Starbucks Baristas
- AlbinoRaven, on 07/06/2008, -0/+2Probably like any one that runs a consultant like practice they aren't employed 100% of the time.
As an IT contractor I accept that I really only have 241 days in a year to charge (weekdays minus weekends). However I get sick (and my kids too) and need time off (two weeks) for vacation. It usually works out that real billable days are around 210 a year.
Although I'm not sure how limited a counselor is to avoiding an open practice on the weekends. Strikes me that they could be in theory open 7 days a week. But I couldn't imagine listening to grief 7 days a week, 365. I would get that they would go as crazy as their clients after a while. - Obelia, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Things were different in 2006-07, it doesn't mean all these trends will hold steady for 2008 and beyond. The high price of oil may put the brakes on outsourcing all that textile work, perhaps.
- blanketfury, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2I'm a brilliant rocket scientist. Is my job in danger?
- inactive, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1That is why it is important to get an education and a high skilled position.
- BrokenCircle, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1One of the major things this is over looking is despite the fact that jobs such as millwrights, machine setters, die makers are shrinking their need and wages are sky rocketing.
Jobs such as non-skilled fabricators and welders demand are growing but their pay is shrinking.
Skilled Labor jobs are currently shrinking but they follow a pattern, after WW2 skilled workers job market grew massively, job market shrank when LBJ took office, job market exploded again in the 1980s and did well until the 1990s when they started shrinking again after oil costs increased.
Skilled Laborers are most commonly Union or atleast Guild based, typically this means that the labor is shipped in and the employer has pay very high wages, living costs etcetera. With unskilled labor they can be picked locally right out of a high school or community college shop class at a significantly lower costs.This makes your skilled labor more important and their costs higher. - BoneStamp, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Sign on the line.
I want to go back to school for 10 more years ______________________________ . - jackdaniels06, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2What about software engineers, computers programmers, strippers and lap dancers?
- BetterOffEd, on 07/06/2008, -1/+2Exactly... How the ***** are we supposed to interpret that? Is part of it that all of the entertainers/actors jobs are down because they're all being promoted to producers/directors? Maybe its just that independent productions are up, but the people in them aren't necessarily considered *professional* actors? Makes no sense...
- evilgourmet, on 07/06/2008, -0/+1Roustabout? an unskilled worker, or laborer. Nice, we NEED more jobs like this.
Wasn't Elvis in the movie Roustabout?
(sarcasm) -
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