Future Jobs in America

In the US, the impact of recession, that began in December 2007 and reached its prime in the year 2009, resulted in the loss of millions of jobs in several sectors. Due to the slow down in the US economy, still millions are trying to deal with lay offs and lesser salaries. Unemployment problems still plague the US and it is going to be the top agenda of Obama administration. While searching for top careers, you will be surprised to know that medical and health care jobs are always on the top of list. This is certainly owing to the recession proof nature of medical jobs.

Vital Statistics
The principle fact finding organization in the US, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, has come up with research and analysis of trends of future jobs in the US, that have been discussed further. Carefully note down these trends and projections and keep abreast with the development in the respective fields to see if these stats are really encouraging.

• By 2018, 18% decline in employment has been predicted in fields like mining, quarrying, oil and gas extraction.
• Construction industry has bright prospects for the future with a predicted growth rate of 23% by 2018.
• Overall employment in manufacturing industry is predicted to decline by 9%, by 2018.
• Medicine and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries will show a 6% job growth providing nearly 18000 jobs only.
• There will be 1% increase in employment in agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting fields.
• Employment opportunities in the water, sewage, and other systems industries will increase by 13%, by 2018.
• Employment in retail trade is expected to rise at 4% between 2008 to 2018.
• Transportation field is going to increase by nearly 10%. There will an increased demand among truck transportation and ware housing services.
• IT jobs, or the fast growing, computer related works have been expected to grow by 4%, by 2018, adding almost 1,20,000 jobs.
• The telecommunication industry will although add more customers, it will experience decline of 5%.
• Even the publishing industry will experience a downturn by 5%.
• The finance and insurance sector will experience a rise of 5% in jobs between 2008 and 2010.
• Number of people employed in brokerage firms and other insurance related activities will increase by 14% between 2008 and 2018.
• Employment in professional, scientific, and technical services will experience an increase of nearly 34%, adding 2.7 million jobs, by 2018.
• A stupendous growth in computer designing and related services will propel a increase of 45% job in these fields.
• Most of the best jobs in America by 2018 are going to be in management, scientific, and technical consulting services as it is going to grow at a staggering rate of 83%. They also hold promises for being the best paying jobs of the future in America.
• In the educational field, the growth is going to be 12% all through 2018.
• As I said health care field is evergreen, the growth in health care and medical care is expected to be 26%. The growth in family care, nursing and residential fields is going to be 24%. Certainly, various top jobs for the future are going to be in medical field.
• The arts, entertainment, and recreation industry is predicted to increase by 15%, by 2018.
• In the food services sector, the job rise is going to be 7%.
• In the field of personal care services, there is a tremendous growth rate, that has been predicted to be around 15%.
• Government jobs are predicted to grow by 7% between 2008 to 2018.

As we can see, tops jobs for future will certainly be in medical, life sciences, computer, management and technological fields. For choosing top careers for the future you can refer to these statistics. However, remember the flexible nature of economy and also consider various other factors for choosing a career except these details. The US is recovering from the onset of economy in December 2007 and is slowly coming back to track.

Economists have predicted that it will take few more years for the economy to recover completely and as it betters, chances of employment will also become better. These predictions are completely dependent on the pace with which the US economy recovers. For your solace and more information, don't hesitate to visit BLS official website and collect valuable information.