1

Biomedical engineers

16,100 

27,600 

72% 

Bachelor's degree 

2

Network systems and data communications analysts

292,000 

447,800 

53% 

Bachelor's degree 

3

Home health aides

921,700 

1,382,600 

50% 

Short-term on-the-job training 

4

Personal and home care aides

817,200 

1,193,000 

46% 

Short-term on-the-job training 

5

Financial examiners

27,000 

38,100 

41% 

Bachelor's degree 

6

Medical scientists, except epidemiologists

109,400 

153,600 

40% 

Doctoral degree 

7

Physician assistants

74,800 

103,900 

39% 

Master's degree 

8

Skin care specialists

38,800 

53,500 

38% 

Postsecondary vocational award 

9

Biochemists and biophysicists

23,200 

31,900 

37% 

Doctoral degree 

10

Athletic trainers

16,400 

22,400 

37% 

Bachelor's degree 

1

Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders

16,000 

8,800 

-45% 

Moderate-term on-the-job training 

2

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders

34,900 

20,700 

-41% 

Moderate-term on-the-job training 

3

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders

29,200 

17,700 

-39% 

Long-term on-the-job training 

4

Shoe machine operators and tenders

4,800 

3,100 

-35% 

Moderate-term on-the-job training 

5

Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers

14,100 

9,300 

-34% 

Moderate-term on-the-job training 

6

Sewing machine operators

212,400 

140,900 

-34% 

Moderate-term on-the-job training 

7

Semiconductor processors

31,600 

21,600 

-32% 

Postsecondary vocational award 

8

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

19,400 

13,400 

-31% 

Moderate-term on-the-job training 

9

Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators

179,900 

125,300 

-30% 

Short-term on-the-job training 

10

Fabric menders, except garment

1,100 

800 

-30% 

Moderate-term on-

1

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

1,008,900 

1,844,100 

83% 

2

Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities

584,700 

1,016,100 

74% 

3

Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists

251,300 

392,100 

56% 

4

Data processing, hosting, and related services

261,600 

399,400 

53% 

5

Home health care services

958,000 

1,399,400 

46% 

6

Specialized design services

143,100 

208,700 

46% 

7

Computer systems design and related services

1,450,300 

2,106,700 

45% 

8

Offices of mental health practitioners (except physicians)

59,100 

84,400 

43% 

9

Other general merchandise stores

1,490,100 

2,096,800 

41% 

10

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

218,500 

305,500 

40% 

1

Cut and sew apparel manufacturing

155,200 

66,700 

-57% 

2

Apparel knitting mills

26,200 

12,500 

-52% 

3

Textile and fabric finishing and fabric coating mills

48,300 

23,500 

-51% 

4

Fabric mills

65,400 

35,000 

-46% 

5

Audio and video equipment manufacturing

27,000 

14,600 

-46% 

6

Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing

17,000 

9,200 

-46% 

7

Fiber, yarn, and thread mills

37,400 

20,700 

-45% 

8

Textile furnishings mills

75,400 

41,900 

-44% 

9

Railroad rolling stock manufacturing

28,400 

17,500 

-38% 

10

Footwear manufacturing

15,800 

10,000 

-37%