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Top 50 United States Occupations With The Largest Job Growth, 2006-2016
	2006	2016	PERCENT	EMPLOY.
OCCUPATION	EMPLOY.	EMPLOY.	CHANGE	CHANGE
Registered Nurses	2,504,664	3,092,013	23.45	587,349
Retail Salespersons	4,476,942	5,033,766	12.44	556,824
Customer Service Representatives	2,202,271	2,747,432	24.75	545,161
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, incld. Fast Food	2,502,891	2,954,811	18.06	451,919
Office Clerks, General	3,200,245	3,603,802	12.61	403,557
Personal and Home Care Aides	767,257	1,155,795	50.64	388,538
Home Health Aides	787,315	1,170,935	48.73	383,620
Postsecondary Teachers	1,671,829	2,054,077	22.86	382,248
Janitors and Cleaners, except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2,386,570	2,731,507	14.45	344,936
Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants	1,447,233	1,710,876	18.22	263,643
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	2,113,780	2,377,315	12.47	263,535
Waiters and Waitresses	2,360,630	2,615,309	10.79	254,678
Child Care Workers	1,388,168	1,635,947	17.85	247,779
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	1,618,018	1,857,071	14.77	239,053
Computer Software Engineers, Applications	506,751	732,510	44.55	225,759
Accountants and Auditors	1,274,357	1,499,932	17.7	225,575
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	1,220,054	1,441,326	18.14	221,272
Elementary School Teachers, except Special Education	1,540,159	1,749,333	13.58	209,173
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,172,666	1,374,666	17.23	202,000
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer	1,859,848	2,052,860	10.38	193,012
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,469,519	1,655,518	12.66	185,999
Security Guards	1,040,287	1,215,755	16.87	175,467
Carpenters	1,462,071	1,612,072	10.26	150,000
Management Analysts	678,188	826,839	21.92	148,651
Medical Assistants	416,882	564,558	35.42	147,675
Computer Systems Analysts	503,631	649,571	28.98	145,940
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,390,952	1,530,861	10.06	139,908
Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts	261,793	401,626	53.41	139,834
Food Preparation Workers	901,660	1,039,744	15.31	138,084
Teacher Assistants	1,312,222	1,448,763	10.41	136,541
Construction Laborers	1,232,002	1,366,496	10.92	134,494
Social Workers	594,560	726,747	22.23	132,187
Sales Reps., Wholesale & Man. except Tech. & Scientific Products	1,562,254	1,693,014	8.37	130,760
Human Resources, Training, and Labor Relations Specialists	731,533	861,754	17.8	130,221
Preschool Teachers, except Special Education	437,088	551,985	26.29	114,896
Social and Human Service Assistants	338,743	452,618	33.62	113,876
Automotive Service Technicians & Mechanics	772,675	883,131	14.3	110,456
Counter and Rental Clerks	476,623	585,824	22.91	109,200
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	748,605	853,703	14.04	105,098
Recreation and Fitness Workers	554,659	658,330	18.69	103,671
Bill and Account Collectors	434,200	533,636	22.9	99,435
Computer Software Engineers, Systems Software	350,048	448,679	28.18	98,631
Cooks, Restaurant	850,343	948,167	11.5	97,824
First-line Supvrs./Mgrs. of Food Preparation & Serving Workers	817,108	909,458	11.3	92,350
Pharmacy Technicians	285,035	376,364	32.04	91,329
Physicians and Surgeons	633,292	723,470	14.24	90,178
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services	1,051,159	1,139,965	8.45	88,806
Lawyers	760,672	844,195	10.98	83,523
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	309,201	392,536	26.95	83,335
Tellers	607,609	689,400	13.46	81,791
Based on U.S. Department of Labor data.