20 high-paying jobs that are projected to grow a lot over the next decade
High-paying jobs like software developers and nurse practitioners are projected to experience strong employment growth.
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- Newly released job projections capture employment changes from 2025 to 2035.
- Business Insider combined that data with pay data to rank high-paying jobs that may grow a lot.
- Tech, managerial, and healthcare roles made up the top spots.
Registered nurses, data scientists, and accountants and auditors are high-paying roles that are projected to add many jobs over the next decade.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new job projections on Thursday, showing how hundreds of occupations may evolve between 2025 and 2035. Employment of nurse practitioners could boom over that time, while telemarketers and order clerks could shrink.
Business Insider combined the latest projections with median annual wages from the BLS for May 2025 to rank high-paying jobs projected to grow. We considered roles high-paying if they typically pay at least $75,000, and we didn't set a minimum for projected job growth. We excluded catch-all job groups.
We took the geometric mean of the jobs that fit the criteria and then ranked them, with the highest mean ranked at the top.
Here are the top 20, along with their projected job growth, pay, and typical education required.
20. Human resources specialistsXavier Lorenzo/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $75,940
Projected employment growth: 60,100
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
19. Industrial engineersultramansk/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $102,440
Projected employment growth: 45,400
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
18. Physician assistantsMoMo Productions/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $135,880
Projected employment growth: 35,700
Typical education needed: Master's degree
17. Marketing managersMoMo Productions/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $166,790
Projected employment growth: 29,100
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
16. Market research analysts and marketing specialistsIgor Suka/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $78,760
Projected employment growth: 66,300
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
15. Information security analystspixdeluxe/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $129,180
Projected employment growth: 40,600
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
14. Postsecondary health specialties teachersSDI Productions/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $107,310
Projected employment growth: 49,900
Typical education needed: Doctoral or professional degree
13. Construction managersJessie Casson/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $114,990
Projected employment growth: 55,200
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
12. LawyersAnnaStills/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $159,670
Projected employment growth: 40,600
Typical education needed: Doctoral or professional degree
11. Accountants and auditorsLiubomyr Vorona/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $83,680
Projected employment growth: 79,400
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
10. Project management specialistsjacoblund/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $102,320
Projected employment growth: 73,200
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
9. Management analystsBen Pipe Photography/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $101,860
Projected employment growth: 109,200
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
8. Data scientistsKmatta/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $120,230
Projected employment growth: 95,400
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
7. Financial managersNitat Termmee/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $166,570
Projected employment growth: 84,900
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
6. Nurse practitionersThe Good Brigade/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $132,300
Projected employment growth: 137,800
Typical education needed: Master's degree
5. Computer and information systems managersThomas Barwick/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $175,140
Projected employment growth: 108,100
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
4. Registered nursesThomas Barwick/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $97,550
Projected employment growth: 194,700
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
3. General and operations managersMoMo Productions/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $105,770
Projected employment growth: 181,300
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
2. Medical and health services managersHalfpoint Images/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $123,860
Projected employment growth: 155,100
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
1. Software developersMaskot/Getty Images
Annual median pay: $135,980
Projected employment growth: 174,700
Typical education needed: Bachelor's degree
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