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Article: Occupational employment projections to 2012: employment in professional and related and in service occupations are expected to increase the fastest and add the most jobs from 2002 to 2012, while office and administrative support occupations should grow about half as fast as the total; production occupations should grow very slowly.(Employment outlook: 2002-12)(statistical data included)
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 2004
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Total employment is projected to increase by 21.3 million jobs over the 2002-12 period, rising to 165.3 million, according to the latest projections of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (1) This increase represents about 600,000 more jobs than were added over the previous 10-year period (1992-2002). The projected 14.8-percent increase, however, is less than the 16.8-percent increase of the previous 10-year period. Self employment is projected to decline 2.3 percent, from 11.5 to 11.2 million.
This article discusses a number of aspects of the projections along with related information:
* changes in the structure of employment at the major occupational ...