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Article: Occupational employment projections to 2008.(Statistical Data Included)
- Article from:
- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 1999
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Occupations requiring an associate degree or more education, which accounted for one-fourth of all jobs in 1998, will account for 40 percent of total job growth from 1998 to 2008
Total employment is projected to increase by 20.3 million jobs over the 1998.-2008 period, rising from 140.5 million to 160.8 million, according to the latest projections of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. (See box on page 4 in the article by Charles Bowman.) The projected 14.4-percent change in employment is less than the 17.1-percent increase attained during the previous 10-year period, 1988-98, when the economy added 20.5 million jobs.(1)
The economy will continue generating ...