- Full name
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections
- Published by
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Edition in EduInsights
- 2024–34
- Current availability
- Used in the current EduInsights data release.
Why it matters
Why we use BLS Employment Projections
These forecasts help us understand which jobs may grow, shrink, or need more workers over the next decade.
How many jobs BLS expects
You get an employment estimate for the first year and another for the final year.
Growth and openings
Growth is the change in total jobs. Openings also count workers who retire or move to another career.
How people usually enter the field
BLS lists the education, experience, and training people usually need when they start.
Good to know
What to keep in mind
- A slow-growing job can still have many openings
- Retirements and career changes create openings even when the total number of jobs barely moves.
- Typical education is not a hiring rule
- Employers can ask for something different. People doing the same job may have different backgrounds.
On its own
Questions this source can answer by itself
These questions need no facts from another source.
- Which jobs are projected to grow?
- Which jobs may have the most annual openings?
- What education does BLS list for a job?
With other sources
Questions this source helps answer
We use another source only when it describes the same college, field, career, place, or time.
- Which careers related to a field have stronger national outlooks?
- How does observed AI use compare with projected employment change?
Where it stops
What this source cannot tell you
- National projections do not describe one state or city.
- A projection is not a promise about future hiring.
- The source does not identify changes caused by AI.
Use this source in a real question.
Ask about a college, field, career, place, or change over time.
