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Projected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 11,100
Median annual wage in May 2021: $59,230
On-the-job training: None
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 11,600
Median annual wage in May 2021: $58,030
On-the-job training: Long-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 12,200
Median annual wage in May 2021: $61,790
On-the-job training: None
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 18,900
Median annual wage in May 2021: $48,040
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 19,300
Median annual wage in May 2021: $48,360
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 20,500
Median annual wage in May 2021: $48,260
On-the-job training: Apprenticeship
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 23,100
Median annual wage in May 2021: $48,340
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 23,600
Median annual wage in May 2021: $50,160
On-the-job training: None
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 12,700
Median annual wage in May 2021: $98,230
On-the-job training: None
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 22,100
Median annual wage in May 2021: $61,640
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 21,500
Median annual wage in May 2021: $64,610
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 19,800
Median annual wage in May 2021: $71,260
On-the-job training: None
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 32,900
Median annual wage in May 2021: $49,840
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 31,000
Median annual wage in May 2021: $54,850
On-the-job training: None
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 32,300
Median annual wage in May 2021: $59,440
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 29,900
Median annual wage in May 2021: $72,010
On-the-job training: None
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 48,900
Median annual wage in May 2021: $61,600
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 50,200
Median annual wage in May 2021: $60,040
On-the-job training: Apprenticeship
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 63,100
Median annual wage in May 2021: $59,840
On-the-job training: Long-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementProjected change in employment from 2021 to 2031: 71,400
Median annual wage in May 2021: $60,550
On-the-job training: Moderate-term on-the-job training
AdvertisementNot every job that pays higher than the median annual wage and is projected to see job growth over the decade requires a college education.
For this ranking, Insider first took the geometric mean of median annual wages and projected employment growth from 2021 to 2031 using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Because we were interested in jobs that pay at least the median annual wage, we excluded jobs that paid less than $45,760 a year, the median wage for all occupations in 2021 per data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Home health and personal care aides, which has a typical education requirement of a high school diploma or equivalent, are projected to grow the most between 2021 and 2031 with over 924,000 new jobs. But this occupation pays $29,430, $16,330 less than the median wage in 2021. Therefore, it's one job that was excluded in our analysis of high-paying, growing jobs.
After putting together our overall list of high-paying, growing jobs, we filtered our list so only occupations that typically need a high school diploma or equivalent for entry were left. We ranked those based on their geometric mean, where a higher geometric means a higher spot on the list.
In addition to median annual wages and projected change in employment, we included above on-the-job training for each occupation. This comes from six categories listed by BLS and can range from no on-the job-training to long-term on-the-job training, the latter taking over 12 months.
