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The future of work is looking pretty bright, at least for nurses and software developers.
Plenty of medical and tech jobs are likely to keep growing in the next several years, and pay handsomely as well.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employment Projections program publishes estimates for job growth across hundreds of occupations. The most recent release compares how many people worked in each occupation in 2016 with the Bureau's projections for 2026.
We combined those job growth projections with 2017 median annual earnings for each occupation from the Bureau's Occupational Employment Statistics program, using the geometric mean of the two numbers, to find roles that are both growing and high-paying.
Since we are focused on high-paying jobs, we restricted our ranking to occupations with 2017 median earnings above the median among all occupations of $37,690.
Here are the 30 best jobs of the next decade or so:
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 19,200
Median annual earnings in 2017: $198,740
Typical educational requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
Mikhail Olykainen/Shutterstock
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 25,700
Median annual earnings in 2017: $151,440
Typical educational requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 75,200
Median annual earnings in 2017: $52,590
Typical educational requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 88,900
Median annual earnings in 2017: $45,030
Typical educational requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 44,800
Median annual earnings in 2017: $91,370
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 39,600
Median annual earnings in 2017: $104,860
Typical educational requirements: Master's degree
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 76,400
Median annual earnings in 2017: $56,970
Typical educational requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
Flickr/US Department of Education
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 76,800
Median annual earnings in 2017: $59,170
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
Mel Evans/AP
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 108,400
Median annual earnings in 2017: $42,480
Typical educational requirements: Postsecondary nondegree award
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 54,400
Median annual earnings in 2017: $88,270
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
AP/Wong Maye-E
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 75,800
Median annual earnings in 2017: $64,070
Typical educational requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
Shutterstock
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 94,900
Median annual earnings in 2017: $52,510
Typical educational requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
Adam Berry/Getty Images
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 47,100
Median annual earnings in 2017: $107,600
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
Ben Sklar/Getty images
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 67,100
Median annual earnings in 2017: $86,850
Typical educational requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
David McNew/Getty Images
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 56,100
Median annual earnings in 2017: $103,880
Typical educational requirements: Master's degree
Rogelio V. Solis/AP
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 60,600
Median annual earnings in 2017: $97,870
Typical educational requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
Flickr / US Department of Education
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 104,100
Median annual earnings in 2017: $57,160
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
Wikimedia Commons/Rick Naystatt
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 44,200
Median annual earnings in 2017: $139,220
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
Shutterstock.com/Monkey Business Images
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 90,300
Median annual earnings in 2017: $70,010
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
Getty Images/Christopher Furlong
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 72,100
Median annual earnings in 2017: $98,350
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
Minerva Studio/Shutterstock
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 65,000
Median annual earnings in 2017: $119,250
Typical educational requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 79,500
Median annual earnings in 2017: $105,610
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
Glassdoor
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 138,300
Median annual earnings in 2017: $63,230
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 42,300
Median annual earnings in 2017: At least $208,000*
Typical educational requirements: Doctoral or professional degree
*The Bureau of Labor Statistics top-codes median earnings data and does not give specific figures for estimates above $208,000.
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 115,200
Median annual earnings in 2017: $82,450
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 139,900
Median annual earnings in 2017: $69,350
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
Spencer Platt/Getty Images
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 108,600
Median annual earnings in 2017: $125,080
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
University of Exeter/Flickr
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 205,200
Median annual earnings in 2017: $100,410
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
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Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 255,400
Median annual earnings in 2017: $101,790
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
Reuters/Mike Wood
Projected new positions between 2016 and 2026: 438,100
Median annual earnings in 2017: $70,000
Typical educational requirements: Bachelor's degree
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