BLS Sees Nurse Practitioner Jobs Jump 41% by 2035 as U.S. Employment Adds 5.9 Million
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Updated · Fox Business · Sep 5
BLS Sees Nurse Practitioner Jobs Jump 41% by 2035 as U.S. Employment Adds 5.9 Million
3 articles · Updated · Fox Business · Sep 5
Summary
Nurse practitioners are projected to be the fastest-growing U.S. occupation from 2025 to 2035, with employment rising 41% and adding about 137,800 jobs.
BLS expects total U.S. employment to increase by 5.9 million jobs to 176.2 million over the decade, a 3.5% growth rate that is much slower than the 10.9% pace in 2015-2025.
Healthcare dominates the fastest-growing list as an aging population lifts demand for medical and social services; medical and health services managers are projected to add the most jobs in raw numbers at 155,100.
Energy and tech roles also rank high, with solar photovoltaic installers projected to grow 36.5%, data scientists 34.6%, and wind turbine technicians 29.5% as electricity demand rises.
As generative AI silently erases administrative roles, will displaced office workers find a surprising lifeline in the booming healthcare management sector?
Could AI's massive energy appetite unexpectedly trigger a blue-collar employment boom in the utility sector instead of just replacing digital workers?
With data centers projected to devour massive amounts of US electricity, who will actually pay for the grid upgrades required to sustain them?