The U.S. labor market remained strong in 2022, adding another 263,000 jobs in November. But the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the job market may cool off in years to come, projecting that total employment will grow only 0.5% annually between 2021 and 2031, which is half the growth rate between 2011 and 2021.
Keeping these potential job changes in mind, SmartAsset identified and ranked the fastest-growing jobs for college graduates. We gathered BLS data from 144 professions that typically require a bachelor’s degree and compared them using four specific metrics: percentage change in average earnings from 2020 to 2021, percentage change in employment from 2020 to 2021, projected employment change from 2021 to 2031 and projected percentage change in employment from 2021 to 2031. For details on our data sources…
