What professions added the most jobs in Connecticut? In this article we look into this issue from two angles. First we show the top 50 jobs that added the most workers from 2010 to 2014 (Table 1). Secondly we show the top 50 jobs that had the highest growth rate from year 2010 to 2014 (Table 2). The employment and salary information in Connecticut is computed from data published by BLS [1] in May 2015.
Table 1 shows the top 50 jobs that added the most workers from 2010 to 2014. We note that from 2010 to 2014, the total employment in Connecticut increased from 1,598,640 to 1,646,510 with a net gain of 47,870. The profession that added the most jobs in the same period is the profession of personal care aides with 10,510 jobs added. It is followed by the profession of combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food with 10,510 job added.
| Rank | Job Description | Jobs 2010 i |
Jobs 2014 i |
Change # i |
Change % i |
Salary 2014 i |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Occupations | 1,598,640 | 1,646,510 | 47,870 | 2.99% | $40,670 |
| 2 | Personal Care Aides | 9,450 | 19,960 | 10,510 | 111.22% | $21,580 |
| 3 | Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 21,760 | 29,290 | 7,530 | 34.60% | $19,010 |
| 4 | Sales Representatives, Services, All Other | 3,530 | 8,630 | 5,100 | 144.48% | $62,280 |
| 5 | Retail Salespersons | 49,670 | 54,210 | 4,540 | 9.14% | $22,290 |
| 6 | Cooks, Fast Food | 3,930 | 7,400 | 3,470 | 88.30% | $19,090 |
| 7 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | 22,940 | 26,170 | 3,230 | 14.08% | $52,710 |
| 8 | Cooks, Restaurant | 8,020 | 11,020 | 3,000 | 37.41% | $26,920 |
| 9 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* | 3,760 | 6,530 | 2,770 | 73.67% | $60,930 |
| 10 | Office Clerks, General | 27,670 | 30,350 | 2,680 | 9.69% | $31,200 |
| 11 | General and Operations Managers | 29,080 | 31,660 | 2,580 | 8.87% | $120,360 |
| 12 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 29,480 | 31,990 | 2,510 | 8.51% | $37,560 |
| 13 | Bus Drivers, School or Special Client | 7,510 | 10,020 | 2,510 | 33.42% | $28,900 |
| 14 | Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other | 1,830 | 3,850 | 2,020 | 110.38% | $28,790 |
| 15 | Cooks, Short Order | 1,630 | 3,450 | 1,820 | 111.66% | $25,350 |
| 16 | Managers, All Other | 4,260 | 5,920 | 1,660 | 38.97% | $100,130 |
| 17 | Software Developers, Applications | 6,560 | 8,200 | 1,640 | 25.00% | $89,440 |
| 18 | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 11,000 | 12,580 | 1,580 | 14.36% | $42,200 |
| 19 | Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | 2,430 | 3,980 | 1,550 | 63.79% | $ |
| 20 | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 12,420 | 13,640 | 1,220 | 9.82% | $29,210 |
| 21 | Customer Service Representatives | 27,160 | 28,350 | 1,190 | 4.38% | $36,470 |
| 22 | Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | 2,560 | 3,610 | 1,050 | 41.02% | $19,140 |
| 23 | Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | 2,170 | 3,190 | 1,020 | 47.00% | $22,720 |
| 24 | Financial Analysts | 5,490 | 6,500 | 1,010 | 18.40% | $80,090 |
| 25 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 6,810 | 7,810 | 1,000 | 14.68% | $39,610 |
| 26 | Medical Assistants | 5,940 | 6,920 | 980 | 16.50% | $33,400 |
| 27 | Demonstrators and Product Promoters | 490 | 1,450 | 960 | 195.92% | $26,160 |
| 28 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 21,760 | 22,720 | 960 | 4.41% | $25,700 |
| 29 | Dental Hygienists | 3,030 | 3,980 | 950 | 31.35% | $81,420 |
| 30 | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 7,810 | 8,670 | 860 | 11.01% | $35,710 |
| 31 | First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers | 2,100 | 2,950 | 850 | 40.48% | $41,220 |
| 32 | Medical Secretaries | 3,530 | 4,380 | 850 | 24.08% | $35,810 |
| 33 | Compliance Officers | 2,600 | 3,430 | 830 | 31.92% | $66,760 |
| 34 | Self-Enrichment Education Teachers | 1,930 | 2,730 | 800 | 41.45% | $42,740 |
| 35 | Civil Engineers | 2,920 | 3,700 | 780 | 26.71% | $78,390 |
| 36 | Mechanical Engineers | 5,280 | 6,050 | 770 | 14.58% | $79,350 |
| 37 | Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 1,010 | 1,770 | 760 | 75.25% | $35,170 |
| 38 | Management Analysts | 8,730 | 9,480 | 750 | 8.59% | $79,890 |
| 39 | Security Guards | 10,930 | 11,640 | 710 | 6.50% | $26,970 |
| 40 | Insurance Sales Agents | 4,720 | 5,430 | 710 | 15.04% | $51,730 |
| 41 | Industrial Engineers | 3,460 | 4,150 | 690 | 19.94% | $78,750 |
| 42 | Software Developers, Systems Software | 3,590 | 4,240 | 650 | 18.11% | $88,770 |
| 43 | Carpenters | 5,750 | 6,400 | 650 | 11.30% | $50,230 |
| 44 | Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic | 2,330 | 2,980 | 650 | 27.90% | $37,990 |
| 45 | Paralegals and Legal Assistants* | 4,560 | 5,200 | 640 | 14.04% | $49,550 |
| 46 | Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 19,820 | 20,460 | 640 | 3.23% | $22,560 |
| 47 | Manicurists and Pedicurists | 1,140 | 1,760 | 620 | 54.39% | $18,980 |
| 48 | Childcare Workers | 7,790 | 8,400 | 610 | 7.83% | $22,240 |
| 49 | Financial Managers | 12,540 | 13,130 | 590 | 4.70% | $99,380 |
| 50 | Social and Human Service Assistants | 7,440 | 8,030 | 590 | 7.93% | $39,290 |
Table 2 shows the top 50 jobs that had the fastest growth rate from 2010 to 2014. We note that the profession that grew the fastest is the profession of material moving workers, all other with a growth rate of 200.00%. It is followed by the profession of demonstrators and product promoters which grew by 195.92% in the same period.
| Rank | Job Description | Jobs 2010 i |
Jobs 2014 i |
Change # i |
Change % i |
Salary 2014 i |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Material Moving Workers, All Other | 170 | 510 | 340 | 200.00% | $33,510 |
| 2 | Demonstrators and Product Promoters | 490 | 1,450 | 960 | 195.92% | $26,160 |
| 3 | Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics | 260 | 670 | 410 | 157.69% | $35,040 |
| 4 | Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic | 330 | 840 | 510 | 154.55% | $53,260 |
| 5 | Sales Representatives, Services, All Other | 3,530 | 8,630 | 5,100 | 144.48% | $62,280 |
| 6 | Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse | 300 | 710 | 410 | 136.67% | $24,460 |
| 7 | Sailors and Marine Oilers | 180 | 390 | 210 | 116.67% | $32,260 |
| 8 | Commercial Pilots | 220 | 470 | 250 | 113.64% | $118,970 |
| 9 | Cooks, Short Order | 1,630 | 3,450 | 1,820 | 111.66% | $25,350 |
| 10 | Personal Care Aides | 9,450 | 19,960 | 10,510 | 111.22% | $21,580 |
| 11 | Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other | 1,830 | 3,850 | 2,020 | 110.38% | $28,790 |
| 12 | Actors | 220 | 460 | 240 | 109.09% | $ |
| 13 | Elevator Installers and Repairers | 160 | 330 | 170 | 106.25% | $89,520 |
| 14 | Chemical Engineers | 180 | 360 | 180 | 100.00% | $84,970 |
| 15 | Media and Communication Workers, All Other | 170 | 340 | 170 | 100.00% | $42,360 |
| 16 | Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers | 450 | 870 | 420 | 93.33% | $46,550 |
| 17 | Tax Preparers | 470 | 890 | 420 | 89.36% | $33,280 |
| 18 | Cooks, Fast Food | 3,930 | 7,400 | 3,470 | 88.30% | $19,090 |
| 19 | Millwrights | 170 | 320 | 150 | 88.24% | $52,690 |
| 20 | Psychiatrists | 520 | 930 | 410 | 78.85% | $ |
| 21 | Structural Iron and Steel Workers | 370 | 660 | 290 | 78.38% | $57,680 |
| 22 | Cargo and Freight Agents | 370 | 650 | 280 | 75.68% | $51,350 |
| 23 | Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 1,010 | 1,770 | 760 | 75.25% | $35,170 |
| 24 | Pediatricians, General | 320 | 560 | 240 | 75.00% | $148,740 |
| 25 | Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other | 230 | 400 | 170 | 73.91% | $70,550 |
| 26 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* | 3,760 | 6,530 | 2,770 | 73.67% | $60,930 |
| 27 | Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders | 280 | 480 | 200 | 71.43% | $47,880 |
| 28 | Protective Service Workers, All Other * | 620 | 1,050 | 430 | 69.35% | $37,510 |
| 29 | Family and General Practitioners | 780 | 1,300 | 520 | 66.67% | $145,960 |
| 30 | Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other | 120 | 200 | 80 | 66.67% | $35,390 |
| 31 | Conveyor Operators and Tenders | 120 | 200 | 80 | 66.67% | $36,060 |
| 32 | Sound Engineering Technicians | 200 | 330 | 130 | 65.00% | $40,020 |
| 33 | Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators | 750 | 1,230 | 480 | 64.00% | $53,610 |
| 34 | Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | 2,430 | 3,980 | 1,550 | 63.79% | $ |
| 35 | Chemical Technicians | 590 | 960 | 370 | 62.71% | $44,090 |
| 36 | Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators | 460 | 740 | 280 | 60.87% | $46,630 |
| 37 | Air Traffic Controllers | 100 | 160 | 60 | 60.00% | $80,510 |
| 38 | Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels | 200 | 320 | 120 | 60.00% | $60,020 |
| 39 | Athletic Trainers | 370 | 590 | 220 | 59.46% | $44,230 |
| 40 | Fire Inspectors and Investigators | 360 | 570 | 210 | 58.33% | $47,590 |
| 41 | Cooks, All Other | 190 | 300 | 110 | 57.89% | $28,380 |
| 42 | Art Directors | 410 | 640 | 230 | 56.10% | $71,270 |
| 43 | Carpet Installers | 180 | 280 | 100 | 55.56% | $33,270 |
| 44 | Manicurists and Pedicurists | 1,140 | 1,760 | 620 | 54.39% | $18,980 |
| 45 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | 240 | 370 | 130 | 54.17% | $89,960 |
| 46 | Operations Research Analysts | 720 | 1,110 | 390 | 54.17% | $74,880 |
| 47 | Audio and Video Equipment Technicians | 750 | 1,150 | 400 | 53.33% | $46,770 |
| 48 | Actuaries | 780 | 1,180 | 400 | 51.28% | $91,760 |
| 49 | Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | 220 | 330 | 110 | 50.00% | $24,030 |
| 50 | Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 520 | 770 | 250 | 48.08% | $34,280 |