What professions added the most jobs in Indiana? 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 Indiana 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 Indiana increased from 2,724,850 to 2,905,170 with a net gain of 180,320. The profession that added the most jobs in the same period is the profession of team assemblers with 25,000 jobs added. It is followed by the profession of personal care aides with 25,000 job added.
| Rank | Job Description | Jobs 2010 i |
Jobs 2014 i |
Change # i |
Change % i |
Salary 2014 i |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Occupations | 2,724,850 | 2,905,170 | 180,320 | 6.62% | $30,880 |
| 2 | Team Assemblers | 54,680 | 79,680 | 25,000 | 45.72% | $28,910 |
| 3 | Personal Care Aides | 12,070 | 23,880 | 11,810 | 97.85% | $19,540 |
| 4 | General and Operations Managers | 22,480 | 33,650 | 11,170 | 49.69% | $95,840 |
| 5 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 29,900 | 36,550 | 6,650 | 22.24% | $29,780 |
| 6 | Customer Service Representatives | 36,400 | 42,840 | 6,440 | 17.69% | $29,370 |
| 7 | Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food | 77,770 | 83,930 | 6,160 | 7.92% | $17,200 |
| 8 | Retail Salespersons | 86,710 | 92,100 | 5,390 | 6.22% | $19,160 |
| 9 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* | 3,440 | 7,930 | 4,490 | 130.52% | $49,980 |
| 10 | Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers | 8,810 | 13,240 | 4,430 | 50.28% | $33,490 |
| 11 | Food Preparation Workers | 15,320 | 19,490 | 4,170 | 27.22% | $19,240 |
| 12 | Electricians | 12,040 | 15,980 | 3,940 | 32.72% | $53,360 |
| 13 | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 14,020 | 17,620 | 3,600 | 25.68% | $18,350 |
| 14 | Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 10,050 | 13,640 | 3,590 | 35.72% | $45,030 |
| 15 | Stock Clerks and Order Fillers | 37,790 | 41,190 | 3,400 | 9.00% | $20,820 |
| 16 | Mechanical Engineers | 6,980 | 10,360 | 3,380 | 48.42% | $69,420 |
| 17 | Physicians and Surgeons, All Other | 5,140 | 8,440 | 3,300 | 64.20% | $ |
| 18 | Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators | 20,860 | 23,920 | 3,060 | 14.67% | $30,040 |
| 19 | Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 8,180 | 11,120 | 2,940 | 35.94% | $28,210 |
| 20 | Cooks, Restaurant | 20,130 | 22,970 | 2,840 | 14.11% | $19,530 |
| 21 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 16,960 | 19,750 | 2,790 | 16.45% | $32,170 |
| 22 | Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers | 4,320 | 7,050 | 2,730 | 63.19% | $22,940 |
| 23 | Driver/Sales Workers | 7,810 | 10,500 | 2,690 | 34.44% | $19,710 |
| 24 | Software Developers, Applications | 5,870 | 8,250 | 2,380 | 40.55% | $67,700 |
| 25 | Accountants and Auditors | 17,970 | 20,320 | 2,350 | 13.08% | $57,670 |
| 26 | Medical Assistants | 11,180 | 13,390 | 2,210 | 19.77% | $27,600 |
| 27 | Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters | 3,130 | 5,260 | 2,130 | 68.05% | $29,770 |
| 28 | Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment | 6,050 | 8,100 | 2,050 | 33.88% | $19,310 |
| 29 | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 18,340 | 20,340 | 2,000 | 10.91% | $29,150 |
| 30 | Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic | 6,600 | 8,540 | 1,940 | 29.39% | $33,350 |
| 31 | Financial Managers | 6,800 | 8,680 | 1,880 | 27.65% | $94,070 |
| 32 | Sales Representatives, Services, All Other | 10,910 | 12,760 | 1,850 | 16.96% | $45,060 |
| 33 | Medical Secretaries | 9,810 | 11,660 | 1,850 | 18.86% | $29,140 |
| 34 | Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks | 15,860 | 17,570 | 1,710 | 10.78% | $28,590 |
| 35 | Business Operations Specialists, All Other* | 8,950 | 10,640 | 1,690 | 18.88% | $57,370 |
| 36 | Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other | 12,320 | 13,980 | 1,660 | 13.47% | $31,600 |
| 37 | Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 4,170 | 5,800 | 1,630 | 39.09% | $35,440 |
| 38 | First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers | 20,790 | 22,360 | 1,570 | 7.55% | $52,050 |
| 39 | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 15,560 | 17,100 | 1,540 | 9.90% | $22,370 |
| 40 | Healthcare Social Workers | 2,320 | 3,830 | 1,510 | 65.09% | $42,680 |
| 41 | Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers | 900 | 2,410 | 1,510 | 167.78% | $23,230 |
| 42 | Sales Managers | 5,560 | 7,050 | 1,490 | 26.80% | $77,000 |
| 43 | Bartenders | 10,910 | 12,360 | 1,450 | 13.29% | $18,460 |
| 44 | Helpers--Production Workers | 14,490 | 15,910 | 1,420 | 9.80% | $21,910 |
| 45 | Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics | 11,090 | 12,500 | 1,410 | 12.71% | $34,520 |
| 46 | Personal Financial Advisors | 1,940 | 3,330 | 1,390 | 71.65% | $64,710 |
| 47 | Telemarketers | 3,080 | 4,430 | 1,350 | 43.83% | $22,100 |
| 48 | Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers | 270 | 1,620 | 1,350 | 500.00% | $25,010 |
| 49 | Security Guards | 17,210 | 18,500 | 1,290 | 7.50% | $22,670 |
| 50 | Dental Hygienists | 3,660 | 4,930 | 1,270 | 34.70% | $64,670 |
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 extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers with a growth rate of 500.00%. It is followed by the profession of electronic equipment installers and repairers, motor vehicles which grew by 333.33% in the same period.