What professions added the most jobs in Massachusetts? 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts increased from 3,119,100 to 3,322,500 with a net gain of 203,400. The profession that added the most jobs in the same period is the profession of general and operations managers with 16,440 jobs added. It is followed by the profession of personal care aides with 16,440 job added.
| Rank | Job Description | Jobs 2010 i |
Jobs 2014 i |
Change # i |
Change % i |
Salary 2014 i |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All Occupations | 3,119,100 | 3,322,500 | 203,400 | 6.52% | $41,880 |
| 2 | General and Operations Managers | 44,800 | 61,240 | 16,440 | 36.70% | $101,050 |
| 3 | Personal Care Aides | 16,030 | 26,930 | 10,900 | 68.00% | $24,760 |
| 4 | Retail Salespersons | 102,960 | 113,590 | 10,630 | 10.32% | $22,080 |
| 5 | Customer Service Representatives | 47,230 | 53,580 | 6,350 | 13.44% | $35,250 |
| 6 | Sales Representatives, Services, All Other | 14,030 | 19,990 | 5,960 | 42.48% | $67,710 |
| 7 | Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists* | 11,400 | 17,220 | 5,820 | 51.05% | $64,940 |
| 8 | Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | 14,490 | 19,310 | 4,820 | 33.26% | $24,430 |
| 9 | Administrative Services Managers | 8,210 | 13,010 | 4,800 | 58.47% | $90,900 |
| 10 | Helpers--Production Workers | 5,380 | 10,090 | 4,710 | 87.55% | $24,010 |
| 11 | Financial Managers | 18,610 | 23,310 | 4,700 | 25.26% | $115,380 |
| 12 | Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive | 40,680 | 45,310 | 4,630 | 11.38% | $38,420 |
| 13 | Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 28,570 | 32,790 | 4,220 | 14.77% | $25,740 |
| 14 | Software Developers, Applications | 22,750 | 26,900 | 4,150 | 18.24% | $95,930 |
| 15 | Home Health Aides | 17,080 | 20,950 | 3,870 | 22.66% | $26,080 |
| 16 | Waiters and Waitresses | 54,250 | 58,060 | 3,810 | 7.02% | $25,980 |
| 17 | Sales Managers | 9,440 | 13,190 | 3,750 | 39.72% | $122,440 |
| 18 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | 6,400 | 9,950 | 3,550 | 55.47% | $87,950 |
| 19 | Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers | 18,360 | 21,890 | 3,530 | 19.23% | $30,220 |
| 20 | Electricians | 10,790 | 14,310 | 3,520 | 32.62% | $58,400 |
| 21 | Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators | 6,380 | 9,730 | 3,350 | 52.51% | $61,650 |
| 22 | Bartenders | 14,380 | 17,610 | 3,230 | 22.46% | $25,420 |
| 23 | Financial Analysts | 13,440 | 16,640 | 3,200 | 23.81% | $75,990 |
| 24 | Accountants and Auditors | 33,290 | 36,340 | 3,050 | 9.16% | $69,820 |
| 25 | Medical Assistants | 13,190 | 16,100 | 2,910 | 22.06% | $34,280 |
| 26 | First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers | 17,230 | 20,140 | 2,910 | 16.89% | $36,970 |
| 27 | Marketing Managers | 6,590 | 9,470 | 2,880 | 43.70% | $126,960 |
| 28 | Office Clerks, General | 59,210 | 62,030 | 2,820 | 4.76% | $32,050 |
| 29 | Recreation Workers | 7,210 | 9,980 | 2,770 | 38.42% | $24,230 |
| 30 | Mental Health Counselors | 5,140 | 7,900 | 2,760 | 53.70% | $39,510 |
| 31 | Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers | 19,070 | 21,720 | 2,650 | 13.90% | $32,300 |
| 32 | Human Resources Managers | 1,710 | 4,220 | 2,510 | 146.78% | $112,200 |
| 33 | Mechanical Engineers | 6,880 | 9,330 | 2,450 | 35.61% | $83,260 |
| 34 | Construction Laborers | 14,780 | 17,210 | 2,430 | 16.44% | $42,770 |
| 35 | Managers, All Other | 3,230 | 5,600 | 2,370 | 73.37% | $103,740 |
| 36 | Residential Advisors | 2,330 | 4,660 | 2,330 | 100.00% | $29,130 |
| 37 | Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 6,260 | 8,570 | 2,310 | 36.90% | $25,820 |
| 38 | Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | 7,170 | 9,440 | 2,270 | 31.66% | $22,650 |
| 39 | Team Assemblers | 14,650 | 16,910 | 2,260 | 15.43% | $26,630 |
| 40 | Manicurists and Pedicurists | 1,640 | 3,880 | 2,240 | 136.59% | $27,250 |
| 41 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | 12,940 | 15,160 | 2,220 | 17.16% | $127,290 |
| 42 | Carpenters | 13,410 | 15,550 | 2,140 | 15.96% | $51,010 |
| 43 | First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers | 26,340 | 28,470 | 2,130 | 8.09% | $39,570 |
| 44 | Compliance Officers | 4,560 | 6,650 | 2,090 | 45.83% | $68,180 |
| 45 | Family and General Practitioners | 1,190 | 3,220 | 2,030 | 170.59% | $ |
| 46 | Counter and Rental Clerks | 7,240 | 9,190 | 1,950 | 26.93% | $23,730 |
| 47 | Bus Drivers, School or Special Client | 10,620 | 12,560 | 1,940 | 18.27% | $32,960 |
| 48 | Construction Managers | 3,410 | 5,340 | 1,930 | 56.60% | $92,330 |
| 49 | Cooks, Fast Food | 6,340 | 8,260 | 1,920 | 30.28% | $20,450 |
| 50 | Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 8,180 | 10,000 | 1,820 | 22.25% | $81,010 |
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 power distributors and dispatchers with a growth rate of 300.00%. It is followed by the profession of orthodontists which grew by 290.00% in the same period.
| Rank | Job Description | Jobs 2010 i |
Jobs 2014 i |
Change # i |
Change % i |
Salary 2014 i |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power Distributors and Dispatchers | 100 | 400 | 300 | 300.00% | $79,790 |
| 2 | Orthodontists | 100 | 390 | 290 | 290.00% | $ |
| 3 | Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | 230 | 790 | 560 | 243.48% | $19,330 |
| 4 | Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary | 200 | 670 | 470 | 235.00% | $92,790 |
| 5 | Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School | 150 | 460 | 310 | 206.67% | $67,120 |
| 6 | Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators | 160 | 490 | 330 | 206.25% | $39,970 |
| 7 | Family and General Practitioners | 1,190 | 3,220 | 2,030 | 170.59% | $ |
| 8 | Human Resources Managers | 1,710 | 4,220 | 2,510 | 146.78% | $112,200 |
| 9 | Economists | 440 | 1,070 | 630 | 143.18% | $69,940 |
| 10 | Manicurists and Pedicurists | 1,640 | 3,880 | 2,240 | 136.59% | $27,250 |
| 11 | Motorboat Operators | 100 | 230 | 130 | 130.00% | $47,390 |
| 12 | Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers | 140 | 320 | 180 | 128.57% | $36,510 |
| 13 | Mechanical Door Repairers | 160 | 360 | 200 | 125.00% | $38,960 |
| 14 | Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders | 250 | 560 | 310 | 124.00% | $28,040 |
| 15 | Building Cleaning Workers, All Other | 200 | 440 | 240 | 120.00% | $26,470 |
| 16 | Elevator Installers and Repairers | 250 | 550 | 300 | 120.00% | $96,680 |
| 17 | Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other | 680 | 1,490 | 810 | 119.12% | $46,540 |
| 18 | Statisticians | 1,080 | 2,310 | 1,230 | 113.89% | $89,510 |
| 19 | Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tenders | 260 | 550 | 290 | 111.54% | $30,410 |
| 20 | Transportation Inspectors | 290 | 610 | 320 | 110.34% | $47,890 |
| 21 | Materials Engineers | 650 | 1,360 | 710 | 109.23% | $88,680 |
| 22 | Athletes and Sports Competitors | 230 | 470 | 240 | 104.35% | $ |
| 23 | Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | 490 | 1,000 | 510 | 104.08% | $34,140 |
| 24 | Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other | 400 | 810 | 410 | 102.50% | $80,140 |
| 25 | Credit Counselors | 560 | 1,130 | 570 | 101.79% | $45,260 |
| 26 | Residential Advisors | 2,330 | 4,660 | 2,330 | 100.00% | $29,130 |
| 27 | Millwrights | 300 | 590 | 290 | 96.67% | $51,510 |
| 28 | Insurance Appraisers, Auto Damage | 430 | 840 | 410 | 95.35% | $61,180 |
| 29 | Life Scientists, All Other | 410 | 800 | 390 | 95.12% | $64,100 |
| 30 | Helpers--Production Workers | 5,380 | 10,090 | 4,710 | 87.55% | $24,010 |
| 31 | Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other | 230 | 430 | 200 | 86.96% | $31,050 |
| 32 | Biological Scientists, All Other | 1,030 | 1,920 | 890 | 86.41% | $46,830 |
| 33 | Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners | 110 | 200 | 90 | 81.82% | $39,610 |
| 34 | Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters | 490 | 880 | 390 | 79.59% | $35,110 |
| 35 | Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | 190 | 340 | 150 | 78.95% | $41,010 |
| 36 | Protective Service Workers, All Other * | 1,380 | 2,450 | 1,070 | 77.54% | $28,430 |
| 37 | Tapers | 290 | 510 | 220 | 75.86% | $52,430 |
| 38 | Managers, All Other | 3,230 | 5,600 | 2,370 | 73.37% | $103,740 |
| 39 | Social Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary, All Other | 150 | 260 | 110 | 73.33% | $60,400 |
| 40 | Tour Guides and Escorts | 810 | 1,400 | 590 | 72.84% | $23,490 |
| 41 | Transportation Workers, All Other | 530 | 910 | 380 | 71.70% | $29,080 |
| 42 | Carpet Installers | 420 | 720 | 300 | 71.43% | $57,540 |
| 43 | Psychologists, All Other | 400 | 680 | 280 | 70.00% | $89,450 |
| 44 | Motion Picture Projectionists | 190 | 320 | 130 | 68.42% | $25,740 |
| 45 | Personal Care Aides | 16,030 | 26,930 | 10,900 | 68.00% | $24,760 |
| 46 | Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand | 430 | 700 | 270 | 62.79% | $34,030 |
| 47 | Tax Preparers | 1,580 | 2,550 | 970 | 61.39% | $59,430 |
| 48 | Material Moving Workers, All Other | 330 | 530 | 200 | 60.61% | $34,930 |
| 49 | Training and Development Managers | 860 | 1,380 | 520 | 60.47% | $107,160 |
| 50 | Computer Numerically Controlled Machine Tool Programmers, Metal and Plastic | 430 | 690 | 260 | 60.47% | $48,060 |