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    Registered nurses, data scientists, and accountants and auditors are high-paying roles that are projected to add many jobs over the next decade.

    The Bureau of Labor Statistics released new job projections on Thursday, showing how hundreds of occupations may evolve between 2025 and 2035. Employment of nurse practitioners could boom over that time, while telemarketers and order clerks could shrink.

    Business Insider combined the latest projections with median annual wages from the BLS for May 2025 to rank high-paying jobs projected to grow. We considered roles high-paying if they typically pay at least $75,000, and we didn’t set a minimum for projected job growth. We excluded catch-all job groups.

    We took the geometric mean of the jobs that fit the criteria and then ranked them, with the highest mean ranked at the top.

    Here are the top 20, along with their projected job growth, pay, and typical education required.

    20. Human resources specialists


    An HR recruitment manager holding someone's résumé while looking at someone


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    Annual median pay: $75,940

    Projected employment growth: 60,100

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    19. Industrial engineers


    Engineers looking at a tablet


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    Annual median pay: $102,440

    Projected employment growth: 45,400

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    18. Physician assistants


    A healthcare worker in scrubs uses a stethoscope on a seated person


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    Annual median pay: $135,880

    Projected employment growth: 35,700

    Typical education needed: Master’s degree

    17. Marketing managers


    A smiling presenter in a blazer speaks to colleagues in an office meeting


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    Annual median pay: $166,790

    Projected employment growth: 29,100

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    16. Market research analysts and marketing specialists


    Two people looking at a laptop


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    Annual median pay: $78,760

    Projected employment growth: 66,300

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    15. Information security analysts


    Two people looking at a computer


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    Annual median pay: $129,180

    Projected employment growth: 40,600

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    14. Postsecondary health specialties teachers


    A medical trainer in a lab coat discusses a skeleton model with students


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    Annual median pay: $107,310

    Projected employment growth: 49,900

    Typical education needed: Doctoral or professional degree

    13. Construction managers


    People wearing hard hats and high-visibility vests


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    Annual median pay: $114,990

    Projected employment growth: 55,200

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    12. Lawyers


    A person in a blue suit is looking at someone in a courtroom, and a judge is seated


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    Annual median pay: $159,670

    Projected employment growth: 40,600

    Typical education needed: Doctoral or professional degree

    11. Accountants and auditors


    A person using a calculator


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    Annual median pay: $83,680

    Projected employment growth: 79,400

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    10. Project management specialists


    People in an office meeting


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    Annual median pay: $102,320

    Projected employment growth: 73,200

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    9. Management analysts


    A person presenting to people who are seated, with a chart displayed on a screen behind them


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    Annual median pay: $101,860

    Projected employment growth: 109,200

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    8. Data scientists


    Person seated at a desk working across multiple coding screens with charts and sticky notes on the wall.


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    Annual median pay: $120,230

    Projected employment growth: 95,400

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    7. Financial managers


    A presenter points to financial performance charts on a conference room display during a meeting


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    Annual median pay: $166,570

    Projected employment growth: 84,900

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    6. Nurse practitioners


    A healthcare worker is using a laptop while a patient looks at her


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    Annual median pay: $132,300

    Projected employment growth: 137,800

    Typical education needed: Master’s degree

    5. Computer and information systems managers


    Two people looking at a computer


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    Annual median pay: $175,140

    Projected employment growth: 108,100

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    4. Registered nurses


    Nurse with a patient


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    Annual median pay: $97,550

    Projected employment growth: 194,700

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    3. General and operations managers


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    Annual median pay: $105,770

    Projected employment growth: 181,300

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    2. Medical and health services managers


    A doctor walking with a businessman


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    Annual median pay: $123,860

    Projected employment growth: 155,100

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

    1. Software developers


    A person in an office works at a laptop and a desktop monitor with code displayed


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    Annual median pay: $135,980

    Projected employment growth: 174,700

    Typical education needed: Bachelor’s degree

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