CareerCast.com Report Rates Stockbroker As Fastest Growing, Best Paying Job
CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- After a historic meltdown that prompted investment firms to layoff tens of thousands of their employees, Wall Street has gained new traction in the job market, according to CareerCast.com, a national job search portal. In a mid-year update of its Jobs Rated report, stockbroker has emerged as the fastest growing and best paying job in the U.S., followed by advertising salesperson, biologist, geologist and stenographer/court reporter.
CareerCast.com incorporated new hiring outlook and income data from the U.S. Department of Labor with its Jobs Rated data to identify the 8 fastest-growing jobs where hiring and pay is outpacing the rest of the employment market. The research found that stockbrokers are the fastest growing occupation with projected job growth of approximately 25% and income growth potential of up to 452%. Of course, the growth for stockbrokers and for many of the top-rated jobs comes after several years of cutbacks in those fields and a reduced base, which amplifies the new growth.
"One key to finding employment in a poor economy is to target positions that have suffered significant cutbacks in recent years, and are now poised to recover to previous or even higher levels," says Tony Lee, publisher of CareerCast.com. "Although many of the fastest-growing jobs require additional education, on-the-job training may be all that's necessary for a career in one of the top two jobs — stockbroker and advertising salesperson."
Annual salaries for stockbrokers start around $31,000 and can rise to $171,000 for top performers. An advertising salesperson's starting salary is $23,000, while top salespeople average $94,000. Below is a list of the eight fastest-growing, best-paying jobs. To read the full report, visit http://www.careercast.com/jobs/content/eight-fastest-growing-jobs-2010-beyond-0.
8 Fastest Growing Jobs |
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Rank |
EMPLOYMENT |
INCOME |
SALARY RANGE |
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1 |
STOCKBROKER |
25% |
452% |
$31,000-$171,000 |
|
2 |
ADVERTISING SALESPERSON |
20% |
309% |
$23,000-$94,000 |
|
3 |
BIOLOGIST |
23% |
279% |
$39,000-$148,000 |
|
4 |
GEOLOGIST |
22% |
269% |
$42,000-$155,000 |
|
5 |
STENOGRAPHER/COURT REPORTER |
25% |
236% |
$25,000-$84,000 |
|
6 |
ACTUARY |
24% |
229% |
$49,000-161,000 |
|
7 |
MARKET RESEARCH ANALYST |
20% |
229% |
$34,000-$112,000 |
|
8 |
HISTORIAN |
23% |
226% |
$34,000-$111,000 |
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About CareerCast.com
CareerCast.com, created by Adicio, is a job search portal that offers local, niche and national job listings, career-management editorial, videos and blogs, and provides the ability to post jobs directly to more than 800 niche career sites.
SOURCE CareerCast.com
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