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18 Jobs to Rebuild and Modernize America
The movement to rebuild and modernize America is gaining momentum, creating job opportunities in a variety of fields and industries.
"Daunting challenges have forced us to rethink our longstanding ways of doing business and providing services," says Laurence Shatkin, Ph.D., one of the nation's leading occupational experts and author of the recently released book "200 Best Jobs for Renewing America." "Now our nation is transitioning into an economy built on new assumptions and, in doing so, we are discovering great opportunities for becoming a more productive and competitive economic force in the global marketplace. These opportunities translate into job opportunities for you."
Throughout his book, Shatkin explores the six industries at the center of America's shift toward a forward-looking economy: education, infrastructure, health care, information and telecommunication technologies, green technologies and advanced manufacturing.
According to his research, using a variety of government sources, the following list outlines the best jobs in each of those six fields.
The three best jobs in education
Health specialties teachers, post-secondary
Average annual earnings: $80,700
Percent growth: 22.9 percent*
Business teachers, post-secondary
Average annual earnings: $64,900
Percent growth: 22.9 percent
Biological science teachers, post-secondary
Average annual earnings: $71,780
Percent growth: 22.9 percent
The three best jobs in infrastructure
Construction managers
Average annual earnings: $76,230
Percent growth: 15.7 percent
Average annual earnings: $54,920
*Percent growth: 18.5 percent
Average annual earnings: $71,710
Percent growth: 18.0 percent
The three best jobs in health care
Average annual earnings: $60,010
Percent growth: 23.5 percent
Average annual earnings: $69,760
Percent growth: 27.1 percent
Average annual earnings: $64,740
Percent growth: 30.1 percent
The three best jobs in information and telecommunication technologies
Computer software engineers, applications
Average annual earnings: $83,130
Percent growth: 44.6 percent
Average annual earnings: $73,090
Percent growth: 29.0 percent
Computer software engineers, systems software
Average annual earnings: $89,070
Percent growth: 28.2 percent
The three best jobs in green technologies
Construction managers
Average annual earnings: $76,230
Percent growth: 15.7 percent
Average annual earnings: $71,430
Percent growth: 20.3 percent
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers
Average annual earnings: $55,950
Percent growth: 9.1 percent
The three best jobs in advanced manufacturing
Industrial engineers
Average annual earnings: $71,430
Percent growth: 20.3 percent
Average annual earnings: $64,250
Percent growth: 17.3 percent
Maintenance and repair workers, general
Average annual earnings: $32,570
Percent growth: 10.1 percent
*Percent growth between 2006 and 2016 in the number of available jobs.
Selena Dehne is a career writer for JIST Publishing who shares the latest occupational, career and job search information available with job seekers and career changers. She is also the author of JIST's Job Search and Career Blog (http://jistjobsearchandcareer.blogspot.com/).
