By Tatiana Varenik

20 Occupations with the Fastest Growth:

1. Biomedical engineers
2. Network systems and data communications analysts
3. Home health aides
4. Personal and home care aides
5. Financial examiners

1. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
2. Physician assistants
3. Skin care specialists
4. Postsecondary vocational award
5. Biochemists and biophysicists
6. Athletic trainers
7. Physical therapist aides
8. Dental hygienists
9. Dental assistants
10. Computer software engineers, applications
11. Medical assistants
12. Physical therapist assistants
13. Veterinarians
14. Self-enrichment education teachers
15. Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation.

20 Occupations with the Fastest Decline

1. Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders
2. Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders
3. Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders
4. Shoe machine operators and tenders
5. Extruding and forming machine setters, operators, and tenders, synthetic and glass fibers
6. Sewing machine operators
7. Semiconductor processors
8. Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders
9. Postal Service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators
10. Fabric menders, except garment
11. Wellhead pumpers
12. Fabric and apparel patternmakers
13. Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
14. Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic
15. Order clerks
16. Coil winders, tapers, and finishers
17. Photographic processing machine operators
18. File clerks
19. Derrick operators, oil and gas
20. Desktop publishers