2. Health care and social assistance: these include private hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities, and
individual and family services. This industry will grow by 30.3 percent and add 4.3 million new jobs. Employment
growth will be driven by increasing demand for health care and social assistance because of an aging population and
longer life expectancies. Also, as more women enter the labor force, demand for childcare services is expected to
grow. Private educational services will grow by 32.5 percent and add 898,000 new jobs through 2014. Rising
student enrollments at all levels of education will create demand for educational services.
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3. Professional and business services: this area includes some of our fastest growing industries. It is expected
to grow by 27.8 percent and add more than 4.5 million new jobs.
- Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services will grow by 31 percent
and add 2.5 million new jobs to the economy by 2014. The fastest growing industry in this sector will be
employment services, which will grow by 45.5 percent and will contribute almost two-thirds of all new jobs in
administrative and support and waste management and remediation services. Employment services ranks
among the fastest growing industries in the Nation and is expected to be among those that provide the most
new jobs.
- Professional, scientific, and technical services will grow by 28.4 percent and add 1.9 million new jobs by
2014. Employment in computer systems design and related services will grow by 39.5 percent and add
almost one-fourth of all new jobs in professional, scientific, and technical services. Employment growth will be
driven by the increasing reliance of businesses on information technology and the continuing importance of
maintaining system and network security. Management, scientific, and technical consulting services also will
grow very rapidly, by 60.5 percent, spurred by the increased use of new technology and computer software
and the growing complexity of business.
- Management of companies and enterprises will grow by 10.6 percent and add 182,000 new jobs.
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4. Information: Employment in the information industry is expected to increase by 11.6 percent, adding 364,000
jobs by 2014. Information contains some of the fast-growing computer-related industries such as software
publishers; Internet publishing and broadcasting; and Internet service providers, Web search portals, and data
processing services. Employment in these industries is expected to grow by 67.6 percent, 43.5 percent, and 27.8
percent, respectively. The information industry also includes telecommunications, broadcasting, and newspaper,
periodical, book, and directory publishers. Increased demand for residential and business land-line and wireless
services, cable service, high-speed Internet connections, and software will fuel job growth among these industries.
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5. Leisure and hospitality: Overall employment will grow by 17.7 percent. Arts, entertainment, and recreation will
grow by 25 percent and add 460,000 new jobs by 2014. Most of these new job openings will come from the
amusement, gambling, and recreation sector. Job growth will stem from public participation in arts, enter-tainment,
and recreation activities—reflecting increasing incomes, leisure time, and awareness of the health benefits of
physical fitness.
Accommodation and food services is expected to grow by 16.5 percent and add 1.8 million new jobs through 2014.
Job growth will be concentrated in food services and drinking places, reflecting increases in population, dual-income
families, and dining sophistication.
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6. Trade, transportation, and utilities: Overall employment in this industry will grow by 10.3 percent between
2004 and 2014. Transportation and warehousing is expected to increase by 506,000 jobs, or by 11.9 percent
through 2014.
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