Fastest Growing Jobs in Indiana

National growth leaders filtered through Indiana's actual employment footprint – BLS 2024–2034

Where Indiana already employs the growth list

Ranked by published Indiana employment (not by national growth %). Sibling state pages diverge here because the occupation title set and order change with the OEWS footprint.

  1. 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Healthcare Support Occupations 57,050 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 26,960 jobs · +14.9%
  3. 3. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 19,630 jobs · +12.5%
  4. 4. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 14,960 jobs · +16.1%
  5. 5. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 14,130 jobs · +15.8%
  6. 6. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 12,560 jobs · +14.8%
  7. 7. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 12,340 jobs · +23.2%
  8. 8. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 11,890 jobs · +16.8%
  9. 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 8,060 jobs · +15.2%
  10. 10. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 7,450 jobs · +40.1%
  11. 11. Psychiatric Technicians · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 6,790 jobs · +20%
  12. 12. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 6,420 jobs · +12.1%
  13. 13. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 5,360 jobs · +11.9%
  14. 14. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 4,880 jobs · +17.3%
  15. 15. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 3,890 jobs · +16.7%
  16. 16. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 3,870 jobs · +12.5%
  17. 17. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,830 jobs · +13.8%
  18. 18. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 3,580 jobs · +33.5%
  19. 19. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,310 jobs · +15%
  20. 20. Respiratory Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,170 jobs · +12.1%

Largest Indiana footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

57,050 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

49/50

Indiana employment published

National #1 growth

Wind Turbine Service Technicians

+49.9% · different from state footprint lead

Growth % and openings are national BLS projections. The employment and wage columns are Indiana OEWS estimates where published.

In Indiana, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) currently accounts for 140 OEWS jobs while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (57,050 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Cooks, Restaurant (26,960) and Medical Assistants (19,630).

That mismatch is the useful Indiana read: percentage growth ranks a national change rate, not how many workers the state already employs in the role. Of the 50 national growth rows, 49 publish Indiana employment; 27 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 41% of summed employment sits in Healthcare Support Occupations (2 occupations).

Annual openings (growth plus replacements) still live on each occupation profile. A high percentage on a tiny base can add fewer Indiana seats than a mid-single-digit gain on a large OEWS count. Education and credential columns on the profile set the entry clock; several fast-growth rows need multi-year training before the projection window helps a new entrant.

Indiana footprint order on the national growth list

Rows with published Indiana employment are sorted by in-state jobs. Occupations without a state OEWS row stay at the bottom in national growth order.

# Occupation Growth %
1 Home Health and Personal Care Aides +17%
2 Cooks, Restaurant +14.9%
3 Medical Assistants +12.5%
4 Industrial Machinery Mechanics +16.1%
5 Software Developers +15.8%
6 Financial Managers +14.8%
7 Medical and Health Services Managers +23.2%
8 Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors +16.8%
9 Computer and Information Systems Managers +15.2%
10 Nurse Practitioners +40.1%
11 Psychiatric Technicians +20%
12 Animal Caretakers +12.1%
13 Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors +11.9%
14 Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary +17.3%
15 Logisticians +16.7%
16 Occupational Health and Safety Specialists +12.5%
17 Occupational Therapists +13.8%
18 Data Scientists +33.5%
19 Speech-Language Pathologists +15%
20 Respiratory Therapists +12.1%
21 Physical Therapist Assistants +22%
22 Information Security Analysts +28.5%
23 Physician Assistants +20.4%
24 Computer Network Architects +11.9%
25 Clinical and Counseling Psychologists +11.2%
26 Ophthalmic Medical Technicians +19.8%
27 Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary +16.8%
28 Occupational Therapy Assistants +19.2%
29 Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers +12.8%
30 Massage Therapists +15.4%
31 Operations Research Analysts +21.5%
32 Diagnostic Medical Sonographers +13%
33 Medical Equipment Repairers +12.9%
34 Community Health Workers +11.3%
35 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians +11.5%
36 Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars +14.7%
37 Actuaries +21.8%
38 Mechanical Door Repairers +11.4%
39 Computer and Information Research Scientists +19.7%
40 Marriage and Family Therapists +12.6%
41 Solar Photovoltaic Installers +42.1%
42 Financial Examiners +18.5%
43 Therapists, All Other +11.5%
44 Forensic Science Technicians +12.8%
45 Hearing Aid Specialists +18.4%
46 Epidemiologists +16.2%
47 Wind Turbine Service Technicians +49.9%
48 Orthotists and Prosthetists +13.3%
49 Counselors, All Other +12.6%
50 Forest Fire Inspectors and Prevention Specialists +14.6%

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About This Data

Employment projections come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections program, covering 2024 to 2034. Growth rates represent the projected percentage change in national employment over the 10-year period.

State employment and salary data comes from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. Some occupations may not have state-level data for Indiana if employment is too small to report.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: BLS Employment Projections program, 2024–2034 and BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State employment totals for Indiana from BLS OEWS State and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. State employment and wage rows use BLS OEWS May 2025; growth and openings use national BLS Employment Projections for 2024–2034. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.