Fastest Growing Jobs in Maine

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

Where Maine already employs the growth list

Ranked by published Maine 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 18,630 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 5,130 jobs · +14.9%
  3. 3. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 4,480 jobs · +12.5%
  4. 4. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 3,120 jobs · +14.8%
  5. 5. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 2,790 jobs · +15.8%
  6. 6. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 2,450 jobs · +23.2%
  7. 7. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 1,930 jobs · +16.8%
  8. 8. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,650 jobs · +40.1%
  9. 9. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 1,450 jobs · +15.2%
  10. 10. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 1,430 jobs · +12.1%
  11. 11. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,210 jobs · +33.5%
  12. 12. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 1,190 jobs · +16.1%
  13. 13. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 1,140 jobs · +11.9%
  14. 14. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,120 jobs · +13.8%
  15. 15. Physician Assistants · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,030 jobs · +20.4%
  16. 16. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 730 jobs · +17.3%
  17. 17. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 640 jobs · +15%
  18. 18. Psychiatric Technicians · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 620 jobs · +20%
  19. 19. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 600 jobs · +12.5%
  20. 20. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 570 jobs · +16.7%

Largest Maine footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

18,630 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

45/50

Maine 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 Maine OEWS estimates where published.

In Maine, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) currently accounts for 50 OEWS jobs while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (18,630 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Cooks, Restaurant (5,130) and Medical Assistants (4,480).

That mismatch is the useful Maine 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, 45 publish Maine employment; 25 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 54% 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 Maine 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.

Maine footprint order on the national growth list

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

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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 Maine 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 Maine 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.