Fastest Growing Jobs in Minnesota

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

Where Minnesota already employs the growth list

Ranked by published Minnesota 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 128,680 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 35,890 jobs · +15.8%
  3. 3. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 26,080 jobs · +14.9%
  4. 4. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 16,680 jobs · +14.8%
  5. 5. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 11,350 jobs · +23.2%
  6. 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 10,970 jobs · +15.2%
  7. 7. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 10,580 jobs · +12.5%
  8. 8. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 7,780 jobs · +40.1%
  9. 9. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 7,110 jobs · +16.8%
  10. 10. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 7,010 jobs · +11.9%
  11. 11. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 6,510 jobs · +16.1%
  12. 12. Marriage and Family Therapists · Community and Social Service Occupations 4,870 jobs · +12.6%
  13. 13. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 4,250 jobs · +12.1%
  14. 14. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 4,020 jobs · +33.5%
  15. 15. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,890 jobs · +15%
  16. 16. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,670 jobs · +13.8%
  17. 17. Physician Assistants · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,660 jobs · +20.4%
  18. 18. Psychiatric Technicians · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,550 jobs · +20%
  19. 19. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 3,450 jobs · +16.7%
  20. 20. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 3,050 jobs · +17.3%

Largest Minnesota footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

128,680 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

48/50

Minnesota 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 Minnesota OEWS estimates where published.

In Minnesota, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) currently accounts for 450 OEWS jobs while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (128,680 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Software Developers (35,890) and Cooks, Restaurant (26,080).

That mismatch is the useful Minnesota 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, 48 publish Minnesota employment; 26 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 53% 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 Minnesota 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.

Minnesota footprint order on the national growth list

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