Fastest Growing Jobs in New Jersey

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

Where New Jersey already employs the growth list

Ranked by published New Jersey 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 117,080 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 51,570 jobs · +15.8%
  3. 3. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 34,470 jobs · +15.2%
  4. 4. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 32,510 jobs · +14.8%
  5. 5. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 28,800 jobs · +14.9%
  6. 6. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 20,330 jobs · +12.5%
  7. 7. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 16,900 jobs · +23.2%
  8. 8. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 14,210 jobs · +16.8%
  9. 9. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 11,350 jobs · +11.9%
  10. 10. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 9,950 jobs · +40.1%
  11. 11. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 8,380 jobs · +16.1%
  12. 12. Therapists, All Other · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 7,090 jobs · +11.5%
  13. 13. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 6,840 jobs · +15%
  14. 14. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 6,430 jobs · +33.5%
  15. 15. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 6,290 jobs · +13.8%
  16. 16. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 6,280 jobs · +16.7%
  17. 17. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 5,890 jobs · +12.1%
  18. 18. Computer Network Architects · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 5,660 jobs · +11.9%
  19. 19. Information Security Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 4,860 jobs · +28.5%
  20. 20. Physician Assistants · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 4,790 jobs · +20.4%

Largest New Jersey footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

117,080 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

49/50

New Jersey 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 New Jersey OEWS estimates where published.

In New Jersey, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) has no published OEWS employment row while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (117,080 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Software Developers (51,570) and Computer and Information Systems Managers (34,470).

That mismatch is the useful New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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, 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 New Jersey 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.

New Jersey footprint order on the national growth list

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

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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 New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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.