Fastest Growing Jobs in Ohio

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

Where Ohio already employs the growth list

Ranked by published Ohio 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 106,940 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 46,910 jobs · +14.9%
  3. 3. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 44,790 jobs · +15.8%
  4. 4. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 28,950 jobs · +12.5%
  5. 5. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 27,360 jobs · +14.8%
  6. 6. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 24,390 jobs · +23.2%
  7. 7. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 21,950 jobs · +16.1%
  8. 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 19,500 jobs · +15.2%
  9. 9. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 18,020 jobs · +16.8%
  10. 10. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 15,400 jobs · +40.1%
  11. 11. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 9,350 jobs · +12.1%
  12. 12. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 9,040 jobs · +11.9%
  13. 13. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 8,990 jobs · +16.7%
  14. 14. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 7,270 jobs · +15%
  15. 15. Physical Therapist Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 7,040 jobs · +22%
  16. 16. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists · Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 6,820 jobs · +12.5%
  17. 17. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 6,760 jobs · +13.8%
  18. 18. Respiratory Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 6,640 jobs · +12.1%
  19. 19. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 6,100 jobs · +33.5%
  20. 20. Information Security Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 6,010 jobs · +28.5%

Largest Ohio footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

106,940 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

49/50

Ohio 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 Ohio OEWS estimates where published.

In Ohio, the national percentage leader Wind Turbine Service Technicians (+49.9%) currently accounts for 120 OEWS jobs while the largest in-state footprint among this growth list is Home Health and Personal Care Aides (106,940 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Cooks, Restaurant (46,910) and Software Developers (44,790).

That mismatch is the useful Ohio 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 Ohio 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, 38% 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 Ohio 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.

Ohio footprint order on the national growth list

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