Fastest Growing Jobs in Utah

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

Where Utah already employs the growth list

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

  1. 1. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 31,940 jobs · +15.8%
  2. 2. Home Health and Personal Care Aides · Healthcare Support Occupations 17,130 jobs · +17%
  3. 3. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 10,520 jobs · +14.9%
  4. 4. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 9,990 jobs · +12.5%
  5. 5. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 8,860 jobs · +14.8%
  6. 6. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 8,810 jobs · +15.2%
  7. 7. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 6,830 jobs · +11.9%
  8. 8. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 6,320 jobs · +16.8%
  9. 9. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 4,860 jobs · +23.2%
  10. 10. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 4,360 jobs · +33.5%
  11. 11. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 4,040 jobs · +16.1%
  12. 12. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 3,760 jobs · +16.7%
  13. 13. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 3,520 jobs · +17.3%
  14. 14. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 2,740 jobs · +40.1%
  15. 15. Marriage and Family Therapists · Community and Social Service Occupations 2,390 jobs · +12.6%
  16. 16. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 2,350 jobs · +12.1%
  17. 17. Psychiatric Technicians · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,940 jobs · +20%
  18. 18. Information Security Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,910 jobs · +28.5%
  19. 19. Massage Therapists · Healthcare Support Occupations 1,840 jobs · +15.4%
  20. 20. Physician Assistants · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 1,610 jobs · +20.4%

Largest Utah footprint

Software Developers

31,940 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+15.8%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

47/50

Utah 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 Utah OEWS estimates where published.

In Utah, 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 Software Developers (31,940 jobs , +15.8% projected). Next by in-state count: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (17,130) and Cooks, Restaurant (10,520).

That mismatch is the useful Utah 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, 47 publish Utah 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, 33% of summed employment sits in Computer and Mathematical Occupations (2 occupations).

Annual openings (growth plus replacements) still live on each occupation profile. A high percentage on a tiny base can add fewer Utah 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.

Utah footprint order on the national growth list

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

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

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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 Utah 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 Utah 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.