Fastest Growing Jobs in Vermont

Where OEWS publishes Vermont counts for the national growth list – BLS 2024–2034

The 37 published Vermont OEWS rows on this list

Ranked by published Vermont 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 7,700 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 2,360 jobs · +14.9%
  3. 3. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 1,790 jobs · +14.8%
  4. 4. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 1,740 jobs · +15.8%
  5. 5. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 1,170 jobs · +17.3%
  6. 6. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 1,140 jobs · +12.5%
  7. 7. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 1,120 jobs · +16.8%
  8. 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 1,100 jobs · +15.2%
  9. 9. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 860 jobs · +23.2%
  10. 10. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 710 jobs · +11.9%
  11. 11. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 700 jobs · +40.1%
  12. 12. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 700 jobs · +16.1%
  13. 13. Psychiatric Technicians · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 600 jobs · +20%
  14. 14. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 430 jobs · +15%
  15. 15. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 430 jobs · +12.1%
  16. 16. Physician Assistants · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 410 jobs · +20.4%
  17. 17. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 320 jobs · +13.8%
  18. 18. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 260 jobs · +16.7%
  19. 19. Solar Photovoltaic Installers · Construction and Extraction Occupations 250 jobs · +42.1%
  20. 20. Information Security Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 220 jobs · +28.5%

Largest Vermont footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

7,700 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

37/50

Vermont 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 Vermont OEWS estimates where published.

OEWS publishes Vermont employment for only 37 of 50 occupations on the national fastest-growth list , the largest published footprint is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at 7,700 jobs (+17% projected). The national percentage leader remains Wind Turbine Service Technicians at +49.9% with no Vermont OEWS row yet.

Sparse coverage usually means many ultra-small growth occupations fall below the OEWS publish threshold in Vermont, not that growth is absent. After Home Health and Personal Care Aides, the next published counts are Cooks, Restaurant (2,360) and Financial Managers (1,790). Treat blank state cells as unpublished estimates, then open the occupation profile for the national openings figure.

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

Vermont OEWS rows first, then unpublished national growth titles

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