Fastest Growing Jobs in Wisconsin

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

Where Wisconsin already employs the growth list

Ranked by published Wisconsin 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 82,430 jobs · +17%
  2. 2. Cooks, Restaurant · Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 25,410 jobs · +14.9%
  3. 3. Software Developers · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 21,730 jobs · +15.8%
  4. 4. Financial Managers · Management Occupations 15,530 jobs · +14.8%
  5. 5. Industrial Machinery Mechanics · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations 13,870 jobs · +16.1%
  6. 6. Medical Assistants · Healthcare Support Occupations 13,810 jobs · +12.5%
  7. 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers · Management Occupations 8,880 jobs · +15.2%
  8. 8. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors · Community and Social Service Occupations 8,340 jobs · +16.8%
  9. 9. Medical and Health Services Managers · Management Occupations 7,230 jobs · +23.2%
  10. 10. Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors · Personal Care and Service Occupations 6,330 jobs · +11.9%
  11. 11. Animal Caretakers · Personal Care and Service Occupations 5,720 jobs · +12.1%
  12. 12. Nurse Practitioners · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 5,160 jobs · +40.1%
  13. 13. Logisticians · Business and Financial Operations Occupations 5,140 jobs · +16.7%
  14. 14. Psychiatric Technicians · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 4,430 jobs · +20%
  15. 15. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · Educational Instruction and Library Occupations 4,410 jobs · +17.3%
  16. 16. Data Scientists · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 4,370 jobs · +33.5%
  17. 17. Operations Research Analysts · Computer and Mathematical Occupations 4,270 jobs · +21.5%
  18. 18. Occupational Therapists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,710 jobs · +13.8%
  19. 19. Physician Assistants · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 3,580 jobs · +20.4%
  20. 20. Speech-Language Pathologists · Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 2,940 jobs · +15%

Largest Wisconsin footprint

Home Health and Personal Care Aides

82,430 jobs in-state

That role's growth

+17%

national projection 2024-2034

OEWS coverage

47/50

Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin OEWS estimates where published.

In Wisconsin, 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 (82,430 jobs , +17% projected). Next by in-state count: Cooks, Restaurant (25,410) and Software Developers (21,730).

That mismatch is the useful Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin employment; 25 of those covered rows are projected at +15% or more (all-occupations baseline 3.1%). Among the ten largest OEWS rows on this list, 47% 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 Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin footprint order on the national growth list

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