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Amidst the somewhat bleaker picture painted by August’s job report, the US healthcare industry provided a bright spot, adding 31,000 jobs while most other sectors slumped.
Although that figure actually signals a slight slowdown — which, as noted by the WSJ, could be a concern, as the sector increasingly props up the entire jobs market — the future prospects of the industry still seem bright. Indeed, per forecasts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare-related industries are likely to top the charts in terms of employment growth in the coming decade or so.
According to the Bureau’s numbers, jobs in healthcare and social assistance are forecast to grow an impressive 12.4% in the coming decade. That’s more than any other group, including the AI-charged “computer and mathematical” industry, which came in second, with employment projected to grow 10.1%.
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