These 8 fast-growing jobs will be
in demand after Covid-19—and can pay up to $136,000 per year
Experts generally agree the
post-Covid economy will look very different — and, as a result, so could the
most in-demand jobs.
As stay-at-home orders are
eventually eased, it’s likely that industries that necessitate close contact
with other people — like retail, restaurants, and travel — will be slower to
recover. Other industries are likely to adapt to the new norms of social distancing.
These eight jobs are ones that
experts think will be in demand as the country begins to recover from the
pandemic, and for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects to see growth of
at least 5% by 2028. More than half command typical salaries above $70,000,
according to the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook.
Jobs in fitness
Fitness trainers and instructors
- Median salary in 2019: $40,390/year ($19/hour)
- People employed in 2018: 356,900
- Expected growth by 2028: 13% (45,700 jobs)
- Required education: High school diploma or equivalent
Faith Popcorn, a futurist and CEO
of marketing consulting firm BrainReserve, anticipates that the move to
digital, remote services could extend beyond medical care to other one-on-one
services, like personal fitness. Consumers have gotten use to exercising at
home during quarantine, and it may take some time before they’re ready to
return to the gym.
Virtual personal training
services are likely to be in demand because they can create a one-on-one
dynamic that more closely resembles the experience of working face-to-face with
a personal trainer than going to the gym, Popcorn says. “It’s a little bit
different than just taking everything out there and making it virtual.”
Jobs within the supply chain,
like drivers and logisticians
Heavy and tractor-trailer truck
drivers
- Median salary in 2019: $45,260/year ($22/hour)
- People employed in 2018: 1,958,800
- Expected growth by 2028: 5% (99,700 jobs)
- Required education: Post-secondary non-degree award
Logistician
- Median salary in 2019: $74,750/year ($34/hour)
- People employed in 2018: 174,900
- Expected growth by 2028: 5% (8,400 jobs)
- Required education: Bachelor’s degree
Jobs within the supply chains
that keep store shelves and warehouses stocked are among those most in-demand
during the pandemic, as more people opt to shop online or have purchases
delivered rather than head to the store. That’s likely to continue for some
time, since many consumers will be wary of congregating in public indoor spaces
even after lockdowns are lifted.
“As supply chains open up, we
anticipate an even greater uptick in demand for truck driver and delivery
personnel, and an increase in logistics and some manufacturing,” says Vicki
Salemi, a career expert for Monster.
Jobs in health care
Registered nurses
- Median salary in 2019: $73,300/year ($35/hour)
- People employed in 2018: 3,059,800
- Expected growth by 2028: 12% (371,500 jobs)
- Required education: Bachelor’s degree
Physician assistants
- Median salary in 2019: $112,260/year ($54/hour)
- People employed in 2018: 118,000
- Expected growth by 2028: 31% (37,000 jobs)
- Required education: Master’s degree
Nurse anesthetists, nurse
midwives, and nurse practitioners
- Median salary in 2019: $115,800/year ($56/hour)
- People employed in 2018: 240,700
- Expected growth by 2028: 26% (62,000 jobs)
- Required education: Master’s degree
Demand for nurse practitioners,
physician assistants and registered nurses were already on an upswing before
coronavirus. That’s thanks to the growing popularity of team-based health care,
which the National Academy of Medicine defines as “the provision of health
services to individuals, families, and/or their communities by at least two
health providers who work collaboratively with patients and their caregivers.”
That trend has created many jobs
for nurse practitioners and physician assistants, who handle routine medical
work like patient physicals, and also work with doctors to develop a treatment
and wellness regimens.
Those roles are likely to be in
even more demand as telehealth, and even teledentistry, become more popular,
Popcorn tells Grow. The pandemic spurred growth in telemedicine services, which
had struggled to catch on for years, and health-care providers will need to
staff up if they want to meet that rise in demand.
Jobs in software
Software developers
- Median salary in 2018: $105,590/year ($51/hour)
- People employed in 2018: 1,365,500
- Expected growth by 2028: 21% (284,100 jobs)
- Required education: Bachelor’s degree
Almost 6 in 10 employers would
consider changing their work-from-home policies if their workers were able to
maintain productivity during the pandemic, according to a March survey from
Monster.
To enable workers to do their
jobs from home, the software architecture that powers remote digital services
needs to be built and maintained. As demand for those services increase, so
will jobs in this area. “We may see an uptick in terms of opportunities there,”
says Salemi.
Jobs in marketing
Advertising, promotions, and
marketing managers
- Median salary in 2019: $135,900/year ($65/hour)
- People employed in 2018: 286,800
- Expected growth by 2028: 8% (21,800 jobs)
- Required education: Bachelor’s degree
Even before the pandemic, the BLS
expected marketing jobs to grow at a significant pace over the next decade.
These roles have many skills that are transferable between industries, which
could be especially useful as some industries thrive and others recover more
slowly, Salemi says.
“Let’s say they’re working in
marketing for a hotel, and let’s say right now they’re furloughed,” she says.
“Maybe they can consider, ‘What marketing skills do I have, how can I position
myself for an opportunity in health care, to get marketing within health
care?’”
In some cases, she says, “it’s
just a matter of tweaking their resume.”
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