CareerBuilder Releases List of Hottest Jobs for 2016

- List includes jobs that don't require a college degree, in addition to jobs that do

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Dec 03, 2015, 05:00 ET

CHICAGO, Dec. 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- If finding a new job in 2016 is among your New Year's resolutions, new research from CareerBuilder could provide some guidance about where to start. In partnership with Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI), CareerBuilder compiled a list of the hottest in-demand jobs for 2016. The list below is comprised of occupations where the number of job ads companies post each month outpace the number of people they actually hire. The list includes other data points, such as job growth and salary, which together indicate that these well-paying occupations have seen healthy growth and may be in demand in the coming year.

"For over 100 occupations in the U.S., there is far more job posting activity than hiring month to month," said Matt Ferguson, CEO of CareerBuilder and co-author of The Talent Equation. "While many of these jobs are in the technology and health care sectors, there are also plenty of opportunities in areas such as marketing, sales and transportation. The availability of jobs across industries underscores the need for companies to evaluate where their talent deficits are and become more strategic about how they fill these needs–whether that means reskilling their current workers, offering higher salaries to attract workers, or using data analytics to target talent with the right skills."

This analysis uses EMSI's extensive labor market database, which pulls from over 90 national and state employment resources. CareerBuilder and EMSI looked at the average number of people hired per month in more than 700 occupations from January 2015 to September 2015 and compared that to the number of job postings for each occupation (aggregated from online job sites for the same period).

Among occupations that require a college education and have the largest gap between job openings and hires are the following:

Occupation	Average Monthly Unique Job Postings	Average Monthly Hires	Gap Between Postings and Hires	Job Growth 2010-2015	Total Employment in 2015	Median Hourly Earnings
Registered Nurses	296,631	97,549	199,082	171,097	2,776,836	$32.04
Software Developers, Applications	114,921	31,272	83,649	126,277	727,753	$45.92
Marketing Managers	91,630	8,447	83,183	23,692	193,619	$61.12
Sales Managers	70,558	17,750	52,808	35,399	370,648	$53.20
Medical and Health Services Managers	63,683	11,850	51,833	26,080	321,961	$44.62
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	69,636	18,568	51,068	36,640	381,001	$36.44
Industrial Engineers	55,264	7,985	47,279	25,426	244,225	$39.18
Computer Systems Analysts	71,555	24,703	46,852	87,023	556,922	$39.76
Web Developers	52,431	6,641	45,790	22,282	130,161	$30.52
Financial Managers	63,157	23,251	39,906	37,458	542,618	$55.44
Physical Therapists	49,712	10,001	39,711	27,473	210,377	$39.61
Pharmacists	44,738	13,202	31,536	14,591	296,530	$58.15
Accountants and Auditors	103,868	75,968	27,900	133,042	1,278,617	$31.70
Information Security Analysts	31,059	3,547	27,512	15,180	85,133	$42.74
Occupational Therapists	31,546	5,474	26,072	11,952	114,897	$37.89
Speech-Language Pathologists	27,789	5,379	22,410	9,641	128,692	$34.40
Computer and Information Systems Managers	35,758	14,001	21,758	42,942	347,810	$61.37
Mechanical Engineers	28,033	9,920	18,113	28,646	280,416	$39.93
Human Resources Managers	23,231	5,916	17,315	14,218	124,618	$49.41

Among occupations that don't typically require a college degree but have gaps between job openings and hires are¹:

Occupation	Average Monthly Unique Job Postings	Average Monthly Hires	Gap Between Postings and Hires	Job Growth 2010-2015	Total Employment in 2015	Median Hourly Earnings
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,091,024	106,355	984,669	208,932	1,695,977	$19.00
Food Service Managers	52,132	18,724	33,408	24,690	203,311	$23.34
Computer User Support Specialists	63,533	32,596	30,937	85,324	645,478	$22.89
Insurance Sales Agents	40,909	22,075	18,834	69,125	635,431	$23.01
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians	21,505	7,609	13,896	15,456	194,723	$17.26
Surgical Technologists	10,864	3,150	7,714	11,186	103,054	$20.84
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists	19,074	13,427	5,647	25,434	252,286	$20.98
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	10,118	5,048	5,070	10,454	111,859	$41.06
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products	16,647	11,973	4,674	19,003	300,486	$29.32
Medical Secretaries	23,893	20,786	3,107	74,124	550,716	$15.50
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	12,271	9,330	2,941	15,486	179,689	$26.09
Lodging Managers	4,505	2,605	1,900	2,519	32,300	$22.93
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	10,052	9,409	643	12,896	278,596	$29.91

¹ Some occupations may require additional training after high school.

About EMSI
Economic Modeling Specialists Intl. (EMSI) is a CareerBuilder company that provides industry-leading employment data and economic analysis via web tools and custom reports. EMSI turns vast amounts of labor market data into easy-to-use information that helps organizations understand the connection between economies, people, and work, and ultimately build a better workforce. EMSI's web tools—Analyst and Career Coach—are used by thousands of professionals in higher education, workforce and economic development, and the private sector. EMSI has also produced more than 1,200 comprehensive impact analyses for colleges and universities in the U.S. and internationally.

About CareerBuilder®
As the global leader in human capital solutions, CareerBuilder specializes in cutting-edge HR software as a service to help companies with every step of the recruitment process from acquire to hire. CareerBuilder works with top employers across industries, providing job distribution, sourcing, workflow, CRM, data and analytics in one pre-hire platform. It also operates leading job sites around the world. Owned by TEGNA Inc. (NYSE:TGNA), Tribune Media (NYSE:TRCO) and The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the United States, Europe, South America, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit www.careerbuilder.com.

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