17 Best Careers for the Future: Highest Paying & in Demand

Today we're going to talk about the top 17 jobs of the future, we're going to start with job number 1 and go all the way to job number 17. In this article, I'm going to use the numbers provided by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics and some additional data from insiders and other publications.

So if you are thinking about being relevant in 10 years, so make sure read the article all till the end to learn about the fastest growing occupations and to learn about the jobs that might not be too relevant by 2030. In this article, we'll also get insights into how fast demand for some jobs is growing. 

And you will also learn what kind of education you need to become one of those specialists that are in high demand. We took the jobs and ranked them by how fast the demand for them is going to grow in the next 10 years. 

#1 NUMBER

The demand for these specialists has already grown by 74%. In the past four years, companies need machine learning engineers and artificial intelligence specialists. Artificial Intelligence is almost everywhere these days, you know translation, accounting, finance, genetics, big data, and people who know how to teach a machine to do things.

And how to make a machine learn by doing make around $200,000 a year. Of course, you need special education required in machine learning, ideally, a bachelor's and master's degree. 

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Number two is motion designers and VR professionals. Now let me explain what motion designer does. Sometimes you watch a video and it's all animation. You look at the metaverse and everything is like digital, you're in a digital room or somebody's wearing a digital dress. 

This is basically what those people do. They create either 3D objects if it's a virtual designer or animation, if it's a motion designer and motion designers are in high demand among YouTubers, they're in high demand. In production companies, demand for these specialists is going to grow by 70% by 2030. 

And this is easy to explain we see how Mehta is going into the VR space, we see more and more VR applications we see a lot of things going digital the average salary is around $62,000. In the US right now. I found several bachelor programs teaching you motion design and VR. 

But basically what you need to do is you need to be able to work with Photoshop and other tools and portfolios one of the most important aspects of this job. So letter specialists just ended up taking professional courses, and then doing a lot of practical tasks like being a contractor for a certain company just to build their portfolio.

#3. NUMBER

According to the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Okay, we're approaching the top three jobs that are going to see the most growth by 2030. Number three is wind turbine service technician. As stated by the American Wind Energy Association, there are more than 65,000 onshore wind turbines in the US.

And every year this number increases, so we need technicians who oversee the operations who can fix problems if they appear. This is why the demand for when tax is going to grow by 68% by 2030. Of course, you need education in the field of the electric power industry. 

In the US there are for example specific technical colleges to help you with that. Also, employees are more likely to hire a technician who has other certificates. basically, someone who completed additional courses like Electrical Safety First Aid or climbing training. The median salary is $56,000 a year.

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You need special education in engineering Asher's lobby attendance and ticket takers. This is job number four growing by 62%. This is just crazy. This sounds a bit crazy to me as a person with things that a lot of jobs are going to be automated.

But the reality is we have a growing number of elite hotels, and we have a growing number of public events, and conferences. and we need people to help us navigate those events.

There are more and more business offices, we work and we need reception there we need real people in order to become one of those people who don't really need special education.

You need to be friendly, you need to be willing to help. The average salary though is not too high. It's around $26,000 a year, but it's something that is definitely growing in demand. 

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A solar panel installer, basically a person who installs solar panels, it is expected that demand for these specialists is going to grow by 52% by 2030, compared to 2020, the average salary is $47,000 a year, and in order to become a solar installer.

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Now, these are interesting agents and business managers for celebrities. Let me explain how the industry works. If you think about the US, almost every actor makeup artist, production company, stylist, works with an agency.

In fact, 70% of all actors are represented by the top three agencies that are located in Los Angeles, WME CA,A and UTA, these agencies employ 1000s of agents.

What does an agent do? They work with a certain actor or a talent. And they match actors and talents with brand deals with different opportunities. And yes, a lot of bloggers, creators, and tik-tokers are working with agencies. And it's really exciting how this industry is also moving into this digital slash creator world. They're also standalone agents. 

The agents make money by taking a commission and it ranges from 10 to 20%. And when I was talking to industry representatives, they also told me that the biggest moneymaker for an agency is when they put together a movie because they represent makeup artists who work for that movie they represent screenwriters, actors, and production companies.

And when they match everyone together, they create a movie and they take a percentage of whatever the budget is, in order to become an agent or a business manager. You don't need specific education but you need to have relationships and connections in this creative world. 

And the best path is to start working as an assistant in a bigger agency and then either grow as an agent there are start something on your own. Again, everything depends on your communication and negotiation skills. The average salary of an agent is around $116,000 a year. It is exciting. 

After the demand for agents is going to grow by 46% by 2030. Probably because of the number of creative people that is rising overall. And because there is so much money going into ads with creative people, versus 10 years ago when almost all the ad revenue was on TV.

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The demand for nurses is going to grow by 45% You need at least two years of training and a special exam to become a registered nurse and on average nurses make $123,000 in the US.

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We're doing more sports, and this profession is fitness trainer. Right now there are 300,000 job openings posted in the US in the fitness market. It is predicted that in 2030 We're going to have 420,000 new jobs each year in this market.

The average salary is $40,000 a year and you need special training to become a fitness instructor. But very often this training lasts for several months, so no need to do bachelor's and Master's and fitness education nurses. 

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Number nine home health and personal care aides these people help those with disabilities or chronic diseases or the elderly who find it difficult to cope on their own. They work in nursing homes and hospices privately the demand for them will increase by 34%.

The median salary in the US is about $61,500. The demand for these professionals is going to grow by 39% in the next 10 years because we're becoming healthier. 

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Cyber security analysts. Now a cyber security specialist analyzes a platform or a website and looks into potential leaks from which your website could be accessed data could be stolen systems could be ruined etc.

Of cours,e they need professional education you need at least a bachelor's degree in computer science. The demand for these professionals is going to grow by 33% by 2030. And they make around $102,000 A year.

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Number 11 cooks and chefs the demand for this common job is expected to increase by 26% in 10 years, and we're not talking just about chefs, we're talking about the whole industry because there are many people in the kitchen there are people there are assistants to chefs. 

For example, it would take the whole market right now we have 2 million jobs in the US on average. If you're an assistant to a chef you make around $20,000 A year.

#12. NUMBER

Now people who do this job research the market, for example, if I'm researching the auto market, what kinds of cars are people buying? What's the percentage of people owning an electric vehicle versus a gas vehicle? How many people are leasing? What's the trend? Are people going to lease more cars? Or maybe people are going to buy more cars? 

This is what market analytics. Do you need a professional education Bachelor's in economics or marketing or business?

These specialists make around $69,000 A year and it's predicted that demand for them is going to grow by 22%. In the next 10 years,

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Number 13 is QA testing. So a QA tester is someone who looks at the website and pretends to be a user and starts clicking different buttons. And when some button doesn't work, or something unpredictable happens.

He creates a report a bug report that he sends over to the developers team, and they fix this bug. I've recently seen a lot of online courses that teach you this job, and you can learn it in several months, it is predicted that demand for QA testers is going to grow by 22% in 2030, compared to 2020. 

and in the year 2020, there were 2 million vacancies from companies looking for QA testers. So I would say if you're dreaming of it, this would be the easiest first step into it because it's easy to learn. And it's also quite high-paying job on average people make $110,000 a year here in the US working as a QA tester, of course, ideally, it's great to have some IT background.

But you can have a bachelor's in something completely different like arts or economics, and then take a course that lasts several months and become a QA tester.

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The number 14 is Data journalist. Data journalists make around $58,000 a year apart from having journalistic skills, you need to be able to work with Excel spreadsheets and apps that help you visualize Big Data.

I also found a free course on Google that you can take it's called data journalism data journalists work with big data and present it in a way that is easy to understand for regular people. So the example is they take a lot of data about how people invest and create graphs and tables that are easy to understand for everyone.

These people work at banks, they work at media companies, they work with governments and Price water house says that businesses that work with data journalists generate 10% more profit year over year.

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Number 15 ESG specialists now ESG is environmental, social, and corporate governance. Basically, these people monitor what's the company's impact on the environment. How can it damage the environment, and they take action? 

For example, in 2020, Google said that it's going to hire 20,000 specialists like that in the next five years. Price Waterhouse said it's going to create 100,000 jobs for ESG Specialists. It is definitely something to look into.

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Number 16 managers have individual health care programs. Now let me explain a little here. Sometimes you go to a doctor and say, Hi, I have a headache. And they would just prescribe you whatever they prescribe for headaches and you go back home, the holistic approach is when the doctor actually takes your blood and finds out that you know there are some vitamins.

That you need to take and also gives you advice regarding your lifestyle, maybe you should exercise more, maybe you should change your diet. So this holistic approach is becoming more and more in demand. It allows us to become healthier humans and also allows us to save money.

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Number 17 is a lawyer who specializes on the internet basically, what happens if I quote this? Or can I use this material on this video, or does somebody mention me in the article? Can I sue them? This is what these professionals do.

So, these are my 17 predicted professions for the next 10 years of course these are all my personal opinion, and feel free to do your own research.