10 YEAR OCCUPATION PROJECTIONS St. Louis, MO Region
EMPLOYMENT
GROWTH
Estimated 2002
Projected 2012
Number of Employees
Percent Change
2005 Mean Annual Salary
Architecture and Engineering
18,566
19,238
672
4%
$61,760
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media
18,451
20,412
1,961
11%
$43,540
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance
38,289
43,964
5,675
15%
$21,610
Business and Financial Operations
48,892
54,748
5,856
12%
$53,910
Community and Social Services
16,662
19,056
2,394
14%
$37,070
Computer and Mathematical
34,845
40,268
5,423
16%
$64,770
Construction and Extraction
57,330
64,276
6,946
12%
$47,130
Education, Training, and Library
57,980
70,596
12,616
22%
$43,000
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry
777
832
55
7%
$21,010
Food Preparation and Serving Related
86,610
99,938
13,328
15%
$17,720
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical
58,790
70,489
11,699
20%
$53,260
Healthcare Support
29,371
38,077
8,706
30%
$22,960
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
42,688
45,605
2,917
7%
$39,380
Legal
8,630
9,013
383
4%
$85,040
Life, Physical, and Social Science
8,038
8,990
952
12%
$51,050
Management
66,330
73,310
6,980
11%
$89,540
Office and Administrative Support
194,998
197,277
2,279
1%
$29,660
Personal Care and Service
35,250
34,807
-443
-1%
$23,230
Production
80,400
76,323
-4,077
-5%
$32,490
Protective Service
23,884
27,510
3,626
15%
$35,570
Sales and Related
122,451
130,740
8,289
7%
$34,110
Transportation and Material Moving
74,814
76,765
1,951
3%
$30,190
TOTAL OF ALL OCCUPATIONS
1,124,046
1,222,234
98,188
9%
$37,900