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Table 1.  Industries covered in the 1994-95 Career Guide to Industries
Table 2.  Industries covered in the 1994-95 Career Guide to Industries
Table 3.  Industries covered in the 1994-95 Career Guide to Industries

For information:      (202) 606-5700                            USDL 95-57
 
                                              For release:  10:00 A.M. EST
Media contact:             606-5902            Tuesday, February 21,  1995
 
1994-95 CAREER GUIDE TO INDUSTRIES PUBLISHED
BY BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
 
 
 
        The Career Guide to Industries, published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, is becoming one of the government's
primary career reference books.  First published in 1992, the Career Guide
already has proven useful to students, counselors, and jobseekers in making
informed career decisions and to education and training planners in
assessing what training programs will best meet the needs of the U.S.
economy over the next 10 to 15 years.  This second edition of the Career
Guide covers 40 industries, accounting for over 7 out of 10 wage and
salary jobs in the economy.  For each industry, the Career Guide presents
the expected employment changes to the year 2005.
        The Career Guide discusses careers from an industry perspective,
whereas the BLS companion publication, the Occupational Outlook
Handbook, has addressed careers from an occupational perspective for
nearly 50 years.  The Bureau developed the Career Guide because many
people think of careers in terms of industries rather than occupations.
The personal circumstances or choices of some individuals may compel them
to live in a specific locality, limiting prospective jobs to those
offered by the distinctive mix of industries in their state or community.
Or, individuals may be attracted to a particular industry for other
reasons--the glamour and travel associated with the airlines, the high
potential earnings in the securities and commodities industry, the
technology in aerospace manufacturing, or the opportunity to work with
children offered by the educational services industry, to name a few.
By focusing on industries, the Career Guide provides information that
the Handbook does not.  Some occupations are unique to a particular
industry and are not discussed in the Handbook.  Additionally, some
industries offer specific paths of career advancement that are not
addressed in the Handbook.
        Like the Handbook, the Career Guide primarily targets junior and
high school students, but can be equally valuable to older people entering
the work force for the first time and to those seeking a career change.
Readers are told not only which industries will provide the largest number
of jobs, but which will grow the most rapidly and which will decline.
        Projected employment change varies widely by industry.  For
example, an aging population, advances in medical technology, and the
shift from inpatient hospital care to outpatient care are projected to
create rapid employment growth and millions of job openings in health
services between 1992 and 2005.  On the other hand, employment in
apparel and other textile products manufacturing will decline due to
imports and technological improvements, including computers and
automated machinery.
        From construction to educational services, the Career Guide
profiles the wide array of career opportunities offered by the nation's
diverse workplaces.  Each industry offers a distinctive mix of jobs,
work environments, and training and advancement opportunities.  In
addition to discussing the factors that will affect projected growth or
decline in industry employment, the Career Guide provides
information on the industry and its workplaces; working conditions
and hazards; the number of jobs and size of establishments; primary
occupations and their projected growth; education and training
requirements for key jobs; advancement opportunities; earnings;
and organizations that can provide additional information.
        The 1994-95 edition of the Career Guide to Industries includes
an expanded introductory chapter that provides an overview of each of
these facets of industry employment.
        Tables 1 through 3 in this news release group the 40 industries
in the Career Guide according to projected percent change in
employment--faster or much faster than average, about as fast as
average, or more slowly than average or decline--ranked by projected
numerical change in employment.
        Global competition, changing technology and business practices,
shifts in the demand for goods and services, demographics of the
population, and other factors are reshaping the American job market.
For readers interested in the economic assumptions underlying the
specific industry and occupational employment projections, BLS also
has published the American Work Force: 1992-2005.  Part I of this
bulletin looks at historical trends in the work force and current
uncertainties, the U.S. economy to 2005, the labor force, industry
output and employment, and the wide variations in employment growth
by occupation.  Part II examines the methods used in the projections,
and Part III describes the assumptions made for specific industries
and occupations.
        The Bureau's publications can be purchased from the BLS
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telephone (312) 353-1880, or New Orders, Superintendent of Documents,
P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954.  The 220-page 1994-95
edition of the Career Guide to Industries, Bulletin 2453, costs $14.
The 1994-95 Occupational Outlook Handbook, Bulletin 2450, with a soft
cover costs $23; a hard cover version costs $26.  The American Work
Force: 1992-2005, Bulletin 2452, costs $9.50.  Payment can be made
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Table 1.  Industries covered in the 1994-95 Career Guide to Industries
that are projected to grow faster than average (27 to 40 percent) or
much faster than average (41 percent or more), ranked by projected
1992-2005 numerical change in employment
 
(Wage and salary employment in thousands)
                                                             1992-2005
      Industry                                           Employment Percent
                                         1992 Employment   change   change
 
Health services                              9,613         4,176     43.4
Educational services                         9,718         2,757     28.4
Eating and drinking places                   6,602         2,176     33.0
Social services                              1,509         1,405     93.1
Personnel supply services                    1,649           933     56.6
Computer and data processing services          831           795     95.7
Hotels and other lodging places              1,572           637     40.5
 
Amusement and recreation services            1,169           457     39.1
Management and public relations services       655           455     69.5
Child-care services                            449           328     73.0
Agricultural services                          653           265     40.5
Air transportation                             729           238     32.7
Securities and commodities                     439           131     29.9
Motion picture production and distribution     171           104     60.8
Advertising                                    226            62     27.5
 
 
 
Table 2.  Industries covered in the 1994-95 Career Guide to Industries
that are projected to grow about as fast as average (14 to 26 percent),
ranked by projected 1992-2005 numerical change in employment
 
(Wage and salary employment in thousands)
                                                       1992-2005
      Industry                                   Employment   Percent
                             1992 Employment       change     change
 
Construction                     4,471             1,161       26.0
Wholesale trade                  6,045             1,146       19.0
State and local government       6,576             1,067       16.2
Grocery stores                   2,842               633       22.3
Insurance                        2,132               499       23.4
Trucking and warehousing         1,606               413       25.7
Printing and publishing          1,504               247       16.4
Motor vehicle dealers              940               153       16.3
Drug manufacturing                 256                41       15.9
 
 
 
Table 3.  Industries covered in the 1994-95 Career Guide to Industries
that are projected to grow more slowly than average (0 to 13 percent)
or decline, ranked by projected 1992-2005 numerical change in employment
 
(Wage and salary employment in thousands)
                                                               1992-2005
         Industry                                         Employment Percent
                                          1992 Employment   change   change
 
Department, clothing, and variety stores      3,553          434      12.2
Public utilities                                955          117      12.2
Banking                                       2,103           91       4.3
Radio and television broadcasting               355           37      10.5
Aerospace manufacturing                         756           19       2.5
Food processing                               1,655           -7      -0.4
Mining and quarrying                            280          -19      -6.8
Steel manufacturing                             250          -26     -10.5
Chemicals manufacturing, except drugs           827          -33      -4.0
Motor vehicle and equipment manufacturing       809          -50      -6.1
Oil and gas extraction                          350          -50     -14.3
Textile mill products manufacturing             671         -101     -15.0
Federal Government                            2,177         -113      -5.2
Telephone communications                        912         -188     -20.6
Electronics manufacturing                     1,463         -239     -16.3
Apparel and other textile products
     manufacturing                            1,005         -245     -24.4