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10 Worcester Business Journal | October 25, 2021 | wbjournal.com F A C T B O O K J O B G R O W T H Fast food and counter workers 4,757 7,139 2,382 50.07% $29,126 Waiters and waitresses 2,834 4,356 1,522 53.70% $31,490 Home health and personal care aides 9,201 10,646 1,445 15.70% $33,308 Retail salespersons 6,046 6,941 895 14.80% $32,841 Passenger vehicle drivers, except bus drivers 1,742 2,593 851 48.85% $39,142 Cashiers 5,910 6,652 742 12.55% $31,758 Bartenders 1,249 1,951 702 56.20% $32,581 Cooks, restaurant 1,021 1,681 660 64.64% $31,699 General and operations managers 4,805 5,305 500 10.40% $119,670 Janitors and cleaners, except housekeepers 3,272 3,762 490 14.97% $37,495 First-line supervisors of food preparation and serving workers 942 1,385 443 47.02% $41,351 Landscaping and groundskeeping workers 1,511 1,925 414 27.39% $39,523 Registered nurses 7,241 7,652 411 5.67% $90,956 Dishwashers 719 1,092 373 51.87% $28,757 Food preparation workers 965 1,270 305 31.60% $31,041 Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers 4,264 4,563 299 7.01% $33,639 First-line supervisors of retail sales workers 2,450 2,747 297 12.12% $49,866 Office clerks, general 3,832 4,125 293 7.64% $41,354 Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers 807 1,097 290 35.93% $31,073 Stockers and order fillers 3,546 3,831 285 8.03% $34,533 Customer service representatives 5,454 5,737 283 5.18% $45,000 Nursing assistants 4,193 4,465 272 6.48% $34,576 Substance abuse, behavioral and mental health counselors 2,250 2,512 262 11.64% $50,343 Childcare workers 1,547 1,793 246 15.90% $31,537 Maintenance and repair workers, general 1,628 1,873 245 15.04% $47,001 Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists 710 950 240 33.80% $52,660 Maids and housekeeping cleaners 1,034 1,265 231 22.34% $31,716 Light truck or delivery services drivers 2,368 2,597 229 9.67% $42,534 Food service managers 485 713 228 47.01% $64,131 Social and human service assistants 1,867 2,090 223 11.94% $42,020 Automotive service technicians and mechanics 1,463 1,665 202 13.80% $52,181 Security guards 926 1,123 197 21.27% $33,848 Recreation workers 643 834 191 29.70% $33,312 Receptionists and information clerks 1,234 1,422 188 15.23% $35,075 Teaching assistants, except postsecondary 2,500 2,686 186 7.44% $39,582 Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 3,291 3,471 180 5.46% $47,662 Amusement and recreation attendants 175 344 169 96.57% $29,781 Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical 2,148 2,306 158 7.35% $83,433 Nonfarm animal caretakers 437 594 157 35.92% $33,022 Manicurists and pedicurists 385 541 156 40.51% $29,771 Medical secretaries 1,832 1,975 143 7.80% $40,831 Elementary school teachers, except special education 1,902 2,040 138 7.25% $75,158 Software developers and software quality assurance analysts 2,019 2,156 137 6.78% $106,181 Police and sheriff's patrol officers 1,800 1,932 132 7.33% $76,920 Food servers, nonrestaurant 791 920 129 16.30% $31,255 Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses 1,516 1,644 128 8.44% $60,662 Total, all occupations 250,296 277,756 27,460 10.97% $64,115 Fastest-growing jobs in Central Massachusetts Source: Massachusetts Department of Labor & Workforce Development Employment Projected 2022 Increase in Percent 2020 annual 2020 employment jobs increase salary