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wbjournal.com | October 25, 2021 | Worcester Business Journal 11 J O B G R O W T H F A C T B O O K Food services and drinking places Accomadation and food services 12,808 20,122 7,314 57.1 Educational services Educational services 27,946 29,992 2,046 7.32 Ambulatory healthcare services Health care and social assistance 14,047 15,842 1,795 12.78 Social assistance Health care and social assistance 11,312 12,975 1,663 14.7 Administrative and support services Waste management and remediation services 9,732 11,310 1,578 16.21 Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1,315 2,830 1,515 115.21 Transit and ground passenger transportation Transportation and warehousing 1,271 2,164 893 70.26 Motor vehicle and parts dealers Retail trade 3,560 4,336 776 21.8 Personal and laundry services Other services (except government) 1,951 2,679 728 37.31 Merchant wholesalers, durable goods Wholesale trade 4,498 5,213 715 15.9 Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations Other services (except government) 1,309 2,014 705 53.86 Accommodation, including hotels Accomadation and food services 556 1,189 633 113.85 Food and beverage stores Retail trade 7,277 7,763 486 6.68 General merchandise stores Retail trade 4,880 5,351 471 9.65 Miscellaneous manufacturing Manufacturing 652 1,034 382 58.59 Miscellaneous store retailers Retail trade 1,012 1,368 356 35.18 Construction of buildings Construction 2,655 2,992 337 12.69 Furniture and home furnishings stores Retail trade 549 846 297 54.1 Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores Retail trade 455 746 291 63.96 Health and personal care stores Retail trade 1,678 1,943 265 15.79 Professional, scientific, and technical services Professional, scientific, and technical services 12,181 12,411 230 1.89 Repair and maintenance Other services (except government) 2,408 2,635 227 9.43 Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods Wholesale trade 2,752 2,969 217 7.89 Motion picture and sound recording industries Information 217 373 156 71.89 2020 Projected 2022 Growth Industry Main indusrty employment employment Job growth rate % Fastest-growing Central Mass. industries, by employment Source: Massachusetts Department of Labor & Workforce Development