Archived articles from The Editor’s Desk— Projections

• Overview of the labor force from 1950–2010 and projections to 2050 (12/03/2012)
• Output projections for major industries, 2010–2020 (03/05/2012)
• Employment projections by occupational group, 2010–2020 (02/28/2012)
• Labor Force Projections to 2020 (02/16/2012)
• Employment projections for major industries, 2010–20 (02/02/2012)
• Top searches on the BLS website (01/21/2011)
• Occupations with increasing employment, 2008–2018 (05/06/2010)
• Employment projections for major industries, 2008-18 (01/04/2010)
• The baby-boom generation to remain in the labor force (12/31/2009)
• Employment change by major occupational group, 2008-18 (12/24/2009)
• Industries with the most new jobs, 2008-18 (12/17/2009)
• Mixed-education occupations, 2006-16 (10/22/2008)
• Industries losing the most jobs, 2006-16 (01/10/2008)
• Projected growth in professional occupations, 2006-16 (01/04/2008)
• Self-employment in 2016 (12/31/2007)
• Occupations losing the most jobs, 2006-16 (12/28/2007)
• Industries with the most new jobs, 2006-16 (12/19/2007)
• Occupations with the largest projected job growth, 2006-16 (12/07/2007)
• Labor force projected at 164.2 million by 2016 (12/05/2007)
• STEM occupations and job growth (06/28/2007)
• Labor force growth: past, present, and future (01/10/2007)
• Changes in men’s and women’s labor force participation rates (01/10/2007)
• Occupations with the most job openings for college graduates, 2004-14 (09/28/2006)
• Healthcare employment for workers without a bachelor’s degree (09/26/2006)
• The labor force in 2014: race and Hispanic origin (01/03/2006)
• Industries with the most new jobs, 2004-14 (12/30/2005)
• Occupations with the largest job growth, 2004-14 (12/22/2005)
• Service-providing sector and job growth to 2014 (12/19/2005)
• Occupational groups and projections, 2004-14 (12/13/2005)
• Labor force projected at 162.1 million by 2014 (12/08/2005)
• High-technology employment (08/31/2005)
• Fastest growing industries (03/24/2004)
• Projected employment in high-paying occupations requiring a bachelor’s or graduate degree (03/17/2004)
• Projected employment in high-paying occupations requiring less than a bachelor’s degree (03/15/2004)
• Employment projections for the goods-producing sector, 2002-12 (03/10/2004)
• Employment growth in the service-providing sector, 2002-12 (03/04/2004)
• Occupations with the largest job decline, 2002-12 (02/25/2004)
• Age and labor force projections: 2002-12 (02/20/2004)
• Fastest growing occupations through 2012 (02/12/2004)
• Evaluating projections of labor force participation rates (01/27/2004)
• Evaluating 1988–2000 employment projections (01/07/2004)
• Assessing the 1988-2000 employment growth projections (05/29/2003)
• Accuracy of growth projections for health care occupations (05/28/2003)
• When the future becomes the past: 1988-2000 projections for large occupations (05/23/2003)
• Consumer-related jobs most important to farming and nondurables among goods producers (01/10/2003)
• Consumer spending and job growth (01/09/2003)
• Projected slowdown in labor force growth (08/07/2002)
• Most new jobs to be in services or retail trade (01/09/2002)
• Occupations losing the most jobs, 2000-10 (01/04/2002)
• Labor force participation trends for women and men (12/18/2001)
• Industries on the wane, 2000-2010 (12/12/2001)
• Youth segment of labor force to grow fastest (12/11/2001)
• Fastest growing industries, 2000-2010 (12/06/2001)
• Labor force to continue to diversify (12/05/2001)
• Fastest growing jobs, 2000-2010 (12/04/2001)
• Five million new jobs in just ten occupations (07/03/2001)
• The labor force is getting older (06/26/2001)
• Slower growth in labor force expected in next 25 years (06/25/2001)
• Total job openings, 1998-2008: replacement and growth (03/14/2000)
• Farmers projected to have largest job loss in 1998-2008 (02/08/2000)
• Services industry projected to gain the most jobs in 1998-2008 (01/28/2000)
• Occupations with the largest growth, 1998-2008 (12/29/1999)
• Fast-growing industries vs. fast-going industries (12/27/1999)
• The grayby boom ages the labor force (12/20/1999)
• The labor force in 2008: race and Hispanic origin (12/14/1999)
• More than two-thirds of projected fastest growing occupations are in high wage jobs (12/09/1999)
• Education requirements and job growth (12/07/1999)
• Service sector dominant source of new jobs (12/03/1999)
• Millennial themes: age, education, services (12/01/1999)
• Projections of service worker employment generally on target (06/18/1999)
• Assessing projections of management jobs (06/16/1999)
• BLS total employment projections usually close (06/14/1999)
• Temporary workers in professional occupations expected to increase (02/24/1999)
• Abundant career opportunities projected in information technology (10/28/1998)
• Defense-related employment decline projected to slow (10/08/1998)