The Future of Work? More Home Health Aides Than Software Developers

The Future of Work? More Home Health Aides Than Software Developers

The computer science field is hot. But when it comes to the fastest-growing occupations and the fields that will create the highest number of jobs over the next decade, health care is even hotter.

That’s one of the big takeaways of new employment projections released Tuesday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics . The numbers represent the federal government’s best guess on what the labor market will look like between 2016 and 2026.

Such projections are "useful for highlighting trends and tendencies," but "should not be taken too literally," said economist Paul Osterman, an MIT professor who used to run […]

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