Bright Outlook occupations are expected to grow rapidly in the next several years, will have large numbers of job openings, or are new and emerging occupations.

Every Bright Outlook occupation matches at least one of the following criteria:

• Projected to grow much faster than average (employment increase of 20% or more) over the period 2008-2018
• Projected to have 100,000 or more job openings over the period 2008-2018
• New & Emerging occupation in a high growth industry