The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development projects employment in Tennessee will grow at a 0.5 percent annual rate through 2018. The jobs with the fastest rates of growth are:
1Home health aides, projected to grow 4.7 percent a year with a median annual wage of $19,560.
2 Network system and data communications analysts, projected to grow 4.1 percent a year with a median annual wage of $65,800.
3 Self-enrichment teachers, projected to grow 3.1 percent a year with a median annual wage of $30,994
4 Personal and home care aides, projected to grow 3 percent a year with a median annual wage of $18,320
5 Directors of religious activities and education, projected to grow 2.8 percent with a median annual wage of $50,730
Source: Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, 2010 Annual Workforce Report on Jobs
— Compiled by Staff Writer Dave Flessner, dflessner@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6340. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/chattreporter.