Women in the workplace

By Metro Creative

The employment outlook for women over the next several years is very good.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, women predominate in many fields that projections suggest will have considerable openings through 2026. In its job openings projections that estimated openings between 2016 and 2026, the BLS found that 13 of the 20 occupations with the best employment outlook employed more women than men in 2016.

Childcare workers, registered nurses, nursing assistants, and home health aides were all professions that were dominated by women, and the BLS anticipated that each profession would have considerable openings through 2026.

The field of nursing figures to be especially good to women in the coming years, as the BLS estimated, in its recent “Occupational Outlook Handbook,” that employment of registered nurses was projected to grow by 12% between 2018 and 2028. Registered nurses, 90% of whom are women according to the BLS, figure to benefit greatly from this rosy employment outlook.

— Metro Creative