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Labor Market Analysis
April 10, 2016
This report was designed to provide current labor market information to professionals who are
involved in career planning, job placement assistance and vocational rehabilitation services.
Individuals who are currently looking for employment and those considering skill trainings in
marketable field will also find useful information in this report.
National Job Report for the Past three Months
The total nonfarm payroll employment increased an average of 209,000 jobs for the months of
January (168,000), February (245,000) and March 2016 (215,000), and the unemployment rate
is at 5.0 percent (no change from Previous Quarter), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported
on Friday April 1, 2016. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, professional
and technical services, health care, food services and drinking places, retail sales and
construction. The following are some specific careers in the different clusters that are
projective to have significant long term growth according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Professional and Business Services:
15-1132.00 Software Developers, Applications
39-6012.00 Concierges
15-2011.00 Actuaries
41-3031.02 Sales Agents, Financial Services
11-2022.00 Sales Managers
13-1199.04 Business Continuity Planners
Healthcare
29-2021.00 Dental Hygienists
31-9091.00 Dental Assistants
29-2055.00 Surgical Technologists
31-2021.00 Physical Therapist Assistants
29-2012.00 Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians
31-1014.00 Nursing Assistants
29-2056.00 Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
29-1141.00 - Registered Nurses
Retail Trade
49-3091.00 Bicycle Repairers
41-2011.00 Cashiers
29-2092.00 Hearing Aid Specialists
29-2081.00 Opticians, Dispensing
49-9011.00 Mechanical Door Repairers

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Food services and Drinking Places:
35-2014.00 Cooks, Restaurant
35-2012.00 Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria
35-3011.00 Bartenders
35-3022.01 Baristas
35-3031.00 Waiters and Waitresses
Construction.
47-3011.00 Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters
47-2061.00 Construction Laborers
47-2152.00 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
49-9092.00 Commercial Divers
47-2031.00 Carpenters
Local Job Report for the Past three Months
The Counties in Virginia with the highest job openings in April 2016: Fairfax County, Virginia (44,579)
Richmond city, Virginia (14,983), Loudoun County, Virginia (10,734) Arlington County, Virginia
(10,573); Alexandria city, Virginia (7,121); Norfolk city, Virginia (6,201) Virginia Beach city, Virginia
(5,863); Prince William County, Virginia (5,334); Henrico County, Virginia (4,595); Roanoke city,
Virginia (4,109) .
The Virginia Employment Commission recorded 157,163 job postings in the Northern Virginia region in
March, 2016. The following are the top 25 careers with the most advertised job openings in Virginia and
the number of job postings:
1. Registered Nurses 9,226
2. Retail Salespersons 3,166
3. Computer Programmers 3,061
4. First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 2,790
5. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 2,621
6. Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food 2,472
7. Customer Service Representatives 2,366
8. Computer User Support Specialists 2,177
9. Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 2,012
10. Physical Therapists 1,718
11. Managers, All Other 1,626
12. Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,548
13. Computer Systems Analysts 1,429
14. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 1,363
15. General and Operations Managers 1,328

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16. Software Developers, Applications 1,317
17. Occupational Therapists 1,307
18. Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 1,197
19. Security Guards 1,190
20. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 1,185
21. Waiters and Waitresses 1,181
22. Cooks, Restaurant 1,160
23. Nursing Assistants 1,132
24. Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 1,123
25. Cashiers
Top 20 Employers with Opening in the Northern Virginia Region.
1. Leidos 1,250
2. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc 1,060
3. NORTHROP GRUMMAN 920
4. Inova Health System 847
5. ManTech 828
6. General Dynamics Corporation 767
7. Harris Teeter 668
8. Capital One 525
9. Engility Corporation 519
10. George Mason University 497
11. Deloitte 473
12. SAIC 441
13. CyberCoders 428
14. General Dynamics 428
15. Vencore, Inc. 414
16. BAE Systems 412
17. Accenture 390
18. Lockheed Martin Corporation 389
19. CSRA, Inc 381
20. Panera Bread 310
The following are the 10 employment sectors with the highest growth projected in Virginia between
2012 and 2022:
Career 2012 2022 (Projection)
1. Business and Financial Operations Occupations 265,333 309,463
2. Education, Training, and Library Occupations 234,277 271,508
3. Management Occupations 251,922 267,772
4. Computer and Mathematical Occupations 205,460 259,844
5. Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 195,135 238,325
6. Architecture and Engineering Occupations 81,463 89,705
7. Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, &Media Occupations 66,001 76,841
8. Community and Social Services Occupations 52,896 63,916
9. Legal Occupations 42,575 47,036
10. Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations 31,459 35,533

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Fields that Showed Decline Recently
The mining industry continues to show significant decline quarter. Manufacture, Courier/messenger
service also showed decline the past three months. The following careers are projected to show
significant decline in the next 10 years according Virginia. (Career code) and projected percentage
decline:
Semiconductor Processors 314 211 -32.8%
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers (-29.42%)
Log Graders and Scalers (-28.71%)
Fallers (-27.14%)
Word Processors and Typists (-26.9%)
Postal Service Clerks (-25.67%)
Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders (-24.62%)
Animal Breeders (-24.56%)
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, Tenders, Metal and Plastic (-23.89%)
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders (-23.58%)
Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators (-23.46%)
Data Entry Keyers (-23.29%)
This report was prepared by Ralph Figaro, Vocational Rehabilitative Counselor with the State of Virginia
department for Aging and Rehabilitation Services, Fairfax Office. For more information about this
report, contact my office at 703-691-6056.