Formerly Female-Dominated Kentucky Jobs will Grow Fastest

Kentucky women have been working in jobs traditionally held by women, with secretaries at the top the list. However, the stat'e women have been working in other traditional roles as well, including private household services, financial records processing, health assessment and treatment, health techs, and cashiers.

Kentucky women have not largely worked in nontraditional, male-oriented occupations, including only small percentages as police and firefighters, engineers, construction laborers, material movers, mechanics and construction trades-people (in journeyman programs).

The occupational outlook may be better for Kentucky women than for Kentucky men at this time, through the year 2014.

Men and women are equally likely to have jobs that are projected to decline by 2005. However, men are more likely to be in jobs with low growth rates, while women are more likely to be in jobs with high growth rates.

Traditional "female-dominated" services and health care types of occupations are predicted to experience high growth or even hyper-growth (over 30 percent). One exception is the field of Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts, with a projected 57% growth margin through 2014. This trend may spur increasing numbers of men to enter nursing schools for RN programs.

Other occupations entered into by increasing numbers of men include physical therapy assisting and medical assisting. The aging American population is creating a need for these types of jobs in greater numbers.

Asbury College

Barclay College

Campbellsville University

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College

Kentucky Christian University

Kentucky Mountain Bible School

Louisville Bible College

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

The Top 7 high paying jobs require an Associate's Degree or Higher educational certificate, diploma, or license.

(Job title, Annual # of Openings through 2014, and Hourly Wage)

Registered Nurses (RN): 1,728, $24.07

General & Operations Managers:921, $36.05

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Ed.:694, $24.50

Other Teachers & Instructors: 495, $12.44

Secondary School Teachers, Except Spec/Voc Ed.: 418, $25.53

Accountants & Auditors:376, $23.70

Chief Executives: 330, $62.62