BY EMILY LINCKE CONTRIBUTIONS BY HANNAH NORTON, TOMER RONEN & AUBREY VOGEL
Quotes of note
Going forward
Career growth
2022 job numbers 2032 job numbers
A 2023 report from the Texas Workforce Commission predicts 762,000 jobs will open by 2030 that both exceed the statewide annual median pay of $43,463. This includes 215 high-wage occupations within 13 different industries including construction, manufacturing and health care. Texas is expected to add 2.3 million new jobs by 2030, with only 39.3% expected to require some form of postsecondary education or training, the data shows. A significant portion of these jobs are expected to be in the professional, scientific and technical services industries, followed by health care and construction. Additionally, the 2024 Report on Texas Growth Occupation from the TWC shows Texas is expected to have one of the fastest- growing labor forces in the nation at 14.7% by 2032, exceeded only by Utah.
“There’s been a movement to kind of elevate and … equalize career pathways just as much as college pathways.” DONALD KAMENTZ, CEO OF NONPROFIT, CONTIGO ED
2023 annual median salary
Pharmacy Technician
Truck driver
Chef
Welder
Carpenter
30K
20K
“If I wanted to, straight after my senior year, I could go into a trade. I could make money, make a living ... straight after high school.”
10K
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CELESTE VULTAGGIO, KLEIN OAK HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR
$48,111 $47,240 $47,964 $58,442 $47,743
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SOURCES: 2024 REPORT ON TEXAS GROWTH OCCUPATION FROM THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION/COMMUNITY IMPACT
Changing the future
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