Military Times EDGE

The hottest job areas from now to 2016 will be in health care, education, information technology and clean energy, a new report says. And though some require bachelor’s degrees or higher, many call for an associate degree and sometimes additional vocational training.

Health care will generate 3 million new jobs by 2016, the most of any industry, says the report by the Democratic Leadership Council, a nonprofit think tank. Among “hot jobs” in health: physical and occupational therapist assistant, dental hygienist and radiation therapist, the report says.

A job is considered “hot” if it pays over the 2006 average wage of $32,000 and if projected growth is more than 10 percent in the next 10 years.

The highest-paying “hot jobs” are in information technology, averaging about $71,415.

In clean energy, jobs are expected to increase by 200 percent in 10 years. The authors say wind energy will grow fastest, generating about 285,000 jobs with incentives from the economic stimulus package.