Physician and Surgeon Job Outlook for 2010 and Beyond

According to reports from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, in the ten year period ending 2018, approximately 26% of all new jobs will be in the healthcare and social assistance industry, which includes public and private hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities, and individual and family services.

Physicians and surgeons make the BLS list of the 30 occupations with the largest projected employment growth. During the ten year period from 2008 to 2018, the BLS projects 144,000 new physician jobs will be created – an increase of 21.8% (a rate classified by the BLS as "much faster than average").

The physician career outlook for the next year and future are positive according to these findings, although the jobs may not be in ideal locations and the workloads may increase.

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