US – 250,000 more engineers over the next 10 years will be needed

The United States will need nearly 250,000 more engineers over the next 10 years to work in high-growth sectors and industries such as oil and gas, aerospace, and renewable energy, with employers to make more than a third of new engineering jobs available in metropolitan areas such as Houston, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

That translates to an 11 percent expansion rate in the U.S. engineering labor market from now through 2023, according to Kelly Services‘ latest Engineering Employment Outlook, which forecasts work conditions in the coming decade and also takes a snapshot of the current situation for engineers. The Troy, Mich.-based workforce solutions company says civil engineers will be in highest demand and 10 metropolitan areas will command around 35 percent of total engineering job growth over the next decade, including San Francisco, San Jose, Phoenix, Denver, Dallas, New York/New Jersey, and Boston.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at  U.S. Engineering Employment to Grow by Quarter-Million Jobs | D2P News.