The Women's Bureau of the US Department of Labor has some interesting statistics on their web site about occupations that will grow the fastest by 2014:

• Total job growth for all occupations from 2004 to 2014 is projected to be 13%.
• The fastest growing occupations are projected to show growth between 30% to 56%.
• 16 of the 30 fastest growing occupations are health related, 6 are computer specialist occupations, 3 are environmental related, and 2 are in teaching.
• Health related: home health aides; medical assistants; physician assistants, physical therapist assistants; dental hygienists; dental assistants; personal and home care aides.
• Computer related: network systems and data communications analysts; software engineers; and network and computer systems administrator.
• Environment related: hydrologist; hazardous materials removal workers; and environmental engineers.
• Rapid growth in health-related occupations reflects an aging population that requires more health care, a wealthier population that can afford better health care, and advances in medical technology that permit more health problems to be treated more aggressively.

For more statistics, see the factsheet Employment Status of Women and Men in 2005 at http://www.dol.gov/wb/factsheets/Qf-ESWM05.htm