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If you’re looking to set the wheels in motion on a second career, you might want to consider getting behind the wheel. Whether it’s driving for a shuttle service, school district or public transit system, there will be a boom in demand for bus drivers over the next eight years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
That’s good news for older adults because those are also the jobs that tend to employ lots of people age 50 and older. In fact, a quick look at 2021 BLS data reveals 15 careers that are projected to increase their hiring by 2030 and for which the median age of workers last year was 50-plus.
The following list ranks those careers according to which occupations are projected to have the most growth in hiring during the next eight years. In cases where there was a tie in jo …