Need a job? Consider healthcare.

This is something that's been on the horizon for a while as the population gets older and the labor force begins to shrink. Healthcare support occupations, healthcare practitioners, along with technical operations, are projected to be the two fastest growing occupational groups accounting for 1 in 4 new jobs in the next decade.

These are not healthcare jobs that require years of medical school. While the highest paying jobs in healthcare require a bachelor's or master's degree, quite a few have educational requirements of bachelor's degree or less.

Here's a look at the fastest growing occupations, the annual median salary and educational requirements:

1. Wind turbine service technicians  Salary: $48,800  Education: Some college, no degree
2. Occupational therapy assistants  Salary: $56,950  Education: Associate's degree
3. Physical therapist assistants Salary: $54,410  Education: Associate's degree
4. Physical therapist aides Salary: $24,650  Education: High school diploma or equivalent
5. Home health aides  Salary: $21,380  Education: No formal educational credential
6. Commercial divers  Salary: $45,890 Education:  Postsecondary nondegree award
7. Nurse practitioners  Salary: $95,350  Education: Master's degree
8. Physical therapists Salary: $ 82,390  Education: Doctoral or professional degree
9. Statisticians Salary: $79,990  Education: Master's degree
10. Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians  Salary: $24,080  Education: High school diploma or equivalent
11. Occupational therapy aides  Salary: $26,550 Education: school diploma or equivalent
12. Physician assistants Salary: $95,820  Education: Master's degree
13. Operations research analysts Salary: $76,660  Education: Bachelor's degree
14. Personal financial advisors  Salary: $81,060  Education: Bachelor's degree
15. Cartographers and photogrammetrists  Salary: $60,930  Education: Bachelor's degree