Pursue These Careers In 2015

The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics has predicted the type of jobs that will grow the most between 2012 and 2022. These top 100 jobs, are from the industries of business, creative, construction, health care, social services and technology, are then ranked based on projected openings, rate of growth, job prospects, unemployment rates, salary and job satisfaction.

According to the list, health care and technology jobs rise to the top. Here is the list:

• Dentist

Dentists have a number of reasons for being number one: low unemployment rate of 0.9 percent, decent work-life balance, the take-home pay is simply phenomenal. In 2013, dentists earned an average salary of $164,570 and a median salary of $146,340. There will be 23,200 new job openings cropping up at a rate of nearly 16 percent between 2012 and 2022.

• Nurse Practitioner

According to the BLS, employment growth for U.S. News' No. 2 job will swell at lightning speed; by the numbers, expect 37,000 new openings appearing at a rate of 33.7 percent between 2012 and 2022.

• Software Developer

The employment rate is good, as is the salary -- average annual earnings for 2013 were above $96,000, and developers earned a median salary of $92,660 that same year. The BLS predicts there could be more than 139,000 new software developer jobs by 2022.

• Physician

Openings will spike by nearly 18 percent between 2012 and 2022. Internists, or the physicians who diagnose and treat diseases and illnesses, made an average salary of $188,440 in 2013 and a median salary of $186,850.

• Dental Hygienist

The BLS predicts new dental hygienist positions will open at a rapid-fire rate of 33.3 percent.

• Physical Therapist

The BLS predicts employment for the No. 6 job will grow 36 percent between 2012 and 2022 because more qualified PTs are needed to work with the vast, aging baby boomer population.

• Computer Systems Analyst

It is intense work, and the skills needed to do this job right are in demand. The BLS predicts 24.5 percent employment growth for the No. 7 job.

•  Information Security Analyst

The BLS predicts that the No. 8 job will grow at an astounding rate of 36.5 percent between 2012 and 2022.

•  Registered Nurse

It's the occupation's low unemployment rate of 2 percent and the BLS' staggering prediction that more than 525,000 new nursing positions will be created between 2012 and 2022.

•  Physician Assistant

The BLS predicts 38.4 percent growth for the No. 10 job between 2012 and 2022.