Geo-jobs are top 3 for growth

Geo-related careers are the top 3 in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics listing of the top 10 jobs in science and biotech:

1. Environmental scientists
2. Hydrologists
3. Geoscientists
4. Medical scientists
5. Biochemists and biophysicists
6. Atmospheric scientists
7. Material scientists
8. Physicists
9. Astronomers
10. Biological scientists

There is a problem with this report because it describes growth of geoscientist positions by 22% by 2016 but shows that being 6,800 new jobs in 8 years. I can't believe there will be only 850 new geoscientist jobs per year nationwide. There's a disconnect here somewhere.

[the banner above is from the AZGS employment page]