While statistics of a low unemployment rate and growing economy flood the news, you may be wondering what the best jobs are for 2018. U.S. News recently unveiled its U.S. News & World Report Best Jobs of 2018 and here are the top 10 jobs followed by the biggest takeaways:U.S. News Top 10 Jobs of 2018Software Developer Dentist Physician Assistant Nurse Practitioner Orthodontist Statistician Pediatrician Obstetrician and Gynecologist (tie) Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (tie) Physician (tie)How U.S. News Comes Up With Its RankingsU.S. News uses an extensive process to rank jobs. To quantify its data, U.S. News first draws data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on the jobs with the largest projected hiring demand. In comparison, the 10 years prior only saw a labor growth rate of 0.5% annually, mainly due to the depressed hiring from the Great Recession. The overall unemployment rate dropped nearly half a percentage point over the course of 2017, reaching 4.1% as of November.

Source: Forbes January 29, 2018 15:56 UTC