CHICAGO, October 3, 2013 – Has your job search stalled? Do you not know where to send your resume? MiracleWorkers.com, a division of CareerBuilder, along with Economic Modeling Specialists International (EMSI) has released a list of Hot Jobs for Health Care, based on occupations with the greatest job increase between 2010 and 2013. The study uses EMSI's comprehensive labor market data, a compilation of more than 90 federal and state labor market sources that tracks traditional employees and self-employed workers.[i]
“While most industries grappled with the recession over the last five years, the health care industry was virtually immune and continued to add jobs at a healthy pace,” said Jason Lovelace, president of CareerBuilder Health Care. “Today, the good news is that the health care industry ‘hot jobs’ have very diverse education requirements, so there are opportunities for all job seekers, even for those without advanced degrees.”
The “hot jobs” for health care, including their median hourly wages, are:
1. Registered Nurses
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 127,703
- Percentage increase: 5%
- Median hourly earnings: $32.04
2. Home Health Aides
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 126,109
- Percentage increase: 15%
- Median hourly earnings: $9.97
3. Nursing Assistants
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 40,395
- Percentage increase: 3%
- Median hourly earnings: $12.01
4. Medical Assistants
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 29,949
- Percentage increase: 5%
- Median hourly earnings: $14.35
5. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 27,926
- Percentage increase: 4%
- Median hourly earnings: $20.33
6. Pharmacy Technicians
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 15,408
- Percentage increase: 4%
- Median hourly earnings: $14.29
7. Physical Therapists
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 14,975
- Percentage increase: 8%
- Median hourly earnings: $37.93
8. Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 13,014
- Percentage increase: 6%
- Median hourly earnings: $15.28
9. Dental Assistants
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 12,424
- Percentage increase: 4%
- Median hourly earnings: $16.66
10. Radiologic Technologists
- Change in jobs (2010 – 2013): 10,614
- Percentage increase: 6%
- Median hourly earnings: $26.84
About EMSI
Economic Modeling Specialists Intl., a CareerBuilder company, turns labor market data into useful information that helps organizations understand the connection between economies, people, and work. Using sound economic principles and good data, we build user-friendly services that help educational institutions, workforce planners, and regional developers build a better workforce and improve the economic conditions in their regions. For more information, visit www.economicmodeling.com.
About MiracleWorkers
MiracleWorkers.com connects employers to the top talent in the healthcare profession. Users can also post resumes, get the latest news on the healthcare industry, sign up for automatic job alerts, and tap into advice on everything from writing resumes to on-the-job success. MiracleWorkers is a division of Careerbuilder.
About CareerBuilder®
CareerBuilder is the global leader in human capital solutions, helping companies target and attract great talent. Its online career site, CareerBuilder.com®, is the largest in the United States with more than 24 million unique visitors, 1 million jobs and 50 million resumes. CareerBuilder works with the world’s top employers, providing resources for everything from employment branding and talent and compensation intelligence to recruitment solutions. More than 10,000 websites, including 140 newspapers and broadband portals such as MSN and AOL, feature CareerBuilder’s proprietary job search technology on their career sites. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company and The McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the United States, Europe, South America, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit www.careerbuilder.com