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Thank you for your question. There are over 460,000 establishments
with over 10.8 million jobs. Half are hosiptal related, and another
third are in nursing and personal care facilities or offices of
physicians. Employment in the healthcare sector is projected to grow
at an annual rate of 28% through 2008. From the Bureau of Labor
Statistics:
"Wage and salary employment in the health services industry is
projected to increase more than 25 percent through 2010, compared with
an average of 16 percent for all industries (table 5). Employment
growth is expected to account for about 2.8 million new jobs—13
percent of all wage and salary jobs added to the economy over the
2000-10 period. Projected rates of employment growth for the various
segments of this industry range from 10 percent in hospitals, the
largest and slowest growing industry segment, to 68 percent in the
much smaller home healthcare services."
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm
You can find the outlook on a particular field within the healthcare
arena at http://www.bls.gov/search/ooh.asp?ct=OOH. Simply type in a
particular occupation and you can see what the outlook is.
Thanks again for your question and I hope the above information is
helpful. If you need any additional clarification, please let me
know.
Regards,
-THV
Search Strategy:
healthcare occupation outlook
References:
Healthcare Occupational Outlook
http://medi-smart.com/outlook.htm
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2002-03 Edition
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ |
