similar-healthcare-occupation-comparison

Here are the 25 most popular health care jobs in the US, based on national employment figures. Figures are current as of 2007.

Occupation Employment
Nurses 3,187,580
Administrative support 2,657,060
Nursing assistants 1,390,260
Home health care aides 834,580
Management 530,800
Physicians and surgeons 468,000
Medical assistants 390,000
Cooks and food workers 306,000
Pharmacy technicians 301,950
Dental assistants 283,680
Clinical lab technicians and technologists 267,420
Pharmacists 253,110
Paramedics and EMTs 201,200
X-ray technologists 200,370
Medical billing and coding 197,550
Counselors 169,000
Dental hygienists 168,600
Physical therapists 161,850
Occupational therapists 91,920
Dentists 89,750
Medical transcriptionists 86,990
Surgical technologists 86,000
Physician assistants 67,160
Physical therapist assistants 59,120
Ultrasound technologists 46,770