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 |