Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2021 Workforce

9.52M

Average Age

42.7

Average Salary

$88,027

Average Male Salary

$138,588

Average Female Salary

$71,311

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Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are most often employed by the General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals industry. The average yearly wage for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations was $88,027 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are Rochester City PUMA, MN, Philadelphia City (Center City) PUMA, PA, and Upper East Side PUMA, NY. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are Rochester City PUMA, MN, Philadelphia City (Center City) PUMA, PA, and South of US-59, West of I-45 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX.

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Employment and salary information for the Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workforce. Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workforce in 2021 was 9,515,981 people, of which 75.2% were women and 24.8% were men. Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are paid most in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA but are relatively concentrated in Rochester City PUMA, MN.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

2,364,439

Male Workforce

± 37.5k

7,151,542

Female Workforce

± 64.1k

The Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workforce in 2021 was 9,515,981 people (75.2% women and 24.8% men). This implies an average annual growth of 20.5% between 2014 (7,896,912) and 2021 (9,515,981).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($120,490), California ($104,198), and New York ($100,072).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$88,027

AVERAGE WAGE

#3 in the ranking (2021)

$59,596

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations earned an average of $88,027, $28,432 more than the average national salary of $59,596

The graph shows the ranking of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2021.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.45

WAGE GINI

In 2021, Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.45, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations and on wages for those in the field. General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals is the industry that employs the most Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations, by average wage, is Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing ($273,444).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

9.52M

2021 Workforce

± 73,292

2.38%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.07%

This graphic shows the share of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations employed by various industries. General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals employs the largest share of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations at 72.3%, followed by Offices of physicians with 14.1% and Outpatient care centers with 13.5%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in the US. The workforce of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in 2021 was 9,515,981 people, with 75.2% woman, and 24.8% men. The average age of male Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in the workforce is 43.8 and of female Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations is 42.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in 2021 was 9,515,981 people, with 75.2% woman, and 24.8% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (1,354,718 people), 25 to 29 years (1,219,579 people), and 35 to 39 years (1,204,801 people). Among them they concentrated 39.7% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 9.5% of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workers were Hispanic and 90.5% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (72.2%), Puerto Rican (17.5)%, and Cuban (10.2)%

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Races

In 2021, 71.3% of the Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workforce were White, of which 76.1% were women and 23.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (11.2%) and Asian (9.82%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations is Health but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Health.

Among the necessary skills for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations need more than the average amount of Science.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Health (2,814,851 people), Biology (993,153 people), and Psychology (282,672 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workers were Graduate Degree (2,985,617 people), Bachelors Degree (2,823,674 people), and Associates Degree (1,814,526 people).

The graphic shows the Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking.