Allied Health Career Statistics
- The healthcare industry employed over 12.9 million people in the U.S. in 2002, making it the largest industry
- Half of the top 20 fastest growing occupations are in health services
- About 16% of the new jobs that will be created between 2002-2012 will be in health services - at 3.5 million jobs, that is higher than any other industry
- Most of the jobs in health services require less than 4 years of college education
- There are approximately 518,000 establishments in the health services industry
- 75% of these are doctor, dentist, or other health care practitioners offices
- Hospitals constitute 2% of the establishments - but employ 41% of the workers
- Most non-hospital establishments employ less than ten workers
- Most hospitals (2 out of 3) employ more than 1,000 workers
- Across the industry, the average hourly wage was $14.95. The average worker put in 33.9 hours per week, for a weekly wage of $506
- Many health services occupations will see huge jumps in job openings this decade. Some examples:
- Social and human services assistants, 63.7%
- Counselors, 32.3%
- Physician assistants, 54.1%
- Respiratory therapists, 35.1%
- Dental hygienists, 43.5%
- Medical assistants, 63.2%
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