Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations

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Total Workforce

9.45M

Average Age

42.7

Average Salary

$80,582

Average Male Salary

$128,686

Average Female Salary

$65,172

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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 $80,582 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations by wage are Business & financial operations occupations, Architecture & engineering occupations, and Life, physical, & social science occupations.

Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are part of the Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations, along with Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are Philadelphia City (Center City) PUMA, PA, Fargo City PUMA, ND, and Rochester City PUMA, MN. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are Philadelphia City (Center City) PUMA, PA, Rochester City PUMA, MN, and FIVCO Area Development District PUMA, KY.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations and on wages and locations 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 Offices of physicians. Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are paid most in Norfolk (Northeast) & Middlesex (Southeast) Counties (West of Boston City) PUMA, MA but are relatively concentrated in Philadelphia City (Center City) PUMA, PA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$80,582

AVERAGE SALARY

± $733

In 2018, Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations earned an average of $80,582, $26,694 more than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Business & financial operations occupations make somewhat more than Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations while Life, physical, & social science occupations make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.455

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.455, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations, by number of employees, are General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Offices of physicians, and Outpatient care centers.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations, by average wage, are Other general government & support, Building material & supplies dealers, Offices of physicians, Offices of physicians, Business, professional, political, & similar organizations, and Nondepository credit & related activities.

Industries by Share

9.45M

2018 Workforce

± 73,063

2.91%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.07%

The number of people employed as Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations has been growing at a rate of 2.91%, from 9,186,525 people in 2017 to 9,454,028 people in 2018.

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 43.5%, followed by Offices of physicians with 8.18% and Outpatient care centers with 7.49%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in the US. The average age of male Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in the workforce is 43.7 and of female Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations is 42.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

2.29M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 36,898

7.16M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 64,103

75.7% of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)

67.1% of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 11.5% of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations.

Age by Gender

43.7

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.225

42.4

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.119

The median age of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations is 42.7, and Male employees are generally 1.36 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations hold a major in Health.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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 Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations need more than the average amount of Science, Operation Monitoring, and Quality Control Analysis.

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