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25 Most Popular Health Care Jobs
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
|
Figures courtesy of Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.