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Phoenix Great for Health Care Jobs, #1 in US for RN's

Charles Thibault — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:14:04 +0000

Phoenix, AZ is one of the best US markets for Health Care Practitioners, according to our Supply/Demand Ratios. What's more, Health Care workers are also "in-demand" in the Phoenix market. In other words, not only is Phoenix a great place for Health Care workers compared to other cities, but Health Care occupations also outrank other occupations within the Phoenix market.

Phoenix is ranked first in the US for Registered Nurses Hiring Demand (view our heat map and ranked market list for RN's). Registered Nurses are the second most important occupation in the United States (they carry an economic weight of $165 billion, second only to 'General and Operations Managers' who have an economic weight of $185 billion. 'Retail Salespersons' come in third at $110 billion). In August, Phoenix was ranked second after Las Vegas for RN Hiring Demand.

Remember that our Supply/Demand Ratios are constructed such that the number of online job ads is standardized against local occupational employment counts. (We'd expect larger markets to have more online job ads, so our S/D Ratios 'control' for market size).

Of the 48 detailed "Healthcare Practitioner and Technical Occupations" covered by our S/D Ratios, Phoenix ranks in the 'US Top 10 Cities' for 18 of them (SOC major group 290000). Of the 13 "Healthcare Support Occupations", Phoenix ranks in the 'US Top 10 Cities' for 5 of them. (SOC major group 310000).

The following table highlights health care occupations for which Phoenix figures in the US Top 10.

SOC CODE	SOC DESCRIPTION	US RANK	JOB POSTINGS (SEPT)	LOCAL EMPLOYMENT	S/D RATIO
291111	Registered nurses	1	2,621	24,130	134
292032	Diagnostic medical sonographers	1	42	490	125
319093	Medical equipment preparers	1	34	320	132
292033	Nuclear medicine technologists	1	19	250	105
292052	Pharmacy technicians	2	117	4,690	123
292099	Health technologists and technicians, all other	2	24	370	121
292053	Psychiatric technicians	2	19	660	97
291125	Recreational therapists	2	11	190	102
291126	Respiratory therapists	3	81	1,890	126
292034	Radiologic technologists and technicians	4	145	3,020	129
319099	Healthcare support workers, all other	4	94	1,690	124
292011	Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	4	68	2,460	116
292055	Surgical technologists	5	40	800	117
291131	Veterinarians	5	11	820	92
291062	Family and general practitioners	6	61	840	118
291067	Surgeons	6	25	590	109
291051	Pharmacists	7	175	3,470	122
292081	Opticians, dispensing	8	27	700	103
291069	Physicians and surgeons, all other	9	72	3,170	113
292031	Cardiovascular technologists and technicians	9	41	710	108
319092	Medical assistants	10	371	8,190	122
319091	Dental assistants	10	178	4,370	118

FORECAST: September 2009 – Health Care Up 29,200

Juli Morris — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:36:06 +0000

WANTED's forecast for Health Care employment in September shows a gain of 29,200 jobs, the largest monthly gain since December 2008. WANTED Technologies' Hiring Demand Indicator (the yellow line in the chart below) for Health Care showed a slight decrease in September.

Full-size chart available on Jobs. Trends. Insight.

The Health Care Hiring Demand Indicator–a measure of year-over-year change in online job advertising–dropped slightly this month from -15 percent to -16 percent. Hiring Demand for Health Care reached its three-year peak in June 2007, prior to the onset of the recession in December 2007, and moved steadily downward until reaching a bottom in the first quarter of 2009. Following a gain of 10 percent in June, Hiring Demand in this sector has remained flat.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Preliminary September Estimate for the Health Care sector as part of its Employment Situation report on Friday, October 2, at 8:30 AM.

For more charts, graphs and forecasts, visit our BLS Forecast page.

Forecast July 2009 – Health Care up 28,600

Charles Thibault — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:41:40 +0000

Based on slightly improving Hiring Demand for Health Care workers, WANTED forecasts an employment increase of 28,600 in the Health Care sector for July (BLS data series CES6562000101). The BLS will release industry-level employment figures on Friday, August 7th along with the Employment Situation.

Despite weakening Hiring Demand throughout 2009, the Health Care industry has remained fairly robust, adding an average 26,000 workers per month over the last year.

The year-over-year change in Hiring Demand for Health Care is now -14.4%, a relative improvement of 2.35% compared to last month. The BLS reported an increase in Health Care employment of 20,800 in June. Recent improvements in Hiring Demand in this industry are driving our forecast of 28,600.

Full-size chart available on Jobs. Trends. Insight.