Jobs. Trends. Insight. » Phoenix http://www.wantedanalytics.com/insight WANTED Analytics - Jobs. Trends. Insight. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:56:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Phoenix Great for Health Care Jobs, #1 in US for RN's http://www.wantedanalytics.com/insight/2009/11/03/phoenix-great-for-health-care-jobs-1-in-us-for-rns/ http://www.wantedanalytics.com/insight/2009/11/03/phoenix-great-for-health-care-jobs-1-in-us-for-rns/#comments Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:14:04 +0000 Charles Thibault http://www.wantedanalytics.com/insight/?p=4619 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 CODESOC DESCRIPTIONUS RANKJOB POSTINGS (SEPT)LOCAL EMPLOYMENTS/D RATIO
291111Registered nurses12,62124,130134
292032Diagnostic medical sonographers142490125
319093Medical equipment preparers134320132
292033Nuclear medicine technologists119250105
292052Pharmacy technicians21174,690123
292099Health technologists and technicians, all other224370121
292053Psychiatric technicians21966097
291125Recreational therapists211190102
291126Respiratory therapists3811,890126
292034Radiologic technologists and technicians41453,020129
319099Healthcare support workers, all other4941,690124
292011Medical and clinical laboratory technologists4682,460116
292055Surgical technologists540800117
291131Veterinarians51182092
291062Family and general practitioners661840118
291067Surgeons625590109
291051Pharmacists71753,470122
292081Opticians, dispensing827700103
291069Physicians and surgeons, all other9723,170113
292031Cardiovascular technologists and technicians941710108
319092Medical assistants103718,190122
319091Dental assistants101784,370118

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