Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations

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2024 Workforce
10.2M
Average Age
42.4
Average Salary
$100,701
Average Male Salary
$155,096
Average Female Salary
$82,732

About

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 $100,701 in 2024.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workforce. Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workforce in 2024 was 10,183,261 people, of which 75.2% were women and 24.8% were men. Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations are paid most in Santa Clara County (Northwest)--Palo Alto City & Los Altos Hills Town PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Olmsted County--Rochester City PUMA, MN.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
2,528,692
Male Workforce
± 38.7k
7,654,569
Female Workforce
± 66.2k

The Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workforce in 2024 was 10,183,261 people (75.2% women and 24.8% men). This implies an average annual growth of 28% between 2014 (7,954,760) and 2024 (10,183,261).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($134,164), California ($120,226), and Hawaii ($114,538).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$100,701
AVERAGE WAGE
#3 in the ranking (2014)
$69,878
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations earned an average of $100,701, $30,824 more than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2014.

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.445
WAGE GINI

In 2024, Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.445, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. 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).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations and on wages 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 Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing ($326,329).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
10.2M
2024 Workforce
± 75,729
2.37%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.03%

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 65.5%, followed by Outpatient care centers with 13.9% and Offices of physicians with 12.2%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in the US. The workforce of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in 2024 was 10,183,261 people, with 75.2% woman, and 24.8% men. The average age of male Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in the workforce is 43.7 and of female Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations is 42, and the most common race/ethnicity for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in 2024 was 10,183,261 people, with 75.2% woman, and 24.8% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (1,494,598 people), 35 to 39 years (1,344,610  people), and 25 to 29 years (1,294,406 people). Among them they concentrated 40.6% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 11.3% of Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workers were Hispanic and 88.7% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (47.4%), Puerto Rican (17.3)%, and Cuban (6.86)%

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Races

In 2024, 65.9% of the Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workforce were White, of which 76.3% were women and 23.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.9%) and Asian (10.3%).

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Education & Skills

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 the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Health.

Among the necessary skills for Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations need more than the average amount of Science.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Health (3,113,071 people), Biology (1,104,507 people), and Psychology (334,338 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Healthcare practitioners & technical occupations workers were Graduate Degree (3,418,424 people), Bachelors Degree (3,099,052 people), and Associates Degree (1,784,671 people).

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Skills

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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, Critical Thinking, Active Listening.

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