Employment

As one of the largest industries in 2008, healthcare provided 14.3 million jobs nationally for wage and salary workers. Healthcare will generate 3.2 million new wage and salary jobs between 2008 and 2018, more than any other industry, largely in response to rapid growth in the elderly population. Ten of the twenty fastest growing occupations nationally are related to healthcare. Many job openings should arise in all healthcare employment settings because of employment growth and the need to replace workers who retire or leave their jobs for other reasons.