New Jersey’sHealth Services

Workforce

The Division of Labor Market & Demographic Research New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development

October 2010

Governor Chris ChristieLt. Governor Kim Guadagno

What is the Health Services Supercluster?

Health Services includes • Ambulatory health care service (e.g.,

doctors’ and dentists’ offices)• Hospitals• Nursing and residential care facilities

Less than 25 years8%

25-34 years19%

35-44 years24%

45-54 years27%

55-64 years17%

65 years and over5%

Experience at All LevelsHealth Services workers by age

Source: 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata

Diversity: Race and Gender in Health Services

Source: 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata

• 12% of Health Services workers are of Hispanic origin

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Male24%

Female 76%

Highly Skilled Workforce

Source: 2008 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata

19% of Health Services workers have a Master’s degree or higher

High School diploma or less

27%

Some college/ Associate

degree33%

Bachelor's degree

22%

Doctoral degree2%

Professional degree

9%Master's degree

8%

Healthcare Practitioners

36%

Healthcare Support25%

Office and Administrative

21%

Other Services8%

Other Professional4%

Management, Business & Financial

4%Other Occupations

2%

Occupational Distribution of Health Services Occupations

Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Third Quarter 2009

Source: LWD, OES Program, 2009

Occupation Employment Percent of Total Education / Training

Registered Nurses 63,650 15.3% Associate degreeNursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants 44,600 10.7% Postsecondary vocational trainingReceptionists and Information Clerks 26,300 6.3% Short-term on-the-job trainingHome Health Aides 21,200 5.1% Short-term on-the-job trainingMedical Secretaries 16,600 4.0% Moderate-term on-the-job trainingLicensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 11,800 2.8% Postsecondary vocational trainingMedical Assistants 11,700 2.8% Moderate-term on-the-job trainingFood Servers, Nonrestaurant 9,650 2.3% Short-term on-the-job trainingBilling and Posting Clerks and Machine Operators 9,150 2.2% Moderate-term on-the-job trainingDental Assistants 9,150 2.2% Moderate-term on-the-job trainingMaids and Housekeeping Cleaners 7,450 1.8% Short-term on-the-job trainingRadiologic Technologists and Technicians 6,600 1.6% Associate degreeMedical and Health Services Managers 6,550 1.6% Bachelor's or higher degree, plus work experienceFirst-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers 6,300 1.5% Work experience in a related occupationSecretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 5,850 1.4% Moderate-term on-the-job trainingPhysical Therapists 5,350 1.3% Master's degreeEmergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics 5,150 1.2% Postsecondary vocational trainingInterviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 4,700 1.1% Short-term on-the-job trainingMedical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 4,450 1.1% Bachelor's degreeOffice Clerks, General 4,400 1.1% Short-term on-the-job trainingTotal selected occupations 280,450 67.3%All other 136,550 32.7%

Staffing Pattern

Health Services Education in New Jersey Total degrees and certificates by program, 2000-2009

Note: Classification of Program codes changed in 2003; data may not be comparable for some programs

Source: New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS)

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Note: Classification of Program codes changed in 2003; data may not be comparable for some programs

Source: New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS)

NJ Health Services Graduate Degrees

Graduate Degrees in Health Services by Institution, 2009(institutions conferring 50 or more degrees)

Source: New Jersey Commission on Higher Education, Integrated Postsecondary Data System (IPEDS)

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Univ ersity of Medicine and Dentistry Of NJ

Rutgers Univ ersity / New Brunsw ick

Seton Hall Univ ersity

Fairleigh Dickinson Univ ersity

Kean Univ ersity

Monmouth Univ ersity

Montclair State Univ ersity

Rutgers Univ ersity / New ark

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Fairleigh Dickinson Univ ersity - Coll. At Florham

Princeton Univ ersity

Row an Univ ersity

Master's Doctorate First Professional

Health Services Sites in New Jersey

There are over 20,000 Health Services establishments in New Jersey

Health Services Industry Employers

Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Second Quarter 2009. Prepared by: New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development, June 2010

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The high concentration of red and orange colors on the map indicates a high density of workers in Health Care and Social Assistance

Labor Shed:Health Care and Social Assistance