Healthcare jobs will grow twice as fast as the
general economy, with an additional 4.2 million jobs by 2020, according to a study by Center for Health Workforce
Studies at the University at Albany. Nearly one in nine U.S. jobs will be in the
healthcare sector by 2020, the report states.
"Health sector jobs and health occupations have
continued to grow, even in a weak economy, and will remain a major source of
jobs for years to come." Center for Health Workforce Studies Director Jean Moore
said in a research announcement Friday.
While jobs across industries fell 2 percent between 2000 and 2010, healthcare employment grew by more than a quarter throughout the same period, even during the economic downturn.
While jobs across industries fell 2 percent between 2000 and 2010, healthcare employment grew by more than a quarter throughout the same period, even during the economic downturn.
"One of the things I wasn't expecting was how much
growth there was even during the recession," Moore told Kaiser Health News. "I would
have expected some tempering of the growth."
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