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Details on the New Jersey Healthcare Industry |
Healthcare
- One out of every thirteen New Jersey workers is employed in healthcare.
- Health practitioners are projected to have the greatest employment growth of all occupation groups in the state from 2002 to 2012.
- Top healthcare growth occupations in New Jersey include:
- Registered Nurses
- Medical Assistants
- Home Health Aides
- Nursing Aides, Orderlies & Attendants
- Dental Hygienists – Dental Assistants
- Pharmacists
- There is an average of 13,650 job openings in healthcare occupations annually.
Nursing
- Registered Nurses represent the 4th largest occupation in New Jersey, with nearly 78,000 RNs residing there.
- There is an annual average of 3,740 job openings for Registered Nurses, ranking 3rd in the state.
- There are over 18,000 Licensed Practical & Vocational Nurses in New Jersey with a projected growth rate of 23% by 2012.
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Sector
- There are more pharmaceutical companies in New Jersey than any other state in the country, or any other country in the world.
- New Jersey is home to 15 of the world’s 20 largest biotech and pharmaceutical companies.
- New Jersey boasts the highest concentration of employment in the drugs & pharmaceuticals sector in the country.
- Over 200,000 employees work in the combined biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry.
- With more scientists, engineers and technicians per capita than any other state, New Jersey offers the highest concentration of scientific talent in the nation.
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Sources:
Occupational Employment Statistics Survey, November 2004, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Labor Market and Demographic Research, 2004.
Healthcare Institute of NJ, © 2006.
Biotechnology Council of New Jersey, Inc. January, 2006.
Laboratories of Innovation: State Bioscience Initiatives 2004, BIO – Biotechnology Industry Organization, June 2004.
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