Healthcare Workers by Occupational Category - Table A

Healthcare Workers by Occupational Category – Table A

Table A. Healthcare Workers by Occupational Category, 2010

Occupational category	Census 2010 Occupation Codes	Estimated Population Represented by Sample	% of U.S. Healthcare Workforce
Health diagnosing and treating practitioners (all)	3000-3260	4,290,129	26.5
Dentists	3010	137,105	0.9
Physicians and surgeons	3060	840,821	5.2
Physician assistants	3110	123,754	0.8
Physical therapists	3160	110,886	0.7
Respiratory therapists	3220	102,312	0.6
Registered nurses	3255	2,505,368	15.5
Nurse midwives and nurse practitioners	3257, 3258	69,813	0.4
Health technologists and technicians (all)	3300-3535	1,560,931	9.7
Dental hygienists	3310	134,934	0.8
Diagnostic related technologists and technicians	3320	330,933	2.1
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	3500	522,211	3.2
Healthcare support occupations (all)	3600-3655	3,424,030	21.2
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides	3600	2,082,199	12.9
Occupational and physical therapist assistants and aides	3610, 3620	143,733	0.9
Dental assistants	3640	275,406	1.7
Phlebotomists	3649	77,921	0.5
Pharmacists and pharmacy aides	3050, 3647	46,274	0.3
Other occupations within the healthcare sector	All other Census occupation codes	6,857,190	42.4
Total*		16,178,554	100

*Indented rows represent subsets of rows above.

Page last reviewed: October 23, 2013