O&P Makes List of Popular Healthcare Jobs

Tebra, a digital healthcare platform, used healthcare occupation data from the 2022 Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US census to rank 46 healthcare jobs. O&P clinicians came in at #20.

The analysis follows another that found healthcare job growth hit a 32-year high in 2023. (Read “O&P and the Historic Healthcare Job Numbers” in EA Sifted.)

For occupations grouped by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (for example, “physicians and surgeons”), Tebra used search volume for each and determined the average. Some variables had ties. Final scores were scaled by 1.7.

1. Advanced practice registered nurses: 86.3
2. Home health and personal care aides: 80.8
3. Physician assistants: 80.2
4. Registered nurses: 68.5
5. Physicians and surgeons: 65.3
6. Medical assistants: 61.5
7. Speech-language pathologists: 50.8
8. Pharmacists: 49.3
9. Physical therapists: 48.2
10. Dentists: 47.5
11. Occupational therapy assistants and aides: 47.1
12. Occupational therapists: 45.1
13. Genetic counselors: 43
14. Optometrists: 41.9
15. Physical therapist assistants and aides: 41.7
16. Phlebotomists: 41.1
17. Massage therapists: 39.7
18. Pharmacy technicians: 39.3
19. Respiratory therapists: 38.7
20. Orthotists and prosthetists: 37.6
21. Podiatrists: 36.4
22. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses: 36.3
23. Occupational health and safety specialists and technicians: 35.8
24. Health information technologists and medical registrars: 34.9
25. Dental hygienists: 34.8
26. Audiologists: 34.6
27. Dental assistants: 33.9
28. Athletic trainers: 33.2
29. Diagnostic medical sonographers and cardiovascular technologists and technicians: 33.1 (tie)
30. Nursing assistants and orderlies: 33.1 (tie)
31. Medical dosimetrists: 33
32. Psychiatric technicians and aides: 31.5
33. Psychologists: 30.8
34. Chiropractors: 30.7
35. Exercise physiologists: 27.6
36. Dietitians and nutritionists: 27
37. Radiologic and MRI technologists: 26.6
38. Radiation therapists: 25.4
39. EMTs and paramedics: 24.5
40. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians: 23.7
41. Medical records specialists: 23.6
42. Surgical assistants and technologists: 21.2
43. Nuclear medicine technologists: 20.3
44. Recreational therapists: 18.5
45. Opticians: 14.5
46. Medical transcriptionists: 7.8

Editor’s note: This story was adapted from materials provided by Becker’s Hospital Review.