The analysis comes from Mercer’s Workforce Strategy and Analytics practice. Here are six healthcare jobs projected to experience supply gaps by 2025. They are listed in descending order.
1. Home health aides — 446,300
2. Nursing assistants — 95,000
3. Medical and clinical lab technologists — 58,700
4. Medical and lab technicians — 40,000
5. Nurse practitioners — 29,400
6. Physicians and surgeons, all other — 11,000
More information about the study, including an interactive map that shows state-by-state projections, is available here.
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