Employment levels in jobs at hospitals vary across the U.S.
Here are national employment levels in 37 jobs within hospitals. Data is the most recent available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released April 25.
Maids and housekeeping cleaners
Employment: 771,390
Cooks, institution and cafeteria
Employment: 417,780
Orderlies
Employment: 44,790
Nursing assistants
Employment: 1,310,090
Security guards
Employment: 1,124,890
Emergency medical technicians
Employment: 167,720
Pharmacy technicians
Employment: 453,630
Phlebotomists
Employment: 137,090
Medical records specialists
Employment: 187,720
Paramedics
Employment: 95,440
Surgical technologists
Employment: 107,400
Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Employment: 333,600
Healthcare social workers
Employment: 182,420
Health information technologists and medical registrars
Employment: 35,500
Dietitians and nutritionists
Employment: 69,880
Radiologic technologists and technicians
Employment: 215,820
Respiratory therapists
Employment: 129,910
Public relations specialists
Employment: 264,750
Registered nurses
Employment: 3,072,700
Nuclear medicine technologists
Employment: 16,910
Physical therapists
Employment: 229,740
Nurse practitioners
Employment: 258,230
Physician assistants
Employment: 140,910
Medical and health services managers
Employment: 476,750
Pharmacists
Employment: 325,480
Family medicine physicians
Employment: 100,940
Emergency medicine physicians
Employment: 29,260
Pediatricians, general
Employment: 33,430
Dermatologists
Employment: 11,640
OB-GYNs
Employment: 21,450
Anesthesiologists
Employment: 37,430
Neurologists
Employment: 11,340
Psychiatrists
Employment: 26,500
Radiologists
Employment: 29,250
General internal medicine physicians
Employment: 67,220
Cardiologists
Employment: 16,870
Orthopedic surgeons, except pediatric
Employment: 19,060