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Hardest-to-fill healthcare jobs

Edition 2026-10-02. Fifteen role and metro pairs with the highest public market difficulty score, from the hiring pages. This is the current edition, dated 2026-10-02. The dated archive is /hardest-to-fill/2026-10-02/.

Score method · All hiring pages

Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Atlanta, GA 9.8 · Hard

Score 9.8 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Atlanta, GA, on the two strongest inputs: a Georgia all-industry hiring pace of 59.8 days (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide), and a location quotient of 0.37, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025).

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Atlanta, GA 9.8 · Hard

Score 9.8 for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Atlanta, GA, on the two strongest inputs: a Georgia all-industry hiring pace of 59.8 days (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide), and a location quotient of 0.39, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025).

Medical and Health Services Managers in Atlanta, GA 9.6 · Hard

Score 9.6 for Medical and Health Services Managers in Atlanta, GA, on the two strongest inputs: a Georgia all-industry hiring pace of 59.8 days (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide), and a Georgia all-industry openings rate of 5.3% (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Virginia Beach, VA 9.6 · Hard

Score 9.6 for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Virginia Beach, VA, on the two strongest inputs: a location quotient of 0.28, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025), and a Virginia all-industry hiring pace of 49.1 days (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Oklahoma City, OK 9.5 · Hard

Score 9.5 for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Oklahoma City, OK, on the two strongest inputs: a location quotient of 0.22, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025), and an Oklahoma all-industry openings rate of 5.3% (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Tulsa, OK 9.5 · Hard

Score 9.5 for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Tulsa, OK, on the two strongest inputs: a location quotient of 0.28, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025), and an Oklahoma all-industry openings rate of 5.3% (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Tulsa, OK 9.5 · Hard

Score 9.5 for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Tulsa, OK, on the two strongest inputs: a location quotient of 0.28, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025), and an Oklahoma all-industry openings rate of 5.3% (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Oklahoma City, OK 9.5 · Hard

Score 9.5 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Oklahoma City, OK, on the two strongest inputs: a location quotient of 0.37, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025), and an Oklahoma all-industry openings rate of 5.3% (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Psychiatric Technicians in Oklahoma City, OK 9.5 · Hard

Score 9.5 for Psychiatric Technicians in Oklahoma City, OK, on the two strongest inputs: a location quotient of 0.39, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025), and an Oklahoma all-industry openings rate of 5.3% (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Cleveland, OH 9.5 · Hard

Score 9.5 for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Cleveland, OH, on the two strongest inputs: a location quotient of 0.35, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025), and an Ohio all-industry hiring pace of 47.7 days (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Dayton, OH 9.4 · Hard

Score 9.4 for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Dayton, OH, on the two strongest inputs: a location quotient of 0.37, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025), and an Ohio all-industry hiring pace of 47.7 days (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Tulsa, OK 9.4 · Hard

Score 9.4 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Tulsa, OK, on the two strongest inputs: an Oklahoma all-industry openings rate of 5.3% (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide), and a location quotient of 0.43, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025).

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Akron, OH 9.4 · Hard

Score 9.4 for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists in Akron, OH, on the two strongest inputs: a location quotient of 0.42, under the national job mix (OEWS, May 2025), and an Ohio all-industry hiring pace of 47.7 days (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Occupational Therapists in Atlanta, GA 9.3 · Hard

Score 9.3 for Occupational Therapists in Atlanta, GA, on the two strongest inputs: a Georgia all-industry hiring pace of 59.8 days (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide), and a Georgia all-industry openings rate of 5.3% (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Speech-Language Pathologists in Atlanta, GA 9.3 · Hard

Score 9.3 for Speech-Language Pathologists in Atlanta, GA, on the two strongest inputs: a Georgia all-industry hiring pace of 59.8 days (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide), and a Georgia all-industry openings rate of 5.3% (JOLTS, December 2025, statewide).

Each reason uses the two strongest of the three score inputs and the figures behind them. JOLTS figures in a reason are statewide and all-industry.