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5 hardest-to-fill healthcare jobs in Arizona
In Arizona, the tight search is Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Phoenix: score 7.5, pay about $36.9K.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Phoenix is the tight conversation in Arizona. Score 7.5 is hard-band pressure, on pay of about $36.9K, 3% above the national median.
Supply is only a modifier in Phoenix, where the bench is slightly fewer of these workers than a typical metro, the mix figure is 0.88, and jobs per 1,000 are 24.387.
Occupational Therapists in Phoenix closes the Arizona cut at 6.8, elevated band.
Arizona has four hard-band rows in this cut.
December 2025 put all-industry openings in Arizona at 3.6 for the hiring list.
Nationally the rate was 4.0.
For the hiring list, Arizona sat under that.
Each occupation and metro
1Home Health and Personal Care AidesPhoenix, AZ
- Score
- 7.5
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.88
- Jobs per 1,000
- 24.387
- Metro median
- $36,930
- U.S. median
- $35,800
- Pay ratio
- 1.03
2Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational NursesPhoenix, AZ
- Score
- 7.3
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.45
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.875
- Metro median
- $78,080
- U.S. median
- $64,400
- Pay ratio
- 1.21
3Nurse PractitionersPhoenix, AZ
- Score
- 7.1
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 1.11
- Jobs per 1,000
- 2.296
- Metro median
- $136,270
- U.S. median
- $132,300
- Pay ratio
- 1.03
4Nursing AssistantsPhoenix, AZ
- Score
- 7.0
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.61
- Jobs per 1,000
- 5.705
- Metro median
- $45,290
- U.S. median
- $42,260
- Pay ratio
- 1.07
5Occupational TherapistsPhoenix, AZ
- Score
- 6.8
- Band
- Elevated
- Location quotient
- 0.83
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.872
- Metro median
- $105,060
- U.S. median
- $100,330
- Pay ratio
- 1.05
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | Metro | Score | Band | Location quotient | Jobs per 1,000 | Metro median | U.S. median | Pay ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | Phoenix, AZ | 7.5 | Hard | 0.88 | 24.387 | $36,930 | $35,800 | 1.03 |
| 2 | Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | Phoenix, AZ | 7.3 | Hard | 0.45 | 1.875 | $78,080 | $64,400 | 1.21 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | Phoenix, AZ | 7.1 | Hard | 1.11 | 2.296 | $136,270 | $132,300 | 1.03 |
| 4 | Nursing Assistants | Phoenix, AZ | 7.0 | Hard | 0.61 | 5.705 | $45,290 | $42,260 | 1.07 |
| 5 | Occupational Therapists | Phoenix, AZ | 6.8 | Elevated | 0.83 | 0.872 | $105,060 | $100,330 | 1.05 |
Takeaways
- Staff Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Phoenix ahead of the other Arizona rows. The score is 7.5.
- Pay in Phoenix is about $36.9K, against a national median of about $35.8K.
- Jobs per 1,000 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Phoenix are 24.387.
- The closing Arizona row is Occupational Therapists in Phoenix, at 6.8.
For recruiters
- Match pay in Phoenix, AZ before a start date.
- Write the Phoenix, AZ median into the offer note.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
The five rows are the five recruiting occupations on the hiring grid whose best scored metro page in Arizona has the highest score. A state with fewer than five scored recruiting occupations is omitted. Pages under 500 local workers are not scored and are not eligible. A metro page is scored only when OEWS employment for that occupation is at least 500. Below that, the page stays up and is left off this ranking. Postsecondary teaching occupations and medical scientists are left off even when they are scored. Nominal weights, before a missing shortage match is rescaled, are projected openings divided by 2025 employment 18%, projected growth 22%, the metro median divided by the U.S. median 40%, how common the occupation is locally compared with the country 8% (the location-quotient column; a lower figure means a thinner local bench), a matching HRSA shortage designation 8%, and statewide all-industry JOLTS for December 2025 4%. Bands are Standard under 4, Elevated from 4 up to 7, and Hard at 7 and above. The Arizona total-nonfarm job openings rate for December 2025 is 3.6. The U.S. rate is 4.0. Both are all-industry JOLTS rates. Rounded figures in the prose: $36,930 is stated as about $36.9K. a comparison of 1.03 is stated as 3 percent. $35,800 is stated as about $35.8K.
Sources
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics · May 2025
- BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, total nonfarm · December 2025
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