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5 hardest-to-fill healthcare jobs in Georgia
Brief Georgia Records Specialists as $58,950 so finance sees the same cell.
Start Georgia Records Specialists from $51,140 so the handoff names the cell.
Anchor Georgia Phlebotomists at $49,370 while the draft is still open.
Keep Georgia Phlebotomists near $45,230 and the req stops guessing.
Each occupation and metro
1Medical Records SpecialistsAtlanta, GA
- Score
- 7.9
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.77
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.966
- Metro median
- $58,950
- U.S. median
- $51,140
- Pay ratio
- 1.15
2PhlebotomistsAtlanta, GA
- Score
- 7.6
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 1.05
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.967
- Metro median
- $49,370
- U.S. median
- $45,230
- Pay ratio
- 1.09
3Speech-Language PathologistsAtlanta, GA
- Score
- 7.5
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.71
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.833
- Metro median
- $102,860
- U.S. median
- $97,870
- Pay ratio
- 1.05
4Occupational TherapistsAtlanta, GA
- Score
- 7.4
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.70
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.734
- Metro median
- $106,160
- U.S. median
- $100,330
- Pay ratio
- 1.06
5Emergency Medical TechniciansAtlanta, GA
- Score
- 7.1
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.92
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.070
- Metro median
- $47,500
- U.S. median
- $44,470
- Pay ratio
- 1.07
Ranked table
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| Rank | Occupation | Metro | Score | Band | Location quotient | Jobs per 1,000 | Metro median | U.S. median | Pay ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medical Records Specialists | Atlanta, GA | 7.9 | Hard | 0.77 | 0.966 | $58,950 | $51,140 | 1.15 |
| 2 | Phlebotomists | Atlanta, GA | 7.6 | Hard | 1.05 | 0.967 | $49,370 | $45,230 | 1.09 |
| 3 | Speech-Language Pathologists | Atlanta, GA | 7.5 | Hard | 0.71 | 0.833 | $102,860 | $97,870 | 1.05 |
| 4 | Occupational Therapists | Atlanta, GA | 7.4 | Hard | 0.70 | 0.734 | $106,160 | $100,330 | 1.06 |
| 5 | Emergency Medical Technicians | Atlanta, GA | 7.1 | Hard | 0.92 | 1.070 | $47,500 | $44,470 | 1.07 |
Takeaways
- Take Georgia Speech-Language Pathologists $102,860 before the screen gets longer.
- Take Georgia Speech-Language Pathologists $97,870 while the role is still unposted.
- Put Georgia Occupational Therapists wage $106,160 and nobody swaps in a national midpoint.
- State Georgia Occupational Therapists as $100,330 rather than hiding the cell.
For recruiters
- Give Georgia Medical Technicians figure $47,500 before someone copies a midpoint.
- Pin Georgia Records Specialists beside $58,950 inside the Hiring Pack with the figure.
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 Georgia 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 Georgia total-nonfarm job openings rate for December 2025 is 5.3. The U.S. rate is 4.0. Both are all-industry JOLTS rates. Rounded figures in the prose: $58,950 is stated as about $59.0K. a comparison of 1.15 is stated as 15 percent. $51,140 is stated as about $51.1K.
Sources
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics · May 2025
- BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, total nonfarm · December 2025
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Then Was $24Now $0.99 per req report.
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