5 hardest-to-fill healthcare jobs in New York

New York technicians make about $58.6K, fully 30% above the national median of about $45.1K, and New York stays open.

New York technician share is 0.31, a thin slice of a typical New York metro.

New York aides still score 7.7, a weak New York backup on a deep bench. New York openings last December were 4.1, a hair over the national 4.0.

Each occupation and metro

Ranked table

Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.

Takeaways

• New York records specialists score 7.9 on a 0.68 share, thinner than a typical New York metro.
• New York nurse practitioners earn about $163.3K, 23% above the national median, on a deeper New York bench.
• New York phlebotomists score 7.8 and sit 11% above the national median, so New York can't shrug them off.
• New York aide share is 2.45, far thicker than a typical New York metro, and still hard to fill.

For recruiters

• Staff New York technicians before other New York rows, and set the New York wage locally.
• Skip New York aides as a backup while New York openings stay near the national pace.
• Read the York wage in the Hiring Pack.

FAQ

Are these posted wages or open jobs?

No. The table is a government survey or a designation file.

What should a recruiter do first?

Follow the recruiter note on this page.

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 New York 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 New York total-nonfarm job openings rate for December 2025 is 4.1. The U.S. rate is 4.0. Both are all-industry JOLTS rates. Rounded figures in the prose: $58,610 is stated as about $58.6K. a comparison of 1.30 is stated as 30 percent. $45,130 is stated as about $45.1K. Rounded figures in the prose: $163,340 is stated as about $163.3K. a comparison of 1.23 is stated as 23 percent. a comparison of 1.11 is stated as 11 percent.

Sources

• BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics · May 2025
• BLS Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, total nonfarm · December 2025