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5 hardest-to-fill healthcare jobs in Wisconsin
Brief Wisconsin Records Specialists as $65,730 so the huddle hears the cell.
Start Wisconsin Records Specialists from $51,140 rather than a statewide average.
Anchor Wisconsin Psychiatric Technicians at $64,380 so finance sees the same cell.
Keep Wisconsin Psychiatric Technicians near $45,130 so the handoff names the cell.
Each occupation and metro
1Medical Records SpecialistsMilwaukee, WI
- Score
- 8.0
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.73
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.909
- Metro median
- $65,730
- U.S. median
- $51,140
- Pay ratio
- 1.29
2Psychiatric TechniciansMadison, WI
- Score
- 7.8
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 2.51
- Jobs per 1,000
- 2.534
- Metro median
- $64,380
- U.S. median
- $45,130
- Pay ratio
- 1.43
3Home Health and Personal Care AidesMadison, WI
- Score
- 7.8
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.74
- Jobs per 1,000
- 20.490
- Metro median
- $37,220
- U.S. median
- $35,800
- Pay ratio
- 1.04
4Medical AssistantsMilwaukee, WI
- Score
- 7.7
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.97
- Jobs per 1,000
- 5.077
- Metro median
- $49,590
- U.S. median
- $45,690
- Pay ratio
- 1.09
5Nurse PractitionersMilwaukee, WI
- Score
- 7.1
- Band
- Hard
- Location quotient
- 0.85
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.766
- Metro median
- $134,350
- U.S. median
- $132,300
- Pay ratio
- 1.02
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 | Milwaukee, WI | 8.0 | Hard | 0.73 | 0.909 | $65,730 | $51,140 | 1.29 |
| 2 | Psychiatric Technicians | Madison, WI | 7.8 | Hard | 2.51 | 2.534 | $64,380 | $45,130 | 1.43 |
| 3 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | Madison, WI | 7.8 | Hard | 0.74 | 20.490 | $37,220 | $35,800 | 1.04 |
| 4 | Medical Assistants | Milwaukee, WI | 7.7 | Hard | 0.97 | 5.077 | $49,590 | $45,690 | 1.09 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | Milwaukee, WI | 7.1 | Hard | 0.85 | 1.766 | $134,350 | $132,300 | 1.02 |
Takeaways
- Show Wisconsin Care Aides wage $37,220 while the draft is still open.
- Name Wisconsin Care Aides wage $35,800 and the req stops guessing.
- Put Wisconsin Medical Assistants wage $49,590 before the screen gets longer.
- State Wisconsin Medical Assistants as $45,690 while the role is still unposted.
For recruiters
- Give Wisconsin Nurse Practitioners figure $134,350 and nobody swaps in a national midpoint.
- State Wisconsin Records Specialists as $65,730 inside the Hiring Pack before you post.
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 Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin total-nonfarm job openings rate for December 2025 is 3.7. The U.S. rate is 4.0. Both are all-industry JOLTS rates. Rounded figures in the prose: $65,730 is stated as about $65.7K. a comparison of 1.29 is stated as 29 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
A Hiring Pack starts from the role and the city on the req.
First Hiring Pack free.
Then Was $24Now $0.99 per req report.
Or Was $149Now $19.99/month unlimited.