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Older residents and healthcare jobs in Alabama
Read Alabama Registered Nurses as 54,340 before the range goes out.
Take Alabama Registered Nurses 1,009,814 while the manager still has the draft.
Leave Alabama Registered Nurses at 53.81 before the calendar invite goes out.
Hold Alabama Nursing Assistants to 25,250 before the recruiter refreshes the ad.
Each occupation
1Registered Nurses
- State jobs
- 54,340
- Residents age 65 and over
- 1,009,814
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 53.81
2Nursing Assistants
- State jobs
- 25,250
- Residents age 65 and over
- 1,009,814
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 25.00
3Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- State jobs
- 20,930
- Residents age 65 and over
- 1,009,814
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 20.73
Ranked table
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| Rank | Occupation | State jobs | Residents age 65 and over | Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurses | 54,340 | 1,009,814 | 53.81 |
| 2 | Nursing Assistants | 25,250 | 1,009,814 | 25.00 |
| 3 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 20,930 | 1,009,814 | 20.73 |
Takeaways
- Cite Alabama Nursing Assistants 1,009,814 and the intake can see the figure.
- Bring Alabama Nursing Assistants in 25.00 so the huddle hears the cell.
- Move Alabama Care Aides toward 20,930 rather than a statewide average.
- Cite Alabama Care Aides 1,009,814 so finance sees the same cell.
For recruiters
- Pin Alabama Care Aides beside 20.73 so the handoff names the cell.
- Brief Alabama Registered Nurses as 54,340 inside the Hiring Pack for this opening.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
Jobs are OEWS May 2025 state employment for registered nurses, nursing assistants, and home health and personal care aides. Residents are the Census Population Estimates Program civilian population age 65 and over on July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025. This is not the ACS tabulation; the ACS API was not used. Jobs per 1,000 residents equals jobs times 1,000 divided by that resident count. It is not a shortage rate and it is not a count of job listings. Areas are ordered by registered-nurse jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over. Alabama is 19 of 51. Total civilian population in the same file is 5,181,269.
Sources
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics · May 2025
- Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, civilian population by age and sex · July 1, 2025
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