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Older residents and healthcare jobs in Kentucky
Read Kentucky Registered Nurses as 50,300 before a national midpoint replaces it.
Take Kentucky Registered Nurses at 868,019 ahead of the posting you want.
Leave Kentucky Registered Nurses at 57.95 so local pay stays visible.
Hold Kentucky Care Aides to 31,260 and the figure stays beside the title.
Each occupation
1Registered Nurses
- State jobs
- 50,300
- Residents age 65 and over
- 868,019
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 57.95
2Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- State jobs
- 31,260
- Residents age 65 and over
- 868,019
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 36.01
3Nursing Assistants
- State jobs
- 23,410
- Residents age 65 and over
- 868,019
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 26.97
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 | 50,300 | 868,019 | 57.95 |
| 2 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 31,260 | 868,019 | 36.01 |
| 3 | Nursing Assistants | 23,410 | 868,019 | 26.97 |
Takeaways
- Send Kentucky Care Aides out 868,019 ahead of the compensation review.
- Bring Kentucky Care Aides in 36.01 so the offer letter names the figure.
- Move Kentucky Nursing Assistants toward 23,410 before the range goes out.
- Park Kentucky Nursing Assistants beside 868,019 while the manager still has the draft.
For recruiters
- Pin Kentucky Nursing Assistants beside 26.97 before the calendar invite goes out.
- Brief Kentucky Registered Nurses as 50,300 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. Kentucky is 15 of 51. Total civilian population in the same file is 4,590,525.
Sources
- BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics · May 2025
- Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, civilian population by age and sex · July 1, 2025
A Hiring Pack starts from the role and the city on the req. First pack each month free, then $24.