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Older residents and healthcare jobs in Ohio
Ohio isn't a shortage rate, so set Ohio older residents beside Ohio job counts first.
Ohio isn't a vacancy tally, and Ohio recruiters who brief open jobs will overpromise.
Ohio has 59.93 nurse jobs for every 1,000 Ohio people 65 and older.
Ohio nursing assistants finish at 26.39 on that comparison, with 63,280 assistants employed in Ohio.
Each occupation
1Registered Nurses
- State jobs
- 143,730
- Residents age 65 and over
- 2,398,129
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 59.93
2Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- State jobs
- 106,940
- Residents age 65 and over
- 2,398,129
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 44.59
3Nursing Assistants
- State jobs
- 63,280
- Residents age 65 and over
- 2,398,129
- Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
- 26.39
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | State jobs | Residents age 65 and over | Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Registered Nurses | 143,730 | 2,398,129 | 59.93 |
| 2 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 106,940 | 2,398,129 | 44.59 |
| 3 | Nursing Assistants | 63,280 | 2,398,129 | 26.39 |
Takeaways
- Ohio employs 143,730 registered nurses against 2,398,129 older residents, and Ohio should keep them paired.
- Ohio home health aides number 106,940, or 44.59 jobs on the same Ohio older resident comparison.
- Ohio's civilian population is 11,893,865, which Ohio shouldn't swap in for the older group.
- Ohio bedside planning should use the Ohio nurse comparison, not a shortage rate.
For recruiters
- Say Ohio isn't giving you open jobs before Ohio circulates this older resident table.
- Add Ohio nursing assistants after the nurse figure so Ohio sees that bench beside aides.
- Bind the Ohio 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
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. Ohio is 10 of 51. Total civilian population in the same file is 11,893,865.
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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