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Older residents and healthcare jobs in Wisconsin

Read Wisconsin Care Aides as 82,430 before the calendar invite goes out.

Take Wisconsin Care Aides 1,241,547 before the recruiter refreshes the ad.

Leave Wisconsin Care Aides at 66.39 and the intake can see the figure.

Hold Wisconsin Registered Nurses to 68,060 so the huddle hears the cell.

Each occupation

1Home Health and Personal Care Aides

State jobs
82,430
Residents age 65 and over
1,241,547
Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
66.39

2Registered Nurses

State jobs
68,060
Residents age 65 and over
1,241,547
Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
54.82

3Nursing Assistants

State jobs
28,370
Residents age 65 and over
1,241,547
Jobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
22.85

Ranked table

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RankOccupationState jobsResidents age 65 and overJobs per 1,000 residents age 65 and over
1Home Health and Personal Care Aides82,4301,241,54766.39
2Registered Nurses68,0601,241,54754.82
3Nursing Assistants28,3701,241,54722.85

Takeaways

  • Cite Wisconsin Registered Nurses 1,241,547 rather than a statewide average.
  • Bring Wisconsin Registered Nurses in 54.82 so finance sees the same cell.
  • Move Wisconsin Nursing Assistants toward 28,370 so the handoff names the cell.
  • Cite Wisconsin Nursing Assistants 1,241,547 while the draft is still open.

For recruiters

  • Pin Wisconsin Nursing Assistants beside 22.85 and the req stops guessing.
  • Take Wisconsin Care Aides at 82,430 inside the Hiring Pack at intake.

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. Wisconsin is 18 of 51. Total civilian population in the same file is 5,971,589.

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