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5 thinnest healthcare supplies in Arizona
Arizona has barely half as many of these workers as a typical state for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses.
Recruiters in Arizona will feel Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses first because the bench is thin. Arizona has barely half as many of these workers as a typical state.
The Arizona file counts 6,530 Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses, which is 2.016 jobs per 1,000.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides closes the Arizona supply list. The mix figure there is 0.83.
Each occupation
1Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Location quotient
- 0.48
- Jobs per 1,000
- 2.016
- State employment
- 6,530
2Nursing Assistants
- Location quotient
- 0.67
- Jobs per 1,000
- 6.273
- State employment
- 20,320
3Healthcare Social Workers
- Location quotient
- 0.79
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.956
- State employment
- 3,100
4Occupational Therapists
- Location quotient
- 0.79
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.828
- State employment
- 2,680
5Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- Location quotient
- 0.83
- Jobs per 1,000
- 23.010
- State employment
- 74,540
Ranked table
Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.
| Rank | Occupation | Location quotient | Jobs per 1,000 | State employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | 0.48 | 2.016 | 6,530 |
| 2 | Nursing Assistants | 0.67 | 6.273 | 20,320 |
| 3 | Healthcare Social Workers | 0.79 | 0.956 | 3,100 |
| 4 | Occupational Therapists | 0.79 | 0.828 | 2,680 |
| 5 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 0.83 | 23.010 | 74,540 |
Takeaways
- Say it in words: Arizona has barely half as many of these workers as a typical state for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses.
- Jobs per 1,000 for Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Arizona are 2.016.
- The employment cell reads 6,530.
- The last thin row in Arizona is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at 0.83.
For recruiters
- Do not read a thin bench as a wage story only.
- Pair the mix figure with the employment count.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
The location quotient is the occupation's share of Arizona jobs divided by its share of U.S. jobs. A lower figure is a thinner local supply relative to the national mix. The 5 lowest figures on the hiring-list occupations are shown. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest figure, Arizona is 26 of 51. A row links to the Arizona metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it.
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