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5 thinnest healthcare supplies in Colorado

Enter Colorado Vocational Nurses as 4,920 and the figure stays beside the title.

Write Colorado Records Specialists as 1,780 ahead of the compensation review.

Save Colorado Care Aides as 15.537 so the offer letter names the figure.

Quote Colorado Care Aides 44,650 before the range goes out.

Each occupation

1Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses

Location quotient
0.41
Jobs per 1,000
1.712
State employment
4,920

2Medical Records Specialists

Location quotient
0.49
Jobs per 1,000
0.618
State employment
1,780

3Home Health and Personal Care Aides

Location quotient
0.56
Jobs per 1,000
15.537
State employment
44,650

4Psychiatric Technicians

Location quotient
0.60
Jobs per 1,000
0.605
State employment
1,740

5Pharmacy Technicians

Location quotient
0.69
Jobs per 1,000
2.091
State employment
6,010

Ranked table

Swipe the table sideways. The same figures are in the blocks above.

RankOccupationLocation quotientJobs per 1,000State employment
1Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses0.411.7124,920
2Medical Records Specialists0.490.6181,780
3Home Health and Personal Care Aides0.5615.53744,650
4Psychiatric Technicians0.600.6051,740
5Pharmacy Technicians0.692.0916,010

Takeaways

  • Set Colorado Psychiatric Technicians near 1,740 while the manager still has the draft.
  • Match Colorado Pharmacy Technicians to 6,010 before the calendar invite goes out.
  • Brief Colorado Vocational Nurses as 0.41 before the recruiter refreshes the ad.
  • Start Colorado Vocational Nurses from 1.712 and the intake can see the figure.

For recruiters

  • Anchor Colorado Records Specialists at 0.49 so the huddle hears the cell.
  • Move Colorado Vocational Nurses toward 4,920 inside the Hiring Pack for the role.

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

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Methodology

The location quotient is the occupation's share of Colorado 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, Colorado is 17 of 51. A row links to the Colorado 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 An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero.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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