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5 thinnest healthcare supplies in Connecticut

Medical Records Specialists in Connecticut is a thin bench. The mix figure is 0.53.

Connecticut has barely half as many of these workers as a typical state for Medical Records Specialists. The mix figure on that row is 0.53.

Headcount is not the whole story, but it is real: 1,120 Medical Records Specialists in Connecticut, 0.657 per 1,000 jobs.

The bench stays thin through Pharmacists in Connecticut. That mix figure is 0.99.

Each occupation

1Medical Records Specialists

Location quotient
0.53
Jobs per 1,000
0.657
State employment
1,120

2Psychiatric Technicians

Location quotient
0.61
Jobs per 1,000
0.615
State employment
1,040

3Healthcare Social Workers

Location quotient
0.80
Jobs per 1,000
0.970
State employment
1,650

4Dental Assistants

Location quotient
0.91
Jobs per 1,000
2.263
State employment
3,840

5Pharmacists

Location quotient
0.99
Jobs per 1,000
2.057
State employment
3,490

Ranked table

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

RankOccupationLocation quotientJobs per 1,000State employment
1Medical Records Specialists0.530.6571,120
2Psychiatric Technicians0.610.6151,040
3Healthcare Social Workers0.800.9701,650
4Dental Assistants0.912.2633,840
5Pharmacists0.992.0573,490

Takeaways

  • Medical Records Specialists is the thinnest bench on this Connecticut list.
  • The mix figure is 0.53. Employment is 1,120.
  • Density for Medical Records Specialists in Connecticut is 0.657 jobs per 1,000.
  • Pharmacists keeps Connecticut thin at a mix figure of 0.99.

For recruiters

  • Do not read a thin bench as a wage story only.
  • Say the bench in words before you cite the mix.

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

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Methodology

The location quotient is the occupation's share of Connecticut 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, Connecticut is 28 of 51. A row links to the Connecticut 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 An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero.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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