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5 thinnest healthcare supplies in Maryland
Maryland psychiatric technicians are 680 people. The aide headcount will talk you out of seeing that.
A director pointed at tens of thousands of aides and concluded Maryland could staff a psych unit from overflow.
Psychiatric technicians have a concentration of 0.24, about a fifth as common in Maryland jobs as in the country.
Employment is 680, and jobs per 1,000 are 0.247.
That is the bench.
Posting again reaches those same people.
There are 46,560 aides doing home health and personal care, with a concentration of 0.61, barely half as common as in a typical state, at 16.851 jobs per 1,000.
The headcount is large and the share is still thin.
Neither fact staffs psychiatric technicians.
Each occupation
1Psychiatric Technicians
- Location quotient
- 0.24
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.247
- State employment
- 680
2Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- Location quotient
- 0.61
- Jobs per 1,000
- 16.851
- State employment
- 46,560
3Medical Records Specialists
- Location quotient
- 0.71
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.883
- State employment
- 2,440
4Phlebotomists
- Location quotient
- 0.80
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.740
- State employment
- 2,040
5Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
- Location quotient
- 0.82
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.221
- State employment
- 3,370
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 | Psychiatric Technicians | 0.24 | 0.247 | 680 |
| 2 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 0.61 | 16.851 | 46,560 |
| 3 | Medical Records Specialists | 0.71 | 0.883 | 2,440 |
| 4 | Phlebotomists | 0.80 | 0.740 | 2,040 |
| 5 | Radiologic Technologists and Technicians | 0.82 | 1.221 | 3,370 |
Takeaways
- Medical records specialists have a concentration of 0.71 and 2,440 jobs.
- Phlebotomists have a concentration of 0.80 and 2,040 jobs.
- Radiologic technologists and technicians have a concentration of 0.82 and 3,370 jobs.
- Maryland is 5 of 51 on the thinnest share. The aide total is not the psychiatric-technician bench.
For recruiters
- Write 680 beside the concentration and do not let the aide total into that sentence.
- When the share is that thin, plan to train or widen the map. Another board is the same people.
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
The location quotient is the occupation's share of Maryland 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, Maryland is 5 of 51. A row links to the Maryland 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.
Sources
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