Insights / Thinnest healthcare job supply / Mississippi
5 thinnest healthcare supplies in Mississippi
Mississippi physician assistant headcount can look solid until Mississippi's share shows how thin it is.
Mississippi physician assistants look staffable until share 0.26 shows a third of usual Mississippi supply.
Mississippi employs 320 physician assistants, and Mississippi clinics can't treat Mississippi's pool as deep.
Mississippi technicians stay thin at share 0.79, with 930 employed, short of a typical Mississippi bench.
Each occupation
1Physician Assistants
- Location quotient
- 0.26
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.274
- State employment
- 320
2Medical Assistants
- Location quotient
- 0.55
- Jobs per 1,000
- 2.873
- State employment
- 3,340
3Dental Hygienists
- Location quotient
- 0.68
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.977
- State employment
- 1,140
4Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- Location quotient
- 0.68
- Jobs per 1,000
- 18.741
- State employment
- 21,800
5Psychiatric Technicians
- Location quotient
- 0.79
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.795
- State employment
- 930
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 | Physician Assistants | 0.26 | 0.274 | 320 |
| 2 | Medical Assistants | 0.55 | 2.873 | 3,340 |
| 3 | Dental Hygienists | 0.68 | 0.977 | 1,140 |
| 4 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 0.68 | 18.741 | 21,800 |
| 5 | Psychiatric Technicians | 0.79 | 0.795 | 930 |
Takeaways
- Mississippi medical assistants show share 0.55 beside 3,340 workers Mississippi should not call thick.
- Mississippi hygienists number 1,140 people, and Mississippi should still treat that bench as thin.
- Mississippi aides number 21,800 people, which Mississippi still reads against a thin job share.
- Mississippi assistant density is 0.274 per thousand, and Mississippi should cite it with the share.
For recruiters
- Mississippi recruiters should call assistants thin before Mississippi talks any wage at all.
- Mississippi teams should keep technicians on the Mississippi note as another thin row.
- Bring the Mississippi wage in the Hiring Pack.
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 Mississippi 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, Mississippi is 7 of 51. A row links to the Mississippi 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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