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5 thinnest healthcare supplies in North Carolina
Home Health and Personal Care Aides in North Carolina is a thin bench. The mix figure is 0.43.
Recruiters in North Carolina will feel Home Health and Personal Care Aides first because the bench is thin. North Carolina has barely half as many of these workers as a typical state.
The North Carolina file counts 58,880 Home Health and Personal Care Aides, which is 11.914 jobs per 1,000.
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses closes the North Carolina supply list. The mix figure there is 0.87.
Each occupation
1Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- Location quotient
- 0.43
- Jobs per 1,000
- 11.914
- State employment
- 58,880
2Healthcare Social Workers
- Location quotient
- 0.86
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.037
- State employment
- 5,120
3Physical Therapists
- Location quotient
- 0.86
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.486
- State employment
- 7,350
4Occupational Therapists
- Location quotient
- 0.87
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.909
- State employment
- 4,490
5Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
- Location quotient
- 0.87
- Jobs per 1,000
- 3.644
- State employment
- 18,010
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 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 0.43 | 11.914 | 58,880 |
| 2 | Healthcare Social Workers | 0.86 | 1.037 | 5,120 |
| 3 | Physical Therapists | 0.86 | 1.486 | 7,350 |
| 4 | Occupational Therapists | 0.87 | 0.909 | 4,490 |
| 5 | Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses | 0.87 | 3.644 | 18,010 |
Takeaways
- Say it in words: North Carolina has barely half as many of these workers as a typical state for Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
- Jobs per 1,000 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in North Carolina are 11.914.
- The employment cell reads 58,880.
- The last thin row in North Carolina is Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses at 0.87.
For recruiters
- Do not read a thin bench as a wage story only.
- Tell the manager the local bench is thin.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
The location quotient is the occupation's share of North Carolina 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, North Carolina is 20 of 51. A row links to the North Carolina 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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