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5 thinnest healthcare supplies in New York
New York is a huge state with a scarce psychiatric-technician bench, and headcount will hide that.
A psych unit treated New York's size as proof the technicians would be easy to find.
Psychiatric technicians have a concentration of 0.21. That is about a fifth as common in New York jobs as in the country. Employment is 2,040. A headcount in the thousands feels like a pool until you notice how thin the share is. Buying another board reaches the same small group.
The next rows are not the same problem. Phlebotomists are at 0.72, with 6,400 employed. Medical assistants, at the other end of this short list, have 40,710 jobs and a concentration of 0.80, closer to a typical state. Do not staff a psych-tech req as if it were a medical-assistant req that happens to sit in New York.
Ranked table
| Rank | Occupation | Location quotient | Jobs per 1,000 | State employment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Psychiatric Technicians | 0.21 | 0.210 | 2,040 |
| 2 | Phlebotomists | 0.72 | 0.661 | 6,400 |
| 3 | Medical Records Specialists | 0.75 | 0.937 | 9,080 |
| 4 | Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians | 0.79 | 1.699 | 16,460 |
| 5 | Medical Assistants | 0.80 | 4.202 | 40,710 |
Takeaways
- Medical records specialists are at 0.75, with 9,080 employed.
- Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians are at 0.79, with 16,460 employed.
- Jobs per 1,000 for psychiatric technicians are 0.210. The phlebotomist figure on that same column is 0.661.
- New York is 3 of 51 on the thinnest of these concentrations. The state's size does not fill a thin share.
For recruiters
- Write the concentration beside the employment count, and do not let either number travel alone.
- Widen the map or train. A few thousand people in a state this size is not a deep bench.
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 New York 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, New York is 3 of 51. A row links to the New York 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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