Insights / Thinnest healthcare job supply / South Carolina
5 thinnest healthcare supplies in South Carolina
South Carolina psychiatric technicians are 560 people. Forty thousand aides do not staff that req.
The aide total was used to calm a psych-tech search. The share, and the tech count, say something else.
Psychiatric technicians have a concentration of 0.24, about a fifth as common in South Carolina jobs as in the country, with 560 employed and 0.245 jobs per 1,000. Another posting reaches those 560 people.
There are 40,750 aides doing home health and personal care, with a concentration of 0.64, a thinner share than a typical state, at 17.678 jobs per 1,000.
Large, and still thin.
That row cannot fill a psychiatric-technician req.
Each occupation
1Psychiatric Technicians
- Location quotient
- 0.24
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.245
- State employment
- 560
2Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- Location quotient
- 0.64
- Jobs per 1,000
- 17.678
- State employment
- 40,750
3Occupational Therapists
- Location quotient
- 0.76
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.798
- State employment
- 1,840
4Speech-Language Pathologists
- Location quotient
- 0.81
- Jobs per 1,000
- 0.950
- State employment
- 2,190
5Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
- Location quotient
- 0.89
- Jobs per 1,000
- 1.899
- State employment
- 4,380
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 | 0.245 | 560 |
| 2 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | 0.64 | 17.678 | 40,750 |
| 3 | Occupational Therapists | 0.76 | 0.798 | 1,840 |
| 4 | Speech-Language Pathologists | 0.81 | 0.950 | 2,190 |
| 5 | Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians | 0.89 | 1.899 | 4,380 |
Takeaways
- Occupational therapists have a concentration of 0.76 and 1,840 jobs.
- The speech-language concentration is 0.81, with 2,190 jobs.
- Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians have a concentration of 0.89 and 4,380 jobs.
- South Carolina is 6 of 51 on the thinnest share. The aide headcount is not a psychiatric-technician bench.
For recruiters
- Put 560 on the intake beside the concentration, and keep the aide total out of that sentence.
- Plan to train or widen the map. The bench does not get deeper because the state has aides.
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 South 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, South Carolina is 6 of 51. A row links to the South 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.
Sources
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