The demand for health care professionals continues to grow, and for those thinking about a career in the health care industry, CareerCast has identified 10 of the best jobs in a new report.
“The health care industry is thriving, in part due to the Affordable Care Act,” says Kyle Kensing, Online Content Editor, CareerCast. “More insured consumers means more access to care. More people are visiting their general practitioner, resulting in increased hiring at doctor’s offices of support staff like medical records technicians and medical technologists, two of the best health care jobs.”
Health care will always be a cornerstone of the job landscape, as many of the services health care professionals provide are necessities. As of November 2015, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports approximately 18.9 million are employed in health care professions. That’s an increase of nearly 4 million from a decade ago, and the industry is projected to grow, as a whole, by another five million by 2022.
CareerCast names audiologist, biomedical engineer, dental hygienist, optometrist, physical therapist, medical records technician, chiropractor, pharmacist and medical technologist among the best jobs in health care.
The varied opportunities and growing demand for physical therapists (growth outlook of 36 percent) are contributing factors in physical therapist’s place on our best healthcare jobs of 2015. With a growth outlook of 27 percent through 2022, the demand for biomedical engineers is also very high.