Ithaca College

Karen Edwards

Karen Edwards

Karen Edwards

Associate Professor and Associate Chair

Health Promotion and Physical Education
School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education
Premed Option

Health Care Jobs: Information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:

 

  • As the largest industry in 2006, health care provided 14 million jobs—13.6 million jobs for wage and salary workers and about 438,000 jobs for the self-employed.
  • 7 of the 20 fastest growing occupations are health care related.
  • Health care will generate 3 million new wage and salary jobs between 2006 and 2016, more than any other industry.
(see: http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm)

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