Healthcare careers continue being created and blossoming in the U.S. despite the nation's tepid job market, most recently demonstrated by weaker returns last month, according to a published report.
Neon Tommy reports the industry saw 16,700 jobs created throughout the nation in August, which is about 17 percent of the country's net gain of 96,000 jobs created, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicates. Drivers of the job creation include the aging U.S. population, which requires increasing medical services.
"The overall job growth has been slower this year nationwide. That's not specific to healthcare, that's a general trend that we've observed," economic research director Jordan Levine with Beacon Economics in Los Angeles told the news source. "Since health care didn't shed that many jobs during the recession, there's no need for accelerated growth to catch up. We're already above our pre-recession peak."
X-ray technicians and respiratory therapists are two healthcare jobs that require the minimum of an associate's degree.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, cardiovascular technologists and technicians and vascular technologists also require applicants to have at minimum an associate's degree.