Improvements to the economy of Hawaii will encourage strong demand for nurses and teachers, according to forecasts issued by labor officials with the state.
The Associated Press reports both fields should see the addition of 330 new jobs every year through 2018. Those with nursing jobs in the Aloha State earn a median annual pay of $84,060 as compared to the national figure of $65,950, information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicates.
Healthcare industry officials are seeing growing numbers pursuing training. The student retention and progression director of the nursing program at Hawaii Pacific University said numbers of people returning to school after having devoted time to working are growing.
"We're seeing a lot of people looking for second careers coming into the program, especially with these hard economic times," Lise Choucair with the college of nursing and health sciences told the news source. "We have a lot of single parents, a lot of mature students. Very few of them are living at home with mom and dad."
The gains to Hawaii's medical staffing industry are pursuant to those elsewhere in the nation as the industry's expansion is widening.