Health Science Statistics
Health Science
- Median annual wage for careers in health care: $28,710
- 11 of the 20 fastest-growing jobs are in the health care field
- From 2016 to 2026, the five fastest-growing jobs in health science are:
- Home health aides
- Personal care aides
- Physician assistants
- Nurse practitioners
- Physical therapist assistants
4. Health care careers will grow 18% between 2016 and 2026, much faster than the US average
5. Health care jobs continued to grow during the most recent US recession
6. From 1990 to 2009, interest in health science increased 222%
7. From 2002 to 2012, health science certificates and associate’s degrees grew 137%
8. 36% of all CTE students in 2012 pursued a career in the health science career cluster
9. Between 2011 and 2012, 42% of all students seeking certificates enrolled in health science
10.HOSA-Future Health Professionals, the career and technical student organization for health science, has more than 200,000
members
