State of Michigan
HEALTHCARE OCCUPATION GROUP
2021
WIN’s healthcare occupation group includes jobs related to health care support and practitioners. Employment in this group has been consistently growing, with more healthcare workers needed to care for Michigan’s aging population. Registered nurses are routinely the most in-demand job in this group. Annually, there are about 23,600 job openings for these positions across southeast Michigan, and this is projected to continue increasing.
Employment Over Time 2011-2021
459,555 Healthcare Workers 0.7% Increase from 2020 Healthcare Worker Demographics According to 2021 Emsi data, the healthcare occupation group employed 459,555 workers in the state of Michigan, who are overwhelmingly female (81.1 percent) and between the ages of 25 and 54 (68.6 percent), although 22.4 percent of workers are over 54. The healthcare occupation group is primarily white in Michigan, with 73.3 percent of workers identifying as white, 17.0 percent identifying as Black or African American, and 9.7 percent identifying otherwise.
Worker Gender Demographics
81.1% Females 18.9% Male
Race and Ethnicity Demographics
73.3% White | 17.0% Black or African-American | 4.3% Asian Worker Age Demographics
Data: Emsi | Analysis: Workforce Intelligence Network
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