May 2020 Occupational Employment and Wages — 2021-03-31

Healthcare support occupations had employment of 6.4 million in May 2020, representing 4.6 percent of total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest healthcare support occupation was home health and personal care aides (3.2 million) and the highest paying healthcare support occupation was occupational therapy assistants ($63,420). The annual mean wage across all healthcare support occupations was $32,250, compared with the U.S. average wage of $56,310. (See table 1.) The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program provides employment and wage estimates for nearly 800 occupations in the nation, states, and approximately 530 areas. National data are available by industry for approximately 415 industry classifications and by ownership across all industries and for the educational services and hospitals industries.