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Anyone looking for a career in Maryland may want to consider Baltimore medical jobs.

The Baltimore-Towson area’s education and health services industry employed 233,100 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 231,100 workers during August and a 1.7 percent increase from last year.

The Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation reports that the state’s healthcare industry has continued to grow since 2001, expanding at a rate of 10.2 percent through 2005. During that time, the industry added 23,912 jobs, accounting for a growth rate more than three times that of overall expansion in the state.

While hospitals were responsible for about 40 percent of that increase, community care facilities for the elderly and offices of other practitioners have been the fastest-growing since 2001, expanding by 27.3 percent and 22 percent, respectively.

While each jurisdiction throughout Maryland saw healthcare expansion during the four-year period, the City of Baltimore and Montgomery County saw the biggest increase, together accounting for about four out of every 10 jobs created in the industry.

General medical and surgical hospitals saw the biggest job increases in Baltimore, while physicians’ offices and community care facilities for the elderly saw the biggest job increases throughout Montgomery County.

During 2005, workers in the healthcare industry earned an average weekly wage of about $838, with those in ambulatory healthcare services earning $998 per week, hospital employees earning $878 per week and workers in nursing and residential care facilities earning $536 per week.

Offices of physicians are the highest paying sector in the healthcare industry, followed by medical and diagnostic laboratories; outpatient care centers; general medical and surgical hospitals; offices of dentists; and other hospitals.

The top 10 most popular occupations within the healthcare industry include:

1. Registered nurses
2. Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants
3. Home health aides
4. Receptionists and information clerks
5. General office clerks
6. Licensed practical nurses
7. Medical assistants
8. Medical secretaries
9. Maids and housekeeping cleaners
10. Secretaries

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