Fort Lauderdale Nursing Jobs
Those considering a career in healthcare may want to look into available Fort Lauderdale nursing jobs.
The Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach area’s education and health services industry employed 94,600 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 94,100 workers during August, but a .4 percent decrease from last year.
As a whole, the healthcare industry includes offices of physicians, dentists and other health practitioners; outpatient care centers; medical and diagnostic laboratories and home healthcare services; other ambulatory healthcare services and hospitals. Of the 15 largest occupations in the industry, nine provide direct patient care.
During 2007, Florida’s healthcare industry included 39,744 establishments that employed 669,154 workers, up 18,205 jobs from 2006. The majority of the increase in jobs came from general medical and surgical hospitals, which added 6,460 employees, making for a 2.3 percent increase, and offices of physicians, which added 4,916 employees, making for a 3.1 percent increase.
The largest healthcare sectors during 2007 were general medical and surgical hospitals, with 285,798 jobs, and offices of physicians, with 164,792 jobs. According to an article by the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation, those two industries combined account for 67 percent of employment in the healthcare industry.
The most popular healthcare occupations are registered nurses, nursing aides, licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, medical assistants and home health aides. These five occupations account for about 32.6 percent of all employment in the healthcare industry.
The average salary for all workers in the healthcare industry that year was $49,804 per year, which is higher than the average annual salary for all industries in Florida. Registered nurses earn an average salary of $29.52 per hour or $61,402 per year. Among the 15 largest occupations, salaries range from a low of $10.29 per hour for home health aides to a high of $36.02 per hour for physical therapists.