![]() ![]() Only two health care sectors experienced a net loss in employment over the last decade: psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals (which declined about 14 percent) and nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities), which lost just over 3,000 jobs from 2003 to 2013. Minnesota also saw rapid job growth at outpatient care centers other professional, scientific and technical services (which includes veterinary services) medical and diagnostic laboratories and offices of other health practitioners (which includes chiropractors optometrists mental health practitioners physical, occupational and speech therapists and all other health practitioners). The fastest-growing industry sector over the last decade was home health care services, which doubled in size from 2003 to 2013. Source: DEED Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) program Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) and Substance Abuse) Hospitals^ (2009 data) Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals* (government only) ![]() Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services Table 1 Employment in Minnesota's STEM Health Care Industries, 2003-2013 The next largest industry was offices of physicians, with about 65,000 jobs at 1,660 clinics, followed by skilled nursing homes, with about 48,500 jobs at 463 nursing care facilities.Ĭombined, those three sectors account for two-thirds (68.7 percent) of total STEM health care employment in the state (see Table 1). The largest employing STEM Health Care Component sector in Minnesota was general medical and surgical hospitals, with more than 116,000 jobs at 201 hospitals, accounting for just over one-third (34.8 percent) of total STEM health care employment. In the last decade, STEM health care industries added jobs nearly four times as fast as all industries in Minnesota, gaining just over 48,400 net new jobs, a 16.9 percent increase. Through 2013, Minnesota had about 335,000 jobs in STEM health care industries, according to data from DEED's Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. These industries, which rely on a highly trained workforce to provide quality health care, are the focus of this article. By reviewing STEM jobs across all industry sectors, the Workforce Information Council categorized 13 industry subsectors in the STEM Health Care Component, selecting only those sectors with a concentration level of 2.5 times the national average of STEM jobs. Although it is often overlooked as a high tech industry, health care obviously relies on science and technology. The health care industry has the other 60 percent. But this group of STEM industries actually accounts for only 40 percent of total STEM employment in Minnesota, using the taxonomy developed by the Workforce Information Council's report "Exploring the High Tech Industry." The STEM Core Component saw steady job growth in the state in the last decade, expanding more than twice as fast as the total of all industries from 2003 to 2013, although growth is projected to slow. ![]() STEM, which stands for science, technology, engineering and math, is typically linked to industries like computer systems design, electromedical instruments manufacturing, architectural and engineering services, and management, scientific and technical consulting services, among others. In the last issue of Trends, we examined the Core Component of the emerging STEM field in Minnesota. STEM jobs in health care are expected to be plentiful and well-paying in the coming years. ![]()
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