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Growing Workforce:
Between 1990 and 2006, Hawai'i's private-sector health
care workforce grew by 51 percent, more than 3 times greater
than the overall statewide job market. There were more
than 57,000 workers employed in the health care and social
assistance sector in Hawai'i in 2006, representing 9 percent
of Hawai'i's total workforce.
Hawai`i
vs. U.S.: The rate of growth in this workforce
sector during the period 1990 to 2006 was slower in Hawai'i
at 57 percent than the overall U.S. figure of 61 percent.
Health care was one of the few sectors in Hawai'i's economy
that grew throughout the 1990s.
County
Workforce: Health care and social assistance
employment in all counties grew between 1990 and 2006
at a rate that exceeded the total county workforce growth
rate. In 2006, the percent of the workforce employed in
health care and social assistance ranged between 7 percent
(Kauai and Maui Counties) and 10 percent (Honolulu County).
Continued Growth Expected: The aging
population, together with increased health care demands,
will likely stimulate future increases in the health care
workforce. Managed care's effort to provide care through
the most appropriate health care worker may impact the
number and types of workers available. |
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Source: Hawai`i State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, Research and Statistics Office, Current Employment Statistics.; Bureau of Labor Statistics, Nonfarm Payroll Statistics from the Current Employment Statistics.
Note: Includes workers in social assistance. Total workforce does not include agricultural workers.
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Source: Hawai`i State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations, Research and Statistics Office, Current Employment Statistics.
Note: Includes workers in social assistance. Total workforce does not include agricultural workers.
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