Economics

Healthcare Professionals Are Hard to Find in Hot Labor Market

Registered nurses and physical therapists lead employer demand
U.S. healthcare system leans on foreign-born medical graduates

A medical doctor, right, examines a patient at a health center in Maryland, U.S.Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

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By Shelly Hagan

March 20, 2019 at 4:00 PM UTC

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America’s largest employer is having a hard time filling jobs.

The skills gap in the health care sector, now the largest U.S. industry, is greater than the gap in the overall economy, according to a report published Wednesday by Indeed economists Martha Gimbel and Tara Sinclair.