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Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations have 8.8 million jobs in May 2021
03/31/2022
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations had employment of 8.8 million in May 2021,
representing 6.2 percent of national employment. Registered nurses (3.0 million) was the largest
healthcare practitioners and technical occupation.
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