Unfilled openings in Health Care & Social Assistance in Minnesota
Many Caring Career employers continue to struggle to hire the staff they need, a situation that was true prior to the pandemic and which was greatly exacerbated during the pandemic. The latest Job Vacancy Survey results from the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development show a continued high number of vacancies in the Health Care & Social Assistance industry. While vacancies in the sector have declined from 45,000 openings in 2022 to 31,700 openings in 2024, the sector continues to have the most unfilled positions of any industry in Minnesota.
The health care and social assistance industry employs people who provide care for others, including Personal Care Aides, Physical Therapists, Nursing Assistants, Childcare Workers, Physicians and many other roles sometimes referred to as the caring professions. Nearly 557,000 people work in health care and social assistance in Minnesota, making it the largest employing industry in the state, accounting for nearly one in every five jobs in 2024.
People with skills and experience in this field are in high demand now and are projected to remain in high demand for the foreseeable future. According to DEED’s long-term projections, the health care and social assistance industry is expected to add nearly 58,000 new jobs over the next decade, in addition to hundreds of thousands of openings when people retire or leave this field.
For more information about labor market conditions in your part of Minnesota, reach out to your regional analyst.
