Healthcare & Social Services

Nursing, therapy, counseling, social work, and the support roles around them.

35 occupations · 14,586 local jobs · 1,936 estimated annual openings

Occupation	Local jobs	Openings per year	Median pay	Growth
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	4,321	727	$34,907	+53.3%
Registered Nurses	2,726	225	$83,941	+25.8%
Nursing Assistants	1,391	213	$40,427	+17.0%
Medical Assistants	1,031	157	$40,491	+66.5%
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors Behavioral health	768	92	$47,834	+65.8%
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	700	69	$69,527	+16.1%
Social and Human Service Assistants Behavioral health	459	64	$47,137	+63.0%
Psychiatric Technicians Behavioral health	391	62	$40,516	+291.3%
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	272	32	$51,807	+23.1%
Child, Family, and School Social Workers Behavioral health	252	26	$54,602	+3.4%
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers	244	46	$38,171	+40.0%
Healthcare Social Workers Behavioral health	239	25	$73,630	+14.0%
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors Behavioral health	199	19	$57,755	+16.3%
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	160	13	$76,496	+16.7%
Respiratory Therapists	140	11	$80,114	+21.2%
Marriage and Family Therapists	127	15	$50,977	+31.6%
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers Behavioral health	127	16	$60,497	+57.3%
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	123	13	$47,874	+41.6%
Opticians, Dispensing	101	9	$39,934	-1.1%
Paramedics	98	6	$59,040	+1.1%
Therapists, All Other	93	11	$63,252	+78.5%
Surgical Technologists	79	5	$60,635	-1.3%
Health Education Specialists	71	8	$62,679	-0.8%
Rehabilitation Counselors Behavioral health	63	10	$44,387	+48.7%
Occupational Therapy Aides	61	11	$31,538	+429.4%
Community Health Workers Behavioral health	57	7	$52,127	-15.1%
Orderlies	53	10	$38,487	+39.3%
Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians	45	4	$75,032	+9.1%
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	42	4	$81,355	+35.0%
Medical Transcriptionists	42	11	$38,868	-2.7%
Surgical Assistants	28	4	$59,940	n/a
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	27	3	$63,169	-1.0%
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	22	2	$83,074	+2.2%
Psychiatric Aides Behavioral health	22	4	$40,240	+91.8%
Recreational Therapists	12	2	$51,423	n/a

Sources: Lightcast Q1 2026 occupation snapshot, Hamilton County, IN (jobs, openings, median pay, growth to 2026). Wage figures are ranges from public data, never promises.