1. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency Nevada’s Health Care Industry: An Initial View Governor’s Workforce Investment Board March 2011 Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation Larry J. Mosley, Director Dennis Perea, Deputy Director Bill Anderson, Chief Economist

2. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency Nevada’s Health Care Industry

3. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency Job Growth in Nevada’s Health Care Industry has been Nearly Double the National Rate of Increase Since 2002  All told, 24,000 jobs were added over the period.

4. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency Job Growth in the Health Care Sector has been Widespread  4,000 jobs were added in medical and surgical hospitals over the 2002-2010 period.  More than 3,000 jobs were added in physicians’ offices.  Dental Offices added 2,000 jobs.

5. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency Only Two of Nevada’s Top Ten Health Care Industries have LQs in Excess of one  This suggests that the broadly defined industry is under- represented in Nevada.  The industry’s largest employer, hospitals, has a LQ of just 0.54—their share of Nevada employment is about half the national average.

6. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency 2002-2010 Job Growth in the Largest Health Care Industries was Higher than Expected  This suggests that the broadly defined industry has certain “competitive advantages.”  Job gains in elderly/disabled services exceeded expectations by 3,300.  For hospitals, this “competitive effect” equated to 2,000 additional jobs.

7. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency Top Ten Health Care Occupations: Broad Overview

8. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency The Top Ten Health Care Occupations Account for 78,000 Jobs, Economy- Wide  This is up 22% since 2002.  Nationally, these occupations grew 14%.

9. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency The Bulk of These Jobs are in Physicians’ Offices, Hospitals, and Local Government  Together, these three industries account for about one-third of these jobs.

10. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency Economy-Wide, there are in Excess of 15,000 Registered Nurses  Clerks and receptionists also have a heavy presence in the health care sector, as well as throughout the economy.

11. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency Many Health Care-Specific Occupations are Under-Represented in Nevada  However, for more general occupations (such as clerks), Nevada appears more in line with National norms.

12. The Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation is a proactive workforce & rehabilitation agency Nearly all of Health Care’s Top Ten Occupations Grew More than Expected in the Economy as a Whole  Shift-share analysis suggests that the growth in registered nurses in Nevada was 1,500 more than expected.