Nursing Assistants (31-1014)

Occupation description:  Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff. Perform duties such as feed, bathe, dress, groom, or move patients, or change linens. May transfer or transport patients. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants. Excludes "Home Health Aides" (31-1011), "Orderlies" (31-1015), "Personal Care Aides" (39-9021), and "Psychiatric Aides" (31-1013).

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Employment and Job Openings

Note: Prior to 2010, nursing assistants and orderlies were grouped together; so these numbers include totals for both nursing assistants and orderlies.

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Wages

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Note: Prior to 2010, nursing assistants and orderlies were grouped together; so these numbers include totals for both nursing assistants and orderlies.

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
1,982	118	6.0	33.8	24.5

2011 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	173
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	0
UI claimants previously working in occupation	150

2011 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	2,187
Number of job position postings	910
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	2.4

2011 Alaska Licensing Information

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