Data inventory
HWIC inventory of health workforce data
This inventory is a reference guide of public state and national health workforce data resources. The inventory will be updated as additional resources become available.
| Data source name | Geographic level | Workforce topics | Professions | Publisher/manager | Location | Data elements included | Type | Description | Availability | Update frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State occupational employment and wage estimates | State level | Workforce data, market and wage data | Interdisciplinary | Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) | Occupational employment and wage statistics | Total employment, employment per 1,000 jobs, location quotient, mean hourly wage, median hourly wage, mean annual wage | Aggregated data | This public source projects employment estimates by profession, based on standard occupational codes (SOC). Data are only available at the state level. | Publicly available in aggregate | Annual |
| Active license count | State level | Workforce supply | Interdisciplinary | Utah Division of Professional Licensing (DOPL) | Active license count | Active license count by license type | Aggregated data | This source displays real-time active licensee counts for licensed professions in Utah. Includes all professions, not just health workforce professions. | Publicly available in aggregate | Real-time |
| HRSA workforce projections | National level | Workforce supply, workforce demand, workforce projections | Interdisciplinary | Health Resources & Services Association (HRSA) | Workforce projections | Estimated supply and demand, estimated future adequacy by state, projection model scenarios | Aggregated data | National Center for Health Workforce Analysis (NCHWA) projections of the supply and demand for healthcare workers across the US. | Publicly available in aggregate | |
| Occupation information data viewer | State level | Workforce data, market and wage data | Interdisciplinary | Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) | Occupation information data viewer | Job opening projections, wages, skill requirements, related occupations, employment outlook, training and education information, and current openings listed with DWS | Aggregated data | Occupation information reporting through DWS' Economic Data Viewer. | Publicly available in aggregate | |
| Short-term occupational projections | State level | Workforce projections, workforce demand | Interdisciplinary | Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) | Short-term occupational projections | Growth and replacement openings by standard occupational codes (SOC), growth rate trends, annual openings by education level | Aggregated data | 2-year time span. Short-term projections complement long-term (10-year) projections and provide information for anyone who wants to understand current occupational trends. They also provide a basis to make short-term training decisions. Uses BLS methods. | Publicly available in aggregate | Annually |
| Long-term occupational projections | State level | Workforce projections, workforce demand | Interdisciplinary | Utah Department of Workforce Services (DWS) | Utah job outlook | Growth and replacement openings by standard occupational codes (SOC), growth rate trends, annual openings by education level, openings by median wage | Aggregated data | These projections cover a 10-year time span. Projections are produced for the state of Utah as well as for 9 sub-state areas. The areas are determined by population and job density and are not created equal. But rather, types of jobs are determined by the nature of the local area’s economy. Uses BLS methods. | Publicly available in aggregate | Annually |
| USHE graduate completions | State level | Education data | Interdisciplinary | Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) | USHE institutional data resources—completions | Award completions for Utah higher education institutions by classification of instructional programs (CIP) code, award level, gender, and ethnicity | Aggregated data | Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) aggregate count of degrees awarded by academic year. | Publicly available in aggregate | Annually |
| Health professional shortage area (HPSA) find | National level | Workforce data, shortage areas, geographic distribution | Interdisciplinary | Health Resources & Services Association (HRSA) | HPSA find | Geographic HPSA, population HPSA, facility HPSA, maternity care target areas (MCTAs), medically underserved areas (MUAs) and medically underserved populations (MUPs), exceptional medically underserved population (Exceptional MUP), governor’s-designated secretary-certified shortage areas for rural health clinics | Aggregated data | Shortage designation identifies an area, population, or facility experiencing a shortage of healthcare services. | Publicly available | Annually |
| Occupational employment and wage statistics | National level | Workforce data, market and wage data, education data, employment outlook | Interdisciplinary | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) | Occupation finder | National employment estimates, mean wage estimates, industry profiles, geographic profiles | Aggregated data | "The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program produces employment and wage estimates annually for approximately 830 occupations. These estimates are available for the nation as a whole, for individual states, and for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas; national occupational estimates for specific industries are also available." | Publicly available | Annually |
| Area health resources files | National level | Workforce data | Interdisciplinary | Health Resources & Services Association (HRSA) | Area health resources files | Health care professions, health facilities, population characteristics, economics, health professions training, hospital utilization, and environment at the county, state, and national levels | Aggregated data | This interactive tool compiles information from more than 50 data sources to provide an overview on clinician workforce distribution and demographic data by state. | Publicly available | Annually |
| Detailed occupation reports | National level | Workforce data, market and wage data, education data | Interdisciplinary | Data USA | Search for healthcare occupations | Age, salary, diversity, employment, education, race/ethnicity | Report(s) | This source compiles statistics to create aggregate reports for a variety of occupations, including healthcare occupations. | Publicly available in aggregate | |
| Salaries in healthcare practitioners and technical jobs | National level | Market and wage data | Interdisciplinary | Payscale | Healthcare occupations salaries | Salary range and revelant job listings | Aggregated data | This source provides information on average salary ranges for healthcare occupations. | Publicly available | Continually |
| Healthcare practitioner and technical careers and jobs | National level | Workforce data, market and wage data, education data | Interdisciplinary | ZIPPIA | Healthcare occupations | Jobs overview, needed credentials, demographics, skills, education, salary estimates | Aggregated data | This source provides an overview of healthcare occupations. | Publicly available | Monthly |
| GME for teaching hospitals interactive data table | National level | Graduate medical education data | Interdisciplinary | Robert Graham Center | 2000-2021 graduate medical education for teaching hospitals | Graduate medical education funding and full-time equivalent count data | Dataset(s) | This interactive data table contains information on Medicare graduate medical education payments and weighted full-time equivalents. | Publicly available in aggregate | |
| 2021 state physician workforce data report | National level | Workforce data | MD and surgeon, DO | Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) | State physician workforce data report | Physician supply, demographics, provider-to-population ratios, undergraduate medical education, graduate medical education | Report(s) | AAMC report that "examines current physician supply, medical school enrollment, and graduate medical education (GME) in the US." | Publicly available | Annually |
| Complete health indicator report of physician supply | State level | Workforce supply | MD and surgeon, DO | Utah Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHS) | IBIS summary report | Active physicians per 10,000 civilian population and primary care physicians per 10,000 civilian population. | Aggregated data | Public Health Indicator Based Information System (IBIS) summary report of active physicians and primary care physicians by civilian population. | Publicly available | Current report has data from 2019 |
| Utah nursing assistant registry | State level | Workforce data | CNA | Utah Nursing Assistant Registry (UNAR)—Site information. TMU—Data and records | Utah nursing assistant registry | Dataset(s) | The Utah Nursing Assistant Registry (UNAR) provides certification, renewal, and reciprocity services for certified nursing assistants in the state of Utah. UNAR approves and oversees all nursing assistant training programs and instructors in the state. The UNAR also maintains records for more than 20,000 nursing assistants in the state and maintains the State Abuse Registry. | Information on CNA profession and testing—Publicly available. Data—Not publicly available | Continual | |
| AACN research and data center | National level | Education and faculty data | RN, APRN | American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) | Research and data center | Nursing program student enrollment, graduations, demographics, academic characteristics, and salaries of faculty and deans | Report(s) | Survey data research. "Annually, the [AACN] Research and Data Center collects and reports data to the nursing education community on student enrollment and graduations as well as demographics, academic characteristics, and salaries of faculty and deans." | Some information publicly available in aggregate, some data available for purchase or special request | Annually |
| NCSBN national nursing workforce study | National level | Workforce supply | RN, LPN | National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) | 2022 National nursing workforce survey | Demographics, employment, education, licensure, employment, earnings, nurse well-being | Report(s) | National random sample survey of RNs and LVN/LPNs. | Publicly available | 2 Years |
| Healthcare occupations | National level | Market and wage data | Interdisciplinary | Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) | Occupational healthcare outlook | Occupation, job summary, entry-level education, median pay | Aggregated data | This source is a subset of the occupational outlook handbook and provides an overview of average pay for a multitude of healthcare occupations. | Publicly available in aggregate | Annually |
| U.S. home care workers | National level | Workforce data, market and wage data, education data | CNA, Personal care aide, Home health aide | PHI | U.S. direct care workforce | All for 2017—gender, age, race/ethnicity, citizenship, education, employment by occupation, employment by type of employer, employment status, poverty level, public assistance access, health insurance, job growth | Brief(s) | This brief provides demographics, wage, and employment trends about the U.S. Direct Care Workforce. | Publicly available in aggregate | Annually |
| Home health and personal care aides summary | National level | Workforce data, market and wage data, education data | Home health aide, Personal care aide | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Home health and personal care aides | Pay, education, work experience, job training, nuymber of jobs, job outlook, employment change | Brief(s) | This source provides quick facts on home health and personal care aides. | Publicly available in aggregate | Annually |
| Occupational employment and wages—home health and personal care aides | National level | Workforce data, market and wage data | Home health aide, Personal care aide | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics | Occupational employment and wages—home health and personal care aides | Employment, wage, industries with highest employment and wages, and geographic distribution | Aggregated data | This source provides national employment and geographic characteristics for home health and personal care aides. | Publicly available in aggregate | Annually |
| Long-term services and support: Demand projections, 2022-2037 | National level | Workforce demand, workforce projections | CNA, Home health aide, Personal care aide, Psychiatric assistant/aide, RN, LPN | Health Resources & Services Association (HRSA) | Projected demand for long-term services and support (LTSS) occupations | Projected demand for long-term services and supports (LTSS) occupations | Brief(s) | "This brief contains highlights of workforce projections for occupations based in long-term services and support (LTSS) in the US." | Publicly available in aggregate | - |