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National Employment Matrix


29-2040 Emergency medical technicians and paramedics
Employment by industry, occupation, and percent distribution, 2020 and projected 2030.

Employment in thousands.
Industries with fewer than 50 jobs, confidential data, or poor-quality data are not displayed.

Industry Title Industry Code Industry Type 2020 Employment 2020 Percent of Occupation 2020 Percent of Industry Projected 2030 Employment Projected 2030 Percent of Occupation Projected 2030 Percent of Industry Employment Change, 2020-2030 Employment Percent Change, 2020-2030 Industry Sort Display Level
                     
Total employment TE1000 Summary 261.3 100.0 0.2 289.9 100.0 0.2 28.6 11.0 0

Self-employed workers

TE1100 Line Item 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.1 24.7 2 1

Total wage and salary employment

TE1200 Summary 260.7 99.8 0.2 289.2 99.8 0.2 28.5 10.9 3 1

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

210000 Summary 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 23.2 12 2

Manufacturing

31-330 Summary 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.7 60 2

Primary metal manufacturing

331000 Summary 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.6 97 3

Transportation and warehousing

48-490 Summary 1.0 0.4 0.0 1.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 45.8 197 2

Transit and ground passenger transportation

485000 Summary 0.9 0.3 0.2 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 49.1 206 3

Other transit and ground passenger transportation

485900 Line Item 0.9 0.3 1.0 1.4 0.5 1.0 0.4 49.1 212 4

Warehousing and storage

493000 Line Item 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 14.7 232 3

Information

510000 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 44.7 233 2

Motion picture and sound recording industries

512000 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 44.7 239 3

Motion picture and video industries

512100 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 44.7 240 4

Professional, scientific, and technical services

540000 Summary 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 12.0 279 2

Professional, scientific, and technical services

541000 Summary 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.1 12.0 280 3

Architectural, engineering, and related services

541300 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 283 4

Management, scientific, and technical consulting services

541600 Line Item 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 22.4 290 4

Scientific research and development services

541700 Summary 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 291 4

Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences

541710 Line Item 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 292 5

Management of companies and enterprises

550000 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.3 299 2

Management of companies and enterprises

551000 Line Item 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 3.3 300 3

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

560000 Summary 3.4 1.3 0.0 4.1 1.4 0.0 0.7 21.0 301 2

Administrative and support services

561000 Summary 3.4 1.3 0.0 4.1 1.4 0.0 0.7 21.0 302 3

Employment services

561300 Summary 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 14.1 305 4

Temporary help services

561320 Line Item 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 14.1 306 5

Investigation and security services

561600 Summary 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 25.2 310 4

Investigation, guard, and armored car services

561610 Line Item 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.1 25.2 311 5

Other support services

561900 Line Item 2.4 0.9 0.8 2.9 1.0 0.8 0.5 22.8 317 4

Educational services; state, local, and private

610000 Summary 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 9.7 322 2

Educational services; state, local, and private

611000 Summary 0.9 0.4 0.0 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.1 9.7 323 3

Junior colleges, colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private

6112-3 Summary 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0 6.5 328 4

Junior colleges; state, local, and private

611200 Summary 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 6.9 329 5

Junior colleges; state

611202 Line Item 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 13.1 331 6

Junior colleges; local

611203 Line Item 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -4.7 332 6

Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state, local, and private

611300 Summary 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 6.3 333 5

Colleges, universities, and professional schools; private

611305 Line Item 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.8 334 6

Colleges, universities, and professional schools; state

611302 Line Item 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 4.9 335 6

Other educational services; state, local, and private

6114-7 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 19.1 337 4

Other schools and instruction; state, local, and private

611600 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 41.0 346 5

Other schools and instruction; private

611605 Line Item 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 41.0 347 6

Healthcare and social assistance

620000 Summary 178.2 68.2 0.9 198.3 68.4 0.8 20.0 11.2 354 2

Ambulatory healthcare services

621000 Summary 127.8 48.9 1.7 144.6 49.9 1.6 16.9 13.2 355 3

Offices of physicians

621100 Line Item 2.5 1.0 0.1 2.7 0.9 0.1 0.2 6.8 356 4

Offices of other health practitioners

621300 Summary 1.0 0.4 0.1 1.4 0.5 0.1 0.3 33.2 358 4

Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists

621340 Line Item 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.8 362 5

Offices of all other health practitioners

621390 Line Item 1.0 0.4 0.7 1.3 0.4 0.7 0.3 33.3 363 5

Outpatient care centers

621400 Summary 3.4 1.3 0.3 4.0 1.4 0.3 0.7 20.5 364 4

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

621500 Line Item 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 22.9 367 4

Other ambulatory healthcare services

621900 Summary 120.5 46.1 39.4 136.1 46.9 36.2 15.6 12.9 369 4

Ambulance services

621910 Line Item 119.5 45.7 71.0 134.7 46.5 71.1 15.2 12.7 370 5

All other ambulatory healthcare services

621990 Line Item 1.0 0.4 0.7 1.4 0.5 0.7 0.4 35.9 371 5

Hospitals; state, local, and private

622000 Summary 49.8 19.1 0.8 52.9 18.2 0.8 3.0 6.1 372 3

General medical and surgical hospitals; state, local, and private

622100 Summary 49.2 18.8 0.9 52.0 17.9 0.9 2.8 5.7 373 4

General medical and surgical hospitals; private

622105 Line Item 37.9 14.5 0.8 40.6 14.0 0.8 2.7 7.1 374 5

General medical and surgical hospitals; state

622102 Line Item 2.0 0.8 0.8 2.0 0.7 0.8 0.0 0.1 375 5

General medical and surgical hospitals; local

622103 Line Item 9.3 3.6 1.4 9.5 3.3 1.4 0.1 1.5 376 5

Specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals; state, local, and private

622300 Summary 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 32.9 381 4

Specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals; private

622305 Line Item 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 33.0 382 5

Nursing and residential care facilities

623000 Summary 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 15.9 385 3

Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)

623100 Line Item 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.0 386 4

Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly

623300 Line Item 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 23.2 390 4

Social assistance

624000 Summary 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 22.4 392 3

Individual and family services

624100 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 29.5 393 4

Community and vocational rehabilitation services

6242-3 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 14.6 396 4

Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services

624200 Line Item 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 14.6 397 5

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

710000 Summary 1.3 0.5 0.1 2.1 0.7 0.1 0.7 56.3 400 2

Performing arts, spectator sports, and related industries

711000 Summary 0.6 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.4 59.1 401 3

Spectator sports

711200 Line Item 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.2 44.0 405 4

Promoters of events, and agents and managers

7113-4 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 98.2 406 4

Promoters of performing arts, sports, and similar events

711300 Line Item 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 98.2 407 5

Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

713000 Summary 0.7 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 54.1 411 3

Amusement parks and arcades

713100 Line Item 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 61.2 412 4

Gambling industries (except casino hotels)

713200 Line Item 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 24.3 413 4

Accommodation and food services

720000 Summary 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 31.6 417 2

Accommodation

721000 Summary 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.4 418 3

Traveler accommodation

721100 Summary 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 31.1 419 4

Casino hotels

721120 Line Item 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.1 420 5

Other services (except public administration)

810000 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 30.6 430 2

Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

813000 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 30.6 444 3

Civic, social, professional, and similar organizations

8134-9 Summary 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 30.6 449 4

Civic and social organizations

813400 Line Item 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 43.1 450 5

Business, professional, labor, political, and similar organizations

813900 Summary 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.8 451 5

Government

900000 Summary 73.9 28.3 0.7 80.0 27.6 0.7 6.1 8.3 455 2

State government, excluding education and hospitals

999200 Line Item 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.4 459 3

Local government, excluding education and hospitals

999300 Line Item 73.7 28.2 1.3 79.8 27.5 1.3 6.1 8.3 460 3