The health industry is growing and it's expected to get even larger in the coming years. Not only will the baby boomers already working in the industry be retiring and require replacement, even more will themselves become medicare elegible.
A ten percent increase in job growth is expected in the coming years.
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One in 10 Michigan residents, or 515,700 people, work directly in the health care industry, a 9 percent increase from 472,300 in 2003. The current report is based on 2006 data from various federal resources.
By comparison, auto manufacturing provided 208,000 in direct jobs in Michigan, a 31 percent decrease from 272,000 in 2003, the report said. Agricultural employment dropped 7 percent to 73,000 workers compared with 79,000 in the same period.
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