Respiratory Therapists
Care for patients with breathing problems, often related to chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and emphysema, or acute diseases like pneumonia. They also provide emergency care to patients suffering from heart attacks, drowning, or shock.
2038 Supply (SQ)
138,100
2038 Demand (SQ)
150,870
2038 Gap
-12,770
2038 Elevated Need
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Supply & demand trend — US Total, Total
HRSA scenarios · 10 lines
Each line is a separate HRSA projection. Blue = supply, red = demand. The two solid "Status Quo" lines are the baseline projections HRSA publishes; dashed lines are HRSA's own stress tests. Hover a line for the exact year value, or click a chip below to isolate it.
Supply scenarios
Demand scenarios
Methodology notes
- All values come directly from HRSA's Workforce_Projections_FullData.xlsx (FY2025 release).
- Values are rounded to the nearest 10 per HRSA disclosure convention.
- The chart shows every scenario HRSA publishes for this (profession, geography, rurality) tuple. Missing lines = scenario not applicable to this profession (e.g., Income Effect only applies to oral health; Unmet Need only to behavioral health).
- See Methodology & Sourcesfor HRSA's model assumptions and our extension plan.