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If you're looking for a career in the healthcare industry, there are plenty of Texas medical jobs available.

During August, the education and health services industry in Texas employed 1,358,800 workers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 1,353,600 workers during July and a 4.5 percent increase from last year.

Texas is home to many elite research medical centers, including nine medical schools, three dental schools and one optometry school. The state has two Biosafety Level 4 labs, located at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston and the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, which is the first privately owned BSL-4 lab in the nation.

The state also is home to:

• Texas Medical Center - With 47 member institutions, the Houston-based TMC has the largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions in the world. They also perform the most heart transplants in the world.
• South Texas Medical Center - Located in San Antonio, STMC ranks sixth in clinical medicine research impact in the country.
• University of Texas Health Science Center - Another highly ranked research and educational institution located in San Antonio.

In addition, the American Heart Association and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center are both located in Dallas.

Nursing, which is one of the most popular medical-related careers in Texas and throughout the country, is grouped under the nursing and residential care facilities sector. More than 160,000 workers were employed in that sector during May.

As of March, nursing and residential care facilities made up more than 1.5 percent of non-agricultural employment in Texas, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. The average weekly wage for all types of employees in the sector has increased from last year.

Residential mental retardation facilities account for 44 percent of the nursing and residential care facilities sector, followed by other residential care facilities at 27 percent, community care facilities for the elderly at 11 percent, nursing care facilities at 9 percent and residential mental and substance abuse care at 9 percent.

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