1、US Employment Demand for Behavior Analysts:20102022Copyright 2023 Behavior Analyst Certification Board,BACB.All rights reserved.Board Certified Behavior Analyst,BCBA,Board Certified Behavior Analyst-Doctoral,BCBA-D,Board Certified Assistant Behavior Analyst,and BCaBA are owned by the Behavior Analys

2、t Certification Board.Electronic and/or paper copies of part or all of this work may be made for personal,educational,or policymaking purposes,provided such copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage.All copies,regardless of medium,must include this notice on the first pag

3、e.Abstracting with proper credit is permitted.This document should be referenced as follows:Behavior Analyst Certification Board.(2023).US employment demand for behavior analysts:20102022.Littleton,CO:Author.US EMPLOYMENT DEMAND FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS|20102022-1-2023,BACB|All rights reservedUpdated 0

4、2/2023 SummaryLightcast is a software company that collects and analyzes labor market data in the United States.These data are aggregated in the Labor Insight database,which includes online job postings collected from over 50,000 sources.This database allows advanced searches of over 70 data fields

5、that are extracted from each posting,including job title,occupation,employer,industry,required skills,credentials,and salary.Duplicate job postings are excluded from Labor Insight search results.The Labor Insight database was used to assess the national employment demand for behavior analysts from t

6、he past 13 years(20102022)and the demand by state from the past 12 months.Key Findings Demand for behavior analysts is increasing:Annual nationwide demand for individuals holding BCBA/BCBA-D certification has increased each year since 2010,with a 23%increase from 2021 to 2022.Demand was highest in 5

7、 states in 2022(ordered from most to least):California,Massachusetts,Texas,Florida,and New Jersey.These 5 states account for 48%of the recent demand for behavior analysts,with California alone accounting for 23%of the 2022 demand.Demand for assistant behavior analysts has decreased slightly in the p

8、ast year:The year 2022 was the first year since 2010 that there has been a decrease in demand for individuals holding BCaBA certification,although demand remains high.Demand was highest in 5 states in 2022(ordered from most to least):California,Florida,Pennsylvania,Texas,and Virginia.These 5 states

9、account for 58%of the recent demand for assistant behavior analysts,with California alone accounting for 27%of the 2022 demand.US EMPLOYMENT DEMAND FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS|20102022-2-2023,BACB|All rights reservedUpdated 02/2023 Annual Demand for BCBA CertificationThe following graph depicts the annual

10、 number of job postings nationwide over the past 13 years(20102022)that either required or preferred BCBA/BCBA-D certification.Note:There are currently 36 states that license behavior analysts and 1,345 job postings in 2022 that either required or preferred a license to practice behavior analysis.28

11、,96716,1097,0916,2033,9012,9032,6381,3421,144789#of Job Postings2010201120122013201420152016201720182019 2020 2021 202205,00010,00015,00020,00040,00025,00060,00055,00050,00045,00035,00030,00033,99646,96057,569Annual Demand for BCaBA CertificationThe following graph depicts the annual number of job p

12、ostings over the past 13 years(20102022)that either required or preferred BCaBA certification.5,6756,6532,2041,04077737595785421112010201120122013201420152016201720182019 2020 2021 20220#of Job Postings1,0002,0003,0004,0005,0008,0007,0006,0007,0936,438US EMPLOYMENT DEMAND FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS|20102

13、022-3-2023,BACB|All rights reservedUpdated 02/2023 Demand for BCBA/BCBA-D Certification by StateThe following heat maps depict the number of job postings per state in 2021 and 2022.The 2021 figure is included to provide a visual demonstration of the increase in demand.The 2022 data include job posti

14、ngs that either required or preferred BCBA/BCBA-D certification.Data from the top 30 states and their respective changes from 2021 to 2022 are depicted in the table that follows.2021ND44WA975MT24MN528ME59WI861SD23OR578ID93NY1,103MI1,217WY8IA168NE265PA1,734OH598IL2,066IN694CA11,329NV286CO1,483UT197WV

15、21KS223MO385KY334VA1,510TN701OK256NC752AR89NM400AZ1,625SC144MS36GA1,964AL178LA469TX2,870FL2,716AK59HI191NH,123 VT,53 MA,3,494 RI,98 CT,703 NJ,1,904DE,114DC,98MD,1,1102022AL230AK64AZ1,510AR132CA13,403CO1,817FL3,585GA2,704HI239ID90IL2,071IN1,386IA188KS304KY593LA460ME97MI1,519MN636MS75MO583MT11NE300NV3

16、27NM240NY1,292NC1,379ND109OH895OK429OR235PA2,206SC310SD49TN1,057TX3,648UT244VA2,142WA1,003WV12WI621WY11NH,225 VT,103 MA,3,949 RI,206 CT,685 NJ,2,800DE,86DC,78MD,1,211US EMPLOYMENT DEMAND FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS|20102022-4-2023,BACB|All rights reservedUpdated 02/2023 State2021 Postings2022 Postings%Inc

17、rease from 2021California11,32913,40318%Massachusetts3,4943,94913%Texas2,8703,64827%Florida2,7163,58532%New Jersey1,9042,80047%Georgia1,9642,70438%Pennsylvania1,7342,20627%Virginia1,5102,14242%Illinois2,0662,0710%Colorado1,4831,81723%Michigan1,2171,51925%Arizona1,6251,510-7%Indiana6941,386100%North

18、Carolina7521,37983%New York1,1031,29217%Maryland1,1101,2119%Tennessee7011,05751%Washington9751,0033%Ohio59889550%Connecticut703685-3%Minnesota52863620%Wisconsin861621-28%Kentucky33459378%Missouri38558351%Louisiana469460-2%Oklahoma25642968%Nevada28632714%South Carolina144310115%Kansas22330436%Nebrask

19、a26530013%US EMPLOYMENT DEMAND FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS|20102022-5-2023,BACB|All rights reservedUpdated 02/2023 Demand for BCaBA Certification by StateThe following heat maps depict the number of job postings per state in 2021 and 2022.The 2021 figure is included to provide a visual demonstration of th

20、e increase in demand.The 2022 data include job postings that either required or preferred BCaBA certification.Data from the top 30 states and their respective changes from 2021 to 2022 are depicted in the table that follows.2021ND6WA201MT8MN243ME1WI87SD2OR63ID47NY81MI141WY0IA15NE27PA848OH46IL134IN56

21、CA2,260NV61CO166UT3WV4KS38MO65KY11VA356TN50OK7NC39AR2NM61AZ151SC43MS1GA151AL30LA139TX280FL494AK12HI28 NH,9 VT,7 MA,219 RI,8 CT,59 NJ,181DE,1DC,17MD,1202022AL25AK21AZ72AR7CA1,718CO176FL704GA237HI63ID6IL167IN55IA19KS39KY12LA39ME6MI233MN305MS3MO79MT0NE39NV36NM14NY49NC36ND30OH85OK24OR21PA594SC62SD0TN70T

22、X366UT12VA320WA146WV0WI28WY0 NH,8 VT,6 MA,138 RI,13 CT,8 NJ,216DE,5DC,9MD,110US EMPLOYMENT DEMAND FOR BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS|20102022-6-2023,BACB|All rights reservedUpdated 02/2023 State2021 Postings2022 Postings%Increase from 2021California2,2601,718-24%Florida49470443%Pennsylvania848594-30%Texas2803663

23、1%Virginia356320-10%Minnesota24330526%Georgia15123757%Michigan14123365%New Jersey18121619%Colorado1661766%Illinois13416725%Washington201146-27%Massachusetts219138-37%Maryland120110-8%Ohio468585%Missouri657922%Arizona15172-52%Tennessee507040%Hawaii2863125%South Carolina436244%Indiana5655-2%New York8149-40%Kansas38393%Louisiana13939-72%Nebraska273944%Nevada6136-41%North Carolina3936-8%North Dakota630400%Wisconsin8728-68%Alabama4325-42%