Ambulatory Health Care Services: NAICS 621

About the Ambulatory Health Care Services subsector

The ambulatory health care services subsector is part of the health care and social assistance sector.

The ambulatory health care services subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Offices of Physicians: NAICS 6211
• Offices of Dentists: NAICS 6212
• Offices of Other Health Practitioners: NAICS 6213
• Outpatient Care Centers: NAICS 6214
• Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories: NAICS 6215
• Home Health Care Services: NAICS 6216
• Other Ambulatory Health Care Services: NAICS 6219

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in ambulatory health care services. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, mass layoffs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment and Layoffs

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		6,217.3	6,222.8	(P) 6,230.3	(P) 6,243.2
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		5,324.1	5,343.3	(P) 5,345.8
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		7	6	7
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		449	414	552
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Extended Mass Layoffs

Data series	Back data	4th quarter 2010	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011	3rd quarter 2011
Extended mass layoff events		7	10	(P) 10	(P) 11
Separations		752	1,077	(P) 1,319	(P) 1,522
Initial claimants		905	1,262	(P) 1,187	(P) 1,017
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	183,230
Medical and health services managers	76,360
Medical assistants	417,330
Medical secretaries	333,290
Registered nurses	497,260
Note: These employment estimates include employment in both the private-sector and government.

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for ambulatory health care services.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in ambulatory health care services.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$28.39	$28.62	$28.49	(P) $28.77
Average weekly hours		31.8	32.4	32.1	(P) 32.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$22.75	$22.89	$22.87	(P) $23.08
Average weekly hours		31.2	31.7	31.5	(P) 31.7
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	$18.41	$19.20	$38,290	$39,930
Medical and health services managers	$37.19	$42.97	$77,350	$89,390
Medical assistants	$13.91	$14.30	$28,920	$29,740
Medical secretaries	$14.68	$15.28	$30,540	$31,790
Registered nurses	$30.05	$32.65	$62,500	$67,910

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in ambulatory health care services. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series	2007	2008	2009	2010
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	55	60	58	(P) 63
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	3.0	2.7	2.7	2.8
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0
Cases involving days away from work	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.7
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in ambulatory health care services.

Establishments

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2010	4th quarter 2010	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011
Number of establishments
Private industry		540,825	543,838	(P) 544,372	(P) 546,346
Local government		2,012	2,018	(P) 2,059	(P) 2,060
State government		1,021	1,011	(P) 998	(P) 1,002
Federal government		501	514	(P) 521	(P) 528
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

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Data extracted on: February 07, 2012