Figure 7. Over-the-year employment change in selected healthcare and social assistance industries, seasonally adjusted, 2017 and 2018 (in thousands)
Industry 2017 2018

Healthcare services

250.2 350.3

Ambulatory healthcare services

194.4 226.2

Offices of physicians

40.6 49.5

Offices of dentists

20.2 23.1

Offices of other health practitioners

30.6 48.7

Outpatient care centers

40.9 39.9

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

2.4 10.6

Home healthcare services

51.2 58.5

Other ambulatory healthcare services

9.0 -4.4

Hospitals

41.3 99.8

Nursing and residential care facilities

14.5 24.3

Social assistance

130.0 130.9

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.