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, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment

Data series	Back data	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		8,972.9	8,981.6	(p)8,942.1	(p)8,970.8
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		7,709.5	7,722.5	(p)7,669.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2024
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	195,600
Medical and health services managers	207,540
Medical assistants	599,670
Medical secretaries	521,720
Note: These employment estimates include employment in both the private-sector and government.

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage 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	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
Average hourly earnings		$40.12	$39.98	$40.03	(p)$40.30
Average weekly hours		31.6	31.9	31.9	(p)31.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025
Average hourly earnings		$35.50	$35.49	$35.60	(p)$35.84
Average weekly hours		30.7	31.0	31.0	(p)30.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2024
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	$28.91	$30.01	$60,130	$62,410
Medical and health services managers	$48.13	$59.83	$100,100	$124,450
Medical assistants	$21.09	$21.22	$43,870	$44,140
Medical secretaries	$21.07	$21.52	$43,830	$44,760

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage 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	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fatalities
Number of fatalities				62
There was a series break beginning with 2023 data due to NAICS 2022. Data for years prior to 2023 are available at www.bls.gov/iif.

Data series	2023
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	2.2
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	0.9
Cases involving days away from work	0.6
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.2
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(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	1st quarter 2024	2nd quarter 2024	3rd quarter 2024	4th quarter 2024
Number of establishments
Private industry		(p)725,222	(p)732,410	(p)739,572	(p)746,262
Local government		(p)2,257	(p)2,272	(p)2,273	(p)2,272
State government		(p)1,175	(p)1,172	(p)1,168	(p)1,210
Federal government		(p)465	(p)465	(p)462	(p)460
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

This section presents productivity and related data for the industry, presented as the percent change from the previous year. Measures of total factor productivity (TFP) compare growth in output to the growth in a combination of inputs that include labor, capital, energy, materials, and services. Measures of labor productivity, or output per hour, compare the growth in output to the growth in hours worked.

Data series	Back data	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total factor productivity (TFP)		-2.4	2.3	1.5	3.6
Output		-6.8	9.4	6.0	8.0
Combined inputs		-4.5	6.9	4.4	4.2
Capital input		1.6	3.1	2.9	2.3
Labor input		-2.1	5.6	3.7	3.7
Labor productivity, output per hour		-2.9	3.0	2.8	3.4

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: July 01, 2025