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	Oct. 2018	Nov. 2018	Dec. 2018	Jan. 2019
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		7,548.2	7,577.3	(p)7,613.8	(p)7,635.9
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		6,510.0	6,532.9	(p)6,568.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2017
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	214,830
Medical and health services managers	107,850
Medical assistants	499,360
Medical secretaries	366,540
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. 2018	Oct. 2018	Nov. 2018	Dec. 2018
Average hourly earnings		$32.64	$32.68	$32.69	(p)$32.88
Average weekly hours		32.3	31.9	32.0	(p)32.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2018	Oct. 2018	Nov. 2018	Dec. 2018
Average hourly earnings		$26.10	$25.99	$26.08	(p)$26.20
Average weekly hours		31.6	31.2	31.3	(p)31.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2017
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	$21.00	$21.53	$43,690	$44,790
Medical and health services managers	$42.95	$49.75	$89,330	$103,490
Medical assistants	$15.60	$16.10	$32,440	$33,480
Medical secretaries	$16.50	$17.12	$34,310	$35,610

(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	2014	2015	2016	2017
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	43	55	59	66
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series	2017
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	2.5
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	0.3
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	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018
Number of establishments
Private industry		592,301	595,532	(p)596,831	(p)599,074
Local government		2,273	2,263	(p)2,246	(p)2,249
State government		1,052	1,039	(p)1,072	(p)1,088
Federal government		504	504	(p)502	(p)497
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

 

Data extracted on: February 15, 2019