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Industries at a Glance
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Ambulatory Health Care Services: NAICS 621
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About the Ambulatory Health Care Services subsector
The ambulatory health care services subsector is part of the health care and social assistance sector.
Industries in the Ambulatory Health Care Services subsector provide health care services directly or indirectly to ambulatory patients and do not usually provide inpatient services. Health practitioners in this subsector provide outpatient services, with the facilities and equipment not usually being the most significant part of the production process.
North American Industry Classification System
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 |
Sep. 2022 |
Oct. 2022 |
Nov. 2022 |
Dec. 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment (in thousands) |
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Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) |
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8,248.2 | 8,286.6 | (p)8,308.3 | (p)8,338.2 |
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6,997.0 | 7,074.4 | (p)7,103.6 | ||
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Employment by Occupation
| Data series | Employment, 2021 |
|---|---|
| 212,590 | |
| 149,970 | |
| 556,580 | |
| 417,110 | |
|
Note: These employment estimates include employment in both the private-sector and government. |
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(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 |
Aug. 2022 |
Sep. 2022 |
Oct. 2022 |
Nov. 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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$36.55 | $36.63 | $36.93 | (p)$37.04 | |
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32.2 | 32.2 | 32.7 | (p)32.4 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees
| Data series | Back data |
Aug. 2022 |
Sep. 2022 |
Oct. 2022 |
Nov. 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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$31.92 | $32.11 | $32.36 | (p)$32.37 | |
|
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31.7 | 31.7 | 32.1 | (p)31.9 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings by Occupation
| Data series | Wages, 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Annual | |||
| Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |
| $22.92 | $24.64 | $47,670 | $51,250 | |
| $46.75 | $53.02 | $97,240 | $110,290 | |
| $17.85 | $18.29 | $37,130 | $38,040 | |
| $17.94 | $19.04 | $37,310 | $39,610 | |
(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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fatalities |
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| 67 | 66 | 60 | 53 | |
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Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
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| Data series | 2021 |
|---|---|
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers |
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| 2.5 | |
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer |
1.3 |
| 1.1 | |
| 0.2 | |
|
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
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(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 2021 |
4th quarter 2021 |
1st quarter 2022 |
2nd quarter 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of establishments |
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653,930 | 662,409 | (p)670,267 | (p)675,926 | |
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2,130 | 2,136 | (p)2,186 | (p)2,198 | |
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1,120 | 1,140 | (p)1,201 | (p)1,183 | |
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480 | 479 | (p)480 | (p)478 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Data extracted on: January 31, 2023