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Nursing and Residential Care Facilities: NAICS 623
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About the Nursing and Residential Care Facilities subsector
The nursing and residential care facilities subsector is part of the health care and social assistance sector.
Industries in the Nursing and Residential Care Facilities subsector provide residential care combined with either nursing, supervisory, or other types of care as required by the residents. In this subsector, the facilities are a significant part of the production process and the care provided is a mix of health and social services with the health services being largely some level of nursing services.
North American Industry Classification System
The nursing and residential care facilities subsector consists of these industry groups:
- Nursing Care Facilities: NAICS 6231
- Residential Mental Retardation, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities: NAICS 6232
- Community Care Facilities for the Elderly: NAICS 6233
- Other Residential Care Facilities: NAICS 6239
Workforce Statistics
This section provides information relating to employment in nursing and residential care facilities. 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 |
Mar. 2025 |
Apr. 2025 |
May 2025 |
Jun. 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment (in thousands) |
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Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) |
|
3,406.0 | 3,411.6 | (p)3,418.8 | (p)3,433.2 |
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2,985.3 | 2,984.2 | (p)2,992.2 | ||
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Employment by Occupation
| Data series | Employment, 2024 |
|---|---|
| 676,830 | |
| 235,290 | |
| 53,940 | |
|
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 nursing and residential care facilities.
(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 nursing and residential care facilities. This section also contains information on the average cost of benefits paid by employers, as well as recent rates of change in wages and total compensation.
Earnings and Hours of All Employees
| Data series | Back data |
Feb. 2025 |
Mar. 2025 |
Apr. 2025 |
May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
$26.05 | $26.03 | $26.06 | (p)$26.05 | |
|
|
33.5 | 33.4 | 33.0 | (p)33.0 | |
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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 |
Feb. 2025 |
Mar. 2025 |
Apr. 2025 |
May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
$23.87 | $23.82 | $23.90 | (p)$23.90 | |
|
|
32.1 | 32.0 | 31.7 | (p)31.7 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings by Occupation
| Data series | Wages, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Annual | |||
| Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |
| $17.47 | $17.57 | $36,350 | $36,540 | |
| $30.85 | $32.05 | $64,170 | $66,660 | |
| $47.72 | $49.68 | $99,250 | $103,330 | |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
Employer Compensation Costs
| Data series | Back data |
2nd quarter 2024 |
3rd quarter 2024 |
4th quarter 2024 |
1st quarter 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Private industry |
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12-month percent change |
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4.4% | 3.6% | 3.5% | 3.6% | |
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4.8% | 3.9% | 3.8% | 3.8% | |
3-month percent change |
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1.0% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.3% | |
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1.0% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.2% | |
(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)
| Data series | Private industry | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compensation component ($ per hour worked) |
Percent of total compensation | |||
| Back data |
1st quarter 2025 | Back data |
1st quarter 2025 | |
|
|
32.90 |
|
100.0 | |
|
|
23.93 |
|
72.7 | |
|
|
8.97 |
|
27.3 | |
|
|
2.52 |
|
7.7 | |
|
|
0.55 |
|
1.7 | |
|
|
2.33 |
|
7.1 | |
(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)
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 nursing and residential care facilities. 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 |
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| 32 | ||||
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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. |
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| Data series | 2023 |
|---|---|
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers |
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| 6.4 | |
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer |
4.5 |
| 3.1 | |
| 1.3 | |
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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 nursing and residential care facilities.
Establishments
| Data series | Back data |
1st quarter 2024 |
2nd quarter 2024 |
3rd quarter 2024 |
4th quarter 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of establishments |
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(p)90,523 | (p)91,235 | (p)91,876 | (p)92,052 | |
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(p)727 | (p)738 | (p)738 | (p)740 | |
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(p)1,839 | (p)1,846 | (p)1,844 | (p)1,825 | |
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(p)8 | (p)8 | (p)8 | (p)9 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Data extracted on: July 03, 2025