Nursing and Residential Care Facilities: NAICS 623

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.

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	Dec. 2020	Jan. 2021	Feb. 2021	Mar. 2021
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		3,104.3	3,074.7	(p)3,069.4	(p)3,066.2
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		2,754.3	2,700.5	(p)2,690.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2020
Home health aides	646,300
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	267,270
Medical and health services managers	43,310
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 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	Nov. 2020	Dec. 2020	Jan. 2021	Feb. 2021
Average hourly earnings		$20.49	$20.75	$20.74	(p)$20.70
Average weekly hours		34.6	34.0	34.3	(p)33.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Nov. 2020	Dec. 2020	Jan. 2021	Feb. 2021
Average hourly earnings		$18.35	$18.61	$18.69	(p)$18.53
Average weekly hours		33.5	32.9	33.3	(p)32.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2020
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Home health aides	$13.16	$13.41	$27,380	$27,880
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	$24.09	$24.56	$50,100	$51,080
Medical and health services managers	$43.21	$46.43	$89,880	$96,570

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Employer Compensation Costs

Data series	Back data	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020	3rd quarter 2020	4th quarter 2020
Private industry
12-month percent change
Total compensation		2.4%	2.5%	2.7%	3.0%
Wages and salaries		2.9%	3.2%	3.3%	3.6%
3-month percent change
Total compensation		0.8%	0.7%	0.8%	0.7%
Wages and salaries		1.1%	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Data series	Private industry
	Compensation component ($ per hour worked)		Percent of total compensation
	Back data	4th quarter 2020	Back data	4th quarter 2020
Total compensation		24.92		100.0
Wages and salaries		17.95		72.0
Total benefits		6.97		28.0
Insurance		2.20		8.8
Retirement		0.42		1.7
Paid leave		1.72		6.9

(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	2016	2017	2018	2019
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	32	34	33	31
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series	2019
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	5.9
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	3.5
Cases involving days away from work	1.7
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.8
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 nursing and residential care facilities.

Establishments

Data series	Back data	4th quarter 2019	1st quarter 2020	2nd quarter 2020	3rd quarter 2020
Number of establishments
Private industry		82,984	(p)83,348	(p)83,627	(p)84,224
Local government		751	(p)744	(p)743	(p)740
State government		1,822	(p)1,818	(p)1,831	(p)1,835
Federal government		6	(p)6	(p)6	(p)6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

 

Data extracted on: April 16, 2021