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	May 2019	Jun. 2019	Jul. 2019	Aug. 2019
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		3,388.7	3,394.2	(p)3,398.8	(p)3,401.8
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		3,009.8	3,025.9	(p)3,035.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2018
Home health aides	146,560
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	274,810
Medical and health services managers	40,770
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 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	Apr. 2019	May 2019	Jun. 2019	Jul. 2019
Average hourly earnings		$18.77	$18.79	$18.81	(p)$18.93
Average weekly hours		33.1	33.1	33.8	(p)33.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Apr. 2019	May 2019	Jun. 2019	Jul. 2019
Average hourly earnings		$16.92	$16.96	$17.00	(p)$17.21
Average weekly hours		32.2	32.2	32.9	(p)32.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2018
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Home health aides	$11.82	$12.26	$24,590	$25,500
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	$22.82	$23.13	$47,470	$48,120
Medical and health services managers	$40.51	$43.62	$84,260	$90,740

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Employer Compensation Costs

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019
12-month percent change
Total compensation		2.6%	2.7%	2.4%	2.4%
Wages and salaries		3.1%	3.2%	3.0%	2.9%

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Data series	Back data	1st quarter 2019
		Compensation component ($ per hour worked)	Percent of total compensation
Compensation costs
Total compensation		23.35	100.0
Wages and salaries		16.89	72.3
Total benefits		6.47	27.7
Insurance		2.05	8.8
Retirement		0.36	1.5

(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	2014	2015	2016	2017
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	13	25	32	34
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	6.3
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	3.8
Cases involving days away from work	1.8
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.9
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	2nd quarter 2018	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019
Number of establishments
Private industry		80,748	81,185	81,566	(p)82,187
Local government		753	753	751	(p)751
State government		1,792	1,805	1,818	(p)1,834
Federal government		7	8	8	(p)6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

 

Data extracted on: September 13, 2019