Figure 3. Over-the-year employment change in education and health care, by component industry, seasonally adjusted, in thousands, 2017, 2018, and 2019
Industry 2017 2018 2019

Educational services

79.7 16.1 91.7

Health care

252.3 251.8 351.8

Ambulatory health care services

196.1 177.2 245.5

Offices of physicians

41.0 39.1 71.8

Offices of dentists

19.3 12.4 13.7

Offices of other health practitioners

31.2 47.4 30.0

Outpatient care centers

40.6 33.0 30.7

Medical and diagnostic laboratories

2.9 3.8 12.2

Home health care services

51.0 46.3 72.4

Other ambulatory health care services

9.9 -4.8 14.9

Hospitals

41.1 62.0 84.5

Nursing and residential care facilities

15.1 12.6 21.8

Social assistance

122.0 192.8 177.3

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.