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Health care employment increased 407,000 over the year ended November 2016
December 05, 2016
Over the year ended November 2016, the health care industry added 407,000 jobs. Employment in ambulatory health care services (+254,000) and in hospitals (+133,000) both increased over the year.
Change in nonfarm payroll employment in the health care industry, seasonally adjusted, November 2015 to November 2016
Industry
November 2015 employment
November 2016 employment
12-month change
12-month percent change
Health care
15,267,000
15,674,000
407,000
2.7%
Ambulatory health care services
6,967,500
7,221,500
254,000
3.6
Offices of physicians
2,564,200
2,637,700
73,500
2.9
Offices of dentists
917,300
944,800
27,500
3.0
Offices of other health practitioners
823,700
879,800
56,100
6.8
Outpatient care centers
757,400
799,200
41,800
5.5
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
261,100
260,000
-1,100
-0.4
Home health care services
1,349,600
1,404,800
55,200
4.1
Other ambulatory health care services
294,200
295,200
1,000
0.3
Hospitals
4,987,600
5,120,600
133,000
2.7
Nursing and residential care facilities
3,311,900
3,331,900
20,000
0.6
Nursing care facilities
1,659,200
1,657,200
-2,000
-0.1
Residential mental health facilities
609,300
614,000
4,700
0.8
Community care facilities for the elderly
882,000
895,500
13,500
1.5
Other residential care facilities
161,400
165,200
3,800
2.4
Social assistance
3,562,300
3,647,400
85,100
2.4
Within ambulatory health care services, offices of physicians added 73,500 jobs and offices of other health practitioners added 56,100 over the year ended November 2016. Employment in medical and diagnostic laboratories (−1,100), other ambulatory health services (+1,000), nursing care facilities (−2,000), residential mental health facilities (+4,700), and other residential healthcare facilities (+3,800) changed little over the same period.
United States Department of Labor
