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In July 2025, health care added 55,000 jobs, above the average monthly gain of 42,000 over the prior 12 months. Over the month, job gains occurred in ambulatory health care services (+34,000) and hospitals (+16,000). Employment in nursing and residential care facilities continued to trend up (+6,000).
1-month employment changes in selected health care industries, July 2025, seasonally adjusted
Industry
Employment change
Ambulatory health care services
33,600
Offices of physicians
6,700
Offices of dentists
7,100
Offices of other health practitioners
2,000
Outpatient care centers
1,300
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
1,000
Home health care services
14,400
Other ambulatory health care services
1,100
Hospitals
16,000
Nursing and residential care facilities
5,800
Skilled nursing care facilities
2,900
Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
2,000
Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
1,100
Other residential care facilities
-400
Within ambulatory health care services, home health care services added 14,000 jobs in July 2025. Employment in skilled nursing care facilities, within nursing and residential care facilities, continued to trend up (+3,000).
United States Department of Labor
