Hospitals

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

7.26M

2017

Average Employee Age

43.1

2017

Estimated Job Growth

4.85%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$64,143

2017

Average Male Salary

$88,779

2017

Average Female Salary

$55,910

2017

About

The top three occupations in the Hospitals Industry Group are registered nurses, nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides, and physicians & surgeons. On average, full-time employees in the Hospitals Industry Group work 42.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $69,423. Part-time employees in the same industry work 24.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $35,795.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Hospitals Industry Group are Olmsted County--Rochester City PUMA, MN, Houston-Galveston Area Council--Brazoria County (North), Pearland City PUMA, TX, and Northumberland & Montour Counties PUMA, PA.

The workforce of Hospitals Industry Group in 2017 was 7,256,365 people, with 75% woman, and 25% men.

In 2017, 71% of the workforce in the Hospitals Industry Group was White (5,152,144 people), of which 76% were women and 24% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Hospitals Industry Group.

The workforce in Hospitals Industry Group was 7,256,365 people and is concentrated in California (732,097 workers). The average annual salary was $64,143, being $540 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.36%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 5.16M people employed in the Hospitals industry. This represents a 3.36% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Hospitals over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2017 were California (732k), New York (516k), and Texas (509k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Hospitals Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2017, Hospitals Industry Group had an average annual wage of $64,143, $540 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Hospitals Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.423

WAGE GINI

Hospitals has a wage GINI of 0.423, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Hospitals (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Hospitals Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Hospitals Industry Group.

Registered nurses are the most common position with 2,012,405 workers, but the Hospitals Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides and Physicians & surgeons.

The highest average salary in Hospitals goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph groups occupations in the Hospitals Industry Group by number of employees and is colored to identify the occupations with the best and worst average wage. In 2017, the highest-paying occupations in this industry were Chief executives & legislators ($246,548), Physicians & surgeons ($205,463), and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers ($166,598).

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$88,779

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,894

$55,910

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$508

On average, Male workers in the Hospitals Industry Group make 1.59 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Hospitals Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Hospitals Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Hospitals Industry Group.

The Hospitals Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Hospitals Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Hospitals is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Hospitals Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Hospitals is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Hospitals Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Hospitals is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Hospitals Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Hospitals Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Texas
1,358
California
1,024
Pennsylvania
704

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Hospitals industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Hospitals Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 75% corresponds to women and 25% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $88,779 and $55,910.

66.3% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

5,438,705

Women

75%

1,817,660

Men

25%

The workforce of Hospitals industry in 2017 was 7,256,365 people, with 75% woman, and 25% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Hospitals industry.

Races

In 2017, 71% of the workforce in the Hospitals industry was White (5,152,144 people), of which 76% were women and 24% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Asian.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Hospitals workers in 2017 were bachelors degree (2,071,200 people), graduate degree (1,374,605 people), and some college (1,367,461 people).

The chart shows the Hospitals workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Hospitals industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 4.85% in the next ten years. The Hospitals industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.85%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (30%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (30%).

Job Growth

4.85%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

4.85%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Hospitals. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 4.85%, the average rate of national job growth.