Healthcare continues to add jobs but the industry's gains in 2024 did not outpace 2023's performance — except when it involved jobs within hospitals.
The industry added 681,300 jobs in 2024, compared with 688,400 a year earlier. While the number of jobs in other major areas of the sector saw smaller increases year-over-year, employment gains in hospitals rose 3.8% in 2024, up slightly from 3.7% in 2023.
That translated to the addition of 208,800 jobs in hospitals, according to a Modern Healthcare analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The analysis looked at the total number of healthcare workers employed in December 2024 versus a year earlier, and the corresponding percentage change. The same was done for 2023.