Advisory Board March 11, 2025
Nursing and residential care facilities saw significant growth in their employment in 2024, while medical and diagnostic labs were the only healthcare sector to see employment drop, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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How healthcare employment fared in 2024
Overall healthcare employment increased year-over-year in 2024 by roughly 660,000 jobs, according to BLS data.
Nursing and residential care facilities surpassed the level of employment they had in January 2020 when the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency. This was the last healthcare sector to hit that milestone.
Overall, nursing and residential care facilities saw a year-over-year increase of 136,400 jobs, reaching 3.4 million.
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