KFF March 27, 2024
Emma Wager, Imani Telesford, Paul Hughes-Cromwick, Krutika Amin, Cynthia Cox

This updated chart collection takes a deep dive into employment data to analyze how jobs and wages in the health sector have changed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike past recessions, health sector employment saw a big drop in early 2020 but has rebounded since. As of February 2024, the health sector added 66,700 jobs over the previous month. Jobs in the health sector are 5.7% higher than in February 2020 (the previous peak), compared to 3.4% in all other sectors.

Still, not all health sector employment trends have recovered. While hospitals and physicians’ offices have returned to pre-pandemic...

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