By the Numbers
Healthcare is one of the largest industries in the U.S., and is estimated to have the largest job growth by 2018. Check out these statistics about the healthcare industry.
- 14.3 million healthcare jobs for wage and salary workers.
- 50 percent of the fastest growing occupations are healthcare related.
- 43 percent of health-related jobs are in ambulatory care.
- Part-time workers made up about 20 percent of the healthcare workforce as a whole.
- Over the past 12 months, health care employment has grown by 299,000.
