Home health care services adds 7,000 jobs in December

Effective Jan 5, 2024

Published Jan 5, 2024

Last Reviewed Jan 5, 2024

Employers in home health care services added an estimated 7,000 jobs in December, as the overall job market beat expectations yet again by adding 216,000 jobs.

The pace of home health care service in November and December remain below hiring averages for the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

The 12-month average is at 8,375 jobs in home health care services.

Overall, health care added 37,700 jobs in December.

Home health care services now account for 1.67 million jobs, with 17.2 million health care jobs overall.

Read more from the BLS at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm.

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