Home-based providers lead health care job growth in April

Effective May 3, 2024

Published May 3, 2024

Last Reviewed May 3, 2024

Health care was a top industry for job growth in April and home health care services topped other facility types according to estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

There were 13,900 new jobs in home health, compared to 13,500 new jobs reported in hospitals.

Overall, health care jobs increased by 56,000 in April.

There are now more than 1.74 million jobs in home health care services, up from 1.6 million reported in April 2023.

See the full BLS report at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm.

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