Hospitals: NAICS 622

About the Hospitals subsector

The hospitals subsector is part of the health care and social assistance sector.

The hospitals subsector consists of these industry groups:

• General Medical and Surgical Hospitals: NAICS 6221
• Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals: NAICS 6222
• Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals: NAICS 6223

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in hospitals. While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment and Unemployment

Data series	Back data	Mar. 2017	Apr. 2017	May 2017	Jun. 2017
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		5,093.3	5,096.4	(p)5,099.3	(p)5,111.0
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		4,653.8	4,648.8	(p)4,649.0
Unemployment
Unemployment rate		1.7%	1.6%	1.6%	1.9%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2016
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	110,660
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	95,970
Radiologic technologists and technicians	119,480
Note: These employment estimates include employment in both the private-sector and government.

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for hospitals.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in hospitals. This section also contains information on the average cost of benefits paid by employers, as well as recent rates of change in wages and total compensation.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Feb. 2017	Mar. 2017	Apr. 2017	May 2017
Average hourly earnings		$31.69	$31.41	$31.80	(p)$31.56
Average weekly hours		36.7	36.7	36.6	(p)36.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Feb. 2017	Mar. 2017	Apr. 2017	May 2017
Average hourly earnings		$30.43	$30.07	$30.55	(p)$30.40
Average weekly hours		36.0	36.0	35.9	(p)35.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2016
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses	$20.51	$21.02	$42,660	$43,720
Medical and clinical laboratory technologists	$29.81	$30.54	$62,000	$63,520
Radiologic technologists and technicians	$28.24	$29.18	$58,730	$60,700

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Employer Compensation Costs

Data series	Back data	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016	1st quarter 2017
12-month percent change
Total compensation		2.0%	2.1%	2.3%	2.5%
Wages and salaries		2.3%	2.3%	2.5%	2.6%
12-month percent change: State and local government
Total compensation		2.4%	2.3%	2.4%	2.0%
Wages and salaries		2.1%	2.0%	2.2%	2.1%

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Data series	Back data	1st quarter 2017
		Compensation component ($ per hour worked)	Percent of total compensation
Compensation costs
Total compensation		45.69	100.0
Wages and salaries		30.03	65.7
Total benefits		15.66	34.3
Insurance		4.64	10.2
Retirement		2.11	4.6

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in hospitals. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series	2012	2013	2014	2015
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	20	33	23	24
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series	2015
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	6.0
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.4
Cases involving days away from work	1.4
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.0
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Prices

This section provides industry-specific pricing information. The producer price index measures the percentage change in prices that domestic producers receive for goods and services. The prices included in the producer price index are from the first commercial transaction.

Data series	Back data	Mar. 2017	Apr. 2017	May 2017	Jun. 2017
Producer price index		(p)194.0	(p)194.1	(p)193.8	(p)193.8
Percent change from previous month		(p)0.2%	(p)0.1%	(p)-0.2%	(p)0.0%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in hospitals.

Establishments

Data series	Back data	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016	3rd quarter 2016	4th quarter 2016
Number of establishments
Private industry		(p)9,338	(p)9,504	(p)9,669	(p)9,864
Local government		(p)1,323	(p)1,334	(p)1,399	(p)1,428
State government		(p)1,406	(p)1,408	(p)1,409	(p)1,417
Federal government		(p)382	(p)383	(p)384	(p)385
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

 

Data extracted on: July 20, 2017