Figure 5. Employment and earnings in selected health care and social assistance industries, seasonally adjusted, January 2016
Industry Average weekly earnings Employment (thousands) Percent change in employment
(January 2010–January 2016)

Offices of physicians

$1,354.82 2,588.0 12.18

Dentists

860.42 929.4 13.42

Other health practitioners

737.76 842.2 28.38

Outpatient care centers

976.28 767.1 31.38

Medical and diagnostic labs

1,089.65 259.1 15.77

Home health care services

547.61 1,379.8 30.08

Other ambulatory health care

832.15 293.5 18.25

General medical hospitals

1,153.31 4,629.8 5.99

Psychiatric hospitals

822.08 143.3 34.93

Other hospitals

985.30 269.6 33.80

Nursing care facilities

593.48 1,652.0 .22

Residential mental health facilities

550.14 613.9 9.20

Community care facilities for the elderly

515.82 889.4 21.94

Other residential care facilities

604.44 163.3 1.62

Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities

402.64 1,601.7 45.23

Private service-providing industries

838.49 101,985.0 13.82

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey.