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Quarterly Change in Total Compensation per Employee in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector

HWDC Releases June 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 3: Income & Compensation

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the June 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 3: Income & Compensation.

According to preliminary estimates, total earnings in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector increased by $603 million to $46.4 billion, a gain that represents a three-month annualized growth rate of 5.4%. In Q1 2025, total HC&SA earnings in Virginia grew at a rate that exceeded the overall national average as total earnings in the national HC&SA sector grew at a 4.3% annualized rate during the quarter. Statewide HC&SA earnings also grew at an above-average rate over the long term as well. Over the past four quarters, Virginia’s HC&SA sector has increased total earnings by $3.0 billion. This 12-month gain translates into a 6.9% earnings growth rate. Over the same period, the national HC&SA sector increased total earnings by 5.9%. This quarter’s growth in Virginia’s total HC&SA earnings was driven primarily by gains in employee compensation. HC&SA employee benefits grew at a 9.8% annualized rate in Q1 2025, while HC&SA employee salaries & wages increased by 5.0% on an annualized basis during the quarter. Meanwhile, HC&SA proprietor’s income grew at a 0.9% annualized rate.

In Q1 2025, total employee compensation in Virginia’s HC&SA sector increased by $595 million to $42.7 billion, a gain that translates into a 5.8% annualized growth rate. This gain led to an increase of $522 in total compensation per employee in Virginia’s HC&SA sector during the quarter. This represents the largest quarterly gain in Virginia’s total HC&SA compensation per employee since Q2 2024. With this gain, the Healthcare Workforce Data Center now estimates that employees in Virginia’s HC&SA sector earn an average of $81,903 per year. Total compensation per employee in Virginia’s HC&SA sector increased by 2.6% on an annualized basis during the quarter. This quarterly growth rate was slightly below the comparable 3.0% average for total compensation per employee in the national HC&SA sector. Over the past four quarters, total compensation per employee in Virginia’s HC&SA sector has increased by a total of $1,398.  This 12-month increase in Virginia’s total HC&SA compensation per employee translates into a 1.7% annualized growth rate.

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Annual Change in HC&SA Regional Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2020-2024, Year-to-Date Change for 2025)

HWDC Releases June 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the June 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, Richmond’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector enjoyed its strongest monthly employment gain so far this year after creating 700 new jobs during the month, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 9.1%. At the same time, the Rest of Virginia produced 200 new HC&SA jobs in May, which translates into a 1.7% annualized employment growth rate. With this gain, the Rest of Virginia has now increased HC&SA employment in each of the past seven months. Meanwhile, Northern Virginia’s HC&SA sector also increased employment in May with the creation of 100 new jobs during the month. This increase in Northern Virginia’s HC&SA employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 0.7%. In addition, Northern Virginia’s HC&SA sector has enjoyed the fastest long-term employment growth in the state thanks to its 12-month employment growth rate of 5.5%. As for Hampton Roads, its HC&SA sector lost 500 jobs during the month.

Social Assistance enjoyed its fourth consecutive month of positive employment growth after creating 800 new jobs in May, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 11.5%. So far this year, Social Assistance has produced a total of 2,300 jobs. This year-to-date employment gain represents two thirds of all HC&SA jobs that have been created across the state in 2025. Meanwhile, Nursing & Residential Care Facilities also increased employment in May with the creation of 200 new jobs during the month. This gain represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 3.0%. Over the past three months, Nursing & Residential Care Facilities have created a total of 600 jobs, which also translates into a 3.0% annualized growth rate. As for Ambulatory Health Care Services, this HC&SA subsector lost 500 jobs in May. Regardless, Ambulatory Health Care Services have still increased employment by 5.8% over the past 12 months. Finally, Hospitals experienced no net change in employment during the month.

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Monthly Change in Employment in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector, Seasonally Adjusted

HWDC Releases June 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the June 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment.

According to preliminary estimates, Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector experienced a modest decline in employment with the loss of 200 jobs across the state in May, a decline that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of -0.5%. Despite this job loss, Virginia’s HC&SA sector has still produced a total of 1,900 jobs over the past three months, which translates into a 1.5% annualized employment growth rate. Long-term statewide HC&SA job growth has been even stronger: Over the past 12 months, Virginia’s HC&SA sector has increased employment by 4.6%, a growth rate that exceeds the comparable 3.8% average for the national HC&SA sector. In May, the national HC&SA sector created 78,300 new jobs, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 1.1%. Over the past three months, employment in the national HC&SA sector has grown by 230,600. This three-month employment gain also translates into a 4.1% annualized growth rate.

Although Virginia’s HC&SA sector was unable to increase employment in May, the state’s overall economy still managed to create 1,200 new jobs during the month. This increase in the state’s total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 0.3%. In addition, this also represents the third consecutive month in which Virginia’s overall economy has increased employment. Over these past three months, Virginia’s overall economy has produced a total of 10,600 jobs across the state, which translates into 1.0% annualized employment growth rate. Furthermore, overall statewide employment has grown by 1.2% over the past 12 months, which exceeds the 1.1% employment growth rate in the overall national economy over the same period. The overall national economy produced 139,000 new jobs across the country in May. This increase in national total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 1.1%. With this gain, the overall national economy has created a total of 619,000 jobs so far this year.

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Annual Change in HC&SA Subsector Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2020-2024, Year-to-Date Change for 2025)

HWDC Releases May 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the May 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, Hampton Roads’ Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector created 500 new jobs in April, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 5.7%. This gain also represents the seventh time in the past eight months in which Hampton Roads has increased HC&SA employment. Meanwhile, Richmond’s HC&SA sector experienced its first monthly employment gain in 2025 after creating 200 new jobs in April, which translates into a 2.5% annualized employment growth rate. Although Richmond has lost 500 HC&SA jobs so far in 2025, this region has still increased HC&SA employment by 4.7% over the past 12 months. Only Northern Virginia has enjoyed faster long-term HC&SA employment growth. Despite experiencing no net change in employment in April, Northern Virginia’s HC&SA sector has still increased employment by 5.9% over the past 12 months. Finally, the Rest of Virginia lost 600 HC&SA jobs in April. Regardless, the Rest of Virginia has still increased HC&SA employment by 700 so far in 2025.

Ambulatory Health Care Services enjoyed the fastest employment growth in Virginia among the state’s four HC&SA subsectors during the month. In April, Ambulatory Health Care Services created 400 new jobs across the state, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 2.1%. In addition, Ambulatory Health Care Services have also enjoyed the fastest long-term employment growth in the state as well: Over the past 12 months, this HC&SA subsector has increased employment by 6.1%. Meanwhile, Nursing & Residential Care Facilities added 100 new jobs in April, a gain that represents a 1.5% annualized employment growth rate. Social Assistance also produced 100 new jobs in April, which translates into a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 1.4%. Furthermore, Social Assistance has increased employment at an even faster 5.2% annualized rate over the past three months. As for Hospitals, this HC&SA subsector lost 500 jobs in April. Despite this month’s job loss, Hospitals have still increased employment by 3.0% over the past 12 months.

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Monthly Change in Employment in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector, Seasonally Adjusted

HWDC Releases May 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the May 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment.

According to preliminary estimates, Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector lost 200 jobs in April, a loss that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of -0.5%. In addition, this loss also represents the first monthly decline in employment in Virginia’s HC&SA sector in more than two years. Despite this month’s job loss, employment in Virginia’s HC&SA sector has still increased by a total of 5,000 so far this year. Furthermore, Virginia’s HC&SA sector has produced a total of 23,400 jobs across the state over the past 12 months, which translates into a 4.7% employment growth rate. Meanwhile, the national HC&SA sector produced a solid employment gain in April with the creation of 58,200 new jobs during the month, an increase that translates into a 3.1% annualized growth rate. So far this year, employment in the national HC&SA sector has increased by a total of 254,900.

Although Virginia’s HC&SA sector experienced a small decline in employment in April, the state’s overall economy still created 500 new jobs during the month. This increase in Virginia’s total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 0.1%. With this gain, Virginia’s overall economy has now increased employment in each of the past two months. Over the past 12 months, the state’s total nonfarm payroll employment has increased by 47,900. This 12-month job gain translates into a 1.1% employment growth rate. Meanwhile, the overall national economy enjoyed its second-largest employment gain so far this year after producing 177,000 new jobs across the country in April. This increase in national total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 1.3%. So far this year, the overall national economy has created a total of 575,000 jobs. In addition, national total nonfarm payroll employment has increased by 1.2% over the past 12 months.

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Annual Change in HC&SA Regional Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2020-2024, Year-to-Date Change for 2025)

HWDC Releases April 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the April 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, most of this month’s employment growth in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector occurred in the Rest of Virginia, which created 1,400 new HC&SA jobs in March. This increase in the Rest of Virginia’s HC&SA employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 12.4%. Thanks in large part to this month’s strong employment gain, the Rest of Virginia has produced a total of 1,800 HC&SA jobs in Q1 2025. This three-month job gain translates into a 5.1% annualized employment growth rate. Northern Virginia was the only other region in the state that increased HC&SA employment during the month. In March, Northern Virginia’s HC&SA sector added 200 jobs to the state’s economy, which translates into a 1.4% annualized employment growth rate. On the other hand, Richmond’s HC&SA sector lost 300 jobs in March, while Hampton Roads saw HC&SA employment fall by 200 during the month.

Social Assistance enjoyed its second consecutive month of positive employment growth after creating 800 new jobs across the state in March. This increase in Social Assistance employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 11.7%. With this gain, Social Assistance has produced a total of 1,000 jobs in Q1 2025. This quarterly employment gain represents nearly half of all HC&SA jobs created across the state over the past three months. Meanwhile, Nursing & Residential Care Facilities also created 800 new jobs in March, a gain translates into an even faster 12.7% annualized employment growth rate. Ambulatory Health Care Services was the only HC&SA subsector that experienced a decline in employment during the month. Although Ambulatory Health Care Services lost 500 jobs in March, this HC&SA subsector has still increased employment by 7.0% over the past 12 months. Finally, Hospitals experienced no net change in employment during the month.

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Monthly Change in Employment in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector, Seasonally Adjusted

HWDC Releases April 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the April 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment.

According to preliminary estimates, Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector created 2,200 new jobs in March, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 5.2%. This growth rate exceeds the overall average for the national HC&SA sector, which enjoyed its largest employment gain so far this year after producing 77,800 new jobs across the country during the month, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 4.1%. Meanwhile, Virginia’s HC&SA sector also enjoyed above-average employment growth over the past three months as well. In Q1 2025, Virginia’s HC&SA sector produced a total of 6,000 jobs, a three-month employment gain that translates into a 4.7% annualized growth rate. Virginia’s HC&SA sector was responsible for more than 3% of the 191,000 HC&SA jobs created nationwide in Q1 2025. This increase in national HC&SA employment translates into a 3.4% annualized growth rate.

After having experienced two consecutive months of negative employment growth for the first time since 2020, Virginia’s overall economy rebounded strongly in March with the creation of 5,900 new jobs across the state during the month. This increase in Virginia’s total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 1.7%. At the same time, the overall national economy enjoyed its largest monthly employment gain so far this year after producing 228,000 new jobs in March, which also translates into a 1.7% annualized growth rate. Despite the strong job gain in Virginia’s overall economy in March, the state’s total nonfarm payroll employment still experienced a small decline over the past three months. In Q1 2025, Virginia’s overall economy lost a total of 2,500 jobs, which represents a three-month annualized employment growth rate of -0.2%. Regardless, Virginia’s overall economy has still enjoyed solid long-term job growth: Over the past 12 months, Virginia has increased employment by 1.1%.

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Quarterly Change in Total Earnings in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector

HWDC Releases March 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 3: Income & Compensation

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the March 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 3: Income & Compensation.

According to preliminary estimates, total earnings in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector increased by $968 million to $46.1 billion in Q4 2024. This increase in the state’s total HC&SA earnings represents a three-month annualized growth rate of 8.9%. This growth rate well exceeds the comparable national average of 6.9%. With this quarter’s gain, total earnings in Virginia’s HC&SA sector increased by a total of $3.6 billion in 2024, which translates into an 8.5% growth rate. Over the same period, total earnings in the national HC&SA sector increased by 7.6%. In Q4 2024, HC&SA employee compensation in Virginia grew at a faster rate than the state’s HC&SA proprietor’s income. HC&SA employee benefits increased at a 10.4% annualized rate in Q4 2024, while HC&SA employee salaries & wages increased by 8.7% on an annualized basis during the quarter. At the same time, HC&SA proprietor’s income grew at a 7.6% annualized rate.

In Q4 2024, total employee compensation in Virginia’s HC&SA sector increased $902 million to $42.4 billion, a gain that represents a three-month annualized growth rate of 9.0%. Thanks to this increase, total compensation per employee in Virginia’s HC&SA sector increased by $515 during the quarter. With this gain, the Healthcare Workforce Data Center now estimates that employees in Virginia’s HC&SA sector earn an average of $81,971. Total compensation per employee in Virginia’s HC&SA sector grew at a 2.6% annualized rate in Q4 2024. This growth rate is more than three times faster than the comparable 0.8% growth rate for the overall national HC&SA sector. With this quarter’s gain, total compensation per employee in Virginia’s HC&SA sector increased by a total of $2,866 over the course of the past year. This full-year gain translates into a 3.6% growth rate. Over the same period, total compensation per employee in the national HC&SA sector grew by 3.3%.

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Annual Change in HC&SA Subsector Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2020-2024, Year-to-Date Change for 2025)

HWDC Releases March 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the March 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, Northern Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector enjoyed its largest monthly employment gain in nearly three years after creating 2,300 new jobs in February. This increase in Northern Virginia’s HC&SA employment represents an impressive one-month annualized growth rate of 17.1%. Hampton Roads’ HC&SA sector also enjoyed double-digit employment growth in February after creating 1,000 new jobs during the month, a gain that translates into 11.8% annualized growth rate. With this gain, Hampton Roads has now increased HC&SA employment in each of the past six months. At the same time, the Rest of Virginia has now enjoyed its fourth consecutive month of positive employment growth after producing 500 new HC&SA jobs in February, which translates into a 4.3% annualized growth rate. On the other hand, Richmond’s HC&SA sector saw employment fall by 500 during the month. Regardless, Richmond has still increased HC&SA employment by 5.2% over the past 12 months.

Three of Virginia’s four HC&SA subsectors produced positive employment growth in February. This growth was strongest in Ambulatory Health Care Services, which created 2,400 new jobs across the state during the month. This job gain in Ambulatory Health Care Services represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 13.0%. Over the past 12 months, Ambulatory Health Care Services have produced a total of 16,200 jobs, which translates into a 7.3% employment growth rate. In fact, Ambulatory Health Care Services have now increased employment in twelve out of the past thirteen months. Meanwhile, Hospitals created 600 new jobs in February, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 6.3%. At the same time, Social Assistance increased employment by 500 during the month, which translates into a 7.2% annualized growth rate. As for Nursing & Residential Care Facilities, this HC&SA subsector experienced its first employment decline in four months after losing 200 jobs in February.

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Monthly Change in Employment in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector, Seasonally Adjusted

HWDC Releases March 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the March 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment.

According to preliminary estimates, Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector created 1,500 new jobs in February, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 3.5%. With this gain, Virginia’s HC&SA sector has produced a total of 9,800 jobs over the past three months, which translates into an even stronger 7.8% annualized employment growth rate. In fact, Virginia has not experienced a monthly decline in employment since December 2022. Virginia’s HC&SA sector continues to enjoy employment growth that exceeds the overall national average. In February, Virginia’s HC&SA sector was responsible for 2.4% of the 63,100 HC&SA jobs that were created across the country during the month. This increase in national HC&SA employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 3.3%. Over the past 12 months, the national HC&SA sector has created a total of 876,600 jobs, which translates into a 4.0% employment growth rate.

While Virginia’s HC&SA sector continues to produce strong employment gains, this growth did not translate into broader job gains in the overall statewide economy. In February, Virginia’s overall economy lost 1,000 jobs across the state. This decline in Virginia’s total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of -0.3%. Although Virginia’s overall economy has now lost jobs in consecutive months for the first time since 2020, the state’s total nonfarm payroll employment has still increased by 6,400 over the past three months, which translates into a 0.6% annualized growth rate. Furthermore, Virginia’s 12-month employment growth rate of 1.3% exceeds the comparable national average of 1.2%. Meanwhile, the overall national economy created 151,000 new jobs across the country in February. This increase in national total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 1.1%. Over the past three months, the overall national economy has created jobs at an even faster 1.5% annualized rate.

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Annual Change in HC&SA Regional Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2020-2024, Year-to-Date Change for 2025)

HWDC Releases February 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the February 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, Hampton Roads was the only region in the state that increased Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) employment during the month. In January, Hampton Roads’ HC&SA sector created 500 new jobs, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 5.7%. With this job gain, Hampton Roads has now increased HC&SA employment in each of the past five months. On the other hand, Northern Virginia’s HC&SA sector experienced its first monthly decline in employment in one year after losing 1,600 jobs in January. Despite this job loss, Northern Virginia has still produced a total of 9,900 HC&SA jobs over the past 12 months, which translates into a 6.1% employment growth rate. Meanwhile, Richmond’s HC&SA sector lost 200 jobs in January. Regardless, HC&SA employment in Richmond has still grown by 5.8% over the past 12 months. Finally, the Rest of Virginia experienced no change in employment during the month.

Nursing & Residential Care Facilities was the only HC&SA subsector in the state that increased employment during the month. In January, Nursing & Residential Care Facilities created 300 new jobs across the state, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 4.6%. With this gain, Nursing & Residential Care Facilities have produced a total of 1,400 jobs over the past three months, which translates into an even higher 7.2% annualized employment growth rate. Meanwhile, Ambulatory Health Care Services experienced its largest monthly decline in employment in three years after losing 1,300 jobs in January. Regardless, Ambulatory Health Care Services have still increased employment by 6.6% over the past 12 months. As for Virginia’s two other HC&SA subsectors, Hospitals lost 200 jobs in January, while Social Assistance saw employment fall by 100 during the month. However, both Hospitals and Social Assistance have increased employment by 2.4% over the past three months on an annualized basis.

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Monthly Change in Employment in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector, Seasonally Adjusted

HWDC Releases February 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the February 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment.

According to preliminary estimates, Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector created 3,000 new jobs in January, a gain that represents an impressive one-month annualized employment growth rate of 7.2%. HC&SA employment in the state has grown at an even faster rate over the past three months: From November 2024 to January 2025, Virginia’s HC&SA sector has produced a total of 10,300 jobs across the state, which translates into an 8.3% annualized growth rate. With January’s job gain, employment in Virginia’s HC&SA sector has now increased for 25 consecutive months. Virginia’s HC&SA sector was responsible for nearly 5% of the 66,000 HC&SA jobs that were created across the country in January. This increase in national HC&SA employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 3.5%. Over the past three months, the national HC&SA sector has produced a total of 225,600 jobs, which translates into a 4.0% annualized employment growth rate.

Virginia’s HC&SA sector was responsible for more than 40% of this month’s total statewide employment gain as Virginia’s overall economy created 7,100 new jobs across the state in January. This increase in Virginia’s total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 2.0%. Over the past 12 months, Virginia’s overall economy has produced a total of 74,800 jobs, a gain that translates into a 1.8% employment growth rate, and the state’s HC&SA sector has been responsible for 36% of this growth. Meanwhile, the overall national economy created 143,000 new jobs across the country in January. This increase in national total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 1.1%. With this gain, the overall national economy has increased employment by slightly more than 2 million over the past 12 months, which translates into a 1.3% growth rate. The national HC&SA sector has been responsible for 45% of this growth.

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Annual Change in HC&SA Subsector Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2019-2024)

HWDC Releases January 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the January 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, Richmond’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector enjoyed its fourth consecutive month of positive employment growth after creating 1,300 new jobs in December, which translates into an impressive 17.1% annualized employment growth rate. With this gain, Richmond’s HC&SA sector produced a total of 7,900 jobs in 2024. This increase represents the largest full-year job gain in Richmond’s HC&SA sector in more than one decade. The Rest of Virginia also enjoyed solid HC&SA employment growth in December with the creation of 700 new jobs during the month. This increase represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 6.0%. At the same time, Hampton Roads’ HC&SA sector added 300 jobs to the state’s economy. In 2024, the Rest of Virginia and Hampton Roads increased HC&SA employment by 3,700 and 3,100, respectively. Although Northern Virginia’s HC&SA sector lost 300 jobs in December, this region still increased HC&SA employment by 4,100 in 2024.

For the third consecutive month, Ambulatory Health Care Services enjoyed the largest employment gain among Virginia’s four HC&SA subsectors. In December, Ambulatory Health Care Services created 1,900 jobs, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 10.7%. Ambulatory Health Care Services also enjoyed the largest full-year employment gain as well: In 2024, this HC&SA subsector created a total of 7,300 jobs across the state. Meanwhile, Hospitals created 300 new jobs in December, and Nursing & Residential Care Facilities increased employment by 100 during the month. In 2024, Hospitals and Nursing & Residential Care Facilities produced 4,400 and 2,900 jobs, respectively. Social Assistance was the only HC&SA subsector that experienced a decline in employment during the month. In December, Social Assistance saw employment fall by 300. Despite this month’s decline, Social Assistance still created 4,200 jobs in 2024, a full-year employment gain that translates into a 5.0% growth rate.

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Monthly Change in Employment in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector, Seasonally Adjusted

HWDC Releases January 2025 Health Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the January 2025 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment.

According to preliminary estimates, Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector enjoyed its third consecutive month of positive employment growth after creating 3,600 new jobs in December, a gain that represents an impressive one-month annualized employment growth rate of 8.9%. In addition, this increase also represents the largest monthly employment gain in Virginia’s HC&SA sector in 2024. In total, Virginia’s HC&SA sector produced 18,300 new jobs across the state in 2024. This full-year job gain translates into a 3.7% annualized employment growth rate. In December, Virginia’s HC&SA sector was responsible for 5% of the 69,500 HC&SA jobs that were created across the country during the month. This increase in national HC&SA employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 3.7%. With this month’s gain, the national HC&SA sector created a total of 901,700 jobs in 2024, which translates into a 4.1% employment growth rate.

Virginia’s HC&SA sector was responsible for nearly 75% all statewide employment growth in December as Virginia’s overall economy created 4,900 new jobs during the month. This increase in Virginia’s total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 1.4%. Furthermore, this job gain also represents the fifth consecutive month in which Virginia’s overall economy has increased employment. In 2024, Virginia’s total nonfarm payroll employment increased by a total of 76,900. This full-year job gain is greater than the 74,000 jobs that were created across the state in 2023. Meanwhile, the overall national economy enjoyed its largest monthly employment gain since March after creating 256,000 new jobs in December, which translates into a 1.9% annualized employment growth rate. In total, national total nonfarm payroll employment increased by more than 2.2 million in 2024. This increase represents a 12-month employment growth rate of 1.4%.

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Quarterly Change in Total Compensation per Employee in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector

HWDC Releases December 2024 Health Workforce Brief Series 3: Income & Compensation

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the December 2024 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 3: Income & Compensation.

According to preliminary estimates, total earnings in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector increased by $744 million to $45.0 billion in Q3 2024, a gain that translates into a 6.9% annualized growth rate. This growth rate exceeds the comparable 6.7% average growth rate for total earnings in the national HC&SA sector as a whole during the quarter. This quarter’s growth in Virginia’s total HC&SA earnings was driven by particularly strong gains in HC&SA proprietor’s income, which grew at a 10.0% annualized rate in Q3 2024. At the same time, HC&SA employee benefits and HC&SA employee salaries & wages grew by 8.3% and 6.3%, respectively, on an annualized basis. Meanwhile, long-term earnings growth in Virginia’s HC&SA sector also exceeds the overall national average: While total earnings in the national HC&SA sector have increased by 7.7% over the past four quarters, Virginia’s HC&SA sector has seen total earnings grow by 8.0% over the same time period.

In Q3 2024, total employee compensation in Virginia’s HC&SA sector increased by $660 million to $41.4 billion, a gain that represents a three-month annualized growth rate of 6.6%. Thanks to this growth, total compensation per employee in Virginia’s HC&SA sector increased by $548 during the quarter. With this gain, the Healthcare Workforce Data Center now estimates that employees in Virginia’s HC&SA sector earn an average of $82,387 per year. This quarter’s increase in Virginia’s total HC&SA compensation per employee translates into a 2.7% annualized growth rate. Total statewide HC&SA compensation per employee has grown at an even faster rate over the long term. Over the past 12 months, total compensation per employee in Virginia’s HC&SA sector has increased by a total of $3,355. This increase represents a four-quarter growth rate of 4.2%. Over the same time period, total compensation per employee in the national HC&SA sector has grown by 3.2%.

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Annual Change in HC&SA Regional Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, Full-Year Change for 2019-2023, Year-to-Date Change in 2024)

HWDC Releases December 2024 Health Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the December 2024 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment. Data in this Brief is not seasonally adjusted.

According to preliminary estimates, every region in Virginia enjoyed positive Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) employment growth in November. This job growth was particularly impressive in Northern Virginia and Richmond. Northern Virginia’s HC&SA sector created 1,800 new jobs in November, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 14.2%. At the same time, Richmond produced 1,100 new HC&SA jobs in November, which translates into an even faster 14.4% annualized employment growth rate. With this gain, Richmond’s HC&SA sector has now created a total of 5,400 jobs over the past three months. This increase in Richmond’s HC&SA employment represents an impressive three-month annualized growth rate of 25.3%. Richmond is also enjoying strong long-term HC&SA employment growth as well: Over the past 12 months, Richmond’s HC&SA sector has increased employment by 8.5%. Meanwhile, Hampton Roads’ HC&SA sector produced 700 new jobs in November, and the Rest of Virginia increased HC&SA employment by 300 during the month.

Virginia also enjoyed broad-based employment growth across all four HC&SA subsectors in November. This job growth was strongest in Ambulatory Health Care Services, which was responsible for two thirds of Virginia’s total statewide HC&SA employment gain during the month. In November, Ambulatory Health Care Services created 2,700 new jobs, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 15.7%. With this gain, Ambulatory Health Care Services have now increased employment by a total of 6,300 so far this year. Nursing & Residential Care Facilities also enjoyed double-digit employment growth during the month: In November, this HC&SA subsector produced 700 new jobs across the state, which translates into an 11.2% annualized employment growth rate. Meanwhile, Hospitals enjoyed their tenth consecutive month of positive employment growth after this HC&SA subsector created 400 new jobs in November, which represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 4.2%. Finally, Social Assistance experienced a small employment gain in November with the creation of 100 new jobs during the month.

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Monthly Change in Employment in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector, Seasonally Adjusted

HWDC Releases December 2024 Health Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment

The Department of Health Professions' Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the December 2024 issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment.

According to preliminary estimates, Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector increased employment for the seventh time in the past eight months after creating 2,700 new jobs in November, a gain that represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 6.6%. In fact, November’s job gain also represents the second-largest monthly employment increase in Virginia’s HC&SA sector so far this year. Thanks to this impressive job gain, employment in Virginia’s HC&SA sector grew at a rate that was well above the overall national average in November. In fact, Virginia’s HC&SA sector was responsible for 3.7% of the 72,300 HC&SA jobs that were created across the country during the month. This job gain in the national HC&SA sector represents a one-month annualized employment growth rate of 3.9%. So far this year, Virginia’s HC&SA sector has created a total of 14,500 jobs, and this year-to-date employment gain represents 1.8% of the 818,900 HC&SA jobs produced nationwide in 2024.

Virginia’s HC&SA sector was responsible for just over half of the 5,300 jobs that were created across the state in November. This increase in Virginia’s total nonfarm payroll employment represents a one-month annualized growth rate of 1.5%. With this gain, Virginia’s overall economy has now increased employment in each of the past four months. In addition, this gain also represents the largest monthly increase to the state’s total nonfarm payroll employment since June. In total, Virginia’s overall economy has now produced a total of 68,800 jobs so far this year. Thanks in part to the solid growth in the state’s total nonfarm payroll employment in November, the overall national economy enjoyed significantly stronger job growth during the month. After having increased employment by a relatively modest 36,000 in October, the overall national economy created 227,000 new jobs across the country in November. This month’s increase in national total nonfarm payroll employment translates into a 1.7% annualized growth rate.

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