Health Care and Social Assistance Employment

NAICS 62 • BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES)

The Health Care and Social Assistance industry employed 23,756.5K workers as of Mar 2026 (seasonally adjusted), a change of +680.5K over 12 months. Source: BLS CES.

Monthly Employment (thousands, SA) — last 5 years

Show full history (1990–present, 435 months)
Monthly seasonally-adjusted employment (thousands) for Health Care and Social Assistance with month-over-month change, BLS CES.
Date Employment (K) MoM Change
Mar 2026 23,756.5 +89.9
Feb 2026 23,666.6 -27.8
Jan 2026 23,694.4 +106.9
Dec 2025 23,587.5 +41.8
Nov 2025 23,545.7 +59.9
Oct 2025 23,485.8 +47.6
Sep 2025 23,438.2 +55.3
Aug 2025 23,382.9 +22.8
Jul 2025 23,360.1 +82.6
Jun 2025 23,277.5 +60.5
May 2025 23,217.0 +65
Apr 2025 23,152.0 +76
Mar 2025 23,076.0 +67.7
Feb 2025 23,008.3 +47.9
Jan 2025 22,960.4 +59
Dec 2024 22,901.4 +69.8
Nov 2024 22,831.6 +76.8
Oct 2024 22,754.8 +81.2
Sep 2024 22,673.6 +86.9
Aug 2024 22,586.7 +44.8
Jul 2024 22,541.9 +48.2
Jun 2024 22,493.7 +69.1
May 2024 22,424.6 +65.4
Apr 2024 22,359.2 +82.6
Mar 2024 22,276.6 +85.4
Feb 2024 22,191.2 +95.6
Jan 2024 22,095.6 +76.9
Dec 2023 22,018.7 +73.3
Nov 2023 21,945.4 +106.2
Oct 2023 21,839.2 +77.5
Sep 2023 21,761.7 +85
Aug 2023 21,676.7 +100.1
Jul 2023 21,576.6 +112.4
Jun 2023 21,464.2 +81.8
May 2023 21,382.4 +73
Apr 2023 21,309.4 +68.5
Mar 2023 21,240.9 +70.8
Feb 2023 21,170.1 +66.5
Jan 2023 21,103.6 +85.9
Dec 2022 21,017.7 +86.6
Nov 2022 20,931.1 +76.1
Oct 2022 20,855.0 +88.7
Sep 2022 20,766.3 +81.5
Aug 2022 20,684.8 +68.1
Jul 2022 20,616.7 +103.4
Jun 2022 20,513.3 +78.8
May 2022 20,434.5 +53.7
Apr 2022 20,380.8 +64.3
Mar 2022 20,316.5 +60.2
Feb 2022 20,256.3 +96.1
Jan 2022 20,160.2 -23.2
Dec 2021 20,183.4 +33.9
Nov 2021 20,149.5 +30.4
Oct 2021 20,119.1 +35.3
Sep 2021 20,083.8 +7.3
Aug 2021 20,076.5 -1.3
Jul 2021 20,077.8 +8
Jun 2021 20,069.8 -5.8
May 2021 20,075.6 +9.6
Apr 2021 20,066.0 —