The data displays the employment in U.S. hospitals and nursing and residential care facilities from 1998 to 2016. In 2016, the number of employees in this sector in the U.S. stood at around 3.3 million.
1998 | 2564 |
1999 | 2603 |
2000 | 2651 |
2001 | 2728 |
2002 | 2788 |
2003 | 2826 |
2004 | 2857 |
2005 | 2877 |
2006 | 2916 |
2007 | 2978 |
2008 | 3048 |
2009 | 3112 |
2010 | 3175 |
2011 | 3197 |
2012 | 3224 |
2013 | 3262 |
2014 | 3293 |
2015 | 3311 |
2016 | 3349 |