Within the healthcare industry, ambulatory healthcare services added the most new jobs, clocking in at 16,000. Hospitals also added 7,000 jobs in December. Nursing and residential care facilities added 11,000.
Healthcare employment growth averaged 26,000 per month in 2014 and 17,000 per month in 2013, according to the report.
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