Within the healthcare industry, ambulatory healthcare services added the most new jobs, clocking in at 22,000. Hospitals also added 10,000 jobs in January. Offices of physicians added 13,000 and nursing and residential care facilities added 7,000.
Healthcare employment growth averaged 26,000 per month in 2014, according to the report.
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