As healthcare drives U.S. job gains, not all roles within the industry are seeing increased demand.
Demand for nonclinical roles within healthcare organizations is declining relative to demand for healthcare-specific roles, according to a March 3 report from Indeed, which draws on data from the platform’s job listings.
Nonhealthcare-specific roles comprised about 35% of job postings from healthcare organizations as of January — a drop from 43% at the beginning of 2018.
According to Indeed, the trends suggest the industry’s ability to welcome workers from other industries may increasingly rely on training them for healthcare-specific roles.
One area affecting employment across industries is artificial intelligence, which could remain a concern for employees in nonhealthcare-specific roles within healthcare organizations. AI has already reached hospitals and health systems, Sunil Dadlani, executive vice president and chief information, digital and cybersecurity officer of Morristown, N.J.-based Atlantic Health System, told Becker’s in August.
“From clinical-decision support to revenue cycle automation, AI is already augmenting workflows, accelerating diagnosis and streamlining administrative tasks,” Mr. Dadlani said. “Roles in medical coding, documentation, scheduling and even elements of diagnostics are increasingly supported — or replaced — by intelligent systems.”
Here are three additional notes from the Indeed report:
1. After reaching a post-pandemic low in March 2022, healthcare and social assistance jobs have increased at nearly double the pace they did between 2010 and 2020.
2. The two sectors added 690,000 jobs across the nation in 2025 and now employ about 15% of the total U.S. workforce.
3. Overall employment in hospitals and physicians’ offices grew by 2.1% and 2.4%, respectively, in 2025 compared to 2024.
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