Workforce

Fifty-seven healthcare companies ranked among the 300 U.S. companies named to Forbes‘ 2026 list of “America’s Best Employers for Tech Workers.” Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista on the third annual ranking, published Sept. 2. Statista surveyed more than…

Several fields common in hospital and health system leaders and employees — including pharmacy and medical technicians — rank among the 30 majors with the highest unemployment rates, according to an Aug. 29 LinkedIn post from WalletHub. The ranking draws…

Advance practice provider workforces have grown dramatically in size, complexity and strategic importance. Yet many health systems still manage them through antiquated departmental structures. Typically, these structures lack components crucial to a true enterprise utilization of the APP workforce. Lack…

Louisiana has the longest average workweek in the U.S. at 36.5 hours, while Delaware has the shortest at 32.0 hours, according to an Aug. 31 LinkedIn post from WalletHub. The ranking draws on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data from…

Florida holds the top three best U.S. cities to retire in, according to an Aug. 31 ranking from personal finance website WalletHub. To develop the list, WalletHub compared the retiree-friendliness of more than 180 U.S. cities, including the 150 most…

Hospital leaders are bracing for pediatric residency changes that could reshape the hospital workforce, a recent study found. The study, published May 27 in Hospital Pediatrics, surveyed pediatric hospital medicine leaders at 101 hospitals. The survey asked about leaders’ staffing…

The forces that have long shaped the healthcare workforce have not gone anywhere in 2026: strikes with thousands of workers are still occurring, a long-term nursing shortage keeps widening and labor costs continue to rise. Alongside those pressures, Becker’s has…

Private healthcare and social assistance is projected to add more jobs than any other major industry sector by 2035, though it ranks second in percentage growth according to the latest employment outlook released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on…

Roughly 15% of hires at Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health over the past two fiscal years were rehires. More than 350 people previously employed by Meritus were hired again between 2024 and 2026, according to an Aug. 27 news release citing…

Travel nursing demand rose in most states since the end of the second quarter of 2026, according to Aya Healthcare data shared with Becker’s. Aya Healthcare provides temporary staffing, permanent staff placement, vendor management, float pool technology and predictive analytics.…