Annual Change in HC&SA Regional Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, change from Dec. to Dec.)

The Department of Health Professions’ Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the May issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment.

The employment picture in the Health Care & Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector brightened considerably in April after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported preliminary estimates that indicated Virginia’s health care industry added 2,000 jobs during the month. Over the past three months, Virginia’s HC&SA sector has added 4,000 jobs on a non-seasonally adjusted basis, nearly replacing all the jobs that were lost in January 2013.

Northern Virginia was the main beneficiary of this uptick in HC&SA employment growth. During the month, 70% of all new HC&SA jobs — 1,400 jobs in total — were added in Northern Virginia, far outpacing the other regions in the state. Regardless, Richmond also managed to add 600 HC&SA jobs in April, and with a year-over-year growth rate of 5.5%, it continues to be the fastest-growing region in the state in terms of HC&SA employment.

Regional highlights are included in the table below:

In April, HC&SA employment growth was concentrated in two subsectors: Ambulatory Health Care Services and Hospitals. Ambulatory Health Care Services was responsible for 1,500 new jobs in April, while Hospitals contributed an additional 900 jobs during the month. These impressive gains were mitigated somewhat by losses in the Social Assistance subsector, which lost 400 jobs in April. So far in 2013, three of Virginia’s four HC&SA subsectors are experiencing positive employment gains; only Nursing & Residential Care Facilities has failed to participate in this trend.

Additional subsector highlights are included in the table below:

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Annual Change in HC&SA Subsector Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, change from Dec. to Dec.)

The Department of Health Professions’ Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the April issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment.

According to preliminary estimates, Virginia’s HC&SA sector added to its impressive employment gains in February by adding 200 additional jobs in March on a non-seasonally adjusted basis. Meanwhile, February’s preliminary estimate for HC&SA employment was revised downward by 500, but 2,100 jobs were still added in February even after accounting for the revision.

HC&SA employment growth was concentrated in Northern Virginia and the Rest of Virginia; both regions added 500 health care jobs in March. However, these gains were largely wiped out by a loss of 800 combined jobs in Richmond and Hampton Roads. Despite March’s losses, however, Richmond remains the fastest-growing region in the state in terms of HC&SA employment growth over the previous 12 months. On the other hand, both Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads have lost more than 1,000 HC&SA jobs during the first quarter of 2013.

Regional highlights are included in the table below:

The employment picture was also mixed with respect to HC&SA subsectors. The Hospitals and Social Assistance subsectors enjoyed strong months, adding a total of 1,400 HC&SA jobs in March, but most of these gains were wiped out by a loss of 1,200 jobs in the Ambulatory Health Care Services and Nursing & Residential Care Facilities subsectors. Thanks to the strong growth in the Social Assistance subsector over the past 12 months — its annual growth rate is currently 9.5% — it now sports the largest share of 12-month employment growth for the first time since 2010. Meanwhile, the Nursing & Residential Care Facilities subsector remains relatively weak, with no employment growth at all over the previous 12 months.

Additional subsector highlights are included in the table below:

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Monthly Change in Employment in Virginia’s Health Care & Social Assistance Sector, Seasonally Adjusted

The Department of Health Professions’ Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the March issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 1: State and National Employment

February was the strongest month for Virginia’s HC&SA sector in more than seven years. In total, 3,000 jobs were created, representing a one-month annualized growth rate of more than 9%. In addition, January’s preliminary employment estimate, which originally indicated that Virginia’s HC&SA sector lost 1,800 jobs, was revised upward by 200 jobs, mitigating some of the losses from the previous month.

Employment in Virginia’s HC&SA sector has once again exceeded the threshold value of 400,000 jobs, a milestone that had originally been reached in December of 2012 — before the unexpectedly large job losses that occurred in January. Given current long-term trends — Virginia’s HC&SA sector has a 3.7% year-over-year employment growth rate — it is expected that Virginia’s health care sector should be able to remain above the 400,000 job threshold in future months.

Other highlights include the following:

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Annual Change in HC&SA Subsector Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, change from Dec. to Dec.)

The Department of Health Professions’ Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the February issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment.

Due to strong seasonal factors, preliminary estimates indicate that Virginia’s HC&SA sector lost 4,400 jobs in January, which represents a one-month annualized decline of more than 12%. These declines were felt throughout most of the state, especially in the Hampton Roads area, where 2,000 health care jobs were lost. Richmond was the only region to experience positive HC&SA employment growth, adding 300 jobs during the month. Although this is the worst monthly job loss in Virginia’s HC&SA sector in eight years, employment growth has still increased by more than 3% over the past 12 months, including positive gains in every major region of the state. Highlights for each major region of Virginia are included below:

Every HC&SA subsector experienced job losses in January. Hospitals, Social Assistance, and Nursing & Residential Care Facilities bore the brunt of these job losses with double-digit declines in their one-month annualized growth rate. Meanwhile, Ambulatory Health Care, which saw a nearly 7% decline in its own one-month annualized employment growth rate, was the only HC&SA subsector to lose less than 1,000 jobs in January.

With respect to long-term employment growth, Virginia’s HC&SA subsectors have bifurcated over the past several months. Social Assistance and Ambulatory Health Care are currently experiencing rather robust 12-month employment growth, but growth in Hospitals and Nursing & Residential Care Facilities has fallen below 1%. In fact, employment in Virginia’s Hospital subsector has now reached a six-month low. Details for each subsector are included below:

It should be noted that these results incorporate annual BLS benchmark adjustments that go as far back as April of 2011 for non-seasonally adjusted data. These revisions reconcile payroll survey results with unemployment insurance data. Because of these adjustments, employment numbers in the February brief may not match results from previous briefings, especially with respect to HC&SA subsector data. For those who are interested, details are available here.

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Figure 1: Annual Change in HC&SA Subsector Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, change from Dec to Dec.)

The Department of Health Professions’ Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the November issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment.

Virginia’s Health Care and Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector had a strong month in October, producing 1,500 new jobs across the state. Every region of Virginia benefited from this employment growth, especially in Northern Virginia and Richmond, where a total of 1,100 new jobs were created in the HC&SA sector. Highlights for each major region of Virginia are included below:

October’s HC&SA employment gains were mainly concentrated in the Social Assistance subsector, which produced an impressive 2,300 jobs during the month. The Hospital subsector was also able to produce modest employment growth in October, but these gains were mitigated somewhat by job losses in the Ambulatory Health Care Services and Nursing & Residential Care Facilities subsectors. Details for each subsector are included below:

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Figure 1: Annual Change in HC&SA Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted, change from Dec to Dec.)

The Department of Health Professions’ Healthcare Workforce Data Center has released the October issue of its Virginia Health Care Workforce Brief Series 2: Regional and Sectoral Employment.

During the month of September, Virginia’s Health Care and Social Assistance (HC&SA) sector lost 1,100 jobs. These losses were concentrated mainly in Hampton Roads, which lost 1,100 jobs, and Northern Virginia, which lost 600 jobs. However, these losses were mitigated somewhat by the addition of 600 total jobs in Richmond and the Rest of Virginia:

All of September’s job losses in the HC&SA sector could be attributed to the Nursing & Residential Care Facilities subsector, which lost 1,400 jobs during the month. Two of the other subsectors, Hospitals and Social Assistance, managed to gain a combined 300 jobs in September. Meanwhile, the Ambulatory subsector, which lost 1,300 jobs in August, managed to hold steady in September, neither gaining nor losing jobs:

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