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2026 Q3 US Healthcare Labor Market Update 

The healthcare labor market continued to slow through the third quarter of 2026, as three categories lost job postings in the past year. Nursing wage growth rebounded slightly after stalling earlier this year, and hiring has leveled out near the 2019 average. 

Indeed Job Postings 

Table titled “Healthcare postings holding up well despite some areas of weakness” showing the percent change in Indeed job postings over the past year and since February 1, 2020, through October 23, 2026, for healthcare occupational categories. Postings for all occupations are up 3.1% over the past year, with pharmacy (7.8%), physicians and surgeons (6.4%), personal care and home health (4.0%) and therapy (3.3%) rising, while nursing (-1.7%), medical technician (-2.7%) and dental (-13.5%) fell. Since February 2020, every category is higher, led by physicians and surgeons (96.1%) and therapy (90.9%), compared with 3.7% for all postings.

Overall US job postings on Indeed remain near pre-pandemic levels; however,

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