Chart 5.6: Impact of Community Hospitals on U.S. Jobs: Overall and by Location, 2023
![Table 5.6: Impact of Community Hospitals on U.S. Jobs: Overall and by Location, 2023 [Data for Chart 5.6]](/sites/default/files/inline-images/5.6.png)
Source: Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data downloaded September 2025. See current employment statistics here
Notes:
(1) Sample sizes: Overall N = 5,112; Urban N = 3,316; Rural N = 1,796
(2) Due sum of the direct and ripple effects may not equal the total economic contribution.
(3) Employment includes only full-time workers.
(4) Community hospitals include all non-federal, short-term general and specialty hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.