ENGAGE-1

Employment Remains Steady; Unemployment Reaches 49-Year-Low

September 2018 Employment Report

While the Hurricane Florence likely impacted the overall pace of job creation in September with the economy adding 134,000 new jobs, the unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% last month. This is the lowest rate since 1969 and is indicative of near-full economic employment.

The Healthcare sector added 25,700 new jobs in September with 12,000 of those within the hospital space and another 10,300 within ambulatory care settings. The healthcare unemployment rate registered at 2.6% last month.

If you are interested in exploring new career opportunities with HealthTrust Workforce Solutions, click here to browse our available jobs.

Topics: Healthcare, Healthcare Recruitment, Jobs Report

  

Recommended Posts

ENGAGE

Engage is an emerging blog which features relevant, informative and engaging content designed to promote and advance the healthcare industry and the professionals who work within it.

Subscribe to Email Updates

Recent Posts

Posts by Topic

see all