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Organizational Restructuring in U.S. Healthcare Systems
Implications for Jobs, Wages, and Inequality
by Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt , 09/30/2017
The healthcare sector is one of the most important sources of jobs in the economy. Healthcare spending reached $3.2 trillion in 2015 or 17.8 percent of GDP and accounted for 12.8 percent of private sector jobs. It was the only industry that consistently added jobs during the Great Recession. In 2016, this sector added 381,000 […]
Healthcare Wages Stagnant 2005–2015 for All Gender and Race/Ethnicity Groups
by Eileen Appelbaum , 09/20/2017
Examining wage trends in hospitals by gender and race/ethnicity we observe that the real median hourly wage of full-time, full-year workers increased for every demographic group over the decade. However, with the exception of white women and Asian/other women, the real wage increases came to less than one dollar an hour.
Black Women in Healthcare Face Declining Real Wages
by Eileen Appelbaum , 07/31/2017
The healthcare sector is one of the most important sources of jobs in the economy. It accounts for nearly 18 percent of GDP and almost 14 percent of private sector jobs. It is the only sector that consistently added jobs during the Great Recession.
Workers Were Older and More Highly Educated in 2015 than in 2005; Wages Were Stagnant or Fell
by Eileen Appelbaum , 10/03/2017
Jobs in the two largest nonprofessional occupation groups ― medical technicians and health aides and assistants ― grew 17.2 percent and 20.0 percent respectively, and in 2015 the number of workers in these jobs reached 5.5 million.