Hiring healthcare staff in the United States
Market data for healthcare in the United States, updated September 29, 2026.
There are 1,702 active openings to hire healthcare staff in the United States right now, posted by 26 different companies. The median advertised salary is $8,578 per month, and half of the openings pay between $5,065 and $13,708. Demand is concentrated in Tacoma, Tripler Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston and Fort Carson. 1,699 new openings were posted in the last 30 days. Posting up to 10 jobs and managing candidates with the Saplic ATS is free and needs no card.
What healthcare pays in the United States
Monthly range by seniority, computed as percentiles over the 182 openings that state a salary. Half of each level falls inside the range shown.
| Level | Experience | Openings | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | Up to 1 year | 184 | $5,065 | $8,578 | $13,708 |
Which healthcare roles are most in demand in the United States
| Role | Openings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| NURSE (CLINICAL | 7 | 4% |
| Clinical Psychologist | 3 | 2% |
| DENTAL ASSISTANT | 3 | 2% |
| Health Physicist | 2 | 1% |
| Health Technician | 2 | 1% |
Which cities from the United States have the most healthcare openings
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How to write an healthcare job ad that actually brings candidates
With 26 companies hiring healthcare staff at the same time, your ad gets thirty seconds on a phone. What decides those thirty seconds is how concrete it is, not how attractive it sounds.
- State the salary range. In the United States only 182 of the 1,702 openings do, so doing it sets you apart immediately and saves the interviews that collapse over money at the end.
- Use the title people search for. “NURSE (CLINICAL” pulls more applications than an internal label like “Commercial Executive II”, which nobody types into a search box.
- Separate must-haves from nice-to-haves. Twelve requirements with no hierarchy make the good candidate rule themselves out over item eleven.
- Say the work mode, the schedule and the city in the first lines. Those three decide whether someone can take the job at all, and hiding them at the end only moves the drop-off later.
- Describe what the person does on a normal day. Three concrete tasks beat a paragraph about company culture.
- Reply fast. An application with no answer after three days is already looking elsewhere.
Common mistakes when hiring in this area
- Asking for more years of experience than the job needs. Here the average asked is 1 years; every extra year shrinks the pool and raises the expected salary without improving performance.
- Posting the same opening several times to “gain visibility”. It splits applications across two ads and neither looks complete.
- Leaving the opening live without moving candidates. Silence reads as rejection and they leave, even if to you they are still under review.
Getting applications from healthcare staff is the easy part. The hard part is not losing the two or three good ones among all the resumes, and a mail folder does not solve that.
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An ATS is the system where the candidates for a job are kept in order: who applied, what stage each one is at and who is still waiting for an answer. Saplic includes its own in full — the one others charge per user per month for — for up to 10 active jobs.
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Frequently asked questions
How much do you have to pay to hire healthcare staff in the United States?
Of the 1,702 active openings, 182 state a salary: they run from $2,078 to $50,000 per month, with a median of $8,578. Half the market pays between $5,065 and $13,708.
How much does it cost to post a job?
Nothing. You can keep up to 10 jobs active at the same time for free and with no credit card, the full ATS included. It is not a thirty-day trial.
Which healthcare roles are most in demand in the United States?
The roles with the most open positions are NURSE (CLINICAL, Clinical Psychologist, DENTAL ASSISTANT and Health Physicist. The list is recalculated weekly over active openings.
Which cities from the United States have the most healthcare openings?
The largest concentration is in Tacoma, followed by Tripler Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston and Fort Carson. If your operation is outside those markets, post the role as remote or hybrid.
Will my job appear on Google?
Yes. Every posted job carries the JobPosting markup Google for Jobs needs and is submitted for indexing the same day. Nothing to configure.
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Data updated September 29, 2026, computed over jobs posted on Saplic.