Spiking employment in healthcare — 4 insights on 2015 job growth

The healthcare industry added 474,700 new jobs in 2015, a steep growth from previous years, based on a Bureau of Labor Statistics report, according to Healthcare Dive.

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Here are four insights:

1. 2015 experienced more healthcare job growth than 2013 (159,700 jobs) and 2014 (309,000 jobs) experienced combined.

2. While 2014 saw an average monthly growth of 26,000 jobs, 2015 experienced an average monthly growth of 40,000 healthcare jobs.

3. December 2015 saw a growth of 39,400 jobs in the healthcare industry, and a growth of 292,000 jobs in U.S. employment.

4. Ambulatory healthcare led the job growth in December with 23,400 added jobs.

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