Average Earnings and Weekly Hours of Non-Supervisory Workers in Health Services by Industry Segment

1. Hospitals, public and private — $22.19 (35.8 weekly hours)
2. Offices of dentists — $20.51 (27.1 weekly hours)
3. Offices of physicians — $19.98 (33.5 weekly hours)
4. Medical and diagnostic laboratories — $19.48 (36.7 weekly hours)
5. Outpatient care centers — $19.33 (34.1 weekly hours)
6. Health services — $18.73 (33.3 weekly hours)
7. Offices of other health practitioners — $17.27 (28.8 weekly hours)
8. Other ambulatory healthcare services — $15.58 (35.7 weekly hours)
9. Home health care services — $14.78 (29.0 weekly hours)
10. Nursing and residential care facilities — $12.84 (32.3 weekly hours)

Total average (private industry) — $16.76 (33.9 weekly hours)

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Career Guide to Industries, 2008-09 Edition, Health Care, on the Internet at www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs035.htm

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