Top 10 states by healthcare employment

California leads with 2,221,389. The 10 US states with the largest healthcare workforce (NAICS 62), from US Census County Business Patterns 2022.

#	Name	Healthcare employees	Detail
1	California	2,221,389	127,019 establishments · $161.0B payroll
2	New York	1,745,218	59,805 establishments · $105.0B payroll
3	Texas	1,638,625	77,083 establishments · $92.6B payroll
4	Florida	1,229,243	71,591 establishments · $75.5B payroll
5	Pennsylvania	1,105,150	39,343 establishments · $63.5B payroll
6	Ohio	858,076	30,735 establishments · $49.6B payroll
7	Illinois	838,396	36,347 establishments · $48.3B payroll
8	North Carolina	636,046	27,098 establishments · $37.2B payroll
9	Michigan	614,095	28,522 establishments · $35.2B payroll
10	New Jersey	613,972	29,504 establishments · $37.7B payroll

Methodology

Total healthcare employment (NAICS 62, Health Care and Social Assistance), CBP 2022.

As of 2026-05-28. ACS 2023 5-year + CBP 2022.

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