Figure 2.

Unemployment rate (weighted) among workers in healthcare occupations (July 2019–2020). During March–April 2020, significant job losses occurred in home health services (n = 490,000), dental offices (n = 442,000), hospitals (n = 394,000), outpatient centers (n = 156,000), and physician offices (n = 152,000) (Figure 3). Conversely, nursing care facilities (n = 15,000) and residential care facilities (n = 25,000) showed small job gains. Large job losses also occurred in virtually every healthcare occupation between March–April 2020, including healthcare aides (n = 769,000), technicians (n = 339,000), therapists other than physicians and surgeons (n = 148,000), nurses (n = 122,000), physicians and surgeons (n = 63,000) and dentists (56,000), with an exception of 2000 jobs gained among mid-level practitioners (Figure 4).