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Amount
$44.4B
per year
Per resident, per year
$130
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$336
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
323,040 people × $137,300 average annual wage
Part of: Hospital, physician, and other service spending (wages are paid out of what payers spend on services)
Details
| SOC code | 29-1171 |
| Employed (May 2025) | 323,040 |
| Average annual wage | $137,300 |
| Wage bill | $44.4B |
| Estimated total compensation incl. benefits (÷ 0.69) | $64.3B |
Problems this cost relates to
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026)