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Amount
$22.0B
per year
Per resident, per year
$65
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$167
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
222,740 people × $98,990 average annual wage
Part of: Hospital, physician, and other service spending (wages are paid out of what payers spend on services)
Details
| SOC code | 29-1292 |
| Employed (May 2025) | 222,740 |
| Average annual wage | $98,990 |
| Wage bill | $22B |
| Estimated total compensation incl. benefits (÷ 0.69) | $32B |
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026)