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Amount
$19.5B
per year
Per resident, per year
$57
÷ 341.1M people
Per household, per year
$147
÷ 132.2M households
How it is built
387,790 people × $50,200 average annual wage
Part of: Hospital, physician, and other service spending (wages are paid out of what payers spend on services)
Details
| SOC code | 31-9091 |
| Employed (May 2025) | 387,790 |
| Average annual wage | $50,200 |
| Wage bill | $19.5B |
| Estimated total compensation incl. benefits (÷ 0.69) | $28.2B |
Sources: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026)