SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Health Workforce Solutions announced today its third quarter 2011 results for its HWS Labor Market Pulse Index (LMPI), an indicator of local healthcare labor demand in the 30 largest U.S. markets based on announced expansion and contraction plans and other data.
The LMPI measures where near-term demand for healthcare workers is strongest based on a number of tracking variables, including temporary health workforce shortages and surpluses, facility and bed closures, announced layoffs and expansions and local economic trends.
Key findings include:
• The strength of the U.S. healthcare labor markets showed continued sluggishness in the third quarter.
• For the third quarter of 2011, the near-term demand for healthcare workers was strongest in the Sacramento, Miami and Detroit metropolitan areas.
• Of the 30 major markets tracked by the HWS LMPI, the weakest areas for the quarter included the New York, Seattle and Cleveland metropolitan areas.
• The LMPI composite index, a representative basket of the 30 largest markets, posted a 3 percent decline in the third quarter of 2011, after a similar 3 percent decline from Q1 to Q2.
• For the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, 14 markets of the 30 tracked by the LMPI showed signs of accelerated expansion (versus nine in the prior quarter).
The top 30 healthcare employment market rankings are:
1. Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, CA
2. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL
3. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
4. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
5. Pittsburgh, PA
6. Dallas-Ft. Worth-Arlington, TX
7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
8. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
9. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
10. Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC
11. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
12. Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
13. Orlando-Kissimmee, FL
14. Denver-Aurora, CO
15. Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land, TX
16. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
17. St. Louis, MO, IL
18. Kansas City, MO-KS
19. Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
20 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
21. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL
22. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA
23. Baltimore-Towson, MD
24. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
25. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
26. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
27. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
28. Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
29. Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
30. New York-Northern New Jersey--Long Island, NY
