Number of FTE long-term care employees in the U.S. 2012-2020, by setting

Published by Jenny Yang, Oct 21, 2024

In 2020, there were a total of 884,400 long-term care FTE staff in the United States, not including nursing home staff*. These employees provided LTC for 7.3 million service users that year.

Total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in the long-term care service industry in the U.S. from 2012 to 2020

CharacteristicAdult day services centerHome health agencyHospiceInpatient rehabilitation facility**Long-term care hospital**Nursing homeResidential care community
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Statistic: Total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees in the long-term care service industry in the U.S. from 2012 to 2020

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Release date

August 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020

Special properties

Only employees are included: contract staff are not included.

Supplementary notes

*Nursing home staff data unavailable for 2020.

**LTC hospitals and inpatient rehabilitation facilities were only surveyed starting 2018.

Data from previous years are from earlier reports from the same source, which can be found here.

Residential care communities are defined by the CDC as: "Includes assisted living communities and other residential care communities (for example, personal care homes, adult care homes, board care homes, or adult foster care) that meet the study eligibility criteria."

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