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Employment and Wages

2026 Michigan Healthcare Industry Workforce Analysis Report
Employment and Wages

Employment growth in Healthcare outpaced statewide levels since 2020.

Figure 1: Michigan Healthcare Employment Index (Index Year: 2018)

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Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Note: An index year of 2018 means that labor force numbers were set equal to 100 in 2018 and percent changes were calculated from there.

 

Healthcare employment expanded by 12 percent between 2018 and 2025 compared to just 1 percent for statewide employment. In 2020, the Healthcare sector experienced a decline in employment by roughly 5 percent but quickly recovered and has since outpaced statewide employment growth. The sector is critical to the strength of the Michigan workforce. With more than 668,400 workers, the Healthcare sector employed just over one in six private workers in Michigan. 

Wages in the Healthcare sector were typically on par with averages across the state.

Figure 2: 2018–2025 Nominal Wage Change in Michigan Healthcare

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Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Note: Nominal wages are wages that have not been adjusted for inflation.

 

Average wages in Healthcare were nearly identical to the average earnings across all private statewide employment. Between 2018 and 2025, annual non-adjusted salaries grew by 27 percent in Healthcare. Much of this growth happened between 2020 and 2022 when earnings rose between 4 and 6 percent each year. However, wage growth did not keep pace with inflation during the immediate post-pandemic period. In recent years, a typical wage increase has been between 2 and 3 percent for the sector, which is much closer to the rate of inflation observed in Michigan.

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