Healthcare adds 33,000 Jobs; Unemployment Up to 5.7%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its monthly report today for the month of July. The healthcare industry showed a repeat performance of the previous month, adding another 33,000 jobs for July, on top of June's increase of 34,000, while all other industries (except mining), continued to lose jobs.

The health care industry has added 368,000 jobs over the past 12 months, while other industries have lost thousands, and some industries, such as construction and manufacturing, have declined by hundreds of thousands of jobs over the past year.

According to the BLS report, of the medical industry jobs added in July, about 10,000 of those were hospital jobs, and 21,000 were in ambulatory healthcare, or out-patient, medical office-based jobs.

Not only is the health care industry not hampered by the tough economy, the trying times may actually add to the demand for healthcare. Stress has been shown to increase incidence of illness in many patients, according to the American Psychological Association.