Healthcare Adds 21,000 Jobs in June

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the June numbers today. Regarding healthcare employment, the report states good news:

"The health care industry added 21,000 jobs over the month, in line with its average monthly gain for the first 5 months of this year, but below the average gain of 30,000 jobs per month in 2008."

Additionally, in a positive sign, the unemployment rate remained relatively stable, only ticking up a tenth of a percentage point, to 9.5 percent. While not wonderful news, at least the increase in the unemployment rate was not as significant of a jump as we have seen in recent months.

Despite the good news in healthcare, a total of 467,000 jobs were lost in other industries in the month of June. That's 467,000 reasons why I'm glad to be working in the healthcare industry.