March is Women’s History Month, and this year’s theme is “Providing Healing, Promoting Hope.” We celebrate the amazing accomplishments of women who provide healing and hope by looking at women employed in the health care and social assistance industry.
In 2021, 16.4 million women were employed in the health care and social assistance industry. This was 77.6 percent of the total 21.2 million workers in the industry. Looking at the component industries that make up health care and social assistance, women counted for 75.0 percent of total employment (5.2 million) in hospitals, 77.4 percent of total employment (8.3 million) in health services, except hospitals, and 84.0 percent of total employment (2.6 million) in social assistance.
