The North American medical industry experienced a 12% rise in new job postings in Q2 2024 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by TotalMed Systems with 34,544 job postings, according to GlobalData’s analysis of medical company job postings. GlobalData’s Medical Devices: Hiring Trends & Signals Q2 2024 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the medical devices industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations jobs accounted for a 33% share of the North American medical industry’s total new job postings in Q2 2024, rise 80% over the prior quarter.
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations drive medical industry hiring activity
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, with a share of 33% new job postings, was the occupation with the greatest hiring activity in the North American medical industry in Q2 2024 , ahead of Management Occupations with a 10% share of new job postings.
The other prominent roles included Production Occupations with a 6% share in Q2 2024, Healthcare Support Occupations with a 5% share and Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.
Top five companies accounted for 48% of hiring activity
The top five companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, accounted for a combined 48% of the overall hiring activity in the North American medical industry in Q2 2024.
TotalMed Systems posted 34,544 jobs in Q2 2024 and registered a growth of 48% over the previous quarter, followed by Laboratory Corp of America Holdings with 4,994 jobs and a 2% growth. Thermo Fisher Scientific, with 2,380 jobs, and Quest Diagnostics, with 2,324 jobs, recorded a 4% rise and an 11% rise, respectively, while Avanos Medical recorded a 17% decline with a 2,273 new job postings during Q2 2024.
Regional analysis of hiring in the North American medical industry, Q2 2024
The US held the leading share of the North American medical hiring activity with a 97.35% share, a 13% increase over Q1 2024. Mexico was next with 1.40%, four-percentage-point down over the previous quarter.
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