In Kansas, the hospital sector employed an average of 73,890 people in 2010-11.  Additionally, for each job created in the hospital sector, another 0.78 jobs were supported in other businesses and industries in the state’s economy. The direct impact of the 73,890 hospital employees resulted in an indirect impact of 57,330 jobs throughout all businesses and industries in the state. Thus, hospital sector employment had a total impact on state employment of 131,220 jobs.

Pennsylvania’s hospitals are cornerstones of their communities, accounting for nearly 600,000 jobs and providing a $100 billion boost to the economy.

Rhode Island hospitals employ 21,400 health care professionals, with a total payroll of $1.8 billion. These jobs account for more than 6% of the state’s private-sector employment.

Collectively, acute care hospitals in Oregon directly generated 59,580 full- and part-time jobs in 2010. Through supply-chain and consumption-driven effects, this direct employment is linked to another 69,790 jobs in other sectors of the Oregon economy. In total, acute care hospitals in Oregon were associated with 129,370 full- and part-time jobs in Oregon in 2010.

In southeast Pennsylvania, one in 10 jobs is hospital-related. In 2010, the region's 60 hospital facilities and 97,340 employees contributed $28.7 billion to the local economy.

Hospitals employ more than 5.4 million people and are the second- largest source of private- sector jobs.

Iowa’s Finley Hospital creates a $62 million impact on the local economy and generates more than 800 jobs. Hospital employees by themselves spend more than $21 million on retail sales and contribute $231,093 in state sales tax revenue.

Colorado hospitals contributed $18.8 billion to the Colorado economy in 2010.  Additionally, Colorado hospitals directly employed 71,700 people in 2010, and spending by both hospitals and their employees helped create another 61,400 Colorado jobs.

Carondelet Health provided more than $22 million in unreimbursed care in 2011 including offering free wellness services to low-income patients.

Kansas hospitals employ 73,890 people and support another 57,330 jobs throughout the state. Hospitals directly and indirectly generate nearly $6.3 billion in income, $2 billion in retail sales, and $125 million in sales tax for the state each year.

In 2010, Sentara Healthcare returned more than $179.4 million to communities across Virginia through uncompensated patient care services, training the future health care workforce and touching individuals with health information, screenings and prevention in their local communities.

The Michigan Health & Hospital Association has announced that health care provides more than half a million direct jobs statewide, with hospitals alone employing nearly 222,000 of those individuals. Michigan’s direct health care jobs generated more than $31 billion in wages, salaries and benefits in 2010, with health care workers paying local, state and federal taxes to the sum of $7.4 billion.

Illinois’ 200 hospitals and health systems contribute $78.7 billion to the state’s economy, according to a new report by the Illinois Hospital Association. The hospitals employ more than a quarter of a million people and expend $15.4 billion a year on wages and benefits, resulting in 422,575 direct and indirect jobs.

Iowa's community hospitals generate more than 136,000 jobs that add nearly $6.2 billion to the state's economy. The state's hospitals provide $3.9 billion in salaries and benefits and generate another $2.3 billion through other jobs that depend on hospitals.

Mississippi hospitals generate $11.9 billion for the state's economy, according to a new report prepared for the Mississippi Hospital Association. That includes 94,700 direct and indirect jobs.

The construction of Rust Medical Center in New Mexico and its physician's office building brought a total of 2,500 construction jobs to Rio Rancho over two years. The hospital currently has more than 400 permanent employees, with a $50 million annual payroll.

MD Anderson Cancer Center provided $326 million in unsponsored charity care to Texans with cancer in 2010 and employed 18,000 people with 1,200 volunteers who logged more than 195,000 hours of service in 2010.

Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine, Texas will generate over $227 million in economic activity for the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. This activity will support more than 3,300 direct, indirect and induced jobs paying over $138 million in annual earnings.

Connecticut hospitals contribute nearly $17.6 billion annually to the state and local economies and employ 97,000 people.

Louisiana's 228 hospitals provided jobs for 99,351 people with an annual payroll of almost $4.4 billion. Healthcare employment in Louisiana has risen by 11,240 jobs in two years from 2008 to 2010, despite the fact that overall employment in the state was declining.

Hospitals are the largest component of the health care sector and in total employ over 5.4 million people - the second largest source of private sector jobs. Hospitals have provided steady growth during the most recent downturn, creating over 74,000 jobs over the past year alone.

Wisconsin hospitals generated $28 billion annually in economic activity and employed more than 110,000 people

Rhode Island hospitals' estimated economic impact in 2009 was more than $6.3 billion and accounted for 39,200 jobs.

Florida hospitals are responsible for creating 739,078 jobs and generate $54 billion in total economic contributions statewide.

Oregon hospitals  reported more than $1.5 billion in community benefits in 2009. About $1.2 billion was for uncompensated care, which includes charity care as well as unreimbursed care provided to patients in Medicare, Medicaid and other public health insurance programs.

St. Anthony Hospital  in Colorado created 2,400 jobs when it opened this summer and is expected to pump $336 million into the local economy each year.

Georgia hospitals employ 141,000 people and pay salaries and benefits totaling $7.9 billion annually and provided $1.9 billion in uncompensated care in 2009.

Indiana hospitals employ more than 120,000 people and the payroll of the hospitals is approximately $4.6 billion.

As of 2009, Alabama's hospitals  employed 81,491 individuals. This includes full- and part-time employees. If you look at the other non-hospital jobs created as a result of the hospital's presence in the community (jobs in doctor's offices, dialysis clinics, medical supply companies, etc.), it's estimated that there are another 79,518 jobs created statewide.

Ohio hospitals provided 2.9 billion in community benefits beyond health care. Every dollar hospitals spend generates an additional $1.23 in the state's economy. Hospitals also care for more than 1.5 million inpatients, 34.2 million outpatients and 6 million emergency room patients each year.

Ohio hospitals provided 2.9 billion in community benefits beyond health care. Every dollar hospitals spend generates an additional $1.23 in the state's economy. Hospitals also care for more than 1.5 million inpatients, 34.2 million outpatients and 6 million emergency room patients each year.

Nebraska hospitals are economic engines - supporting more than 71,000 jobs, directly and indirectly - providing stability and growth in the state, even when the economic recession is affecting their own financial stability.

In 2009 Minnesota hospitals provided 3.2 billion in community benefits beyond health care.

In 2010 New Jersey hospitals provided $2.7 billion in community benefits beyond health care. The total includes the value of free and discounted care for the poor, uninsured and senior citizens; community health offerings like immunization clinics and other wellness programs; education for future health care professionals; medical research; and a wide array of additional community programs.

Illinois hospitals pump $75.1 billion annually into the state's economy and employ more than a quarter of a million employees.

New York hospitals generate some 108 billion for the state and local economies each year.

New report from the American Hospital Association finds that hospitals supported one in nine U.S. jobs and more than $2.2 trillion in economic activity in 2009.

Vermont hospitals directly or indirectly support more than 27,000 jobs or one in twelve jobs within the state.

According to Job Service of North Dakota, health care and social assistance represents the state's largest employment sector. Roughly 16% of all workers in North Dakota are employed by a health care organization.

The economic contributions made by Pennsylvania's hospitals to local communities and the state have continued to increase, rising to $98.9 billion during 2010, up from $89.8 billion during 2008.

Kentucky hospitals are responsible for generating approximately $2.8 billion in local economic activity from the purchases they make and those made by their employees.

Roughly one-eighth of Missouri's economy can be traced back to its hospitals

New Jersey is home to 73 acute care hospitals. In 2009, New Jersey hospitals delivered over $18 billion in total expenditures, $2.3 billion in purchased services, and provided nearly $1.4 billion in charity care services to New Jersey's working poor and other uninsured residents.

Ohio is home to 181 hospitals. Hospitals and health systems make a $67.8 billion impact on Ohio's economy and provided $2.6 billion in benefit to their community above and beyond the health care services they provide to their patients.

Hospitals support nearly one of 9 jobs in the U.S.

Every dollar spent by a hospital supports roughly $2.30 of additional business activity.

Hospitals support over 2 trillion dollars of economic activity.

The IHA Hospital Economic Impact Report: Iowa hospitals provide more than 70,000 jobs that pay nearly $3.8 billion in salaries and benefits. This makes hospitals the ninth largest non-agricultural employer in Iowa.

New Jersey is home to 73 acute care hospitals. In 2009, New Jersey hospitals delivered over $18 billion in total expenditures, $2.3 billion in purchased services, and provided nearly $1.4 billion in charity care services to New Jersey's working poor and other uninsured residents.

Economic Contribution of Hospitals