700+ Nursing & Healthcare Jobs in Austin, TX

Observed local wage data for the broad healthcare practitioners family in Austin shows a 2025 annual mean of $101,820, a median of $90,880, a 25th percentile of $62,360, and a 75th percentile of $119,890; BLS also reported a mean hourly wage of $48.95. More current posted-pay signals are directionally similar, with local postings centering on about $82k to $109k, but the broader posted 25th-75th band stretches from about $75k to $280k because the category mixes very different licensed specialties.

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Advertised pay

Across the 253 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $80,000 at the 25th percentile, $90,650 at the median and $137,280 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Favorable market | next 3-6 months

Austin is a favorable but more selective market for Healthcare Practitioners right now. The metro unemployment rate was 3.9% in August 2026, Austin education and health services employment was 170.4 thousand and up 0.6497% year over year, and local job-market sampling still found more than 1,400 postings across more than 300 companies over the last 90 days. Texas-level practitioner signals are still positive: healthcare practitioner employment was up +0.7% year over year and active postings were up +0.6% in September 2026, so demand has not rolled over even though hiring is no longer especially loose.

Best positioned: Candidates with the best odds are already-licensed clinicians who can work on-site, document cleanly, and step into patient assessment and treatment workflows quickly.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is assuming all healthcare roles share the same pay or ease of entry; this category ranges from technical roles to very high-paid specialties, and the best-paying openings stay tightly gated by license, specialty, and setting.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 704 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. St. David's: 93 open roles
2. Ascension: 46 open roles
3. Baylor Scott & White Health: 43 open roles
4. Ascension: 32 open roles
5. US Acute Care Solutions, LLC: 24 open roles
6. PAM Health: 18 open roles
7. One Medical: 14 open roles
8. PARS Therapy: 13 open roles
9. Baylor Scott & White Health LLC: 11 open roles
10. TexPTS: 11 open roles

Where the openings are

• Austin: 441
• Round Rock: 90
• Cedar Park: 35
• Kyle: 33
• Pflugerville: 24
• Leander: 16
• Lakeway: 11
• Buda: 5

Work arrangement

on-site 666 (97%), hybrid 13 (2%), remote 10 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in large, on-site care delivery systems rather than remote work. Over the last 90 days, we observed more than 1,400 local postings across more than 300 companies, with the most consistently active employers including St. David's, Ascension, and Baylor Scott & White Health; hiring is fragmented overall rather than dominated by one employer. The posting mix is overwhelmingly on-site at about 90%, so candidates who can cover facilities, shifts, or patient-facing workflows have a wider target list. The category is broad, but the clearest local pulse is around hospital and clinic operations. In the local posting mix, about 40% sits in "healthcare" and about 40% in "hospitals and health care," while mental health care is only about 5%. Nurse demand is especially visible because St. David's ran a September hiring event for experienced RNs, nurse externs, and new graduates, with additional cohorts extending into early 2027.

• Large hospital systems (high): The most consistently active named employers are St. David's, Ascension, and Baylor Scott & White Health, and the work is overwhelmingly on-site.
• General healthcare and clinic networks (high): Roughly 80% of the sampled posting mix sits in "healthcare" and "hospitals and health care," which points to broad demand across clinics, outpatient groups, and multisite care delivery.
• Mental health care and smaller niches (limited): Mental health care is present but only about 5% of sampled postings, so opportunities exist but are thinner and more specialized.

Where to focus: Start with on-site hospital systems and multisite providers where credentialed clinicians can be deployed fastest and new-graduate nursing cohorts are still visible.

Roles worth searching next

• Nurse extern: It keeps you inside hospital workflow and can feed directly into RN residency hiring; local recruiting explicitly included nurse externs alongside new-graduate and experienced RN hiring.
• Medical assistant: It builds patient intake, vitals, documentation, and clinic rhythm that transfer into licensed outpatient paths.
• Medical coder / coding specialist: It fits clinicians who are strong in documentation and can use Epic, ICD-10, and CPT skills.
• Patient care technician / patient care assistant: It gives recent bedside exposure, shift availability, and BLS-heavy experience that can support later nursing or therapy applications.

What postings ask for

• BLS/CPR certification (table_stakes | immediate): These are among the most commonly requested certifications in local postings, so they function as a basic screen rather than a differentiator. Who: Nearly every patient-facing candidate, especially new grads and career switchers.
• Clinical documentation (table_stakes | immediate): Clinical documentation is one of the most-requested hard skills locally, which makes it core to employability across hospital, clinic, rehab, and specialty settings. Who: All practitioners who chart, coordinate care, or hand off patients.
• Patient assessment (table_stakes | immediate): Patient assessment is one of the top-requested hard skills in Austin postings, so employers are signaling they want candidates who can be productive quickly in direct care. Who: Entry-level clinicians and anyone returning after a break.
• Treatment planning (differentiator | near-term): Treatment planning shows up repeatedly in local postings and helps separate candidates who can only perform tasks from candidates who can manage a caseload or care plan. Who: Mid-career candidates, therapists, NPs, and clinicians moving toward more autonomous roles.
• Patient education (differentiator | near-term): Patient education appears in the local skill mix, which matters in outpatient, chronic-care, rehab, and discharge-sensitive settings. Who: Candidates targeting ambulatory care, rehab, home-health-adjacent, or high-touch specialty settings.
• Epic EMR (premium | near-term): Epic EMR is named nationally as an in-demand healthcare skill, and it helps employers trust that you can enter an established workflow quickly. Who: Mid-career clinicians and switchers coming from non-Epic settings.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Practitioners roles pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Observed local wage data for the broad healthcare practitioners family in Austin shows a 2025 annual mean of $101,820, a median of $90,880, a 25th percentile of $62,360, and a 75th percentile of $119,890; BLS also reported a mean hourly wage of $48.95. More current posted-pay signals are directionally similar, with local postings centering on about $82k to $109k, but the broader posted 25th-75th band stretches from about $75k to $280k because the category mixes very different licensed specialties. This is solid pay, but it is not one market-clearing number. A regional snapshot of six priority healthcare occupations reported median wages ranging approximately from $38,000 to $94,000, which shows how much earnings depend on which clinical lane you pursue.

Where is demand for Healthcare Practitioners roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in large, on-site care delivery systems rather than remote work. Over the last 90 days, we observed more than 1,400 local postings across more than 300 companies, with the most consistently active employers including St. David's, Ascension, and Baylor Scott & White Health; hiring is fragmented overall rather than dominated by one employer. The posting mix is overwhelmingly on-site at about 90%, so candidates who can cover facilities, shifts, or patient-facing workflows have a wider target list. The category is broad, but the clearest local pulse is around hospital and clinic operations. In the local posting mix, about 40% sits in "healthcare" and about 40% in "hospitals and health care," while mental health care is only about 5%. Nurse demand is especially visible because St. David's ran a September hiring event for experienced RNs, nurse externs, and new graduates, with additional cohorts extending into early 2027.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Practitioners talent in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from St. David's (150 postings), Ascension (75 postings), Baylor Scott & White Health (50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Practitioners roles in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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