800+ Nursing & Healthcare Jobs in Austin, TX

The cleanest local pay anchor is BLS: healthcare practitioners and technical occupations averaged about $52.26 an hour in Austin in May 2025, versus $35.56 across all local occupations. More current posting data should be read directionally: local practitioner salary ranges center on about $82k to $109k, hourly postings center on about $38 to $45, and some acute-care RN postings start around $45+ to $50+ an hour.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 295 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $78,717 at the 25th percentile, $103,334 at the median and $225,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 11, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Austin is still a workable market for healthcare practitioners, but it is less forgiving than a year ago. Local Education and Health Services employment was still increasing year over year through August 2026, and the metro showed more than 1,500 recent practitioner postings across more than 300 companies. But Austin's unemployment rate reached 4% in July 2026, up 11.1111% year over year, while Texas healthcare practitioner postings were down 7.3% year over year even as statewide employment in the occupation rose 0.9%. That points to real demand, but tighter competition per opening.

Best positioned: Licensed clinicians with current Texas-ready credentials who can work on-site and match hospital, specialty clinic, or physician/APP care settings have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not mistake high category-level pay for easy access: this category mixes very high-paid physician roles with broader nursing, therapy, and technical roles, and about 90% of local postings are on-site.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 833 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. St. David's: 120 open roles
2. Ascension: 103 open roles
3. Legion Health, Inc.: 56 open roles
4. Baylor Scott & White Health: 43 open roles
5. Baylor Scott & White Health LLC: 43 open roles
6. One Medical: 22 open roles
7. TexPTS: 14 open roles
8. Ascension: 12 open roles
9. Enhabit, Inc.: 12 open roles
10. Harbor Health: 12 open roles

Where the openings are

• Austin: 466
• Round Rock: 111
• Cedar Park: 45
• Pflugerville: 35
• Kyle: 33
• Lakeway: 18
• Bee Cave: 10
• Leander: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 716 (88%), remote 77 (10%), hybrid 17 (2%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in large health systems plus a long tail of clinics, not one dominant employer. The Callings.ai job database observed more than 1,500 practitioner postings across more than 300 companies over the last 90 days, and the sample is fragmented rather than dominated by a single employer. The most consistently active names were St. David's, Ascension, Baylor Scott & White Health LLC, Baylor Scott & White Health, and Legion Health, Inc. The work itself clusters in on-site care delivery. Within the sampled postings, the most active industries were healthcare at about 65%, hospitals and health care at about 15%, with smaller shares in hospitals & health clinics, health care services & hospitals, and mental health care. Current local examples show inpatient demand in ICU, ED, and intermediate care, outpatient demand in PACU, gastroenterology, and women's services, and physician/APP demand in family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, and skilled nursing facility coverage. That mix means Austin rewards setting-specific alignment more than generic clinical experience.

• Hospital systems and inpatient care (high): This is the clearest local concentration, with St. David's, Ascension, and Baylor Scott & White prominent in the employer mix and live examples in ICU, ED, intermediate care, and educator roles.
• Outpatient specialty and ambulatory care (moderate): Round Rock and North Austin are also showing specialty-clinic and ambulatory demand through gastroenterology, women's services, and PACU openings.
• Physician and advanced-practice coverage (high): Physician and APP demand is visible in Harbor Health's physician and NP openings and TeamHealth's Round Rock-area primary care coverage tied to skilled nursing facilities.

Where to focus: Focus first on employer-setting pairs where your recent clinical experience already matches the unit, patient population, and workflow.

Roles worth searching next

• Practice operations or healthcare administration lead: If you like workflows, staffing, patient flow, and clinic coordination, this is a realistic move for clinicians who want less direct patient load. Healthcare administration roles are projected to see higher-than-average starting salary gains in 2026.
• Clinical informatics or EHR optimization specialist: This fits clinicians who understand documentation pain points and want to work closer to systems, data, and workflow redesign as AI-generated notes and FHIR-based workflows expand.
• Quality improvement or care-pathway operations: Leadership, change management, patient-centered care, and data literacy are rising in importance, which makes quality/process roles a logical bridge for experienced clinicians.
• Clinical AI liaison or governance role: Health systems are expanding AI headcount and prioritizing AI-fluent professionals who can work alongside technology, creating a niche path for clinicians with strong workflow and compliance instincts.

What postings ask for

• BLS / CPR (table_stakes | immediate): BLS and CPR variants are the most commonly cited certifications in local practitioner postings, so lacking them can block you before experience is reviewed. Who: Anyone applying to nursing, therapy, technologist, or clinic-based roles.
• Patient assessment (table_stakes | immediate): Patient assessment is one of the most-requested hard skills in local postings, which makes it a core keyword and interview theme rather than a nice-to-have. Who: Entry-level clinicians and anyone changing settings.
• Clinical documentation and note validation (differentiator | immediate): Clinical documentation is among the top requested local skills, and national healthcare signals show AI is increasingly producing first drafts of notes and summaries, which raises the value of clinicians who can document cleanly and validate AI-assisted output. Who: RNs, APPs, physicians, and anyone working in documentation-heavy care settings.
• Patient education and treatment planning (differentiator | near-term): Patient education and treatment planning both appear among the most-requested skills in Austin postings, so employers are signaling they want clinicians who can manage care plans, not just tasks. Who: Mid-career clinicians and candidates targeting outpatient or chronic-care roles.
• Digital health, data literacy, and AI fluency (premium | near-term): Healthcare employers increasingly value digital health proficiency, data analytics, and AI-fluent professionals, and AI upskilling is being framed as essential for efficient, data-driven care. Who: Mid-career clinicians, APPs, physicians, and anyone aiming for leadership or informatics-adjacent paths.
• EHR and clinical workflow automation comfort (differentiator | near-term): Healthcare organizations are using AI to automate clinical note creation and are expanding AI-related healthcare hiring, so comfort with advanced EHR workflows and tech-enabled documentation is becoming more valuable. Who: Candidates targeting larger health systems, clinical educator roles, or workflow-heavy specialties.

Questions about this market

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

The cleanest local pay anchor is BLS: healthcare practitioners and technical occupations averaged about $52.26 an hour in Austin in May 2025, versus $35.56 across all local occupations. More current posting data should be read directionally: local practitioner salary ranges center on about $82k to $109k, hourly postings center on about $38 to $45, and some acute-care RN postings start around $45+ to $50+ an hour. This is a good-paying field by Austin standards, but real offers split sharply by license, specialty, and setting.

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

Real opportunity is concentrated in large health systems plus a long tail of clinics, not one dominant employer. The Callings.ai job database observed more than 1,500 practitioner postings across more than 300 companies over the last 90 days, and the sample is fragmented rather than dominated by a single employer. The most consistently active names were St. David's, Ascension, Baylor Scott & White Health LLC, Baylor Scott & White Health, and Legion Health, Inc. The work itself clusters in on-site care delivery. Within the sampled postings, the most active industries were healthcare at about 65%, hospitals and health care at about 15%, with smaller shares in hospitals & health clinics, health care services & hospitals, and mental health care. Current local examples show inpatient demand in ICU, ED, and intermediate care, outpatient demand in PACU, gastroenterology, and women's services, and physician/APP demand in family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, and skilled nursing facility coverage. That mix means Austin rewards setting-specific alignment more than generic clinical experience.

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 (more than 125 postings), Ascension (more than 75 postings), Baylor Scott & White Health LLC (more than 75 postings), Baylor Scott & White Health (more than 50 postings), Legion Health, Inc. (more than 50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

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