Healthcare Jobs in Denver, CO

Observed government pay for this broad occupation group is strong but not perfectly consistent across BLS tables: Denver's healthcare practitioner family shows a $99,840 median and $109,500 mean for 2025 in the occupational-family table, while a separate metro release reports a lower $89,010 median. Current posting-based pay looks higher and much wider, centering on about $100k to $134k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $80k to $272k.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 884 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $93,600 at the 25th percentile, $99,330 at the median and $108,670 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Favorable market | next 3-6 months

For fully licensed clinicians, Denver is still a favorable market over the next 3-6 months. The broader metro labor market is softer—the unemployment rate was 4.6% in August 2026, up from 3.8% a year earlier. But healthcare is holding up better: Denver education and health services employment grew 2.8455% year-over-year in August 2026, while Colorado healthcare practitioner employment rose 0.9% and active postings rose 12.6% year-over-year in September 2026. Local posting data also shows more than 2,600 practitioner openings across more than 450 companies over the last 90 days, with hiring fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one system.

Best positioned: Candidates with an active clinical license, recent patient-facing experience, and current BLS/ACLS/CPR credentials have the best odds, especially in hospital-based and other high-acuity settings.

Main caution: Do not mistake "healthcare demand" for easy hiring: about 90% of postings are on-site, senior openings are scarce, and less than 5% of postings that state a sponsorship policy mention visa sponsorship.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 985 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. UC Health: 110 open roles
2. AdventHealth: 79 open roles
3. HCA HealthONE: 58 open roles
4. Denver Health: 31 open roles
5. PAM Health: 22 open roles
6. AdventHealth Group: 20 open roles
7. Childrenscolorado: 18 open roles
8. CommonSpirit Health: 18 open roles
9. Sahchicago: 18 open roles
10. Sahpendleton: 18 open roles

Where the openings are

• Denver: 291
• Aurora: 179
• Lakewood: 94
• Littleton: 48
• Westminster: 42
• Highlands Ranch: 40
• Englewood: 29
• Thornton: 29

Work arrangement

on-site 910 (94%), hybrid 32 (3%), remote 28 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated first in mainstream care delivery, not niche remote work. In the current local sample, about 55% of postings sit in hospitals and health care and another about 30% in healthcare organizations, with much smaller shares in mental health care and related settings. The most consistently active names were HCA HealthONE and UC Health with more than 175 postings each, followed by AdventHealth with more than 125, then Denver International and Denver Health with more than 75 each. At the same time, the market is fragmented across more than 450 companies rather than dominated by one employer, which means you should run a multi-employer search instead of betting on a single system. The second concentration is around staff-level, on-site clinical work. About 90% of postings are on-site, about 55% are entry-level, about 45% are mid-career, and only about 5% are senior with less than 5% at lead level or above. That favors candidates who can show direct patient care, documentation discipline, and unit-ready clinical judgment now. It also lines up with recent local executive commentary that specifically flagged registered nurses and imaging workers, including radiologists, as urgent staffing needs.

• Large hospital systems (high): This is the center of gravity for hiring, led by HCA HealthONE, UC Health, AdventHealth, and Denver Health, within an industry mix dominated by hospitals and health care.
• Outpatient, emergency, and imaging expansion (moderate): AdventHealth's Aurora Highlands site began serving patients with 24-hour emergency care, outpatient imaging, and clinic services, which supports additional demand outside legacy campuses.
• Rehab and post-acute growth (moderate): The Broomfield rehabilitation hospital project was expected to bring more than 130 jobs, though the public report did not break out practitioner headcount.
• Mental health care (moderate): Mental health care accounts for about 5% of sampled practitioner postings, so it is a smaller but visible lane for candidates with the right specialty fit.

Where to focus: Start with hospital systems and expanding emergency/outpatient sites, then widen into rehab or mental health if your license and recent experience align.

Roles worth searching next

• Clinical documentation improvement specialist: Clinical documentation is one of the clearest local demand signals, and the rise of ambient documentation tools makes strong charting judgment more valuable, not less.
• Care coordinator / case manager: Patient education, care planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration are common local asks, which makes care coordination a natural bridge for practitioners who want less shift-based work.
• Clinical informatics analyst or EHR trainer: Documentation-heavy clinicians who are comfortable with AI-enabled workflows can pivot toward informatics-adjacent work as digital-tool expectations rise.
• Quality improvement / patient safety specialist: Treatment planning, documentation quality, and interdisciplinary collaboration are already prominent skills in local practitioner postings, so quality and safety work is a realistic neighboring lane.
• Community health or maternal-care program specialist: Colorado's new emphasis on cultural competence and maternal-care equity creates a practical bridge for clinicians who want population-health or program-facing work.

What postings ask for

• Active clinical license / role-ready credentialing (table_stakes | immediate): Employers rarely signal sponsorship availability and often ask for role-specific credentials directly in the posting, so being ready to practice matters more than being license-pending. Who: New graduates, relocators, and anyone re-entering practice.
• BLS (table_stakes | immediate): BLS appears among the most common required certifications in current local postings, making it basic screening currency for many practitioner roles. Who: Almost all direct-care candidates.
• ACLS (differentiator | immediate): ACLS is also one of the most common required certifications locally, which helps in acute, procedural, and higher-acuity settings. Who: RNs, APPs, and clinicians targeting hospital, ED, telemetry, or perioperative environments.
• CPR certification (table_stakes | immediate): CPR certification shows up repeatedly in local postings and is an easy screen-out if missing or expired. Who: Direct-care candidates across settings.
• Clinical documentation (differentiator | immediate): Clinical documentation is one of the most-requested local skills, and documentation pressure is also rising nationally as employers adopt ambient documentation tools. Who: Anyone who wants to stand out in bedside care, care coordination, CDI, or informatics-adjacent work.
• Patient assessment and patient education (table_stakes | immediate): Patient assessment and patient education are among the most-requested skills in current Denver-area postings, which makes them core evidence of readiness rather than resume filler. Who: Entry-level and mid-career clinicians applying to staff roles.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Practitioners roles pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

Observed government pay for this broad occupation group is strong but not perfectly consistent across BLS tables: Denver's healthcare practitioner family shows a $99,840 median and $109,500 mean for 2025 in the occupational-family table, while a separate metro release reports a lower $89,010 median. Current posting-based pay looks higher and much wider, centering on about $100k to $134k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $80k to $272k. This is a good-pay metro for the category overall: the local occupational-family median is above the national healthcare practitioners median of $86,530, and Colorado's mean offered salary on new practitioner openings was about $111,581 in September 2026, though that posting-based figure is not a median.

Where is demand for Healthcare Practitioners roles in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated first in mainstream care delivery, not niche remote work. In the current local sample, about 55% of postings sit in hospitals and health care and another about 30% in healthcare organizations, with much smaller shares in mental health care and related settings. The most consistently active names were HCA HealthONE and UC Health with more than 175 postings each, followed by AdventHealth with more than 125, then Denver International and Denver Health with more than 75 each. At the same time, the market is fragmented across more than 450 companies rather than dominated by one employer, which means you should run a multi-employer search instead of betting on a single system. The second concentration is around staff-level, on-site clinical work. About 90% of postings are on-site, about 55% are entry-level, about 45% are mid-career, and only about 5% are senior with less than 5% at lead level or above. That favors candidates who can show direct patient care, documentation discipline, and unit-ready clinical judgment now. It also lines up with recent local executive commentary that specifically flagged registered nurses and imaging workers, including radiologists, as urgent staffing needs.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Practitioners talent in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

Recent postings show the most activity from HCA HealthONE (175 postings), UC Health (175 postings), AdventHealth (125 postings), Denver International (75 postings), Denver Health (75 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Practitioners roles in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 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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