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The strongest anchor is still the BLS metro mean of $112,900 a year, or $54.37 per hour, for the whole healthcare practitioners and technical group in May 2025. Fresher posting signals are lower and more mixed: local advertised salary ranges center on about $80k to $100k, hourly postings center on about $40 to $49 / hour, and Indiana's mean offered salary on new openings was ~$107,456 in August 2026 (n=4,136). One Indianapolis Nurse Practitioner ad from Oak Street Health sat far above the pack at $240,000-$270,000.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 219 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $62,400 at the 25th percentile, $88,400 at the median and $120,802 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is still a real market, not a dead one: Indianapolis had 60,060 workers in the healthcare practitioners and technical group in May 2025, with mean pay of $112,900 and an employment concentration of 7.2%. Recent local signals also show more than 1,300 practitioner postings across more than 300 companies over the last 90 days. But the easier-pandemic-era version of healthcare hiring is not back: Indiana healthcare-practitioner employment was up 1.5% year over year in August 2026 while active postings were down 15.1%, which points to steadier underlying need but fewer advertised openings per candidate. For job seekers, that means favorable odds if you are already licensed and targeted, but more competition if you apply broadly or rely on one large system.

Best positioned: Already-licensed RNs and NPs with outpatient or primary-care experience, strong documentation and EHR habits, and current CPR or BLS credentials have the clearest path right now.

Main caution: Do not anchor on a few eye-catching APP salary ads or assume healthcare work here is flexible by default; local postings are about 90% on-site and overall advertised pay centers much closer to about $80k to $100k across the category.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 629 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. IU Health: 101 open roles
2. Community Health Network, Inc.: 65 open roles
3. Ascension: 51 open roles
4. Riverview Health: 22 open roles
5. American Senior Communities, LLC: 16 open roles
6. Trilogy Health Services, LLC: 16 open roles
7. Franciscan Alliance: 12 open roles
8. Select Physical Therapy: 11 open roles
9. Riley Children's: 10 open roles
10. Cynet Health Inc.: 9 open roles

Where the openings are

• Indianapolis: 414
• Carmel: 57
• Fishers: 19
• Avon: 16
• Noblesville: 15
• Greenwood: 14
• Brownsburg: 13
• Zionsville: 12

Work arrangement

on-site 549 (90%), hybrid 41 (7%), remote 21 (3%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across a long list of employers rather than one dominant buyer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 1,300 practitioner postings across more than 300 companies, and employer concentration was described as fragmented. The most consistently active employers included Ascension and IU Health with more than 100 postings each, Community Health Network, Inc. with more than 75, and Franciscan Alliance with more than 50. The clearest submarket in the fresh job ads is outpatient and primary care. Oak Street Health showed a full-time Nurse Practitioner role for adult Medicare primary care in Indianapolis, Ascension Medical Group recruited a Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner for Employer Solutions in Greenwood, IU Health advertised an outpatient primary care RN role with a $30,000 sign-on bonus, Eskenazi Health posted a primary care RN II role in its FQHC division, and Marathon Health showed multiple NP or PA openings in mid-August. That mix matters because it points job seekers toward ambulatory, value-based, employer-sponsored, and safety-net care settings rather than only hospital floor roles. If you search too broadly, you will mix together very different pay, schedule, and credential expectations.

• Large health systems (high): Ascension, IU Health, Community Health Network, Inc., and Franciscan Alliance are the most consistently active named employers in the local sample.
• Outpatient primary care and employer-sponsored clinics (high): Oak Street Health, Ascension Employer Solutions, and Marathon Health show fresh demand for NPs and PAs in adult primary care and employer-health models.
• Safety-net and FQHC primary care (moderate): Eskenazi Health's FQHC division posted a primary-care RN role requiring Indiana licensure or eligibility and at least one year of experience.

Where to focus: If you are already licensed and patient-facing, focus first on outpatient primary care lanes inside large systems and employer-sponsored clinics, then add safety-net primary care as a second lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Medical Assistant or Patient Care Technician: Indianapolis training options explicitly advertise Medical Assistant and PCT paths with job placement support, making them practical bridges for people who want clinical exposure before completing a longer licensure path.
• Home Health Aide or Qualified Medication Aide: Local training programs list HHA, QMA, and CPR routes with recurring starts, giving career-switchers a faster way into patient-facing work.
• Telehealth patient support or healthcare administration: Indianapolis has hybrid healthcare roles in patient support, telehealth services, and administration, with some positions offering 2 days per week of remote work.
• Clinical AI product or AI governance roles: National healthcare AI hiring includes clinical AI product managers and AI governance and risk officers, which can fit senior clinicians who want to move closer to tech, compliance, or operations.

What postings ask for

• Indiana RN license or eligibility (table_stakes | immediate): Eskenazi Health's Indianapolis primary-care RN posting required an active Indiana RN license or eligibility, and RN license is one of the most frequently named certifications in local practitioner postings. Who: RNs relocating into Indiana or recent grads nearing licensure.
• CPR and BLS provider (table_stakes | immediate): CPR certification and BLS provider are among the most often named certifications in local practitioner postings. Who: Anyone in direct patient care, especially RNs and APPs.
• Patient assessment and patient care (table_stakes | immediate): These are the two most-requested hard skills in local postings, each appearing in about 20% of the sample. Who: All clinicians, especially applicants trying to move from school or acute care into ambulatory roles.
• Clinical documentation and EHR mastery (differentiator | immediate): Clinical documentation shows up repeatedly in local skill demand, and mastery of EHR systems such as Epic, Cerner, or Meditech is described as critical for nurse practitioners in 2026. Who: Nurse practitioners, experienced RNs, and anyone targeting outpatient or multi-site systems.
• Patient education and treatment planning (differentiator | immediate): Local postings frequently ask for patient education and treatment planning, each around 15% of the sample, which matches the metro's visible primary-care mix. Who: Clinicians moving into family medicine, Medicare primary care, or chronic-disease management settings.
• Outpatient primary-care workflow (differentiator | immediate): Fresh local demand is clustered around outpatient primary care, employer-sponsored care, FQHC care, and longitudinal adult care rather than only inpatient coverage. Who: RNs, NPs, and PAs trying to move out of bedside-heavy roles or trying to win daytime ambulatory schedules.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Practitioners roles pay in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

The strongest anchor is still the BLS metro mean of $112,900 a year, or $54.37 per hour, for the whole healthcare practitioners and technical group in May 2025. Fresher posting signals are lower and more mixed: local advertised salary ranges center on about $80k to $100k, hourly postings center on about $40 to $49 / hour, and Indiana's mean offered salary on new openings was ~$107,456 in August 2026 (n=4,136). One Indianapolis Nurse Practitioner ad from Oak Street Health sat far above the pack at $240,000-$270,000. This is a well-paid field in Indianapolis: healthcare practitioners earned $23.03 per hour more than the metro-wide mean wage in May 2025.

Where is demand for Healthcare Practitioners roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across a long list of employers rather than one dominant buyer. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 1,300 practitioner postings across more than 300 companies, and employer concentration was described as fragmented. The most consistently active employers included Ascension and IU Health with more than 100 postings each, Community Health Network, Inc. with more than 75, and Franciscan Alliance with more than 50. The clearest submarket in the fresh job ads is outpatient and primary care. Oak Street Health showed a full-time Nurse Practitioner role for adult Medicare primary care in Indianapolis, Ascension Medical Group recruited a Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner for Employer Solutions in Greenwood, IU Health advertised an outpatient primary care RN role with a $30,000 sign-on bonus, Eskenazi Health posted a primary care RN II role in its FQHC division, and Marathon Health showed multiple NP or PA openings in mid-August. That mix matters because it points job seekers toward ambulatory, value-based, employer-sponsored, and safety-net care settings rather than only hospital floor roles. If you search too broadly, you will mix together very different pay, schedule, and credential expectations.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Practitioners talent in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Ascension (more than 100 postings), IU Health (more than 100 postings), Community Health Network, Inc. (more than 75 postings), Franciscan Alliance (more than 50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

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