1,750+ Nursing & Healthcare Jobs in Philadelphia, PA

Observed local wage data for the full Healthcare Practitioners and Technical group is solid but broad: BLS puts the Philadelphia metro median at $95,680, with the 25th percentile at $74,210, the 75th percentile at $124,190, and the mean hourly wage at $52.26. Current posted pay is directionally similar but noisier: local job ads center on about $80k to $104k annually, with a broader 25th-75th posted band of about $58k to $150k, and hourly ads center on about $43 to $56 an hour. Estimated nurse-practitioner sources sit higher, clustering around $131,590 to $135,000 locally, with more aggressive hiring ranges around $155,000 to $178,000 for some NP searches.

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Advertised pay

Across the 826 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $90,000 at the 25th percentile, $101,920 at the median and $123,698 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 6, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Philadelphia is still a good market for licensed healthcare practitioners, but it is not an easy market to enter cold. The metro employed 208,610 people in Healthcare Practitioners and Technical occupations in May 2025, and local education and health services employment reached 759.6 thousand in June 2026, up 2.1792% year over year. At the same time, Pennsylvania healthcare-practitioner employment was up 2.1% year over year in July 2026 while active postings were down 32.2%, so openings exist but employers are being choosier about fit, setting, and credentials.

Best positioned: Candidates with current licensure, recent bedside or acute-care experience, up-to-date BLS/CPR/ACLS, and flexibility for on-site work have the best odds because about 90% of local postings are on-site and those credentials show up most often in job ads.

Main caution: Do not treat this as one uniform pay market: the BLS broad-group median is $95,680, but local nurse-practitioner proxies cluster much higher, around $131,590 to $135,000, and physician pay sits on a different scale again.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,820 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Jefferson Health: 147 open roles
2. Jefferson Health: 119 open roles
3. Jefferson Health Plans: 112 open roles
4. Trinity Health Mid Atlantic: 81 open roles
5. Virtua Health, Inc.: 67 open roles
6. Ivy Rehab: 54 open roles
7. Cooper University Health Care: 50 open roles
8. Trinity Health: 50 open roles
9. IHA Inc: 41 open roles
10. Penn Medicine: 32 open roles

Where the openings are

• Philadelphia: 604
• Wilmington: 113
• Langhorne: 104
• Camden: 78
• Cherry Hill: 41
• Abington: 40
• Voorhees: 33
• Abington Township: 29

Work arrangement

on-site 1,718 (96%), remote 43 (2%), hybrid 36 (2%)

Where the demand is

Most real volume sits inside large health systems and related care networks. Over the last 90 days, more than 3,800 postings were observed across more than 650 companies in the metro, with hiring fragmented overall but led by Jefferson Health, Jefferson Health Plans, and Penn Medicine in the named-employer sample. The industry mix is heavily clinical: about 65% of sampled postings sit in "healthcare," about 15% in "hospitals and health care," and about 10% in "health care services & hospitals." That means opportunity is not spread evenly across every practitioner title. Bedside and acute-care work look stickier because the most common requested skills are patient care, patient assessment, patient education, medication administration, treatment planning, and clinical documentation, while common credentials include BLS, CPR certification, and ACLS. Local market reporting also highlights advanced primary care, clinical research, data analytics, and revenue cycle management as areas employers keep emphasizing. Public and mission-driven channels are also worth including in your search. PA CareerLink Philadelphia remains active, the City of Philadelphia uses a centralized hiring portal, and Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic maintains a regional hiring site for the greater Philadelphia and Wilmington area.

• Large hospital systems and academic medical centers (high): This is the deepest part of the market, led in the visible sample by Jefferson Health, Jefferson Health Plans, and Penn Medicine, with hospitals and health-care service organizations dominating the posting mix.
• Advanced practice and acute-care roles (high): These roles benefit from stronger pay signals and faster fills, with local NP benchmarks around $131,590 to $135,000 and about 34 days to fill in one Philadelphia compensation source.
• Public, community, and mission-driven employers (moderate): City and workforce-board channels are active, which makes them useful for practitioners targeting stable employer brands, benefits, and formal application processes.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site hospital and outpatient roles at the large systems, especially where your current license plus BLS/CPR/ACLS lines up cleanly, because that is where both volume and employer urgency appear strongest.

Roles worth searching next

• Clinical research coordinator: Local demand signals highlight clinical research as a priority around the region's care and life-sciences base.
• Patient access specialist: Patient access specialist is cited as a high-demand healthcare support role that works closely with practitioner teams.
• Medical biller or revenue cycle specialist: Revenue cycle management is flagged in local demand signals, and medical billers are named among high-demand support roles.
• Clinical documentation specialist: Clinical documentation is repeatedly requested in local practitioner postings, making documentation-focused roles a reasonable bridge for clinicians who want less bedside time.

What postings ask for

• BLS (table_stakes | immediate): It is one of the most commonly listed certifications in local postings, which makes it a baseline screen rather than a special advantage. Who: Anyone applying into hospital, urgent, rehab, or direct patient-care settings.
• CPR certification (table_stakes | immediate): It appears alongside BLS as a common requirement in local practitioner postings, so missing it can block otherwise viable applications. Who: Entry-level clinicians and anyone returning after a gap.
• ACLS (differentiator | near-term): It shows up less often than BLS or CPR, which makes it more useful in acute-care and higher-acuity screening. Who: Nurses, advanced-practice clinicians, and candidates targeting ED, inpatient, or procedural settings.
• Patient assessment (table_stakes | immediate): It is one of the most-requested hard skills in local postings, which means employers expect you to prove it with specific setting and patient examples. Who: All direct-care candidates.
• Clinical documentation (differentiator | immediate): Documentation and related workflow skills show up repeatedly in local ads, making charting quality and EHR fluency a real selection factor. Who: Mid-career clinicians and anyone moving between employers or specialties.
• Advanced primary care (premium | near-term): Local market reporting flags advanced primary care as a current area of demand, which can help clinicians who want outpatient depth rather than generic bedside profiles. Who: Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, physicians, and experienced outpatient clinicians.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Practitioners roles pay in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Observed local wage data for the full Healthcare Practitioners and Technical group is solid but broad: BLS puts the Philadelphia metro median at $95,680, with the 25th percentile at $74,210, the 75th percentile at $124,190, and the mean hourly wage at $52.26. Current posted pay is directionally similar but noisier: local job ads center on about $80k to $104k annually, with a broader 25th-75th posted band of about $58k to $150k, and hourly ads center on about $43 to $56 an hour. Estimated nurse-practitioner sources sit higher, clustering around $131,590 to $135,000 locally, with more aggressive hiring ranges around $155,000 to $178,000 for some NP searches. Philadelphia generally pays well for clinical work relative to the metro-wide mean hourly wage across all occupations of $34.49, but this category mixes lower-paid technical roles with much higher-paid physicians and advanced-practice roles.

Where is demand for Healthcare Practitioners roles in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD concentrated?

Most real volume sits inside large health systems and related care networks. Over the last 90 days, more than 3,800 postings were observed across more than 650 companies in the metro, with hiring fragmented overall but led by Jefferson Health, Jefferson Health Plans, and Penn Medicine in the named-employer sample. The industry mix is heavily clinical: about 65% of sampled postings sit in "healthcare," about 15% in "hospitals and health care," and about 10% in "health care services & hospitals." That means opportunity is not spread evenly across every practitioner title. Bedside and acute-care work look stickier because the most common requested skills are patient care, patient assessment, patient education, medication administration, treatment planning, and clinical documentation, while common credentials include BLS, CPR certification, and ACLS. Local market reporting also highlights advanced primary care, clinical research, data analytics, and revenue cycle management as areas employers keep emphasizing. Public and mission-driven channels are also worth including in your search. PA CareerLink Philadelphia remains active, the City of Philadelphia uses a centralized hiring portal, and Trinity Health Mid-Atlantic maintains a regional hiring site for the greater Philadelphia and Wilmington area.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Practitioners talent in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Recent postings show the most activity from Jefferson Health (300 postings), Jefferson Health Plans (175 postings), Penn Medicine (125 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Practitioners roles in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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.

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