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Observed pay is strong at the category level: the broad healthcare-practitioner family in Phoenix had a 2025 annual mean wage of $113,990, a median of $95,790, and a mean hourly wage of $54.80. That broad hourly figure was above the U.S. comparison of $52.26. As a directional posting signal rather than an official wage estimate, local advertised salaries centered on about $90k to $119k, and hourly postings centered on about $39 to $51 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 599 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $62,400 at the 25th percentile, $93,500 at the median and $130,875 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

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Phoenix is still one of the better large metros for healthcare practitioners, but it is no longer an easy market. Local education and health services employment reached 428.8 thousand in August 2026 and was up 3.0769% year-over-year, while Arizona healthcare-practitioner employment was up 0.9% year-over-year in September. We observed more than 2,600 practitioner postings across more than 550 companies in the last 90 days, and hiring in the sample was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The catch is that Arizona practitioner postings were down 6.3% year-over-year and Phoenix metro unemployment rose to 4.9% in August, so employers still need clinicians but can be pickier than they were a year ago.

Best positioned: Clinicians who already hold the required license and acute-care credentials, can work on-site, and fit hospital, nursing-leadership, or imaging needs have the best odds right now.

Main caution: If you need remote work or visa sponsorship, this market is much tighter than the headline demand suggests: about 95% of postings were on-site and less than 5% of postings that stated a policy mentioned sponsorship.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,230 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Banner Health: 158 open roles
2. HonorHealth: 99 open roles
3. Tenet Healthcare Corporation: 66 open roles
4. Phoenix Children's: 32 open roles
5. Banner Pt: 26 open roles
6. : 25 open roles
7. Abrazo Health: 23 open roles
8. Mayo Clinic International: 23 open roles
9. Foothills PT: 22 open roles
10. One Medical: 17 open roles

Where the openings are

• Phoenix: 511
• Scottsdale: 128
• Mesa: 128
• Glendale: 106
• Goodyear: 64
• Gilbert: 58
• Chandler: 46
• Peoria: 45

Work arrangement

on-site 1,132 (94%), remote 38 (3%), hybrid 34 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in hospital-centered care. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care accounted for about 50% of practitioner postings, another about 40% came from broader healthcare employers, and mental health care was about 5%. Banner Health and HonorHealth were among the most consistently active employers, with more than 300 and more than 125 postings respectively over the last 90 days. This is also an on-site market. About 95% of practitioner postings were on-site, with about 5% hybrid and about 5% remote, and the mix skewed about 60% mid-career and about 35% entry. That favors candidates who can cover shifts, clear credentialing fast, and step into patient-facing workflows without a long ramp. Recent outreach supports that read: Phoenix-area recruitment events have focused on Charge RN, Clinical Coordinator, nursing, and imaging roles, while Phoenix Children's is investing $1 million in Magnet-readiness, staffing resources, and nursing development. The shortest path to interviews is to target hospital systems, imaging-connected departments, and nursing leadership ladders before branching into smaller outpatient niches.

• Hospital systems and acute-care campuses (high): About half of local practitioner postings sit in hospitals and health care, and the named leaders in the sample are Banner Health and HonorHealth.
• Broader healthcare networks and outpatient groups (moderate): Another about 40% of postings come from broader healthcare employers, which creates a long tail beyond the biggest systems but still rewards candidates who can step into standard patient-care workflows quickly.
• Nursing leadership and imaging (high): Recent Phoenix recruitment events specifically highlighted Charge RN, Clinical Coordinator, nursing, and imaging roles, pointing to focused gaps rather than purely generalized demand.
• Mental health care (limited): Mental health care was about 5% of the local practitioner posting mix, so it is present but not the main volume driver in this category sample.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site hospital and system roles first, then use specialized outpatient or mental-health openings as secondary targets.

Roles worth searching next

• Medical Assistant: It keeps career switchers in patient-care settings through a faster-entry certification path that can later support a move into licensed clinical training.
• Patient Care Technician: It builds bedside experience and workflow credibility in care settings while you work toward a higher-license clinical path.
• Surgical Technologist: It stays close to procedural care and can suit candidates drawn to OR environments without taking the full practitioner route immediately.
• Pharmacy Technician: It is a realistic healthcare pivot for candidates interested in medication workflows and pharmacy operations without pharmacist-level schooling first.
• Medical Billing and Coding Specialist: It moves you into healthcare operations and documentation-heavy work if direct patient care is not the right fit right now.

What postings ask for

• RN license (table_stakes | immediate): It appears among the most common stated local requirements, so it functions as a hard screening gate rather than a nice-to-have. Who: RNs, step-up candidates moving into higher-acuity settings, and anyone trying to stay inside the strongest local demand pocket.
• BLS / Basic Life Support (table_stakes | immediate): Versions of BLS/basic life support show up repeatedly among the most common local credential asks. Who: Almost all patient-facing practitioner candidates.
• CPR certification (table_stakes | immediate): CPR certification is also a recurring local requirement and helps clear baseline eligibility faster. Who: Entry-level clinicians, career returners, and candidates with expiring certifications.
• ACLS (differentiator | near-term): ACLS is among the most common local requirements and tends to matter most in hospital-based and higher-acuity roles. Who: Mid-career hospital candidates and anyone targeting acute care, telemetry, ED, or leadership ladders.
• Patient assessment (differentiator | immediate): Patient assessment was the most requested hard skill in the local sample at about 30% of postings. Who: All direct-care applicants, especially those competing for broad staff roles.
• Clinical documentation (differentiator | near-term): Clinical documentation showed up in about 20% of local postings, and ambient AI documentation has already been adopted by 62.6% of Epic-using hospitals nationally. Who: Candidates targeting hospital systems, multi-site groups, or roles with heavy charting volume.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Practitioners roles pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

Observed pay is strong at the category level: the broad healthcare-practitioner family in Phoenix had a 2025 annual mean wage of $113,990, a median of $95,790, and a mean hourly wage of $54.80. That broad hourly figure was above the U.S. comparison of $52.26. As a directional posting signal rather than an official wage estimate, local advertised salaries centered on about $90k to $119k, and hourly postings centered on about $39 to $51 / hour. This is a good-paying market, but the category mixes physicians, NPs, RNs, therapists, dentists, pharmacists, and technologists, so the middle of the market is much closer to clinician staff roles than to physician compensation. Arizona's mean offered salary on new openings for this family was ~$110,753 in September 2026, based on n=4,936 new openings.

Where is demand for Healthcare Practitioners roles in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in hospital-centered care. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care accounted for about 50% of practitioner postings, another about 40% came from broader healthcare employers, and mental health care was about 5%. Banner Health and HonorHealth were among the most consistently active employers, with more than 300 and more than 125 postings respectively over the last 90 days. This is also an on-site market. About 95% of practitioner postings were on-site, with about 5% hybrid and about 5% remote, and the mix skewed about 60% mid-career and about 35% entry. That favors candidates who can cover shifts, clear credentialing fast, and step into patient-facing workflows without a long ramp. Recent outreach supports that read: Phoenix-area recruitment events have focused on Charge RN, Clinical Coordinator, nursing, and imaging roles, while Phoenix Children's is investing $1 million in Magnet-readiness, staffing resources, and nursing development. The shortest path to interviews is to target hospital systems, imaging-connected departments, and nursing leadership ladders before branching into smaller outpatient niches.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Practitioners talent in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ?

Recent postings show the most activity from Banner Health (300 postings), HonorHealth (125 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Practitioners roles in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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