Pittsburgh, PA · Healthcare

Healthcare in Pittsburgh, by the numbers.

The Census Bureau counted 1,972 physician offices in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area in 2023, employing 36,638 people with $3.9 billion in annual payroll.

The local market.

Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. Figures cover the whole metro area.

Businesses

1,972

20th most of 387 US metro areas

People employed

36,638

18.6 per business, against 13.3 across all metros

Annual payroll

$3.9 billion

$105,170 per employee

Fewer than 10 employees

61%

of businesses, against 71% across all metros

Change since 2022

+6.9%

in the number of businesses (1,844 in 2022)

What the numbers say about Pittsburgh.

  • Pittsburgh is in the top tenth of US metro areas by number of physician offices, 20th of 387.
  • Businesses here run larger than average: 18.6 employees each, against 13.3 across all metros.
  • The market grew: 128 more businesses than in 2022.

How VERA helps healthcare in Pittsburgh.

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Questions

Healthcare in Pittsburgh

How many physician offices are there in Pittsburgh?

1,972 in the Pittsburgh, PA Metro Area, according to the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns for 2023. Together they employed 36,638 people and paid $3.9 billion in annual payroll.

Is the Pittsburgh market for healthcare growing?

By number of businesses it grew between 2022 and 2023: from 1,844 to 1,972 (+6.9%).

What does VERA do for healthcare in Pittsburgh?

VERA drafts the quotes, invoices, follow-ups and customer messages a Pittsburgh business runs on, and waits for the owner's approval before anything goes out. It is the same software everywhere; this page adds the local numbers.

Healthcare in other markets

Other Pittsburgh markets

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 and 2022, metropolitan statistical areas. The Bureau adds a small amount of noise to these figures to protect individual businesses. The category counted is physician offices, which can be broader or narrower than the trade itself. About the data.

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