MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Health care is Michigan’s largest employer, providing more than 424,500 direct jobs and 233,500 indirect jobs that pump $25.4 billion a year in wages and salaries into the state’s economy, concludes a study released today by the Partnership for Michigan’s Health.
Titled the “Economic Impact of Health Care in Michigan,” the study quantifies the substantial economic impact of health care in the state. The study is an analysis of data compiled by the Minnesota IMPLAN(R) Group, Inc., and includes data and information from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor, and the U.S. Census Bureau. The study was released today at the 24th annual Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference, being held on Mackinac Island. Key findings include:
* With more than 424,500 direct jobs, health care is Michigan’s largest single employer. As a sector, total direct health care employment exceeds Michigan’s agricultural, tourism and automotive manufacturing sectors.
* Michigan’s direct health care workers earn about $17.7 billion a year in wages, salaries and benefits.
* More than 233,500 Michigan citizens work in jobs that are indirectly related to health care or induced by the health care sector.
* Michigan’s indirect and induced health care workers earn about $7.7 billion a year in wages, salaries and benefits.
* Direct, indirect and induced health care jobs total more than 658,000 in Michigan.
* Wages, salaries and benefits for direct, indirect and induced health care jobs total $25.4 billion in Michigan.
* 53 Michigan counties have more than 1,000 direct health care jobs. * 15 Michigan counties have more than 5,000 direct health care jobs. * Nine Michigan counties have more than 10,000 direct health care jobs.
“This study underscores the significant economic impact of health care in Michigan,” said Spencer Johnson, President of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association (MHA). “The health care services and programs we deliver to patients are clearly our most important functions. That we are among Michigan’s largest and most important employers is less often recognized.”
Michigan Osteopathic Association (MOA) Executive Director Dennis M. Paradis noted that in wages and salaries paid to Michigan citizens, health care is a $25.4 billion industry.
“When you look at other industries outlined in the study, health care provides more jobs than agricultural, tourism and even automotive manufacturing -- industries that also form the backbone of our state’s economy,” Paradis said. “By even taking a conservative look at the data, the health care industry is a critical part of our state’s economic structure -- that’s 658,000 jobs for Michigan citizens who need quality medical care and employment.”
Michigan State Medical Society (MSMS) President John M. MacKeigan, MD, said that the stability of health care jobs provide financial security to local economies even when other industries are in downturns. Just as important, quality health care attracts business investments.
“Health care not only provides jobs in Michigan but also works to keep Michigan’s workforce healthier,” Dr. MacKeigan said. “Quality, accessible health care is a key to attracting and retaining skilled workers and to maintaining Michigan’s reputation as an excellent place to do business.”
IMPLAN(R) was founded in 1993 by two former University of Minnesota researchers and is an outgrowth of their work at the university starting in 1984. IMPLAN(R) is an economic impact assessment modeling system. IMPLAN(R) allows users to build economic models to estimate the impacts of economic activities and changes in their states, counties and local communities. IMPLAN(R) data files are compiled from many sources, but mostly from federal government sources. Currently, there are more than 1,500 active users of IMPLAN(R) databases and software in the United States and internationally.
IMPLAN(R) provided Michigan health care employment data to the Partnership for Michigan’s Health, an organization made up of the MHA, MSMS and MOA. The partnership is working to improve Michigan’s health status, to reform the state’s Medicaid system, and to keep health care accessible and affordable for all citizens.
Health Care Employment by Counties & Regions
Here are the top 10 Michigan counties in terms of total direct health care jobs:
County Direct Health Care Jobs Wages, Salaries and Benefits 1. Wayne County 80,723 $3.5 billion 2. Oakland County 64,217 $2.8 billion 3. Kent County 31,701 $1.3 billion 4. Macomb County 25,608 $1.1 billion 5. Washtenaw County 23,777 $1.1 billion 6. Genesee County 20,997 $982 million 7. Ingham County 15,819 $689 million 8. Kalamazoo County 13,264 $629 million 9. Saginaw County 13,229 $558 million 10. Ottawa County 7,883 $263 million Health care is a major employer in all Michigan geographic regions: Region Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect/Induced Total, Jobs and Jobs Jobs Wages, Salaries Wages Induced Wages, and Benefits Salaries Jobs Salaries and and Benefits Benefits E. Central Michigan 34,645 15,693 50,338 $1.32 billion $384 million $1.71 billion Southwest Michigan 35,148 17,378 52,526 $1.47 billion $474 million $1.94 billion N. Central Michigan 22,863 10,259 33,122 $923 million $252 million $1.17 billion Mid- Michigan 44,057 22,937 66,994 $1.91 billion $640 million $2.55 billion Upper Peninsula 14,812 5,537 20,349 $567 million $115 million $682 million Southeast Michigan 208,845 107,317 316,162 $9.1 billion $3.91 billion $13.01 billion W. Central Michigan 65,573 31,924 97,497 $2.51 billion $906 million $3.41 billion Source: Minnesota IMPLAN(R) Group, Inc.
Partnership for Michigan’s Health
CONTACT: Sherry Mirasola of MHA, +1-517-323-3443; David Fox of MSMS,+1-517-336-5731; Heather Picotte of MOA, +1-517-896-5706; or Roger Martin, onMackinac Island, +1-517-290-2330, for Partnership for Michigan’s Health
