Staffing Industry Analysts published the full results of its 2018 US Allied Health and Advanced Practice Staffing Benchmarking Survey to its 16 respondent firms, representing a total of $512 million in allied health staffing revenue reported for the first half of 2018 ($1.024 billion on an annualized basis). This represents approximately 25% of the total US allied healthcare temporary staffing market, by SIA’s estimate. A few findings from the survey are below:

• Total allied health temporary staffing revenue among our sample of survey respondents increased 6% from the first half of 2017 to the first half of 2018, with a 5% increase in volume (hours billed) and 0.6% increase in the aggregate bill rate.
• Staffing of physical therapists, medical technologists and occupational therapists made up the three largest categories in our survey at 18%, 10% and 9% of reported allied health staffing revenue, respectively. Revenue from PT, MT and OT staffing grew 9%, 2% and 7%, respectively, from the first half of 2017 to the first half of 2018.
• Overall, 36% of allied health staffing revenue accounted for in this survey passed through a managed service provider and 28% through a vendor management system. 
• Total advanced practice revenue grew by 1% from from the first half of 2017 to the first half of 2018. The slight increase was driven by an increase in nurse practitioners and certified registered nurse anesthetists, offset by a double-digit decrease in physician assistants.
• Among allied health and advanced practice occupations, the three cited as most difficult to recruit (on a scale from one to five, with five being most difficult) were catheter lab technicians (4.0), medical technologists/lab technicians (3.8) and physical therapists (3.8).

The full report is available only to firms that completed the survey. If you would like to receive an invitation for your company to participate in the 2019 survey, please contact Amy Chang at achang@staffingindustry.com.