Healthcare Jobs in the Phoenix Metro: 1,462 Openings and Who Is Actually Hiring

Healthcare is not just one of the larger job categories in the Phoenix metro. It is the category. There are currently 1,462 open healthcare and medical positions on this board — nearly three times the next largest field.

That reflects the Valley's actual economy. Metro Phoenix has grown quickly, the population skews older than the national average in several communities, and hospital systems have expanded steadily to keep up.

Who is hiring healthcare workers in Phoenix?

Four employers account for most of the volume.

Banner Health is the largest, by a wide margin. It operates hospitals and clinics across the metro and into Tucson, and posts continuously across nursing, imaging, respiratory therapy, lab, and support roles.

Phoenix Children's hires across pediatric specialties, with roles concentrated in central Phoenix and expanding campuses.

The Veterans Health Administration runs the Phoenix, Tucson, and Prescott VA systems and hires clinicians as federal employees — different pay structure, different application process, covered in our federal jobs guide.

The Indian Health Service hires clinical staff for facilities serving tribal communities, including roles in rural Arizona that are often overlooked and frequently harder to fill, which can mean less competition.

You can see everything currently open in the Healthcare & Medical category.

What do healthcare jobs in Phoenix pay?

Among healthcare listings that publish a salary, the median advertised annual salary is about $94,300.

Treat that as a midpoint across a very wide field, not a typical offer. It bundles physicians with medical assistants. A registered nurse, a phlebotomist, and a hospitalist are all in that number.

The more useful habit is comparing within your own role across employers, which is straightforward when postings publish ranges — and in healthcare, many do.

How do you read a hospital job posting's pay?

This is where healthcare postings differ from most industries, and it trips people up.

Hospital listings routinely advertise several kinds of money in the same posting:

• Base pay — the actual wage or salary
• Shift differentials — extra per hour for nights, weekends, or on-call. A "$3/hour weekend differential" is added on top of base, not the wage itself
• Sign-on bonuses — often $10,000 or more for hard-to-fill clinical roles, usually paid over time and typically requiring you to stay a set period
• Relocation and tuition assistance

The mistake is reading the largest or most prominent number as the salary. A posting advertising a $10,000 sign-on bonus in bold is not telling you what the job pays.

When you compare offers, compare base pay first, then treat differentials as a function of the shifts you will actually work, and bonuses as deferred money with strings attached.

Which healthcare roles are most in demand?

The steadiest demand across Valley systems is in:

• Registered nursing, especially ICU, ED, PCU, and perioperative
• Imaging — CT, MRI, mammography, ultrasound
• Respiratory therapy, particularly NICU and critical care
• Laboratory and phlebotomy
• Behavioral health, a persistent shortage statewide
• Medical assistants and patient access, the most common entry point into a hospital system

That last category matters if you are trying to get into healthcare without a clinical license. Medical assistant and patient access roles are how a large share of hospital employees start, and most large systems offer tuition support once you are inside.

Do you need to live in Phoenix to apply?

For clinical work, yes — these are onsite roles by nature. Nursing, imaging, and lab work cannot be done remotely.

If you are relocating, the Valley's healthcare employers hire year-round rather than in seasonal cycles, which makes timing less critical than in industries with hiring seasons.

Where to start your search

Browse the Healthcare & Medical listings for the full set, or narrow geographically — Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, and Scottsdale all have meaningful hospital and clinic presence.

If you are weighing private systems against public ones, the federal side is worth a look: the VA and Indian Health Service together represent one of Arizona's largest clinical employers, with published pay scales and federal benefits.

Job counts and salary figures reflect active listings on Sonoran Jobs at the time of publication and are drawn from the postings themselves.