Healthcare’s Steady Job Growth Is Keeping a Weakening Labor Market Afloat—but for How Long? - WSJ

All told, there are now 23.5 million health-services jobs in the U.S., or about one in six private-sector jobs. That compares with 12.7 million manufacturing jobs, and 15.6 million jobs at retailers. Only the professional and business-services sector, a catchall category that includes everything from lawyers to security guards to telemarketers, comes close, with 22.5 million employees.