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Physician job market trends 2025 by DocCafe Insights into physician market dynamics within the last 30 days

About DocCafe's physician job market analysis

DocCafe provides the most comprehensive job market data and physician specialty demand analysis in the healthcare recruiting industry. Our data is collected from thousands of employers and job seekers nationwide, providing real-time insights into doctor employment statistics and market trends.

Physician employment statistics overview

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Permanent employer physician jobs

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Open physician jobs

Top 10 specialties Open positions Change since

Open jobs by location

States with the highest demand:
State % of total openings
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Active physicians

Active physicians

Specialty Active candidates
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Physician applications

Physician applications

Specialty Applications

Applications by location

States with the most applications:
State % of total applications
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Physician registrations

Physician registrations

Specialty Registrations

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Physician job market trends 2025 by DocCafe Insights into physician market dynamics within the last 30 days

About DocCafe's physician job market analysis

DocCafe provides the most comprehensive job market data and physician specialty demand analysis in the healthcare recruiting industry. Our data is collected from thousands of employers and job seekers nationwide, providing real-time insights into doctor employment statistics and market trends.

Physician employment statistics overview

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Open physician jobs

Last updated 07/01/2025

Permanent employer physician jobs
20,852

Change
+ 1388 / + 7.1%
Change from 06/01/2025

Open physician jobs

  • There are 20,852 open jobs since 6/01/2025. There has been a 7.1% change in physician job market positions in the last 30 days.
  • Doctor employment statistics show open jobs are 39.1% higher than on this day in 2024.
  • Figures are based on DocCafe’s internal physician specialty demand analysis metrics.
Top 10 specialties Open positions Change since 06/01/2025
Emergency Medicine 2,254 -5 / -0.2%
Family Practice-Without OB 2,024 + 51 / +2.6%
Internal Medicine 1,446 + 35 / +2.5%
Psychiatric-Mental Health 1,121 + 65 / +6.2%
Hospitalist 1,062 -7 / -0.7%
Obstetrics & Gynecology 896 + 22 / +2.5%
Anesthesiology 711 + 28 / +4.1%
Surgery - General 610 + 43 / +7.6%
Gastroenterology 568 + 12 / +2.2%
Urology 521 + 19 / +3.8%

Open jobs by location

  • The highest demand for physician jobs is in Texas as of 07/1/2025.
  • Figures are based on DocCafe’s internal metrics.
States with the highest demand:
State % of total openings
1 TX 19%
2 FL 17%
3 CA 13%
4 PA 12%
5 NC 7%
6 AZ 7%
7 NY 6%
8 GA 6%
9 VA 6%
10 MO 6%
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Active physicians

Active between 6/1/2025 - 7/1/2025

Active physicians
21,574

Active physicians

  • There have been 21,574 active physicians between 6/1/2025 - 7/1/2025.
  • Figures are based on DocCafe’s internal physician job market data metrics.
Specialty Active candidates
Internal Medicine 4,055
Family Practice-Without OB 2,258
Hospitalist 1,950
Emergency Medicine 1,247
Medical Director 1,207
Pediatrics 1,125
Psychiatric-Mental Health 1,025
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine 813
Surgery-General 782
Podiatric Medicine 668
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Physician applications

Submitted in the month of June 2025

Physician applications
18,723

Physician applications

  • There have been 18,231 applications submitted in the month of June 2025. There has been a 2.1% change in applications in the last 30 days.
  • Figures are based on DocCafe’s internal physician job market analysis metrics.
Specialty Applications
Hospitalist 2,946
Internal Medicine 3,262
Family Practice-Without OB 2,039
Surgery-General 1,059
Psychiatric-Mental Health 600
Pediatrics 567
Emergency Medicine 524
Gastroenterology 357
Urgent Care 320
Pulmonology-Critical Care 271

Applications by location

  • The state with the largest number of applications submitted is Florida as of 7/01/2025.
  • Figures are based on DocCafe’s internal job market data metrics.
States with the most applications:
State % of total applications
1 FL 23%
2 TX 18%
3 CA 13%
4 NY 13%
5 PA 7%
6 VA 6%
7 GA 6%
8 AZ 5%
9 TN 5%
10 IL 5%
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New physician registrations

Last updated 07/01/2025

Physician registrations
1,968

Physician registrations

  • There have been 1,968 registrations since 6/01/2025. There has been a 21.8% change in registrations in the last 30 days.
  • Doctor employment statistics show registrations are 21.3% higher than on this day in 2024.
  • Figures are based on DocCafe’s internal physician specialty demand analysis metrics.
Specialty Registrations
Internal Medicine 248
Family Practice-Without OB 130
Pediatrics 83
Emergency Medicine 72
Psychiatric-Mental Health 71
Hospitalist 47
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine 47
Medical Director 45
Surgery-General 37
Gastroenterology 21

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