DuPage
Healthcare
Eight award-winning hospitals. Over 75,000 employees. Some of the top physician groups in the Midwest. As the largest and fastest-expanding industry in DuPage County, Healthcare is not only attending to the well-being of our workforce—it’s building the strength of our economy and driving the prosperity of our future.
HEALTH IS THE LIFE-BLOOD OF OUR ECONOMY
The Healthcare industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in DuPage County, adding 3,945 new jobs in the last five years. And, it’s expected to add nearly 700 more over the next 12 months.
In 2020, Healthcare and social assistance contributed $6.7 billion to the total GDP.
WHERE HEALTH MEETS WEALTH
Even more than the health of our economy, we care for the health of our people. In fact, DuPage was ranked #1 healthiest county in Illinois (out of 102) by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute.
Both Edward Hospital in Naperville and Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield were named among the nation’s best hospitals, according to IBM Watson Health’s 25th Annual Top 100 Hospitals list.
IT’S KEEPING THE WORKFORCE IN GOOD HEALTH
| OCCUPATION | EMPLOYED | AVERAGE WAGE | |
| REGISTERED NURSES | 8,367 | $77,800 | |
| PERSONAL CARE AIDS | 7,282 | $28,400 | |
| NURSING ASSISTANTS | 3,529 | $32,400 | |
| MEDICAL ASSISTANTS | 2,710 | $38,500 | |
| HOME HEALTH AIDES | 2,585 | $28,400 | |
| RECEPTIONISTS & INFORMATION CLERKS | 2,172 | $33,800 | |
| MEDICAL SECRETARIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS | 2,071 | $39,800 | |
| OFFICE CLERKS, GENERAL | 1,755 | $38,900 | |
| LICENSED PRACTICAL & LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSES | 1,565 | $59,500 | |
| PHYSICIANS, ALL OTHER; AND OPTHALMOLOGISTS, EXCEPT PEDIATRIC | 1,436 | $229,900 | |
| REMAINING COMPONENT OCCUPATIONS | 41,951 | $67,300 | |
| TOTAL | 75,422 |
WE’RE HOME TO THE ABSOLUTE BEST OF THE MIDWEST
| LEADING HOSPITALS | LOCATION | NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES |
| AMITA HEALTH ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER HINSDALE | HINSDALE | 2,400 |
| ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL | DOWNERS GROVE | 4,725 |
| EDWARD HOSPITAL | NAPERVILLE | 2,400 |
| ELMHURST HOSPITAL | ELMHURST | 2,400 |
| MARIANJOY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL | WHEATON | 450 |
| NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE CENTRAL DUPAGE HOSPITAL | WINFIELD |
| LARGEST PHYSICIAN GROUPS | REVENUE (Millions) | NUMBER OF PHYSICIANS |
| ADVOCATE MEDICAL GROUP | $1,346 | 1,695 |
| DUPAGE MEDICAL GROUP | $981.2 | 726 |
| AMITA HEALTH | $259.8 | 584 |
| NORTHWESTERN MEDICINE REGIONAL MEDICAL GROUP | $155.7 | 416 |
| EDWARD MEDICAL GROUP | $129.3 | 242 |
| ELMHURST CLINIC | $61.6 | 101 |
| MARIANJOY MEDICAL GROUP | $12.0 | 22 |
Source: Crain’s, 2019 Book of Lists, JobsEQ, Intersect Illinois 2019