The Workforce AI Index · Healthcare
Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS)
Hospital operator, split by segment revenue. Read October 1, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending 2025-12-31, filed 2026-02-25. Ranked 13 of the 27 Healthcare companies read so far, by the share within reach now: the sector.
The filing counts 88,100 employees in the U.S. and 13,400 in the U.K. and nothing by division, so the two hospital patterns follow segment revenue (c).
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 25% now, 32% at the end of 2027, 35% at the end of 2028, 36% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 36% desk work, 30% people work and 34% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 63% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 31% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
101,500 employees as of 2025-12-31 (stated). The filing counts approximately 88,100 employees in the U.S. and 13,400 in the U.K.
The filing: “As of December 31, 2025, we had approximately 101,500 total employees consisting of: (i) approximately 88,100 employees located in the U.S., of which approximately 65,000 were employed full-time, and; (ii) approximately 13,400 employees located in the U.K.”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | 55% | By revenue (c): Acute Care Hospital Services at 57% of revenue; the filing counts about 460 employed physicians in the acute care division but no employees by division. |
| Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals | 45% | By revenue (c): Behavioral Health Services at 43% of revenue, including the U.K. facilities; the filing counts about 445 employed physicians in the behavioral health division but no employees by division. |
What the filing says about the workforce: 88,100 employees in the U.S., about 65,000 of them full-time, and 13,400 in the U.K.; approximately 1,070 employees at three hospitals unionized; about 460 physicians employed in the acute care division and 445 in behavioral health.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also General Medical and Surgical Hospitals, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- HCA Healthcare (HCA, 320,000 employees)27% now, 37% by 2028
- Tenet Healthcare Corporation (THC, 99,000 employees)28% now, 38% by 2028
- Community Health Systems, Inc. (CYH, 57,000 employees)28% now, 38% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
5 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in 5 sentences, chiefly the increasing use of artificial intelligence by threat actors among its cybersecurity risks.
- “Our risk management practices also incorporate lessons learned from operational events, cybersecurity incidents, near misses, and changes in the external threat landscape, including emerging risks associated with ransomware, supply-chain dependencies, and the increasing use of artificial intelligence by threat actors.”
- “The increase was attributable to: an increase of $207 million at our acute care facilities, as discussed below in Acute Care Hospital Services ; an increase of $105 million at our behavioral health care facilities, as discussed below in Behavioral Health Services ; an increase of $93 million from an unrealized gain recorded during 2025 in connection with our minority ownership in a healthcare g...”
- “Net cash used in investing activities Net cash used in investing activities was $1.071 billion during 2025 and $911 million during 2024. 2025: The $1.071 billion of net cash used in investing activities during 2025 consisted of: $1.015 billion spent on capital expenditures including capital expenditures for equipment, renovations and new projects at various existing facilities; $63 million rece...”
- “($ 47 million as of December 31, 2024; in November, 2025 we sold all of our remaining shares in Premier Inc.) and non-marketable securities of a healthcare generative artificial intelligence company ($ 115 million and $ 12 million as of December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively); (vi) the invested assets related to a deferred compensation plan that is held by an independent trustee in a rabbi-tr...”
- “Additionally, we received cash dividends from Premier amounting to $ 1.4 million during 2025 and $ 1.9 million during each of 2024 and 2023 , which are included in "Other (income) expense, net" in our consolidated statements of income. 124 In July, 2023 we invested in the non-marketable securities of a healthcare generative artificial intelligence company, in which we hold a small minority owne...”
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 101,500 | 2026-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2024-12-31 | 99,000 | 2025-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2023-12-31 | 96,700 | 2024-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2022-12-31 | 93,800 | 2023-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2021-12-31 | 89,400 | 2022-02-24 | 10-K |
| 2020-12-31 | 89,000 | 2021-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2019-12-31 | 58,100 | 2020-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2018-12-31 | 55,800 | 2019-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2017-12-31 | 55,000 | 2018-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2016-12-31 | 54,800 | 2017-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2015-12-31 | 52,400 | 2016-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2014-12-31 | 68,700 | 2015-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2013-12-31 | 66,100 | 2014-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2012-12-31 | 65,100 | 2013-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2011-12-31 | 65,400 | 2012-02-27 | 10-K |
| 2010-12-31 | 65,100 | 2011-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2009-12-31 | 39,900 | 2010-02-25 | 10-K |
| 2008-12-31 | 39,500 | 2009-02-26 | 10-K |
| 2007-12-31 | 39,900 | 2008-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2006-12-31 | 36,300 | 2007-02-28 | 10-K |
| 2005-12-31 | 35,000 | 2006-03-15 | 10-K |
| 2004-12-31 | 37,000 | 2005-03-16 | 10-K |
| 2003-12-31 | 35,000 | 2004-03-12 | 10-K |
| 2002-12-31 | 32,000 | 2003-03-19 | 10-K |
| 2001-12-31 | 30,300 | 2002-03-26 | 10-K |
| 2000-12-31 | 25,600 | 2001-03-28 | 10-K |
| 1999-12-31 | 19,350 | 2000-03-29 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-12-31 | 19,200 | 1999-03-30 | 10-K |
| 1997-12-31 | 17,800 | 1998-03-25 | 10-K |
| 1996-12-31 | 14,500 | 1997-03-27 | 10-K |
| 1995-12-31 | 12,000 | 1996-03-28 | 10-K405 |
| 1994-12-31 | 9,800 | 1995-03-28 | 10-K |
| 1993-12-31 | 9,100 | 1994-03-30 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The split between acute care and behavioral health rests on segment revenue (c); the filing counts employees by country, not by division.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001193125-26-071676, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
Questions about this company
- How much of Universal Health Services, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 25% now and 35% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Universal Health Services, Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Universal Health Services, Inc. employ?
- 101,500 as of December 31, 2025, as its annual report for the period ending December 31, 2025 states. About 87% in the U.S.
- What kinds of work make up Universal Health Services, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest General Medical and Surgical Hospitals; by those patterns the work is about 36% desk work, 30% people work and 34% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Universal Health Services, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 5 sentences in the filing name AI. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 1, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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