The Workforce AI Index · by sector
Healthcare
27 of the 178 Healthcare companies in the Index have been read so far, out of the US-listed companies with 1,000 or more employees listed on October 1, 2026. The ranking is partial until the rest are read. Each company is read from its own annual report: the headcount it states and its workforce as a blend of the industry staffing patterns on this site, with a one-sentence reason per share that anyone can check against the filing.
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. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
The ranking so far
By the share of working time within reach now, on the long-run pace at four in five. Estimates.
| # | Company | Employees | Within reach now | End of 2028 | Leading pattern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centene Corp. | 61,100 | 37% | 68% | Insurance Carriers |
| 2 | Cigna Corporation | 67,700 | 36% | 60% | Insurance Carriers |
| 3 | Elevance Health | 97,100 | 35% | 62% | Insurance Carriers |
| 4 | Humana Inc. | 67,060 | 33% | 54% | Insurance Carriers |
| 5 | UnitedHealth Group | 390,000 | 33% | 54% | Ambulatory Health Care Services |
| 6 | DaVita Inc. | 78,000 | 32% | 43% | Outpatient Care Centers |
| 7 | CVS Health | 300,000 | 31% | 44% | Health and Personal Care Retailers |
| 8 | Tenet Healthcare Corporation | 99,000 | 28% | 38% | General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
| 9 | Community Health Systems, Inc. | 57,000 | 28% | 38% | General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
| 10 | HCA Healthcare | 320,000 | 27% | 37% | General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
| 11 | Quest Diagnostics Incorporated | 57,000 | 27% | 39% | Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories |
| 12 | Cardinal Health, Inc. | 63,900 | 26% | 45% | Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4242 and 4246 only) |
| 13 | Universal Health Services, Inc. | 101,500 | 25% | 35% | General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
| 14 | Labcorp Holdings Inc. | 71,000 | 24% | 42% | Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories |
| 15 | IQVIA Holdings Inc. | 93,000 | 20% | 61% | Scientific Research and Development Services |
| 16 | Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. | 125,000 | 19% | 48% | Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
| 17 | GE HealthCare Technologies Inc. | 54,000 | 18% | 49% | Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing |
| 18 | Becton, Dickinson and Company | 72,000 | 18% | 36% | Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing |
| 19 | Stryker Corporation | 56,000 | 18% | 39% | Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing |
| 20 | Boston Scientific Corporation | 59,000 | 18% | 42% | Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing |
| 21 | Medtronic plc | 95,000 | 18% | 43% | Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing |
| 22 | Danaher Corporation | 60,000 | 18% | 44% | Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing |
| 23 | Johnson & Johnson | 140,800 | 18% | 38% | Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
| 24 | AbbVie Inc. | 57,000 | 17% | 40% | Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
| 25 | Merck & Co., Inc. | 75,000 | 17% | 40% | Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
| 26 | Pfizer Inc. | 75,000 | 17% | 40% | Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing |
| 27 | Abbott Laboratories | 115,000 | 17% | 35% | Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing |
Other sectors: Basic Materials, Communication Services, Consumer Cyclical, Consumer Defensive, Energy, Financial Services, Industrials, Real Estate, Technology, Utilities. How a reading is made: the method.