Max Mello
Director of Physician & APP Recruitment
Healthcare Recruiting · Tucson, AZ
Physician, PA & NP recruiting in Tucson, grounded in the metro's real numbers.
We track the Tucson, AZ area from federal data that updates every month, the same numbers we use when we take a search. Here is the current picture, and what it means if you are hiring.
Provider supply
Who practices in Tucson today
Individual providers with an active practice address in the Tucson, AZ area, from the federal NPI registry (June 2026).
5,019
Physicians
1,649
Nurse practitioners
400
Physician assistants
Over the last 12 months, the Tucson metro added 60 newly enrolled nurse practitioners, 140 physicians, and 14 physician assistants to the registry. New physician enrollments kept pace with advanced-practice growth over the period.
Source: CMS NPPES registry, June 2026. Scope: Arizona side of the Tucson metro area.
Demand
What the local employer market looks like
Federal quarterly employment data for Tucson-area healthcare employers.
Hospitals
19,406 employed, up 3.5% year over year. Average wages up 13.6% over the same period.
Ambulatory care
23,926 employed across 1,988 sites.
Source: BLS QCEW county files, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025.
Occupation-level wages are published at state level (see the parent state page); metro wage signal = QCEW average weekly wages above. See Arizona pay ranges →
Shortage pressure
119 federally designated primary care shortage areas in the Tucson area.
7 of them score in the high-need range. If your facility sits in or near one, you are not imagining it: the supply math is against you. That is the search we run every day.
Source: HRSA HPSA primary care detail file.
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Hiring in Tucson?
Tell us about the role. We'll give you an honest read on the local market for it: who's movable, what they expect, and a realistic timeline.