Max Mello
Director of Physician & APP Recruitment
Healthcare Recruiting · Pocatello, ID
Physician, PA & NP recruiting in Pocatello, grounded in the metro's real numbers.
We track the Pocatello, ID 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 Pocatello today
Individual providers with an active practice address in the Pocatello, ID area, from the federal NPI registry (June 2026).
303
Physicians
126
Nurse practitioners
97
Physician assistants
Over the last 12 months, the Pocatello metro added 9 newly enrolled nurse practitioners, 18 physicians, and 0 physician assistants to the registry. New physician enrollments kept pace with advanced-practice growth over the period.
Source: CMS NPPES registry, June 2026. Scope: Idaho side of the Pocatello metro area.
Demand
What the local employer market looks like
Federal quarterly employment data for Pocatello-area healthcare employers.
Ambulatory care
3,370 employed across 465 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 Idaho pay ranges →
Shortage pressure
4 federally designated primary care shortage areas in the Pocatello area.
0 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.
Tell us about the opening
Hiring in Pocatello?
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.