Max Mello
Director of Physician & APP Recruitment
Healthcare Recruiting · Grand Rapids, MI
Physician, PA & NP recruiting in Grand Rapids, grounded in the metro's real numbers.
We track the Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI 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 Grand Rapids today
Individual providers with an active practice address in the Grand Rapids-Kentwood, MI area, from the federal NPI registry (June 2026).
4,756
Physicians
1,384
Nurse practitioners
1,460
Physician assistants
Over the last 12 months, the Grand Rapids metro added 33 newly enrolled nurse practitioners, 40 physicians, and 99 physician assistants to the registry. New physician enrollments kept pace with advanced-practice growth over the period.
Source: CMS NPPES registry, June 2026. Scope: Michigan side of the Grand Rapids metro area.
Demand
What the local employer market looks like
Federal quarterly employment data for Grand Rapids-area healthcare employers.
Hospitals
35,078 employed, up 2.0% year over year. Average wages up 5.7% over the same period.
Ambulatory care
22,271 employed across 1,475 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 Michigan pay ranges →
Shortage pressure
8 federally designated primary care shortage areas in the Grand Rapids 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.
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Hiring in Grand Rapids?
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.