Max Mello
Director of Physician & APP Recruitment
Healthcare Recruiting · Rochester, MN
Physician, PA & NP recruiting in Rochester, grounded in the metro's real numbers.
We track the Rochester, MN 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 Rochester today
Individual providers with an active practice address in the Rochester, MN area, from the federal NPI registry (June 2026).
5,869
Physicians
996
Nurse practitioners
504
Physician assistants
Over the last 12 months, the Rochester metro added 30 newly enrolled nurse practitioners, 187 physicians, and 6 physician assistants to the registry. New physician enrollments kept pace with advanced-practice growth over the period.
Source: CMS NPPES registry, June 2026. Scope: Minnesota side of the Rochester metro area.
Demand
What the local employer market looks like
Federal quarterly employment data for Rochester-area healthcare employers.
Ambulatory care
31,692 employed across 207 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 Minnesota pay ranges →
Shortage pressure
4 federally designated primary care shortage areas in the Rochester 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 Rochester?
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.