Max Mello
Director of Physician & APP Recruitment
Healthcare Recruiting · Nebraska
Physician, PA & NP recruiting in Nebraska, grounded in the market's real numbers.
We track Nebraska's provider workforce 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 Nebraska today
Individual providers with an active Nebraska practice address, from the federal NPI registry (June 2026).
6,592
Physicians
2,807
Nurse practitioners
1,696
Physician assistants
Over the last 12 months, Nebraska added 162 newly enrolled nurse practitioners, 177 physicians, and 43 physician assistants to the registry. New physician enrollments kept pace with advanced-practice growth over the period.
Source: CMS NPPES registry, June 2026.
Demand
Employment is growing on both sides of the market
Federal quarterly employment data for Nebraska healthcare employers.
Hospitals
38,278 employed, up 1.9% year over year. Average wages up 5.5% over the same period.
Ambulatory care
53,604 employed across 4,941 sites, and the site count itself is up 5.6% year over year: more locations competing for the same clinicians.
Source: BLS QCEW, statewide, private ownership, Q4 2024 vs Q4 2025.
Compensation
What Nebraska pays
Mean annual wages from the federal occupational employment survey. Offers below these lines explain their own vacancy.
| Role | Employed in Nebraska | Mean annual wage |
|---|---|---|
| Family medicine physicians | 830 | $259,630 |
| Nurse practitioners | 2,340 | $131,710 |
| Physician assistants | 1,330 | $132,810 |
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.
Shortage pressure
62 federally designated primary care shortage areas in Nebraska.
1 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, and every open req is competing with 62 other designated areas for the same clinicians. That is the search we run every day.
Source: HRSA HPSA primary care detail file.
Tell us about the opening
Hiring in Nebraska?
Tell us about the role. We'll give you an honest read on the market for it: who's movable, what they expect, and a realistic timeline.