Max Mello
Director of Physician & APP Recruitment
Healthcare Recruiting · Omaha, NE
Physician, PA & NP recruiting in Omaha, grounded in the metro's real numbers.
We track the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 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 Omaha today
Individual providers with an active practice address in the Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA area, from the federal NPI registry (June 2026).
4,315
Physicians
1,540
Nurse practitioners
787
Physician assistants
Over the last 12 months, the Omaha metro added 72 newly enrolled nurse practitioners, 156 physicians, and 21 physician assistants to the registry. New physician enrollments kept pace with advanced-practice growth over the period.
Source: CMS NPPES registry, June 2026. Scope: Nebraska side of the Omaha metro area.
Demand
What the local employer market looks like
Federal quarterly employment data for Omaha-area healthcare employers.
Hospitals
16,928 employed, up 1.7% year over year. Average wages up 5.7% over the same period.
Ambulatory care
28,583 employed across 2,203 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 Nebraska pay ranges →
Shortage pressure
4 federally designated primary care shortage areas in the Omaha 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 Omaha?
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.