General Medical and Surgical Hospitals · Kentucky
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals in Kentucky
NAICS 62211 · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking General Medical and Surgical Hospitals in Kentucky
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (NAICS 62211) in Kentucky reports 81,591 workers across 102 establishments, with $5.6B of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 1.4% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Kentucky is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale.
Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for General Medical and Surgical Hospitals employees in Kentucky is $68,098/yr, versus a national average of $81,223/yr. Kentucky pays below the national average for this industry, common in lower cost-of-living states or where the industry has a smaller, less specialized local workforce.
Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for General Medical and Surgical Hospitals is not reported, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the General Medical and Surgical Hospitals national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Kentucky overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).
Employment
81,591
Establishments
102
Annual Payroll
$5.6B
Avg Payroll/Employee
$68,098/yr
Compare to National Average
Profit Margin (National)
National avg, IRS SOI (no state-level profit data)
Avg Payroll/Employee
Kentucky vs National avg
Employment
Kentucky share of national
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2025
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