Allied Healthcare Staffing Market Report 2026

The allied healthcare staffing market size has grown rapidly in recent years. It will grow from $28.17 billion in 2025 to $31.08 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.3%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to increasing demand for allied health professionals, increasing prevalence of chronic and age-related diseases, increasing burden on hospitals requiring supplemental staff, rising shortage of skilled clinical support workers, rising reliance on outsourced staffing solutions, and rising expansion of diagnostic and therapy services.

The allied healthcare staffing market size is expected to see rapid growth in the next few years. It will grow to $45.61 billion in 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.1%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to growing awareness of specialized allied health roles, growing need for flexible staffing models in healthcare, growing healthcare spending and service utilization, rising need for multidisciplinary care teams, and growing demand for certified diagnostic and therapy professionals. Major trends in the forecast period include advancement in ai-enabled recruitment platforms, innovation in digital credentialing and compliance systems, integration of telehealth roles into allied staffing pools, advancement in workforce automation tools for scheduling, and innovation in virtual training and upskilling programs.

The rising prevalence of chronic diseases is expected to drive the growth of the allied healthcare staffing market going forward. Chronic diseases are long-term health conditions that typically progress slowly over time, such as diabetes, heart disease, and arthritis, and often require continuous medical care and lifestyle management to control symptoms and prevent complications. The incidence of chronic diseases is increasing largely due to unhealthy lifestyles, including poor diet, physical inactivity, and smoking, which elevate the risk of conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. Allied healthcare staffing supports chronic disease management by ensuring consistent, high-quality patient care across different healthcare settings. It enhances treatment adherence and care coordination by providing skilled professionals such as nurses, therapists, and care coordinators who assist with routine monitoring, patient education, and follow-up care. For instance, in June 2024, according to the National Health Service, a UK-based government department, 3,615,330 individuals registered with a general practitioner (GP) were diagnosed with non-diabetic hyperglycemia or pre-diabetes in 2023, representing an 18% increase from 3,065,825 cases in 2022. Therefore, the growing prevalence of chronic diseases is fueling the expansion of the allied healthcare staffing market.

Major companies operating in the allied healthcare staffing market are focusing on workforce-management platforms, such as unified talent and shift-management systems, to improve staffing efficiency, enhance workforce visibility, and optimize clinician deployment across healthcare facilities. Unified talent and shift-management systems refer to digital platforms that combine workforce scheduling, shift management, and talent management into a single integrated system. For instance, in July 2024, Aya Healthcare, a US-based healthcare workforce provider, launched LotusOne, a comprehensive workforce optimization platform. It goes beyond a traditional vendor management system (VMS) by offering AI-enabled capabilities to forecast staffing needs, define optimal schedules, and deliver real-time market insights. This unified talent and shift-management platform uniquely integrates float pool management with the ability to engage internal staff and manage multiple per diem agencies through mobile technology, providing healthcare leaders with enhanced control and data-driven insights across their entire workforce.

In May 2025, GHR Healthcare Inc., a US-based provider of comprehensive workforce solutions, acquired Barton Healthcare Staffing Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Through this acquisition, GHR seeks to expand its ability to deliver flexible and scalable nurse and allied healthcare staffing solutions to a wider range of healthcare facilities across the country. Barton Healthcare Staffing Inc. is a US-based allied healthcare and specialty nursing staffing firm that provides temporary and travel staffing services to hospitals, clinics, and rehabilitation centers.

Major companies operating in the allied healthcare staffing market are Randstad N.V., Amergis Healthcare Staffing, Hays plc, AMN Healthcare Inc., Jackson Healthcare LLC, Aya Healthcare Inc., Cross Country Healthcare Inc., Maxim Healthcare Services Inc., CHG Healthcare Services Inc., Medical Solutions LLC, General Healthcare Resources LLC, Health Carousel LLC, MedPro Healthcare Staffing LLC, Soliant Health LLC, CareerStaff Unlimited LLC, CoreMedical Group LLC, Host Healthcare Inc., Protouch Staffing Inc., Aequor Healthcare Services LLC, Preferred Healthcare Staffing LLC, Anders Group LLC.

North America was the largest region in the allied healthcare staffing market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the allied healthcare staffing market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa. The countries covered in the allied healthcare staffing market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

Note that the outlook for this market is being affected by rapid changes in trade relations and tariffs globally. The report will be updated prior to delivery to reflect the latest status, including revised forecasts and quantified impact analysis. The report’s Recommendations and Conclusions sections will be updated to give strategies for entities dealing with the fast-moving international environment.

Tariffs have had a limited direct impact on the allied healthcare staffing market, as services dominate revenue generation rather than physical goods. However, increased costs of imported medical equipment and diagnostic tools have indirectly pressured healthcare budgets, affecting staffing expenditure decisions. Regions dependent on imported healthcare technologies, particularly North America and parts of Europe, experience tighter cost controls. In some cases, these pressures have increased reliance on temporary and contract staffing to manage operational costs efficiently.

Allied healthcare staffing refers to the provision of trained medical support professionals to healthcare facilities on a temporary, permanent, or contract basis. It focuses on supplying specialized personnel who assist in diagnostics, therapy, laboratory services, imaging, and patient care. This service ensures healthcare organizations maintain adequate staffing levels and provide consistent, high-quality care.

The main service types in the allied healthcare staffing market include travel staffing, per diem staffing, permanent placement, and locum tenens. Travel staffing refers to temporary workforce solutions in which allied healthcare professionals are assigned to short-term roles across different locations to address staffing shortages, seasonal demand, or specialized skill needs within healthcare facilities, while maintaining continuity of patient care and operational efficiency. The professions covered include therapists, technologists and technicians, medical assistants, pharmacists, and others. End-users include hospitals, clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, long-term care facilities, and others.

The allied healthcare staffing market consists of revenues earned by entities through skills-based medical staffing support, specialized clinical workforce outsourcing, short-term allied health coverage solutions, credentialing and compliance management, and recruitment of certified diagnostic and therapy professionals. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. Only goods and services traded between entities or sold to end consumers are included.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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