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Temporary Medical Staffing in the US Procurement Price, Data and Insights
Suppliers in this market fill staff vacancies by referring applicants for short-term employment in hospitals, doctor's offices, nursing facilities, and other healthcare centers. Temporary medical workers are not considered employees of the buyer; rather, they are employees of the staffing agency, which handles all related human resource tasks, including payroll, insurance, and benefits. Key buyers include hospitals and clinics, physician offices, emergency care centers, nursing facilities, and mental health and substance abuse centers.
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What’s included in this market coverage
IBISWorld's research coverage on the Temporary Medical Staffing procurement and pricing environment in the United States includes market dynamics, buyer power scores, supply chain vendors with pricing trends and forecasts.
About this Market
What’s this procurement report about?
This procurement coverage of the Temporary Medical Staffing market in the United States includes Registered Nurses, Physical Therapists, Healthcare Support Occupations, Pharmacists, General Surgeons, Locum Tenen Physicians, Physician's Assistants, Nurse Practictioners, Hospitalists and Psychiatrists. Standard coding in this coverage includes ISIC-782-Temporary employment agency activities, NACE-78.20-Temporary Employment Agency Activities, NAICS-561320-Temporary help services and UNSPSC-80111606-Temporary medical staffing needs.
What common market terminology is included?
Common market terminology included in the Temporary Medical Staffing procurement coverage includes Allied Health Professionals (A diverse range of formally trained and educated healthcare practitioners that are involved with the delivery of health-related services.), Locum Tenens Physicians (Physicians who fill in for other professionals in the same position on a temporary basis for the duration of a few days to up to six months.), Telehealth (Involves using electronic information and telecommunications technologies to provide long distance health-related services.), Per Diem Nurse (A nurse that fills an open position for a short period of time.) and Gerontological Nursing (The specialty of nursing that relates to working with older adults to support their well-being.).
What companies are included as top suppliers?
The top companies covered in the Temporary Medical Staffing procurement report as suppliers are Team Health Holdings Inc., Randstad Holding Nv, Hca Healthcare, Inc., Maxim Healthcare Services Inc. and Medical Solutions L.L.C..
Opportunity Assessment
What’s included in the Opportunity Assessment chapter?
The Opportunity Assessment chapter provides a comprehensive market analysis of the Temporary Medical Staffing market in the United States category, including buyer power scoring, market pricing trends, vendor landscape, cost structure, and strategic negotiation levers.
The market pricing trends include the Market Price (2026) per day, a five year price forecast and a supply chain risk score. Vendor coverage includes a market share and cost structure breakdown.
Analysis includes a comprehensive SWOT analysis of and recent developments impacting the Temporary Medical Staffing market environment.
Buyer Power Score
What’s included in the Buyer Power Score chapter?
The Buyer Power Score chapter assesses key components impacting Temporary Medical Staffing procurement including the recent price trend, forecast price trend, availability of substitutes, switching costs, product specialization, average vendor risk, market share concentration, supply chain risk, price driver volatility and recent price volatility.
These components generate a Buyer Power Score that ranges from -5 (strongly favoring sellers) to +5 (strongly favoring buyers) plus a recommended strategy for procurement specialists.
Price Environment
What’s included in the Price Environment chapter?
The Price Environment chapter covers detailed pricing analysis and datasets on Temporary Medical Staffing market environment. This includes insights into market pricing Market Price (2026), price forecasts, volatility, specialization, substitutes and switching costs.
Datasets in the Price Environment chapter include vendor cost structure, breakdowns of wage rates by geography and specialty, key external economic and labor drivers impacting the market and market pricing models.
Supply Chain & Vendors
What’s included in the Supply Chain & Vendors chapter?
The Supply Chain & Vendors chapter covers the concentration, risk and diversity of the Temporary Medical Staffing market. This includes datasets on the market’s top suppliers, detailed analysis on the key sourcing risks and supply chain dynamics, with environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations and scores.
Business Requirements
What’s included in the Business Requirements chapter?
The Business Requirements chapter covers vendor relationships, qualifications, service level agreements and key performance indicators. These inputs provide insight into the planning process through the buying lead time, vendor relationship and vendor qualifications. The sourcing process include key RFP elements like an organizational overview, project budget, selection criteria, project schedule, proposal format, inventory control, cost containment, regulation, quality control, distribution and key contract clauses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the current market price for Temporary Medical Staffing?
The 2026 benchmark market price for Temporary Medical Staffing is $679 per day. Prices have increased at a CAGR of 3.08 from 2023-26.
Who are the top vendors in the Temporary Medical Staffing market?
The top vendors in the Temporary Medical Staffing market include Team Health Holdings Inc., Randstad Holding Nv, Hca Healthcare, Inc., Maxim Healthcare Services Inc. and Medical Solutions L.L.C..
What industries supply the Temporary Medical Staffing market?
The top industries supplying the Temporary Medical Staffing market are Commercial Leasing in the US, Commercial Real Estate in the US, Computer & Packaged Software Wholesaling in the US, Computer Manufacturing in the US, Office Stationery Wholesaling in the US and Art & Office Supply Manufacturing in the US.
What is the supply chain risk for Temporary Medical Staffing?
Low market concentration drives competition and boosts negotiation leverage for buyers. With most suppliers operating regionally and no dominant market leaders, buyers benefit from a fragmented supplier base engaged in aggressive price and service competition. As a result, vendors frequently engage in price-based competition to the benefit of buyers, which helps prevent prices from rising too rapidly. Buyers can use this environment to regularly benchmark the market, encourage competitive bidding, and negotiate more favorable contract terms, helping constrain rate growth.
What factors affect the price of Temporary Medical Staffing?
Employee qualifications play a role in determining the pricing of temporary medical staffing services, as higher qualifications often correlate with premium rates. For instance, locum tenens physicians with specialized certifications or extensive experience can command significantly higher hourly rates compared to less experienced staff.
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