WeekdayDoc Hiring Index
Which clinician specialties are most in demand? A monthly index from live job postings
Every month WeekdayDoc ranks physician, nurse practitioner and physician assistant specialties by hiring demand using normalized signals from about 145,000 live postings across 50+ sources: share of openings inside a fixed source panel, how long postings stay open, how often a sign-on bonus is stated, job-seeker interest per opening, and advertised-pay drift on re-posted roles. Raw posting counts are never used — they move with our coverage, not the market. Published issues are frozen and citable.
Physicians
Urology was the tightest physician specialty in September 2026: postings stayed open a median 92 days and 33% stated a sign-on bonus.
Nurse Practitioners
Emergency Medicine was the tightest nurse practitioner specialty in September 2026: postings stayed open a median 48 days and 33% stated a sign-on bonus.
Physician Assistants
Family Medicine was the tightest physician assistant specialty in September 2026: postings stayed open a median 52 days and 32% stated a sign-on bonus.
Year in review
The full-year report: specialty demand, advertised pay, remote share, schedule facts, bonuses and pay drift across every profession, specialty and state.