Annual National Physician & Healthcare Provider Preference & Insights Survey
Understanding what drives physicians and advanced practice clinicians is essential to competing for top talent. This report explores the workforce pressures, career motivations, and evolving expectations shaping provider decision-making today—from burnout, flexibility, and workplace culture to compensation, benefits, and job search behavior. Discover what providers value most, what motivates them to make a move, and how to strengthen recruitment and retention strategies in a highly competitive market.
- 4.16.2026
- Abigail Crock
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Today's provider labor market is shaped by more than compensation. This year's survey looks at what physicians and APCs value most, what's driving them to consider a change, and what it takes to keep them long-term.
What you'll learn from the 2026 provider survey:
- How physician and APC mobility is evolving, with 48.2% of physicians and 62.4% of APCs likely or open to changing roles within the next 12 months.
- Why burnout, workload strain, and workplace pressures continue to threaten retention, and what's driving that dissatisfaction.
- What physicians and APCs value most in their current roles, from work-life balance and compensation to benefits and feeling valued.
- How compensation and total benefits packages continue to influence career decisions and willingness to make a change.
- Where providers are willing to relocate, and which practice settings they prefer.
- What motivates physicians and APCs to explore new opportunities, and which barriers stand in the way of making a move.
- How providers search for jobs, and what information they expect to see clearly communicated in job ads.
- How to turn provider sentiment into action through strategies built around transparency, efficiency, flexibility, and operational support.
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