2026 Georgia Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration (GSHHRA) Annual Conference-2026 Gallagher GHA Labor Market Presentation

2026 Gallagher GHA Labor Market Presentation

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The document is a slide-style briefing by Thomas Cummins (AJG/Gallagher) on the “no hire/no fire” labor market, healthcare compensation survey results, and emerging concerns such as AI’s impact on jobs.<br /><br />It summarizes current labor market indicators: unemployment rates (shown for Georgia vs. the U.S.), job creation, wage trends, labor force participation, employment-to-population ratios, part-time work, people out of the labor force who still want a job, and long-term unemployment. Industry views highlight different unemployment levels and employment growth/declines across sectors (e.g., leisure/hospitality, manufacturing, healthcare, construction, information, and federal government). The slides also show high job openings versus hires by industry and track monthly quits, indicating continued churn even as hiring remains selective.<br /><br />Inflation is reviewed (CPI peaking in 2022 and cooling afterward), alongside annual wage/salary growth and real wage growth, with wage growth varying by industry. A key point is how compensation changes compare to CPI over time.<br /><br />The presentation then pivots to 2026 Georgia healthcare survey highlights: 97 participants, 300 job titles, 56,578 incumbents, and multiple data cuts per title, with deliverables in PDF/Excel. It reports Georgia healthcare turnover for RNs over several years, the prevalence and typical amounts of sign-on bonuses for roles like RN, LPN, CNA, and Physical Therapist, and typical overall salary increase budgets (around ~3% overall, with variation by employee group). Matched-sample pay changes are provided, including notable increases for specific positions, and a comparison of matched-sample increases versus CPI.<br /><br />Finally, the deck frames “what is a job” in terms of task bundles and introduces AI’s likely influence using sources like BLS/O*Net and MIT’s “Iceberg Index” for task automation susceptibility, showing example susceptibility scores by healthcare and administrative roles. It closes with a note about an employee benefits survey submission window and contact information.

Keywords

no hire no fire labor market

Georgia vs US unemployment trends

job openings vs hires by industry

wage growth vs CPI real wages

monthly quits rate labor churn

labor force participation employment to population ratio

healthcare compensation survey Georgia 2026

RN turnover sign-on bonuses LPN CNA physical therapist

salary increase budgets matched-sample pay changes

AI impact on jobs task automation O*NET MIT Iceberg Index