Healthcare

Mosaic Life Care was ranked No. 13 among 2,500 employers in Missouri in Forbes Magazine’s list of America’s Best Employers by State for 2019

CONSISTENT GROWTH IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY

Our current concentration and consistent growth in the healthcare industry makes us a top location for specialty physicians and high-quality medical facilities.

Our strength in the healthcare industry is a clear advantage. Here is a sampling of our labor compared to the national average and growth over the past 5 years:

  • 2 times more people employed in Medical Laboratories
  • 59% growth in Offices of Mental Health Practitioners
  • 17% growth in General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

St. Joseph

Top Healthcare Providers

Mosaic Life Care provides a wide range of acute care and outpatient services near you in St. Joseph, Maryville and Albany, MO, and the surrounding areas
Northwest Health Services helps serve both St. Joseph residents and the residents in the smaller surrounding towns. Offices throughout the northwest region are nestled among the agricultural communities and serve a population of approximately 275,000 people in 15 counties. Offices in counties such as Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Gentry, Harrison, and Holt reach out to the neighborhoods where they are situated.

Mosaic Life Care Utilizes Youth Development & Historic Housing to Promote Economic Growth

emPowerU

Mosaic’s contributions to the local community include a state-of-the-art youth development campus, emPowerU, drawing thousands of regional students and community-focused groups together to solve civic challenges.

The multi-million dollar emPowerU campus is built on a restored industrial brownfield in the city’s downtown area, which continues to see exciting revitalizations. EmPowerU is an initiative for youth and civic development from the hospital’s foundation. The campus and initiative serves as an award-winning national model for youth development. Its purpose is to equip and retain the city’s future leaders.

2 Times

  • 2 times more people employed in Medical Laboratories than the national average
  • 59% growth in Offices of Mental Health Practitioners
  • 17% growth in General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

Workforce Training Designed for You​

The St. Joseph Workforce Development Alliance works with education partners to coordinate training and educational assets to meet the workforce needs of industry.

Workforce Data

Industry

5Y Growth

Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities

95%

Other Community Housing Services

73%

Offices of Mental Health Practitioners

59%

Blood and Organ Banks

50%

Community Food Services

46%

Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists

44%

Diagnostic Imaging Centers

42%

Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers

37%

All Other Outpatient Care Centers

29%

Temporary Shelters

26%

Child and Youth Services

25%

Emergency and Other Relief Services

21%

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

17%

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers

17%

Kidney Dialysis Centers

14%

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers

13%

Ambulance Services

11%

Other Residential Care Facilities

10%

Offices of Optometrists

9%

Offices of Podiatrists

9%

Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing

9%

Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists

9%

Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing

8%

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities

8%

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)

7%

Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals

7%

Offices of Chiropractors

6%

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals

5%

Compared to the a USA average region of the same size, St. Joseph has…

2 times more people employed in Medical Laboratories

2 times more people employed in Temporary Shelters

2 times more people employed in Blood and Organ Banks

2 times more people employed in Ambulatory Health Care Services

2 times more people employed in General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

Above the US average employment in Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals

Above the US average employment in Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers

Above the US average employment in All Other Outpatient Care Centers

Industry

Wages

General Medical and Surgical Hospitals

 $         68,745

Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)

 $      130,237

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities

 $         17,580

Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)

 $         33,776

Home Health Care Services

 $         35,806

Offices of Dentists

 $         55,308

Medical Laboratories

 $         66,643

Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities

 $         30,611

Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers

 $         80,677

Other Individual and Family Services

 $         39,161

Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals

 $         51,807

Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers

 $         44,630

Continuing Care Retirement Communities

 $         33,943

Vocational Rehabilitation Services

 $         27,839

All Other Outpatient Care Centers

 $         57,206

St. Joseph

Committed to Helping St. Joseph Employers Meet Workforce Needs​

Missouri Western University strives to help the St. Joseph region’s employers meet their workforce needs. Initiatives through the Workforce Development Alliance, plus tools like the Kit Bond Science & Technology Incubator combine to promote and strengthen the workforce of St. Joseph. 

Labor Availability

This map shows that 17,489 people travel to the St. Joseph area daily for work, proving that a good employer can draw labor from a wide radius. Additionally, this map shows that 15,907 people drive from St. Joseph’s region to work in other locations. This creates a potential workforce as the vast majority of these 15,907 workers will consider working in the St. Joseph area, as more jobs are created.

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Incentives Options to Suit Your Needs*

Economic Development Programs Related to New Job Creation and Capital Investment:

  • Buchanan County Economic Development Fund

  • St. Joseph Industrial Foundation

  • Chapter 100 Bond Program

  • Missouri State Incentives

  • Tax Increment Financing

  • Chapter 353 Tax Abatement

  • Improvement Districts

  • BUILD Program infrastructure

  • Economic Development riders for Electricity/Water

Redevelopment Related Programs:

  • Tax Increment Financing

  • Chapter 353 Tax Abatement

  • Improvement Districts

*Eligibility criteria apply

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