Bargaining facts at a glance
Bargaining facts at a glance
Commitment to hiring and staffing a strong workforce
Kaiser Permanente’s strength is its employees, who power the future of health care.
of Kaiser Permanente employees work under collective bargaining agreements
of our employees are represented by the 40 unions we work with
- Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions agreed to a joint goal of hiring 10,000 new people for Coalition-represented jobs in 2023, and to speed up the time it takes to fill vacancies.
- The number of Coalition-represented employees has grown to about 88,000 workers since 1997.
Best place to work
Kaiser Permanente employees love the work they do — and where they do it.
of our employees are proud to work here, citing engagement, opportunity, and satisfaction
is the average time Coalition-represented employees stay at Kaiser Permanente, far higher than the industry average
- In 2023, 96% of all offers made to external candidates for Coalition jobs were accepted, higher than the 89% U.S. hospital and health system benchmark reported in the PwC Saratoga 2022 Survey.
- The national average health care attrition rate is 21.4% (percentage of employees leaving their job), compared to the Kaiser Permanente Coalition-represented attrition rate of 8.6%.
Power of partnership
What sets Kaiser Permanente apart is our long history of partnership with unions. Established in 1997, the Labor Management Partnership is the largest, oldest, and most comprehensive partnership of its kind in the U.S.
unit-based teams empower our employees to solve problems that improve performance
projects implemented since 2022 to improve quality, safety, and patient care experience
- The LMP includes more than 137,000 front-line employees, 17,000 managers, and 22,000 physicians.
- In 2022, more than 36,600 employees used LMP-supported educational trusts to pursue career counseling, degree programs, educational courses, and team trainings.
Total compensation and career growth
Kaiser Permanente provides employees with market-competitive pay and outstanding benefits that provide financial security and career growth.
- Our low-cost health insurance, industry-leading retirement plans, and other benefit programs support our employees’ health and well-being.
- Since 2018, Kaiser Permanente employees have received more than $157 million in tuition reimbursement, creating opportunities for career advancement and a workforce that can use technology in the rapidly changing health care field.