Facts and Stats

Dedicated to delivering superior patient care and identifying new treatments through research, Seattle Children’s is an innovative leader in pediatric health and wellness. With a history of more than 100 years, we celebrate our past while keeping a keen eye on our future.

Some highlights of our 2023 fiscal year appear below. For more information, please click on the link below to access a tri-fold brochure PDF. If you are printing the brochure, we recommend using 11”x17” paper and printing double-sided.

Our Team

Our dedicated employees and volunteers are the heart of Seattle Children’s. In 2023, we had: 

• 10,063 total active employees (includes 28 A3-Temporary Employees)
• 2,004 total active medical staff
• 1,994 total member nurses, Washington State Nurses Association
• 1,067 total physicians in training (academic year 2022–2023)
• 438 total medical students in training (academic year 2022-2023)
• An average of 307 volunteers per month, serving a total of 75,344 hours

Our Patients

Our workforce is dedicated to providing compassionate care to every patient we serve.

Demographics

• In 2023, we had 396,710 patient visits.
• The five reasons for inpatient admission were seizure, pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, chemotherapy, bronchitis and RSV pneumonia, non-bacterial gastroenteritis and nausea and vomiting.
• Our top five outpatient services were Rehabilitation Medicine; Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Heart Center; and Otolaryngology.
• We performed 13,419 outpatient surgeries and 4,081 inpatient surgeries.
• We had 407 total licensed beds in operation as of December 31, 2023:
  • Medical/Surgical Unit: 183
  • Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (including Cardiac ICU): 64
  • Cancer and Blood Disorders Center - Inpatient: 48
  • Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit: 41
  • Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: 32
  • Rehabilitation Unit: 12

Our Funding

We build on a culture of philanthropy for patient care and research.

Seattle Children’s Hospital

• We had gross revenue of $3,856,733,000.
• We provided $354,702,000 in uncompensated care that was not offset by payments from Medicaid, grants and donations.
• Our payor mix included 48% from Medicaid and 52% from insurance and managed care.

Seattle Children’s Research Institute

• We had $253,381,884 in total extramural funding.
• The federal government provided $131,138,018 and corporations provided $16,308,383.
• Learn more about the research institute.

Seattle Children’s Foundation and Seattle Children’s Guild Association

• We received philanthropic support totaling $139,500,000.
• We provided $63,471,433 of support to research.
• Learn more about ways to help Seattle Children’s, including the guild association – the largest all-volunteer fundraising network for any hospital in the nation.