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 2024 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 2024, we had:
- 10,261 total active employees (includes 28 A3-Temporary Employees)
- 2,056 total active medical staff
- 2,170 total member nurses, Washington State Nurses Association
- 1,066 total physicians in training (academic year 2023–2024)
- 402 total medical students in training (academic year 2023-2024)
- An average of 500+ volunteers per month, serving a total of 48,748 hours
Our Patients
Our workforce is dedicated to providing compassionate care to every patient we serve.
Demographics
- In 2024, we had 451,863 patient visits.
- The five reasons for inpatient admission were seizure, pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, chemotherapy, bronchitis and RSV pneumonia and 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 17,175 outpatient surgeries and 5,903 inpatient surgeries.
- We had 423 total licensed beds in operation as of December 31, 2024:
- Medical/Surgical Unit: 184
- 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: 48
- 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 $4,185,415,000.
- We provided $304,306,000 in uncompensated care that was not offset by payments from Medicaid, grants and donations.
- Our payor mix included 50% from Medicaid and 50% from insurance and managed care.
Seattle Children’s Research Institute
- We had $258,329,503 in total extramural funding.
- The federal government provided $153,389,955 and corporations provided $14,666,644.
- Learn more about the research institute.
Seattle Children’s Foundation and Seattle Children’s Guild Association
- We received philanthropic support totaling $175,400,000.
- We provided $49,910,732 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.