Category: Compensation Issues

CRNA compensation grows 9.6%

High demand continues to affect compensation for certified registered nurse anesthetists, resulting in a 9.6% increase in median total cash compensation from 2022 to 2023, according to one new survey.

Compensation for 10 advanced practitioner specialties

Advanced practice provider compensation has continued to trend upward across all specialties tracked, according to one new survey.

APRN earnings by subspecialty, region

Among advanced practice registered nurses, year-over-year base compensation increased for all subspecialties except nurse midwives, with clinical nurse specialists and certified registered nurse anesthetists seeing the largest increases, according to a…

California's healthcare minimum wage boost to cost $4B

On Oct. 13, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law that will gradually raise healthcare workers’ hourly minimum wage to $25. Now, weeks later, his administration has estimated the price at $4 billion in the 2024-25 fiscal year, according to the …

Where travel nurse pay is up, down

The average weekly travel nurse pay in October in the U.S. was $2,422.52, a decrease of 0.33% from the previous month and a 9.58% decrease from the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.&…

16 healthcare executive pay statistics to know

Pay for executives in healthcare includes numerous factors and has varied in recent years.

Wider PTO means less productivity for same pay

As U.S. employers expand paid leave offerings, workers are making use of the hours and what was once seen as a perk is increasingly seen as an expected benefit, The Wall Street Journal reports. 

Advertised salaries, vacancies for travel nurse jobs, by state

Job search engine Adzuna released new research Oct. 26 highlighting travel nurse jobs and their average advertised salaries and vacancies as of September 2023.

From the call center to middle management: Average salaries for 31 nonclinical healthcare roles

Pay data is frequently reported for executive leaders and clinicians — but what does the average non-patient-facing healthcare worker make? 

Highest-paying healthcare jobs in 75 US cities

In a number of U.S. cities, physicians are among the highest-paid jobs across all industries. But regardless of specialty, their pay differs drastically from one city to another, according to a recent series of analyses from Zippia.