Category: Compensation Issues

A California lawmaker is speaking out about what she says are “unintended consequences” for hospitals related to a new law that will gradually raise healthcare workers’ hourly minimum wage to $25.

Physicians who report having a disability earn 20% less than their peers and work around 110 hours less annually, according to research published Dec. 1 in JAMA. 

The average weekly wages jumped 7.53% annually from March 2022 to March 2023, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, with wage growth in some states hitting double-digits.

As You Sow has issued its 10th report on “overpaid” CEOs among the S&P 500, naming 15 executives with an interest in healthcare. 

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.

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

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…

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 …

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.&…

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