Category: Compensation Issues

The average signing bonus for physicians increased 21 percent from 2022 to $37,473 this year, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” released Aug. 14.

The average weekly travel nurse pay in July in the U.S. was $2,447.83, down from $2,677.19 in the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.    

Orthopedic surgeons are offered the highest average starting salary ($633,000) among physicians, according to AMN Healthcare’s “2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives,” released July 24.

Physicians may be the most common occupation among the top 1 percent of income earners, but their earnings are nonetheless difficult to measure — despite the government’s role in the market. New research out of the University of Chicago aims to resolve…

As companies endure difficult times, some are maintaining one cost-cutting measure from the pandemic’s early days: reduced pay for executives. 

Job search engine Adzuna released new research July 18 highlighting healthcare jobs and their average advertised salaries and vacancies as of June 2023.

A healthcare administration degree can open a variety of doors in the field — and land recipients in a variety of pay ranges, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics and Payscale data.

The average weekly travel nurse pay in June in the U.S. was $2,466, down 8.56 percent from $2,697 during the same month in 2022, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.    

The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising workers’ pay since June 21. 

SEIU Local 521, a union representing employees of the Bakersfield, Calif.-based Kern County Hospital Authority, has accused the system of overpaying two private consulting firms that provide its top executives.