Category: Compensation Issues

New York will provide pay increases for more than 6,500 nurses across over 15 state agencies, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Oct. 14. 

Physicians have weighed in on the benefits and disadvantages of incentive bonuses, a recent Medscape study found. 

The mean hourly wage for healthcare practitioners and technical occupations varies across positions.  

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic is boosting pay 6 percent for some workers, marking its largest across-the-board wage jump in two decades, the Star Tribune reported Oct. 5. 

Tech reigns supreme and healthcare providers are scant when it comes to competitive compensation among companies with more than 500 employees, according to workplace review site Comparably’s 6th annual list of Best Companies for Compensation, released …

The average weekly travel nurse pay in September in the U.S. was $3,066, down 17.34 percent from $3,709 during the same month in 2021, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.   

Members of the Michigan Nurses Association have approved a four-year contract with Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan Health that includes a $273 million compensation package.

With nursing shortages not going away anytime soon, it’s important to look at how nursing compensation has evolved. 

Measures establishing a $25 minimum hourly wage for workers at private healthcare facilities will be placed before voters in two California cities.

A California program can help licensed vocational nurses — with a starting salary of $55,000 in the state — train to become registered nurses and make a starting salary around $110,000, The Sacramento Bee reported Sept. 26. Now, the state’s Labor and W…