Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers at Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana (Calif.) Medical Center have approved a contract that will raise wages by an average 40 percent, according to hospital and union statements shared with Becker's. 

The California Department of Health Care Services anticipates issuing retention bonuses for hospital and skilled nursing facility workers in February, according to its website.  

Inflation, nurse contracts opening up and a decrease in contract worker utilization are among the factors behind a spate of recent pay raises across hospitals and health systems. But such raises are hardly enough to remain competitive and improve retention in today's market, experts say.

Pittsburgh-based UPMC has made plans to raise minimum wage to $18 per hour, more than double the minimum wage in Pennsylvania. 

DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare is offering hefty sign-on bonuses up to $15,000. 

Average weekly travel nurse pay in December in the U.S. varied across states compared to the month prior, with some seeking increases and others seeing decreases, according to a report shared with Becker's from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.    

The average weekly travel nurse pay in December in the U.S. was $3,177, down 16 percent from $3,782 during the same month in 2021, according to a report from Vivian Health, a national healthcare hiring marketplace.    

Lancaster (Pa.) General Health System, part of Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine, canceled employee holiday bonuses because of rising costs, inflation and "radical changes" in healthcare, according to LNP | Lancaster Online.

According to the "2022 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives" provided by AMN Healthcare's physician recruiting firm Merritt Hawkins, orthopedic surgery offers the highest average base salary while pediatrics offers the lowest. Noninvasive cardiology offers the highest overall base salary earning potential, with the high end of its base salary at $1 million.

Upper Allegheny Health System is boosting employee wages across the Olean, N.Y.-based organization. 

The total amount of cash compensation paid to physician assistants and nurse practitioners can vary significantly by region, according to a survey released Dec. 7 by consulting firm SullivanCotter.

Twenty-seven states will raise their minimum wage this year — some already have. 

More employers opted out of holiday bonuses this year than last, while 81 percent of those that did extend bonuses kept the value flat, according to a year-end report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas. 

Controversy driven by bonuses paid out to MetroHealth System's former CEO has intensified criticism of hospital CEO pay at large, with one former MetroHealth physician calling for it to be capped at $800,000 — twice as much as the U.S. president earns.

Travel nurses in South Dakota earn an average of 287 percent what non-traveling RNs in the state earn, the highest gap of any state.

Year over year, median total cash compensation for physician assistants and nurse practitioners climbed by 4.5 percent, according to a survey released Dec. 7 by consulting firm SullivanCotter. 

Year over year, median total cash compensation for physician assistants and nurse practitioners climbed by 4.5 percent, according to a survey released Dec. 7 by consulting firm SullivanCotter. 

In the fight to attract talent, companies began offering pay hikes to stand out from their competitors. That trend appears to be continuing even as the labor demand softens, The Wall Street Journal reported Dec. 4. 

The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising workers' pay since Nov. 23:

Mayo Clinic returned to raises for its executive team in 2021 with top-paid employees seeing the largest increases of 20 percent or more, the Rochester Post Bulletin reported Dec. 8.