The average annual salary for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses in the U.S. is $47,050, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected in May 2018.

The average salary for registered nurses across the country is $75,510, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected in May 2018.

The average salary for physicians and surgeons across the country is $203,880, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected in May 2018.

About $80 million in bonuses was awarded to 366 New York state hospital officials in 2016, according to a USA Today investigation.

Johnson City, Tenn.-based Ballad Health will invest $10 million to increase pay for several thousand nurses across the health system, according to the Kingsport Times News.

U.S.-based registered nurses working in neonatal intensive care units earn an average of $102,093 per year, according to job search website ZipRecruiter.

The average annual salary for U.S. family and general practitioners was $211,780 as of May 2018, the most recent period available, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The annual salary range for the highest-paying medical job in the U.S. is $119,000 to $303,000, according to job site Glassdoor.

The salaries for chief executives often vary with some in the single-digit millions to beyond $25 million. Business Insider explored the salaries of 25 CEOs in the healthcare industry to see how the executives compared in 2018.

The average overall physician salary for 2019 is $313,000, which marks a 20 percent increase from 2015, according to Medscape's annual Physician Compensation Report.

The widening gap between the salary of a company's average employee and its chief executive has drawn increased scrutiny in the U.S. Now, nonprofit shareholder advocacy group As You Sow has released its "100 Most Overpaid CEOs" list for 2019.

Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Children's Hospital is raising its minimum hourly wage to $15, the hospital announced April 3.

The gender wage gap among physicians fell below a six-digit figure for the first time in 2018, according to Doximity's 2019 Physician Compensation Report.

Physicians saw a less than 1 percent decrease in pay between 2017 and 2018, with compensation still varying greatly across metropolitan areas, according to Doximity's 2019 Physician Compensation Report.

The former CEO of bankrupt North Philadelphia Health System does not deserve his $1.8 million severance package, according to a lawsuit filed March 15 and obtained by The Inquirer.

The median compensation for chief executives at S&P 500 companies reached $12.4 million in 2018, up from $11.7 million one year prior, according to a recent analysis of executive compensation by The Wall Street Journal.

Bristol (Conn.) Hospital CEO Kurt Barwis and several hospital board members discussed the institution's robust C-suite compensation packages in light of a state tax revenue proposal, according to HartfordBusiness.com.

Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems' board recently approved 2019 pay packages for its top executives.

Infection preventionists in the U.S. earn an average annual salary of $89,099, according to ZipRecruiter, a job search website.

Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health paid its CEO, Gene Woods, about $6.1 million in 2018, up 12 percent from the year prior, according to disclosures obtained by The Charlotte Observer.