Nurses nationwide reported earning a median salary of $75,000, down from the $78,000 salary they reported in 2017, according to survey data reported by the Springer Publishing Company.

The American Nurses Association found South Dakota's registered nurses have the lowest annual salary of any state — an added challenge to filling open nursing positions, the Argus Leader reports.  

Cooper University Health Care in Camden, N.J., is raising the minimum wage for all hospital workers to $15 per hour in 2019 and its board chairman, George Norcross III, is imploring the rest of the health systems in New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania to follow suit.

Compensation for all advanced practice provider types, including nurse practitioners and physician assistants, increased by 6.6 percent over 2017, and median primary care physician compensation was flat compared to last year, according to strategic consulting firm ECG's 2018 Physician Compensation Survey.

Although pay and benefits for post-acute care nurses have not always matched up to nurses in acute settings, that has changed in the past five to 10 years, said Andrea Devoti, MSN, RN, executive vice president of the National Association for Home Care and Hospice, according to Nurse.com.

Some of the country's highest-paid health system executives earn up to $17 million a year, according to a Business Journals analysis.

In the U.S., advanced practice registered nurses earn $92,319 on average per year, according to Payscale data.

Many of the nation's highest-paying jobs are in healthcare, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics cited by CNBC.

On average, physician assistants in the U.S. earn $92,626 per year, according to Payscale data.

On average, healthcare industry CEOs received $4,631,579 in total direct compensation in 2017, according to a study from professional services firm BDO.

When asked what an ideal salary would be after completing residency, female surgeons expected $30,000 a year less than male surgeons who took the survey, a study from LA BioMed found.

A U.S.-based chief experience officer's average annual salary is $175,302, according to Payscale data.

Registered nurses and physicians/surgeons were listed among occupations with the biggest gender pay gaps, according to a report from the American Association of University Women.

Of 10 physician specialties, general orthopedic surgeons have the highest base salary, earning $553,537 on average, according to a survey from SullivanCotter.

Physicians and surgeons hold the No. 1 spot on a list of highest-paying healthcare jobs, earning about $208,000 in median annual wages, a CNBC analysis found.

Physicians in nine specialties saw increases in total cash compensation from 2017 to 2018, with those specializing in general cardiology seeing the biggest jump in pay, according to a survey from SullivanCotter.

The average annual salary for a neonatal intensive care unit registered nurse is $60,923, according to data from Payscale.

CFO payment structures are growing to become more dependent on performance-based incentives, according to The Wall Street Journal.

After Pauls Valley (Okla.) Hospital closed Oct. 12, about 130 people were out of jobs, and many of them said they have not received pay for weeks, according to KWTV.

Hospital and health system CEOs, CFOs and COOs saw increases in total cash compensation from 2017 to 2018, according to a survey from SullivanCotter.