The median annual salary for an infection control-focused staff nurse in the United States was $86,763, as of May 30, according to data from Salary.com.

More healthcare providers are employed by for-profit or nonprofit organizations, and fewer practitioners are self-employed — a shift over the last 15 years that could affect annual earnings, a study published in JAMA Network Open found.

California has the highest annual wage for nurse practitioners in the U.S., with Golden State NPs earning $126,770 a year on average, according to the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The median national annual salary for physician assistants is $104,860, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The pediatric unit at Mercy Children's Hospital in St. Louis will give nurses summers off work in an effort to retain staff, KMOV reports.

Portland, Ore., is the top-paying city for registered nurses according to real adjusted salary, a joint report from moving and storage marketplace SpareFoot and online employment marketplace ZipRecruiter found.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the nursing field will have over 1 million vacancies by 2022, leaving hospitals to implement strategies to recruit and retain nurses. Here are eight hospitals and health systems that posted job listings in the last week with sign-on bonuses for nurses.

The median annual salary for medical scribes was $32,762, as of May 30, according to data from Salary.com.

In 2017, California-based registered nurses reported the highest average salary, at $102,700. However, the largest increase in RN salary occurred outside of the state.

Public health physician supervisor was the sole healthcare position named on a list of remote jobs offering six-figure salaries, according to a report from job seeker website FlexJobs.

Invasive cardiologists will earn an average starting salary of $590,000 — topping the list of the most lucrative specialties for new physicians, according to a report by Merritt Hawkins.

Nashville (Tenn.) General Hospital CEO Joseph Webb, DSc, might receive an up to 10 percent raise as part of his three-year contract, according to The Tennessean.

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Saint Francis Healthcare System revealed it will give raises to more than 200 employees, or nearly 8 percent of its workforce, effective July 8.

The average salary for physicians and surgeons across the country is $211,390, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected in May 2017.

The average annual wage for certified registered nurse anesthetists in the U.S. is $169,450, and CRNAs in Montana earn the highest average wage among all 50 states, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Ogden, Utah, is the No. 1 city for employees to get a raise after asking for one, according to a PayScale analysis.

Registered nurses in California and Hawaii earn the highest average annual wage for RNs in the U.S. at $102,700 and $96,990, respectively, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. After California and Hawaii are the District of Columbia, Massachusetts and Oregon.

As companies are now required to disclose new compensation data in their annual Securities and Exchange Commission filings this year, Money magazine analyzed the best-paying firms in every state — including 14 healthcare companies.

After selling $945.7 million in revenue bonds to fund a renovation project on its main campus, Cleveland-based MetroHealth awarded raises and bonuses to its executive team, Cleveland.com reports.

The median annual salary for operating room head nurses was $102,838 as of April 29, according to data from Salary.com.