The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising workers’ pay since December 2024.
Note: This webpage was last updated on Dec. 18, 2025, and will continue to be updated regularly.
December
1. Daviess Community Hospital in Washington, Ind., is investing $1.6 million in employee wage increases. The initiative includes raising the inpatient registered nurse pay scale from $33 to $45 per hour, along with other systemwide adjustments.
November
2. Registered nurses at Oakland-based University of California ratified a new contract covering 25,000 nurses at 19 facilities. The agreement includes a minimum 18.5% wage increase over four years, according to California Nurses Association/National Nurses United.
3. University of Massachusetts resident physicians, interns and fellows employed by Worcester-based UMass Chan Medical School ratified a new union contract. The deal includes a 9.5% compensation increase over three years, according to Service Employees International Union’s Committee of Interns and Residents.
4. Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich., is unilaterally implementing proposals offered during contract talks with Teamsters Local 332 — including wage increases. Nurses will see salary increases of up to 8.6% as part of the implementation, according to the hospital.
October
5. Members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West at eight Sutter Health facilities in Northern California approved a new labor contract. The deal includes 14% across-the-board raises over the life of the contract and protects healthcare and retirement benefits for workers, according to the union.
6. More than 2,800 employees across three hospitals that are part of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health ratified new four-year contracts. The contracts guarantee a minimum 12% wage increase over four years, along with larger shift differentials and higher bonuses for extra hours, according to the health system.
7. Nurses, technicians and professionals across two Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals-represented locals within Philadelphia-based Temple Health ratified three-year labor contracts. The contracts include annual wage increases of 3.25%, 3.25% and 3%, respectively, over three years, according to the union.
With step increases for experience, wage increases for union members will be between 9% and 27% over the life of the deal.
8. Members of Service Employees International Union Local 1107 at Las Vegas-based Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center ratified their first labor contract. The contract includes average raises of more than 12% over three years, with the highest raise reaching 36%, according to the union. It also includes a 24-step pay scale that rewards seniority.
9. More than 300 nurses and technicians at Armstrong County Memorial Hospital in Kittanning, Pa., ratified new three-year labor contracts. Both contracts include guaranteed 3% wage increases for each year and add a 17-year step to retain long-tenured employees, according to their unions.
September
10. Resident physicians and fellows at Chicago-based McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University — the nonprofit that sponsors Northwestern’s residency and fellowship programs — ratified their first labor contract. The agreement includes an overall compensation increase of 16% in the first year with an annual $11,000 stipend and 3% annual raise, according to the Committee of Interns and Residents.
11. Techs at UP Health System-Marquette, who are represented by the Michigan Nurses Association, ratified a new labor contract. The agreement includes 18.75% wage increases over the next four years and three months, according to the union.
July and August
12. Members of SEIU 1199NE at Care New England’s Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., ratified a new four-year labor contract. The agreement includes a wage increase of at least $6,000 in the first year of the contract for full-time employees, according to the union. By the end of the four-year deal, all employees will earn at least $20 an hour.
13. Residents and fellow physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore voted to ratify their first labor contract with the hospital. The agreement includes a 20% salary increase over three years, according to the University of Maryland Resident and Fellow Alliance, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers—Maryland AFL-CIO.
14. Members of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals at Tower Health’s Pottstown Hospital ratified a new three-year labor contract. The agreement includes wage increases and ratification bonuses, as well as one month of retroactive pay, according to the union.
15. Members of the New York State Nurses Association approved a new four-year labor contract with Albany (N.Y.) Medical Center. The agreement includes a 21% increase to starting wages from $33 to $40 per hour, according to both parties.
16. Registered nurses at Christ Hospital in Jersey City, N.J., and employees at Bayonne (N.J.) Medical Center reached separate three-year collective bargaining agreements. The contracts include raises of at least 12% in the first year, followed by 3% increases in the second and third years, according to Health Professionals and Allied Employees.
17. Unionized nurses at Corewell Health’s Southeast Michigan hospitals secured retroactive economic adjustments as part of a new agreement. In a July 29 news release, the Teamsters Local 2024 Nurses for Nurses said its bargaining committee approved a memorandum of agreement that provides union members with a general wage increase, retroactive to March, as well as a $250 bonus and matching contributions to workers’ 403(b) retirement plan.
18. Members of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania at WellSpan Chambersburg (Pa.) Hospital ratified a new three-year labor contract. The agreement includes a wage package of 3.5% in each year of the contract, according to both parties.
19. Minnesota Nurses Association members at hospitals across the Twin Cities area and in Duluth ratified new contracts. The three-year contracts include a 10% raise over the life of the deal for the Twin Cities hospitals, as well as a 9.75% raise over the life of the deal for Twin Ports hospitals, according to the union.
20. More than 500 employees across three groups at Philadelphia-based Temple Health ratified their first labor contracts. The contracts include a new wage scale with experience-based steps and guaranteed annual increases throughout, according to the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals.
21. The University of California implemented a pay increase of $25 an hour or a 5% increase — whichever is greater — for more than 37,000 university employees represented by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Local 3299. Union members received the raises after UC implemented select terms of its last, best and final contract offer for the Patient Care Technical Unit and the Service Unit, according to a university news release.
June
22. Members of SEIU 121RN ratified their first labor contract with Anaheim (Calif.) Regional Medical Center. The deal includes wage increases of at least 19.2%, according to the union.
23. Members of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota & Iowa at the Mayo Clinic Hospital Methodist Campus in Rochester, Minn., approved a new three-year labor contract. The deal includes wage increases between 4.5% and 17.5% for 2025 with retroactive pay back to Feb. 1, 2025, according to the union.
24. Members of Service Employees International Union Wisconsin ratified a tentative agreement. The two-year deal includes raises of 10% over the life of the contract, including 8% across the board over those two years with step increases.
May
25. Members of 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East approved a new labor contract with Guthrie (Corning) Hospital. The three-year agreement includes an 8.5% general wage increase over the life of the contract (2.75% in the first two years and 3% in the third year), according to the union.
26. Resident physicians, interns and fellows at Boston-based Massachusetts General Brigham ratified a tentative labor contract with the health system. The three-year agreement, which covers 2,600 house staff represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU, is retroactive to July 1, 2024. It includes a total pay increase of 7.5% over the life of the contract, according to the union.
April
27. Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Beverly (Mass.) Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital in Gloucester approved a new three-year labor contract. The deal includes wage increases of up to 30% over the life of the contract, depending on years of service, according to the union.
28. Registered nurses at CommonSpirit Longmont (Colo.) United Hospital approved a new three-year labor contract. The deal includes competitive wages within the Denver metropolitan area, according to National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.
29. Members of Service Employees International Union Healthcare Pennsylvania at Geisinger’s Luzerne County facilities approved a new labor contract with the health system. The contract includes wage increases of 13% to 26% over three years, with average wage increases of 18%, according to SEIU.
30. Nurses represented by the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement approved new labor contracts with Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, both based in Palo Alto, Calif. The contract includes annual across-the-board wage increases in 2025, 2026 and 2027 — totaling 12% over the life of the agreement, according to CRONA.
31. Registered nurses at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill., approved a new four-year labor contract with their employer. The agreement includes an average wage increase of 24% over four years and expansions of paid time off, according to National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United.
32. Registered nurses at San Leandro and Alameda hospitals in California approved a new five-year labor contract. The deal includes a 25% pay increase, at minimum, over the life of the contract, according to the California Nurses Association.
March
33. Employees at Fox Chase Cancer Center’s Office of Clinical Research in Philadelphia approved their first union contract. The three-year contract includes an average wage increase of 8.2% in the first year, with an average 17% increase over two years, according to the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals.
34. Members of the New York State Nurses Association approved a new labor contract with Mohawk Valley Health System’s Wynn Hospital in Utica. The deal includes across-the-board raises between 13.9% and 21% over three years, with retroactive pay to Jan. 1, 2025, plus additional increases for experienced nurses, according to the union.
35. Resident physicians and fellows at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City approved a labor agreement reached March 17. The agreement includes an 18% pay bump, a $2,500 annual child-care allowance and a $3,000 housing stipend, according to the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International Union.
36. Members of the New York State Nurses Association at Northwell Health’s South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore approved a labor contract. The deal includes wage increases that total between $18,000 to $20,000 over three years, as well as annual pay increases, experience pay improvements for pension, and improvements to retiree healthcare, according to the union.
February
37. Members of the Federation of Nurses/United Federation of Teachers approved a new labor contract with NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, part of New York City-based NYU Langone Health. Under the deal, nurses received a 9.25% wage increase effective March 1 and will receive a 6% increase effective March 1, 2026, according to the union.
38. Members of the Oregon Nurses Association at eight Providence hospitals approved new labor contracts. The contracts include wage increases ranging from 20% to 42% over the deal’s duration, with an immediate 16% to 22% raise upon ratification, according to the union.
39. Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health shared plans to award more than $300 million in bonuses and pay increases in 2025. The investment includes bonuses for eligible workers and base pay increases, including market rate adjustments.
40. SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania workers at UPMC Washington Hospital approved a new labor contract with management. The three-year agreement includes average raises of 12% over the life of the deal, with some workers receiving as much as 19%, according to SEIU.
41. The Guthrie Clinic, a Sayre, Pa.-based health system with 10,000 total employees, is rolling out new benefits in 2025, including a 3% across-the-board wage bump for nearly all caregivers. The increase applies to approximately 9,000 full- and part-time employees, a spokesperson told Becker’s.
42. Hospitalists and palliative care physicians at Portland-based Providence St. Vincent Medical Center approved their tentative agreement. The agreement includes across-the-board wage increases over the next two years, according to the Pacific Northwest Hospital Medicine Association — a local chapter of the American Federation of Teachers and affiliated with the Oregon Nurses Association. The union said it also includes ratification bonuses and guaranteed future pay adjustments.
43. Nurses, physicians and providers in two bargaining units at Providence Women’s Clinic in Oregon have voted to ratify their agreements. The contract for RNs includes 4% to 20% raises for most RNs, plus across-the-board raises in the agreement’s second year, according to the Oregon Nurses Association. The union said the contract for physicians/providers includes raises of 7.5% to 15% for advanced practice providers.
44. Members of 1199SEIU approved a labor contract with Hudson, N.Y.-based Columbia Memorial Health, a member of the Albany Med Health System. The four-year agreement includes a 22.5% wage increase phased in over four years, as well as a minimum starting hourly wage increase to $18, according to a health system news release shared with Becker’s.
December and January
45. Members of the Michigan Nurses Association approved a labor contract with Lansing-based University of Michigan Health-Sparrow. The three-year deal includes wage increases between 20% and 32% for most members over the life of the contract, according to the union.
46. Members of the United Nurses and Health Care Employees of Hawaii, a local chapter of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, approved a new four-year labor contract with Maui Health in Hawaii. The agreement includes a 21% across-the-board pay increase over the life of the contract and a one-time ratification bonus for all union members.
47. Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health implemented the next phase of its planned minimum wage increase. All employees now earn an hourly wage of at least $18 per hour.
48. Members of the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United and hospital board members approved a new four-year labor contract between the union and Salinas Valley Health Medical Center. The contract includes 20% across-the-board pay increases over the life of the deal, according to the union.
49. Atrium Health, part of Charlotte, N.C.-based Advocate Health, increased the minimum hourly wage for its North and South Carolina employees to $18.50 an hour. The change was effective Jan. 12.
50. Nurses at Lower Bucks Hospital in Bristol, Pa., part of Ontario, Calif.-based Prime Healthcare, approved a new three-year labor contract. The agreement includes overall wage increases averaging 14% over the life of the deal, according to Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals.
51. Members of SEIU 1199 New England approved a new labor contract with Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island in Providence. The contract includes 13% wage increases over two and a half years, according to the union.
