The following hospitals and health systems have announced or shared plans for raising workers' pay this year.
Note: This is not an exhaustive list. This webpage was last updated on July 26.
July
1. ChristianaCare, a three-hospital health system based in Wilmington, Del., is increasing its hourly minimum wage from $15 to $16.50. The change will affect about 850 employees who were below or near $16.50 per hour, according to a July 23 health system news release. ChristianaCare employs about 14,000 workers in total.
2. Nurses at Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital in Dover, Ohio, who are represented by the Ohio Nurses Association, approved a new three-year labor contract. The contract includes wage scale improvements, according to the union.
3. Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers, who went on strike twice over the past year at the Sutter Center for Psychiatry in Sacramento, Calif., approved their first labor contract. Under the deal, workers will receive an average raise of 12.5% over 18 months, according to NUHW.
June
4. Workers at Hackensack Meridian Health's North Bergen, N.J.-based Palisades Medical Center approved a new labor contract. The contract includes 9% to 15% wage increases over three years, according to their union, Health Professionals & Allied Employees.
5. Registered nurses at Ascension Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Mich., who are represented by Teamsters Local 332, approved a new labor contract. The one-year agreement includes 4.25% to 39.54% wage increases based on licensure year, staffing bonuses for picking up shifts, and ratification bonuses.
May
6. Members of Fox Chase RNs and Techs United, an affiliate of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, approved their first union contracts. The contracts cover 400 nurses and 135 technical specialists at Philadelphia-based Fox Chase Cancer Center, part of the Temple University Health System, according to the union. They include across-the-board wage increases of at least 3.25% in year one, 3% in year two, and 3% in year three, in addition to pay bumps based on experience.
7. Hagerstown, Md.-based Meritus Health will raise its minimum wage to $20 per hour over the next two years. This investment will be a multiphased approach, with the first phase of the increases beginning July 1 and affecting 500 front-line workers, including medical assistants, certified nursing assistants, phlebotomists and emergency department technicians, according to a May 17 health system news release.
8. Nurses at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia approved a new three-year contract. Under the deal, full-time nurses will receive a $1,600 signing bonus; part-time and per diem nurses will receive $1,100, according to the St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Nurses United, an affiliate of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals. Some nurses are seeing increases of as much as 10% over the life of the contract.
9. Members of the California Nurses Association approved a new labor contract with Washington Hospital Healthcare System in Fremont, Calif. The new deal includes a 22.5% across-the-board increase in wages over four years, according to the union.
10. Members of unions affiliated with the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals approved contracts with Geisinger Community Medical Center in Scranton, Pa. The contract for registered nurses and certified registered nurse anesthetists includes 16% wage increases over three years, according to the union. The contract for licensed practical nurses, technicians and degreed professionals (including pharmacists, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers and chaplains, among others) includes average across-the-board wage increases of 11% over three years.
April
11. Members of Jeanes Nurses United approved a new labor contract with Temple University Hospital – Jeanes Campus in Philadelphia. The agreement includes across-the-board pay increases of at least 9% over three years, in addition to pay increases based on years of experience, according to the union.
12. Members of the Montana Nurses Association Local 17 approved a new labor contract with Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula. "The contract, which runs through [the] end of February 2027, has many enhancements, and reflects the hospital's commitment to ensuring an exceptional workplace for our caregivers and includes market competitive wages, professional growth opportunities, and a safe and respectful work environment," a hospital statement said.
13. More than 1,400 healthcare workers at MultiCare Deaconess Hospital in Spokane, Wash., and MultiCare Valley Hospital in Spokane Valley, Wash., who are represented by SEIU Healthcare 1199NW, approved a new labor contract. Beginning at ratification and continuing through December 2025, union members will see across-the-board wage increases and market adjustments, in addition to annual wage step increases, according to the union.
March
14. Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network is raising its minimum wage to $18 per hour. The raise will affect AHN staff earning at or near the network's current minimum hourly wage of $16 per hour, according to a March 15 news release from the health system.
15. Members of JNESO District Council 1 approved a new labor contract with Marlton, N.J.-based Virtua Health. The agreement includes across-the-board pay increases of up to 16% over three years, according to JNESO District Council 1, an affiliate of the AFL-CIO representing more than 5,000 nurses, technicians and other healthcare workers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
16. Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, approved a new labor contract with UChicago Medicine. The agreement includes significant across-the-board wage increases, from 20% up to 40% over four years, according to the union.
17. Ballad Health is increasing pay rates for nursing staff at hospitals across the organization. The pay increases will begin April 7, according to information from the Johnson City, Tenn.-based health system.
18. Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, approved a new labor contract. The agreement includes an average compensation increase of more than 11%, with some receiving as much as a 25.9% increase, over three years, according to the union.
19. Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of National Nurses United, at Ascension Borgess Allegan (Mich.) Hospital approved a new labor contract. The agreement includes an average raise of 26% over three years, with some nurses set to receive raises above 30%, according to the union.
January and February
20. Members of the Massachusetts Nurses Association at Newburyport, Mass.-based Beth Israel Lahey Anna Jaques Hospital approved a new three-year contract. The agreement includes wage increases ranging from 10.5% to 65% in the first 12 months of the contract, according to the union.
21. Nurses represented by United Food and Commercial Workers 3000 approved a new labor contract with Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Wash.). The agreement includes pay increases and ratification bonuses, according to the union.
22. Members of the New York State Nurses Association at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream (N.Y.) approved a new three-year labor contract. The agreement includes average wage increases of 19.3% to the base registered nurse rate over the life of the deal, with additional pay depending on experience, according to the union.
23. Members of the New York State Nurses Association at Northwell Health's Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead, N.Y., approved a new three-year labor contract. The agreement includes average wage increases of 18% to 20% over the life of the contract, depending on experience and job title.
24. Members of the Michigan Nurses Association at ProMedica Charles and Virginia Hickman Hospital in Adrian approved their tentative agreement for a new contract. The contract includes a new pay scale that reaches more than $50 per hour by the end of the three-year deal, according to the union.
25. Employees across University of New Mexico Hospital campuses will receive retention bonuses and wage increases, marking their first raises in more than a year. UNM hospital employees in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties will receive a $600 retention incentive and an average wage increase of about 3%, according to a Jan. 26 news release from the Albuquerque-based health system.
26. Members of SEIU 121RN approved a new labor contract with Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. The deal includes cumulative across-the-board wage increases of 17.6% over three years, according to the union.
27. Members of the New York State Nurses Association at Montefiore Mount Vernon (N.Y.) and Montefiore New Rochelle (N.Y.) hospitals approved new three-year labor contracts. A union news release said the contracts, approved Dec. 28 and 29, respectively, include "historic wage increases that bring these Montefiore nurses in line with pay standards of the Montefiore Bronx facilities and improvements in working conditions, including strengthened safe staffing enforcement language."