Compensation Issues

Average Salary of Healthcare Quality Professionals Tops $85k

In 2011, healthcare quality professionals had an average salary of $85,473, according to the American Society for Quality‘s annual survey.

By: Staff

Thursday, January 12th, 2012

“Quality professionals” range in actual job title from nurse to engineer, but most healthcare quality professionals specialize in the clinical realm.

Healthcare quality professionals also typically saw higher salaries if they had certain quality certifications, such as Six Sigma training.

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