Although average base salaries increased across the board for several C-suite positions, some positions saw greater increases than others. For instance, CFOs of health systems saw the largest increase in compensation as opposed to CFOs at independent or system-owned hospitals.
The average base salary increases between 2013 and 2014 are as follows, according to the survey results:
Health system
- CEO — 2.6 percent
- COO — 2.9 percent
- CFO — 3.5 percent
- CMO — 2.5 percent
Independent hospital
- CEO — 6.4 percent
- COO — 4.5 percent
- CFO — 2.1 percent
- CMO — 4.9 percent
System-owned hospital
- CEO — 1.7 percent
- COO — 1.7 percent
- CFO — 2.5 percent
- CMO — 1.7 percent
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